Hello everyone
I am new to these forums and for the past week have been trying do something about my weight. I have been cutting back on my food intake and walking an hour a day just to see the effect it would have. Over the week I've been researching a lot and came across one particular site that caught my eye.
I am an 18 year old male who is 5'11'' and I weigh 300lb. The site that caught my interest was the following. -
After entering my gender, age, height, weight and activity level (light activity) I was told that I needed 4726 calories a day to maintain my current weight! This number was a huge shock to me. I can not believe I've been consuming that much per day for the past 6 months because I have not gained or lost any weight over the past 6 months.
After adding up what I've been eating the past week on my diet, I am consuming around 1200-1500 calories per day. Consisting of an apple or two and two or three cans of vegetable beef soup which contains about 400 calories per can including the ones from the fat, carbs, etc etc and it also contains a good amount of protein. For the first 2 days I could feel it. I constantly felt hungry and wanted to eat but I ignored the feeling and only let myself eat at set times. By the 6th day it wasn't as bad anymore. I didn't feel hungry all the time and didn't feel like eating just out of boredom like I used to. I also have been taking a multivitamin every morning. Now after subtracting the amount of calories I've been eating per day from the amount I need to maintain my current weight, that's a 3500-3200 calories deficit per day! I've heard many times that losing a pound per day is not healthy and should only happen in a hospital type situation.
Here is the point of my post. Am I going to regret doing this in the long run? Am I somehow hurting myself by only consuming 1500 a day? Besides from maybe feeling exhausted every now and then, will this have any other effect on my body medical wise?
Yes, I have heard that losing weight this fast isn't good because you will most likely gain it back by going back to your old habits. However I do not plan on doing that. If I can get down to a healthier number I plan on sticking to a decent exercise schedule to keep the weight down. Any help on my question would be greatly appreciated.
I am new to these forums and for the past week have been trying do something about my weight. I have been cutting back on my food intake and walking an hour a day just to see the effect it would have. Over the week I've been researching a lot and came across one particular site that caught my eye.
I am an 18 year old male who is 5'11'' and I weigh 300lb. The site that caught my interest was the following. -
After entering my gender, age, height, weight and activity level (light activity) I was told that I needed 4726 calories a day to maintain my current weight! This number was a huge shock to me. I can not believe I've been consuming that much per day for the past 6 months because I have not gained or lost any weight over the past 6 months.
After adding up what I've been eating the past week on my diet, I am consuming around 1200-1500 calories per day. Consisting of an apple or two and two or three cans of vegetable beef soup which contains about 400 calories per can including the ones from the fat, carbs, etc etc and it also contains a good amount of protein. For the first 2 days I could feel it. I constantly felt hungry and wanted to eat but I ignored the feeling and only let myself eat at set times. By the 6th day it wasn't as bad anymore. I didn't feel hungry all the time and didn't feel like eating just out of boredom like I used to. I also have been taking a multivitamin every morning. Now after subtracting the amount of calories I've been eating per day from the amount I need to maintain my current weight, that's a 3500-3200 calories deficit per day! I've heard many times that losing a pound per day is not healthy and should only happen in a hospital type situation.
Here is the point of my post. Am I going to regret doing this in the long run? Am I somehow hurting myself by only consuming 1500 a day? Besides from maybe feeling exhausted every now and then, will this have any other effect on my body medical wise?
Yes, I have heard that losing weight this fast isn't good because you will most likely gain it back by going back to your old habits. However I do not plan on doing that. If I can get down to a healthier number I plan on sticking to a decent exercise schedule to keep the weight down. Any help on my question would be greatly appreciated.
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). And with the Biggest Loser....they're losing you to 20lbs(I think someone lost more one week). Both instances the people are CLOSELY monitored by healthcare professionals and have gotten commended for the weight loss.
