is this a good diet?

Question

10 mins of crunches
10 mins of leg to chest
as much of lifting 5 lbs(bench press as i can (6-10mins)
and as much of 5lbs of curls (6-10mins)
and a 500 calori diet.

Answer 1

you will gain weight eventually with this because all you will lose is muscle and water weight not fat.
to lose weight - wright amount of calories and cardio exercise.
find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried - no junk food.

Answer 2

Not good at all. Keep up with the excersises, but have 1200-1500 calories per day otherwise you just wont have any energy left and you will get cranky. Also have at least 2 litres water daily (8 big glasses)

Answer 3

It's a great diet if you want to end up in the ER. You're not even telling us what your diet is. You're consuming too few calories, and you need to add cardio if you want to lose weight. Add at least 1000 calories to your diet and talk to your doctor.

Answer 4

you should never go below 1200 calories. . . if you go any lower you are starving yourself. depending on your age 1600 is a good amount to lose weight, you do not lose weight if you starve yourself. . . losing 1-2 lbs a week is healthy and means you will keep the weight off try this diet plan. . .





also make sure you eat breakfast!
some good breakfast ideas are
-fruit and cereal
-protein shakes
-smoothies and fruit
-granola bars and fruit
-oatmeal and fruit
-eggs(try not to use butter or oil use water to "grease" the pan)
-veggie omlet

***make sure you eat breakfast within an hour of waking up, and make sure portion sizes are small enough to keep you full for a couple of hours

mid morning snack- make sure you have a small snack within 2-3 hours after breakfast some ideas. . .
-a piece of fruit
-carrots,celeray with lowfat dip about 2tblsp
-nuts
-smoothie
*****this should be light just to hold you over until lunch*****

lunch should be within 2-3 hrs after mid morning snack
remember to keep it light and not heavy.
-turkey on wheat with lowfat mayo and lettuce and tomatos + a piece of fruit or vegetable + granola bar + snack sized bag of baked chips
-soup + salad, with low fat dressing + breadsticks

*make sure portion sizes are decent, no overdoing it*

mid-day snack is usually 2-3hrs after lunch
-vegetables with lowfat dip
-nuts
-fruit with lowfat yogurt
-cup of yogurt
-jello
-smoothie
-snack size bag of chips that are baked or pretzels

supper is 2-3 hrs after you eat your mid day snack
-chicken (3-4oz) and pasta (3-4oz) with reduce sodium tomato sauce
-soup + salad lowfat dressing + breadsticks
-meat (3-4oz) + pasta or rice or potatos + fruit or vegetables

**********PORTION SIZES ARE KEY***************
it is also better to eat 5 times a day then to skip a meal, if you skip a meal the food you eat next stays on your body as fat, so keep eating 5 times a day that way your metabolism is always going.

good luck

Answer 5

500 calories is not enough to support normal bodily functions much less anything else

Answer 6

you need to eat more then 500 calories unless your doc says no. you shud eat 1500

Answer 7

This doesn't sound healthy at ALL.... Talk to your doctor or a certified nutritionist, and find a HEALTHY way to lose weight and be in shape, BEFORE you do serious damage to your body!!

Answer 8

500 cals???? need some more...