900 calorie diet...what would you eat?

[Anonymous]

My friend has struggled with her weight for many years now. She's 5'0 and upwards of 225 to give you an idea.

Anyway, she recently sought medical help for her weight issue. I guess her body has some condition where it fails to use calories for normal functioning and converts calories directly to fat storage. Also her body type is one that gains muscle but fails to lose fat.

We will be living together come August so she pulled me aside to tell me about this so I wouldn't think she was anorexic or anything.

Her doctor told her he wants her on a strict 900 calorie a day diet and that she was only allowed to consume 900 calories. If she were to burn 500 from walking/working out in a day she was not allowed to eat them back. So essentially she'd eat 900 calories and then burn 500 and then really have only taken in 400...right?

She's only allowed 4 oz of meat 3 times a week.

So if you were on this diet, what would you eat?

[Acidhead93]

900 calories seems unhealthy to me. I'd recommend more cardio/exercise to be honest. It really doesn't matter what food you eat, if you're sitting around all day doing nothing, you're not going to lose any weight.

But if I had to suggest foods, it'd be a lot of raw fruits and vegetables.

[DifferentLine]

That doesn't sound healthy at all. I'd question the legitimacy of this Doctor she went to, if she even went to one at all.

If I could only eat 900 calories a day, then I'd just eat vegetables all day, no other way to do it really.

[GoldCobra]

I am sorry for your friends medical condition. If I was on a 900 calorie diet, I would just have to eat very very small portions of protein, carbs, and fat.

She needs to spend just one day measuring it all out and seeing how much she is intaking and doing a little research to get an idea of what 900 calories will be. I would recommend the fitness pal app

each meal you have is generally 400 - 600 calories. So 900 calories would be around 2 normal meals

[00ellis]

Lots of Salads, and the theory of the 900 calories a day is that the body can survive of the breakdown of the excess calories. So as long as she has plenty of vitamins she will be perfectly healthy. But yeah, salads and salads.

[kheserthorpe]

The second last sentance confuses me terribly.

I've run 900 calories for say 5 of 7 days, with one around 1500 and one a little over maintenance before.

I was probably eating 4 ox of meat 3-4 times a day.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Sounds like one of the made up conditions my ex would come up with to restrict. Ask her what the name of this condition is, because I'm calling BS, and you don't want to enable bad mental health.

[ZXninja636]

Lean protein and lots of leafy greens with good carbs. In other words, chicken breast, sweet potato, spinach, kale, chards, broccoli, etc.

[Blondiee2014]

A doctor prescribing nutrition? I thought mds recommend medicine ect!
You sure she didn't see a nutritionist?

[DodgersGM]

As many unprocessed fruits and vegetables as humanly possible.

[iamnotalizard]

a lot of fruit and salads. Protein in the form of egg whites and chicken, maybe some salsa to mix it up