3 Meals a day?

[skyguy13]

Is it ok to go on a diet with less than 1000 calories (3 Meals a day). I want to loose alot of weight fast.

[curlyfilm"]

never crash diet, you will only put it back on again soon

[skyguy13]

I Done it once for 2 weeks and lost a stone and a half, i now want to lose another stone and a half. I wanted to know weather it is safe?
Thanks

[normy]

keep to 2500 cals (for men), but of "healthy" balanced foods.. Cut out bread, crisps, etc and replace with carrot sticks, celery sticks and other salad / veg items.... Grilled fish chicken are good protein sources, brown rice and cous cous instead of pasta and white rice
Drink plenty of fresh water, but none of this will be any good if you don't do some exercise as well...
Getting fit increases your metabolic rate, which means your body will start to burn its fat stores

[skyguy13]

I am 9 stone 13 pounds (63.4Kg) and 178Cm tall and a teenager. Is this bad or good?

[whiskeysheri]

There's no point, your body will go into 'starvation' mode and start to store the bad stuff.

On any 'normal' (general healthy eating) day you should have 2000 calories (women) or 2500 (men. When trying to lose weight never have less than 1200 (women) or 1500 (men).

Trust me, you'll still lose just as much weight and more than likely keep it off in the long run. I did. Good luck, skyguy! :o))

(PS. A lot of the weight you lose initally is from water retention, so it will slow down anyway.)

[skyguy13]

Should i drink alot of water (1.5L) a day or not?

[whiskeysheri]

Going on your BMI, which is 20, you're a perfectly healthy weight. I highly doubt you need to lose another stone and a half.

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmi-m.htm

As you're a teenager, it's likely you're still growing, so you should try not to diet unless you really need to (I don't think you do). Just keep to a healthy diet and you'll be fine. x x x

[whiskeysheri]

Yes, drinking lots of water is great for you! :o) x

[Mr.Nose]

always make SURE you have breakfast
also you cant just diet you must exercise aswell.

[whiskeysheri]

Good points, Mr.Nose!

I didn't exercise much more when I lost the weight, but it's always better to. It speeds the loss up and is obviously healthier for you too. x

[kazeliz]

IF you need to diet use weight watchers, i do, and have lost 6 stone in a year! hows that for healthy, do it properly and enjoy doing it too, you can eat anything but have to write it down, aim todrink 8 glasses of water a day,

[skyguy13]

Most weight watcher products contain hydronated vegtable fat. This is very bad for you. Besides i tried them, they just cause me to eat more sweet stuff.

[msemma]

I'm a similar height to you, had anorexia for the best part of 7 years, now weigh 10 stone to 10 and a half stone and have done for about 4 years (I'm 27 now). I'm happy with my weight. and so are all of those around me. You do not "need" to lose a stone and a half.

[skyguy13]

Ok, heres why i do, my legs are fat, but above my legs i am thin. what do i do?

[skyguy13]

Oh, and people around me are not happy, they call me fat.
???

[whiskeysheri]

Aww, skyguy! It's nothing to do with anyone else. Ignore them. I can assure you, you're NOT fat! Anything from 18-25 on the BMI scale is considered a healthy weight.

If you're worried about a particular part of your body, that's maybe what you need to target, not more weight loss. Maybe post a Q in Health & Fitness about toning up these areas?

Good luck and don't listen to anyone else. x x x

[skyguy13]

ok, thanks

[skyguy13]

Now that i thought about it i get around 1200 calories a day.

250-Breakfast

250-Lunch

400-700-Dinner

Is That Ok, Too Much, Too Little.?

[normy]

Are they fat or just chunky!

If you want to lose weight of your legs, do exercises that use high repetition with low weight. This will trim and tone the body parts you are working
I would say 1200 is too few calories for a teen, as your body needs more calories as you are still growing...

check here
http://www.overweight-teen-solutions.com/calor ie-requirement.html#table

[msemma]

Ok, who is telling you that you are fat and why? Who decided that you have "fat legs"?

"The people around you" don't sound like they care about you that much, I tell you what why don't you just go out in a great big tent of a skirt and show off your skinny top half because that'll make them all a lot happier? I'll tell you why not, because that would be daft.

Not as daft as this though. I'll tell you what less than 1,000 calories a day will do to you over a prolonged period: you'll lose your sense of taste, you will find swallowing things difficult, you will be constantly dizzy and unable to actually do any excercise as suggested above, you'll become obsessive about food and spend hours working out how many calories there are in everything, and as for your friends, well you'll lose interest in them and won't have the energy enough to go out and see them, but quite frankly they don't sound like a good bunch of peope to be around.

Ditch them and the crazy idea that that you need to lose a stone and a half and get on with your life.

Here's a thing, I first became anorexic when I was 16 and started obsessing over how many calories there are in everything. I've wasted so much brain space to knowing how manay calories are in things. You name any item of food, any chocolate bar, any brand of crisps and I'll tell you how many calories there are in it. I should've been learning about things that would help me in life, instead I can tell you the fat content of a hobnob without thinking twice about it. Any I don't care more! It's just in there, when other people know about useful stuff. I don't even want to know it but it's a complete natural reflex for me to read every bit of writing on a food packet and I have to stop myself doing it.

Just don't eat junk, don't overeat and don't sit on your bum all day and you won't ever get fat!!!!