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

Anonymous wrote:I am 52 and 5 ‘10” and a nutritionist told me 1500 calories - nothing special just track calories and eat veggies and lean meet and brown rice/ pasta only. As span as I started doing this I lost 12 lbs, and then it slowed to about 1 lb a week. I am happy with this. I don’t exercise much but I will increase when I have the time. The nutritionist told me to plan on doing this for two years - no less - otherwise it will fail. Also they gave me an appetitive suppressant or would not be able to do it.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. I eat in a week - beef, chicken, fish, shrimp, cheese, high protein milk, low sugar/high protein yogurt, cottage cheese, lo carb/high fiber beads and tortillas, almond butter and other nuts, all kinds of leafy greens, and low carb veggies like mushrooms, summer squash, asparagus, brussels sprouts, broc, cauliflower, tomatoes, cukes, avocado, onions, peppers, etc. I take a multivitamin.

I do restrict food - no bread, rice, grains, beans, pasta, mashed potatoes, sugar, crackers, cake or cookies or candy or stuff made from flour.

I feel like I have a pretty varied diet with what’s left? I also honestly don’t feel hungry, particularly if I am eating enough protein.

Why no beans? They are a great source of calcium and you could eat those instead of consuming so much diary. That is a LOT of diary. Nuts are healthy but extremely high in calories and bad if roasted in oil and covered in salt. All your veggies sound great though.

What about alcohol?

Anonymous wrote:I am 52 and 5 ‘10” and a nutritionist told me 1500 calories - nothing special just track calories and eat veggies and lean meet and brown rice/ pasta only. As span as I started doing this I lost 12 lbs, and then it slowed to about 1 lb a week. I am happy with this. I don’t exercise much but I will increase when I have the time. The nutritionist told me to plan on doing this for two years - no less - otherwise it will fail. Also they gave me an appetitive suppressant or would not be able to do it.

Anonymous wrote:OP again. I eat in a week - beef, chicken, fish, shrimp, cheese, high protein milk, low sugar/high protein yogurt, cottage cheese, lo carb/high fiber beads and tortillas, almond butter and other nuts, all kinds of leafy greens, and low carb veggies like mushrooms, summer squash, asparagus, brussels sprouts, broc, cauliflower, tomatoes, cukes, avocado, onions, peppers, etc. I take a multivitamin.

I do restrict food - no bread, rice, grains, beans, pasta, mashed potatoes, sugar, crackers, cake or cookies or candy or stuff made from flour.

I feel like I have a pretty varied diet with what’s left? I also honestly don’t feel hungry, particularly if I am eating enough protein.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. So thank you for the thoughts and no flaming. I started at 5’7” inches and 195, so I am definitely not anorexic. I have lost about 15 pounds and ultimately would like to lose another 35 pounds, which would bring me to a normal, nowhere near anorexic weight. But, another 35 to 40 weeks of 1000 calories a day - is that OK? I’m not hungry, so that absolutely could be a new normal that I can maintain.

I am already eating a lot of protein - minimum 20 g per meal, but often ending in the 70-100 g of protein a day, so do I need more protein than that? That seems pretty high already, although it is definitely a key to controlling my appetite.

About weights to rev up metabolism - should I be going to the gym and doing machine weights or small hand dumbbells at home?

I have a treadmill at home - so can do HITT is that better than walking for metabolism and weight loss? Is there a best time of day to do HIIT? Can I do it in the AM before I eat? I usually don’t eat until 11 or 12, and I don’t want to change that IF window.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. So thank you for the thoughts and no flaming. I started at 5’7” inches and 195, so I am definitely not anorexic. I have lost about 15 pounds and ultimately would like to lose another 35 pounds, which would bring me to a normal, nowhere near anorexic weight. But, another 35 to 40 weeks of 1000 calories a day - is that OK? I’m not hungry, so that absolutely could be a new normal that I can maintain.

I am already eating a lot of protein - minimum 20 g per meal, but often ending in the 70-100 g of protein a day, so do I need more protein than that? That seems pretty high already, although it is definitely a key to controlling my appetite.

About weights to rev up metabolism - should I be going to the gym and doing machine weights or small hand dumbbells at home?

I have a treadmill at home - so can do HITT is that better than walking for metabolism and weight loss? Is there a best time of day to do HIIT? Can I do it in the AM before I eat? I usually don’t eat until 11 or 12, and I don’t want to change that IF window.

Anonymous wrote:See a dietitian. You will ruin your metabolism and you are wrong about anorexia, you can have anorexia and be overweight.

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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.