I eat little because I sit at a desk all day. My daily intake where 0 weight is gained is ~1500 calories. So easy to consume 2000 daily and gain 1 lb a week.

To lose 2lbs is a 3500 calorie weekly deficit. No matter what, you will be hungry and tired for your body to utilize all that stored fat.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like reading threads like this. For obese people, the thin brigade says it’s acceptable to eat 1000 calories, that’s your punishment for having gotten fat. For someone who is apparently thin, to eat 1000 calories is an eating disorder for which she should seek medical assistance.

It is two entirely different scenarios. If someone is obese, the body is able to meet metabolic needs through stored fat when there is a calorie intake deficit. A thin person does not have this fat reserve and the body will need to break down essential muscle.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

I am severely obese and losing weight on a calorie deficit and increased movement.

I couldn’t lose any weight on that kind of calorie deficit. You have to be willing to lose it slow or you are destroying tons of muscle mass. That’s why one pound per week loss is optimal even for very obese people. My calorie allowance at 5’2” 250lbs is 1715 calories per day.

PS - it is a much more complex biochemical process than what you describe and no being fat doesn’t mean in a calorie deficit your body automatically burns fat and not muscle. That’s just not how it works.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like reading threads like this. For obese people, the thin brigade says it’s acceptable to eat 1000 calories, that’s your punishment for having gotten fat. For someone who is apparently thin, to eat 1000 calories is an eating disorder for which she should seek medical assistance.

It is two entirely different scenarios. If someone is obese, the body is able to meet metabolic needs through stored fat when there is a calorie intake deficit. A thin person does not have this fat reserve and the body will need to break down essential muscle.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

I am severely obese and losing weight on a calorie deficit and increased movement.

I couldn’t lose any weight on that kind of calorie deficit. You have to be willing to lose it slow or you are destroying tons of muscle mass. That’s why one pound per week loss is optimal even for very obese people. My calorie allowance at 5’2” 250lbs is 1715 calories per day.

When I limited calories like that as a young adult, I got to about 88 pounds at 5'4. At 50, I would probably drop to 105 or so, but you do you, OP. I am usually between 115 and 120 and never miss a meal or snack.

Perfectly fine if you’d like your metabolism to slow and your body to just want to hang onto everything. Ask me how I know.

Op, maybe add 200 more from nuts or beans?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I try to stay at 1,000 calories a day. I just eat lunch and dinner. No snacks. Age 55, 115 pounds.

Why are you counting calories? How do your body systems function properly?

I go the doctor every year and get blood work done and I'm perfectly healthy. I do have days where I eat 2,000 calories, mostly on the weekends.

Anonymous wrote:I try to stay at 1,000 calories a day. I just eat lunch and dinner. No snacks. Age 55, 115 pounds.

Why are you counting calories? How do your body systems function properly?

Anonymous wrote:I try to stay at 1,000 calories a day. I just eat lunch and dinner. No snacks. Age 55, 115 pounds.

I am 53, first time over 120 lbs, 5'4" and I eat a ton of food and way more than 1000 calories per day. And if I end up 130lbs? I don't give a fig anymore. I cook 80 percent of what I eat, and it is beyond healthy by American standards. So, I am happy and not hungry, and you are hungry, and I am not sure you are happy eating what birds eat.

That is not sustainable. You will overeat everything at night after all those leafy greens.
Most likely you will cause yourself a binge eating disorder.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like reading threads like this. For obese people, the thin brigade says it’s acceptable to eat 1000 calories, that’s your punishment for having gotten fat. For someone who is apparently thin, to eat 1000 calories is an eating disorder for which she should seek medical assistance.

It is two entirely different scenarios. If someone is obese, the body is able to meet metabolic needs through stored fat when there is a calorie intake deficit. A thin person does not have this fat reserve and the body will need to break down essential muscle.

Really, there are more than two scenarios, and it's the middle ground that really seems to trigger people. There are obese people, and there are already-thin people, yes. In between there's a huge group of people who are neither obese nor thin. If one of these people wants to lose, say 10 or 20 pounds, to get back to a weight that they felt good at, surely they have adequate fat reserves to do perfectly well on 1000 calories to get there, if that's what works for them.

These conversations are so triggering for the ED police. Why so aggressive with the name calling and pathologizing? I suspect it's the same crowd that goes bananas in the Travel and Fashion forums accusing people of insecurity and cosplay when they ask what to wear in Europe. ("Whatever you're comfortable in! Nobody cares!") OK, fine, nobody cares if you're fat and want to schlump around Paris in sweatpants. No judgment! But that's not what I want to be or do....

Anonymous wrote:I’m average! 5’2, 125

Then why on earth would you want to eat this way?

Stop counting calories. Eat what you want and stop when you’re full. Work out. Stop weighing yourself. Or eat like a rabbit if that’s the life you want. Do you never go out to eat?

Also 5’2” and 120 and have been this weight for decades. I have absolutely no idea how many calories I eat but I’m fairly certain it’s way more than 1000. I’d rather gain a few pounds her and there vs obsessing over how many calories I’m eating.

I eat like this, but cut out eggs. Drink keifer instead of Greek yogurt. I'm not counting my calories anymore, and if I get hungry I eat a very small meal. I used to eat around 1200 -1400 calories a day (4-5 small meals) for years and worked out a lot with weights. How do you feel on around 1000 calories a day? I think if you are maintaining the weight you want and feel fine, then it doesn't matter. You should be trying to build muscle though. You keep losing muscle as you age.

Anonymous wrote:I like reading threads like this. For obese people, the thin brigade says it’s acceptable to eat 1000 calories, that’s your punishment for having gotten fat. For someone who is apparently thin, to eat 1000 calories is an eating disorder for which she should seek medical assistance.

It is two entirely different scenarios. If someone is obese, the body is able to meet metabolic needs through stored fat when there is a calorie intake deficit. A thin person does not have this fat reserve and the body will need to break down essential muscle.

I’m average! 5’2, 125