500 Calories a day

Only if you want to feel extremely fatigued, light headed and the list goes on. What exactly do you want to achieve? If it is only weightloss then you know the best,easiest and healthiest way I have discovered is the Live Cleanse Diet, but that's only if you are prepared do give up dairy products, meat for a short time and other things. It is easy if you want to understand the workings of it. Otherwise you can do juicing, oh my God, when I did this (and I'm the sort of person who despised any sort of diet or exercise) I couldn't believe how extrordinarily energised and light I felt in one day! After 1 week of 2 juices a day plus only 1 meal, usually salad and tuna/chicken, and heaps of herb teas, I had lost..I don't know exactly how many kilos I'd lost, it was awhile ago, but I hadn't seen those ribs in years! If you want to be healthy and be that thin self of yours, then you will find what you want! Be Happy.

Absolutely Not! For fat loss, reduce calories by at leat 100 to 500 calories a day. Never go under 1000 calories, it's just unheathy. You body needs certain vitamins, minerals and protein in order to operate properly. Remember start with small changes, a 500 calorie deficit per day below your BMR will help you lose 1 pound in a week-(thru food choice elimination and exercise). Start with a major goal, like losing 10% of your body weight. Drink 1/2 your weight in water (divide your weight x 2 , 140 lbs =70 oz = around 9 cups water). Eliminate fast, fatty or fried foods. Eat smaller portions, a serving of meat is 3 ounces, eat skinless chicken, turkey breast, fish loin type meats, veggies, legumes, 2-3 servings of low fat or skim milk, low fat or skim cheese and low fat yogurt (watch sugar content), cut out soda or presweetened drinks, check nutritional labels and stick to one serving sizes. Eat whole grain breads, cereals, rice and pastas.. Dont miss any meals. Crash dieting degrades muscle and increases fat. You lose muscle and water not fat and your fat % will be higher. If you don't get the right combinations of fruit, veggies, grains, protein your body responds by slowing metabolism. And you end up not able to burn calories as fast. Your body adjust to all new calorie intakes.

i heard somewhere that when dieting dont go any lower than 1,000 cal per day

I don't think that is a good idea. Your body my go into famine mode and starts burining calories extremely slow. It is a survivial technique. so it may not be worth the trouble, because when you go to the 1200 caloire diet you will have trouble burning it.

Quoting Guest:
well congrats, if your seeing the results you want,...... but the sides effects, truly are not healthy! Weakeness is just one sign..... we are just making the point --that it is totally unhealthy to do it this way! You body needs many vitamins and minerals a day as well as protein, in order, just to function. so cutting yourself off to the point of starvation for diet sake, is totally unfair for you body as a whole, organs, brain, well being, and general moods. Why not try to be satisfied with 2-3 lbs loss a wk., the healthy way and this way you will keep it off and live healthy for a life time? I totally understand people wanting to lose weight fast, but sometime we have to be logical, you didn't get overweight, overnight, it all takes, time, patience, healthy foods, and exercise, to change a livelong way of bad eating/living habits!

Hi There,

If you staying on 500 calories a day for a week considering faster weight loss in the future , It will be highly unhealthy and infact you may end up gaining weight later on.

The reason is when you start taking lesser calories intake, your body metabolism rate will come down which will slow down burning the calories in your body and your weight loss process will slow down.

Also when you kill the hunger you want to eat more and the moment when we loose control we end of up eating more and that is why many women goes through YO-YO effect.

In general your calories intake should not go down less than about 1200 calories a day.

With Best Regards
Subodh Gupta

No it's a bad idea. I went on a diet a few years ago where I only ate 800 calories a day and I ran 2 miles a day. My mom is a doctor and when she found out she flipped. It's pretty unhealthy.

Restricting your diet that much may help short term, but when you begin to consume the 1,200 calories after restricting your body to 500, it's just going to make you gain the weight back, and plus you are doing a disservice to your body because restricting calories that much is going to make you weak, irritable, and you will have a feeling of less energy. The best thing to do if you are trying to lose weight is get yourself a good workout plan with cardio and strength training intervals to help speed up your metabolism, drink plenty of water, take a multi vitamin, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, make sure you get a sufficent amount of lean protein in your diet, and most importantly, don't skip breakfast. Eating breakfast jump starts your metabolism and it will keep you from eating more throughout the day so you will automatically consume less calories. Also, try drinking green tea instead of coffee or pop to give you that extra boost you need. It boosts your metabolism, and helps to burn extra calories. Try drinking about three to six cups a day. Keep up with this routine and you will see fast results, and feel, and look better. Don't forget to stretch ebfore and after your workouts as well because that will help you become leaner as well. I hope this was helpful to you, and good luck.