1100 calories a day and still negligible weight loss

[Anonymous]

Daily smoothie - Beets, spinach or kale, orange juice, (any fruit you like. I use banana) It helps with flavor and texture
Recipe -
6-8 oz of juice
Handful of spinach
Half the beet (washed and ends chopped off. After a week or two you can use the whole beet as you get more used to the flavor. They vary in size but try to get ones that are about 2 inches in diameter. )
Fruit
About 6 ice cubes

Blend REALLY well. You want it smooth as possible. If you have to chew the leaves you didn't blend nearly enough.

I have yet to find a single person that didn't like this exact combination.

This recipe can be adjusted in a million ways. You can add any veggies you like to it. I've used zucchini, carrots, broccoli. Or swap the fruit. Just make sure to keep the fruit/veggie ratio at least 50/50; count the juice as a fruit; ALWAYS use the beet and spinach/kale.

Give it a full seven days before missing a day. You will notice the changes in your body by then (energy, mood, you poop gloriously! lol) After a week or two drinking these you won't want to stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not eating enough and your body has gone into preservation mode!

Eat a few hundred calories more - there are websites that can help you calculate exactly how much calories you need to ingest in order to lose weight. Keeping a journal is extremely helpful at the beginning until you can guesstimate correctly the amount you eat.

Make sure you cut out all animal fat, sugar and most salt (except after a heavy workout session). Keep the healthy fats in moderation. Lean protein. Green vegetables (less roots). Less carbs. Water. Sleep. Cardio and weight training.

You can do it!!!

This is a myth. If the OP weighs 200 lbs., it will take a long time and a lot of weight loss before she goes into the mythological starvation mode.

Not true. I lost more than 30 pounds in 4 months, starting out with 1500 calories per day and eventually going down to 1200 calories per day as I lost more weight. All I did was walk for exercise (though I do more now, now that the weight is off). OP, go to a calorie-counting website (Sparkpeople or MyFitnessPal) and plug in your weight and how much you want to lose (either per week, or end goal). Make sure it is set to lose no more than 2 lbs per week (though you will likely lose more than that). Weigh or measure everything you eat to ensure your portion sizes are correct. Plan your meals and bring your lunch. After the first few days (when you get used to it), you will find that you can eat good food - enough to satisfy you - and still stay within your daily limit. If you have not exercised, then start out just walking a few miles per day, 3-4 days per week. The more fit you get, the more you will feel like pushing yourself. The point of all this is, you have to find something you can live with. I can't live carb-free, so I don't diet carb-free. I can't spend 3 hours a day in the gym, so I do things at home or in my neighborhood. I try to have a protein with every meal and small snacks throughout the day, and I save enough calories so that I can have a treat at night. You can do this - it works, it's easy, and it's something you can live with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not eating enough and your body has gone into preservation mode!

Eat a few hundred calories more - there are websites that can help you calculate exactly how much calories you need to ingest in order to lose weight. Keeping a journal is extremely helpful at the beginning until you can guesstimate correctly the amount you eat.

Make sure you cut out all animal fat, sugar and most salt (except after a heavy workout session). Keep the healthy fats in moderation. Lean protein. Green vegetables (less roots). Less carbs. Water. Sleep. Cardio and weight training.

You can do it!!!

This is a myth. If the OP weighs 200 lbs., it will take a long time and a lot of weight loss before she goes into the mythological starvation mode.

Not true. I lost more than 30 pounds in 4 months, starting out with 1500 calories per day and eventually going down to 1200 calories per day as I lost more weight. All I did was walk for exercise (though I do more now, now that the weight is off). OP, go to a calorie-counting website (Sparkpeople or MyFitnessPal) and plug in your weight and how much you want to lose (either per week, or end goal). Make sure it is set to lose no more than 2 lbs per week (though you will likely lose more than that). Weigh or measure everything you eat to ensure your portion sizes are correct. Plan your meals and bring your lunch. After the first few days (when you get used to it), you will find that you can eat good food - enough to satisfy you - and still stay within your daily limit. If you have not exercised, then start out just walking a few miles per day, 3-4 days per week. The more fit you get, the more you will feel like pushing yourself. The point of all this is, you have to find something you can live with. I can't live carb-free, so I don't diet carb-free. I can't spend 3 hours a day in the gym, so I do things at home or in my neighborhood. I try to have a protein with every meal and small snacks throughout the day, and I save enough calories so that I can have a treat at night. You can do this - it works, it's easy, and it's something you can live with.

I have had a lot of luck with myfitnesspal so far. I plugged in my info, and was told how many calories to eat each day. I have lost 10 lbs in three weeks by just to eating as many extra snacks as I used to and cutting out all beverages with calories.

[Anonymous]

You should not lose more than a pound or two a week. Some weeks you will not lose any.

Join Weight Watches so you have the structure and support of a healthy plan. ordinarily I suggest the on-line version but if you are going to become so discouraged after only two weeks, you could probably use the support of the meetings.

There are no short cuts. This will take a long time but as you go, you will lose weight and that should encourage you. if you try to short cut the process or use extreme diets you will defeat yourself because you cannot healthily sustain that over time. The good thing about WW is that it doesn't require you to eliminate anything, it teaches you how to control portions and make better choices and therefore to sustain the weight loss over time.

Finally, exercise is an important adjunct to diet but it won't lead you to lose weight without the diet part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Objectively the whole 'you're not eating enough' wont apply here. If you weigh that much and eat that little you'll be losing, period.

False. Real life is not so simple as the calories in/calories out dichotomy, and losing weight is not merely just about cutting calories (or the more you cut, the more you lose).

If a very overweight person eats 1100 calories a day they will lose weight at least initially. Saying otherwise is just perpetuating a myth. Otherwise there'd be a lot of obese people in starvation prisons overseas, etc

[Anonymous]

OP, you may be more carb-sensitive than the average person. Even when I restrict calories and eat mostly complex carbs, it still inhibits my weight loss.

Try replacing 3 of your daily carbs (OJ, oatmeal, sweet potato, eggo waffle, crackers, fruit) with lean protein (egg whites, protein powder, chicken, fish, turkey, protein bar, bison, lean ground beef, etc) and see if that makes a difference. My guess is that it will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daily smoothie - Beets, spinach or kale, orange juice, (any fruit you like. I use banana) It helps with flavor and texture
Recipe -
6-8 oz of juice
Handful of spinach
Half the beet (washed and ends chopped off. After a week or two you can use the whole beet as you get more used to the flavor. They vary in size but try to get ones that are about 2 inches in diameter. )
Fruit
About 6 ice cubes

Blend REALLY well. You want it smooth as possible. If you have to chew the leaves you didn't blend nearly enough.

I have yet to find a single person that didn't like this exact combination.

This recipe can be adjusted in a million ways. You can add any veggies you like to it. I've used zucchini, carrots, broccoli. Or swap the fruit. Just make sure to keep the fruit/veggie ratio at least 50/50; count the juice as a fruit; ALWAYS use the beet and spinach/kale.

Give it a full seven days before missing a day. You will notice the changes in your body by then (energy, mood, you poop gloriously! lol) After a week or two drinking these you won't want to stop.

Do you cook the beat before you put it in the blender?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daily smoothie - Beets, spinach or kale, orange juice, (any fruit you like. I use banana) It helps with flavor and texture
Recipe -
6-8 oz of juice
Handful of spinach
Half the beet (washed and ends chopped off. After a week or two you can use the whole beet as you get more used to the flavor. They vary in size but try to get ones that are about 2 inches in diameter. )
Fruit
About 6 ice cubes

Blend REALLY well. You want it smooth as possible. If you have to chew the leaves you didn't blend nearly enough.

I have yet to find a single person that didn't like this exact combination.

This recipe can be adjusted in a million ways. You can add any veggies you like to it. I've used zucchini, carrots, broccoli. Or swap the fruit. Just make sure to keep the fruit/veggie ratio at least 50/50; count the juice as a fruit; ALWAYS use the beet and spinach/kale.

Give it a full seven days before missing a day. You will notice the changes in your body by then (energy, mood, you poop gloriously! lol) After a week or two drinking these you won't want to stop.

Do you cook the beat before you put it in the blender?

No. I chop it up raw and throw it in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daily smoothie - Beets, spinach or kale, orange juice, (any fruit you like. I use banana) It helps with flavor and texture
Recipe -
6-8 oz of juice
Handful of spinach
Half the beet (washed and ends chopped off. After a week or two you can use the whole beet as you get more used to the flavor. They vary in size but try to get ones that are about 2 inches in diameter. )
Fruit
About 6 ice cubes

Blend REALLY well. You want it smooth as possible. If you have to chew the leaves you didn't blend nearly enough.

I have yet to find a single person that didn't like this exact combination.

This recipe can be adjusted in a million ways. You can add any veggies you like to it. I've used zucchini, carrots, broccoli. Or swap the fruit. Just make sure to keep the fruit/veggie ratio at least 50/50; count the juice as a fruit; ALWAYS use the beet and spinach/kale.

Give it a full seven days before missing a day. You will notice the changes in your body by then (energy, mood, you poop gloriously! lol) After a week or two drinking these you won't want to stop.

Do you cook the beat before you put it in the blender?

No. I chop it up raw and throw it in.

Thanks for answering. I intend to try this smoothie out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daily smoothie - Beets, spinach or kale, orange juice, (any fruit you like. I use banana) It helps with flavor and texture
Recipe -
6-8 oz of juice
Handful of spinach
Half the beet (washed and ends chopped off. After a week or two you can use the whole beet as you get more used to the flavor. They vary in size but try to get ones that are about 2 inches in diameter. )
Fruit
About 6 ice cubes

Blend REALLY well. You want it smooth as possible. If you have to chew the leaves you didn't blend nearly enough.

I have yet to find a single person that didn't like this exact combination.

This recipe can be adjusted in a million ways. You can add any veggies you like to it. I've used zucchini, carrots, broccoli. Or swap the fruit. Just make sure to keep the fruit/veggie ratio at least 50/50; count the juice as a fruit; ALWAYS use the beet and spinach/kale.

Give it a full seven days before missing a day. You will notice the changes in your body by then (energy, mood, you poop gloriously! lol) After a week or two drinking these you won't want to stop.

Do you cook the beat before you put it in the blender?

No. I chop it up raw and throw it in.

Thanks for answering. I intend to try this smoothie out.

no problem! Just do what you can to stick with it for at least a week before you miss one. You will love how you feel! I have many of my friends driving them now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I eat oatmeal (usually the pre package portion) about an hour before the gym. Protein directly after. Maybe two eggs or one eggo waffle an hour later before work.

I usually have a turkey sandwich for lunch (one slice of wheat bread or the sandwich round, two slices of deli turkey, one slice of chesse, .5 tbl light mayo) a healthy choice meal or dinner leftovers.

I snack throughout the day on straight tuna, sometimes crackers, nuts. I eat baked sweet potatoes a lot (with olive oil)

Dinner is chicken, veggies (zucchini, chinese broccoli, whatever). I am not very strict with what I eat for dinner as long as it isn't a lot.

I drink a smoothie everyday with beets, spinach, OJ, and a banana. The smoothie is what really got the numbers moving and actually lowered my blood pressure into the normal range. I highly recommend it.

If this is the OP, unless she is measuring, this is NOT 1100 calories. No way.

[Anonymous]

OP here - that was not my post-
I have not posted since the original post.

Anyway thanks so much for the suggestions and words of encouragement. I really appreciate that people have taken the time to offer advice, and especially the hugs. . I need them, badly.
I just can't believe I let it get this bad ( I was never thin, but never huge like I am now) and I can't believe what a long road I have ahead of me. Just trying to take one day, or even one meal, at a time.
Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for this thread, OP. It's inspiring to hear about people working hard to improve their health. It's a grind on a daily basis, but it is so worth it. A lot of these tips have helped me. Take care, and I wish you all the best!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I eat oatmeal (usually the pre package portion) about an hour before the gym. Protein directly after. Maybe two eggs or one eggo waffle an hour later before work.

I usually have a turkey sandwich for lunch (one slice of wheat bread or the sandwich round, two slices of deli turkey, one slice of chesse, .5 tbl light mayo) a healthy choice meal or dinner leftovers.

I snack throughout the day on straight tuna, sometimes crackers, nuts. I eat baked sweet potatoes a lot (with olive oil)

Dinner is chicken, veggies (zucchini, chinese broccoli, whatever). I am not very strict with what I eat for dinner as long as it isn't a lot.

I drink a smoothie everyday with beets, spinach, OJ, and a banana. The smoothie is what really got the numbers moving and actually lowered my blood pressure into the normal range. I highly recommend it.

If this is the OP, unless she is measuring, this is NOT 1100 calories. No way.

No, it's usually around 1600. I posted that I lost 40 lbs in the last few months without starving myself and someone asked what I usually eat. I regularly burn anywhere from 400-1000 with my workouts though.