This has always been the number that I hear as for when your body will go into starvation mode. Everyone has a different calorie intake need that they are required to have daily, so isn't this number also up for modifation per person? Could one person's "starvation mode" number be lower than another?
2007-05-22 05:57:11 · 6 answers · asked by jmtrmurray 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
body needs 50cal/hour just for basic functioning (like when you are in coma) and thats 1200cal/day.
you move, exercise etc and burn so much more than that!
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, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)
2007-05-22 09:44:49 · answer #1 · answered by Natalie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably but it won't be very much ...like maybe 100 calories either way, everyone is different, HOWEVER...everyone brains are about the same size (wether your are fat or thin) and your brain requires a surprising amount of glucose (calories) to function as does your heart nad lungs. I think this 1200 calories is a safe average and trust me sticking to a 1200 calories a day diet is hard enough and you will lose weight especially if you eat lots of fruits and veggies, low fat proteins and do about 20 minutes a day excercise that makes you sweat...you will drop pounds faster than you think. If you cut back too much you will find it harder and harder not to cheat and then you just ruin all the hard work you did by tyring to diet to much too fast. Stiack to the healthy goals and you will be much better off. Good luck.
2007-05-22 06:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless the person has fewer organs, tendons, veins, or bones than every other human on the planet.
That number is the number required to maintain basic body function like heartbeat, digestion, breathing, etc. Going below that number WILL damage your body and it's functional parts.
At the risk of offending you... I hope you aren't looking for an excuse to break this rule from Yahoo Answers members. It is very dangerous to your health to go below 1200 calories. It will starve you. It will hurt you.
2007-05-22 06:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by Mark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in an average person, the body needs at least 7-800 cals just to make your organ run properlly. it DOES depend how active you are or lack there of to calculate exactly how many cals some needs or doesn't need
2007-05-22 06:02:52 · answer #4 · answered by kittybrains 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it truly is barely undesirable while you're eating the incorrect issues ... my physician placed me on 1000 cal foodstuff ordinary and as he suggested as long as you meet what your physique needs for the day then you definately are advantageous!
2016-10-31 02:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds plausible.
2007-05-22 06:00:39 · answer #6 · answered by M S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋