Please don't consult the internet - especially this forum where a lot of people have disordered views of what normal eating is. Go to a nutritionist and get a customized plan for your body type, age, etc.

1,000 seems way too low and might endanger your health.

OP, you really need to come back and give us your height. 1000 a day on someone 5’0 is different than someone 5’6”.

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Anonymous wrote:Lift weights and do HIIT. Your resting metabolic rate will increase.

Or even just weights. Build muscle!

But if OP does this it's imperative to increase calories, by adding in protein

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Anonymous wrote:You're already on a starvation diet anything more and you're definitely anorexic

My cousin did this at 1000 a day. She died of a heart attack in her classroom while teaching students. You have to feed your heart,. Coroner agreed

Chances are your cousin had an underlying heart issue that she was unaware of that was exacerbated by her low calorie intake. 1000 cals a day alone is not going to cause this.

If you are not hungry, maybe that will work for you long term. I know women with dainty appetites who rarely eat more than that.

I am always hungry every few hours no matter what I eat and I maintain 115 pounds eating more than 2000 calories daily. DH weighs 245, can easily go 8 hours between meals, and cant seem to lose weight on 1500 calories. We're all different.

Anonymous wrote:Lift weights and do HIIT. Your resting metabolic rate will increase.

Or even just weights. Build muscle!

Add more calories (at least 250) with an emphasis on protein, and try to walk for 30+ minutes every day.

OP, I eat 1400 or so to maintain my weight (5'2" 118-120#) and so losing a lb a week would be just under 1k. Its hard to do that day in and day out consistently and you absolutely have to weigh and measure since even a small miscalculation of a few hundred calories will wipe out any loss. But eatin gconsistently under BMR probably does slow your metabolism. I have had better luck alternating lower and higher calorie days. Alternate day fasting, fasting mimicking diet or one 36 hour fast a week are lots of options. Plus protein and weight bearing exericise to maintain muscle mass.

Anonymous wrote:You're already on a starvation diet anything more and you're definitely anorexic

My cousin did this at 1000 a day. She died of a heart attack in her classroom while teaching students. You have to feed your heart,. Coroner agreed

What are your height and starting weight? That is a very, very low # of calories. The faster you lose, the harder it will be to maintain.

If you aren't doing any kind of strenuous workout, honestly, it's really find to go down a few more calories. An adult who essentially is expending very little energy gets enough nutrition from 1,000 calories.

You might want to try doing a high carb day and then going back to low carb. It can help.

How tall are you?

Lift weights and do HIIT. Your resting metabolic rate will increase.

You're already on a starvation diet anything more and you're definitely anorexic

So, I’ve been trying to lose weight forever and nothing has worked. I have finally begun losing weight - over 16 weeks I have lost about 15 pounds by moving to a very low net carb, high protein diet with an intermittent fasting window of 11-7. Total calories are about 1000 a day. At this rate I lose a little less than 1 pound a week - so sustainable from that perspective. And, yet, it seems crazy. 1000 calories seems very low, although I am not hungry due to the high protein.

I would like to lose weight a bit faster, but cutting calories lower than 1000? That doesn’t sound healthy?

Is my metabolism normal? What can I do to increase it that won’t also increase hunger? Exercise? what kind? different eating - cycle between fasted days and higher calorie days? Have cheat days?

I’m glad to be losing weight but the caloric intake seems unhealthily low; however, eating more and being so overweight I was nearly obese also seems
unhealthy.

Or do I just have to be patient and consider that this really is my metabolism and my norm? Is a thousand calories a normal daily calorie allowance for weight loss?