Say if you eat less than 1000 calories per day, you do lose weight. But is it the fat that you are losing or what?
2007-06-18 16:17:32 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
no - if you eat less than 1200cal/day all you are losing water weight and muscle and slowing down your metabolism - your body uses muscle for energy and stores all you eat in fat reserves.
find daily calorie intake 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 - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), light weight training (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta 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:)
2007-06-18 18:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by Natalie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Eating less than required can be very dangerous. If you eat less than required, the body starts making sugar to withstand calorie requirements that you normally have.
Take the required calories per day but make sure it is due to healthy food. This will help you lose weight.
2007-06-18 16:28:57 · answer #2 · answered by arjun_tva 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
muscle burns at least four times as many calories as fat does so try twenty minutes of strength straining two to three times a week
2016-05-14 20:45:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better to prepare slow to eat foods like hot soups whole fruites etec
2016-01-22 22:35:52 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
store bought salad dressings can be packed with calories make your own vinaigrette and store it in a small spray bottle to coat your greens without over dressing them
2016-03-01 19:02:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make like a fish and swim at a leisurely pace for 17 minutes
2016-03-03 05:06:39 · answer #6 · answered by Amber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walk at least 15 mins after your meals
2016-02-04 07:39:27 · answer #7 · answered by Donn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 hour walk at a moderate pace
2016-04-01 05:47:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try drinking skim milk at breakfast instead of juice overweight people who drank skim milk for breakfast ate fewer calories
2016-02-02 06:12:43 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
snack attack puree peaches berries or pears for a sweet spread to go on pita chips
2016-05-21 16:53:54 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋