Going below 1200 calories?

[Anonymous]

So the general rule of thumb when you're losing weight is to not go below 1200 calories because your body will enter starvation.

But, apparently, you should eat about 500-ish calories less than what your body needs at your current weight to lose weight.

So what do you do if you eat 500 calories less, but it goes below 1200 calories?

(smaller bodies = less calories, right? i'm at 5'3" and 106 pounds, so would it be fine or not?)

Naw man it's fine

Don't try to lose the weight like that

[Anonymous]

It's fine and here's why; these general rules are general for a reason for example for a guy if he ate below 1200 calories a day that would be terrible because guys are supposed to take in about 2500 calories a day on average for a girl most girls need about 1800 so by cutting out 500 you'd be at 1300 above 1200 obviously. For you though unless there is visible fat on your body I would say don't lose any weight you're already about 100 pounds which is probably a little less then you should weigh, the way you can tell if you shouldn't be losing weight is if your rib cage transitions flat into your stomach and if your ribs are easily visible if your ribs are NOT easily visible and your rib cage transitions flat into your stomach if you lose any more weight you could be hurting your body so I'd just say if you're in the category I described don't lose any weight you seem fine based off the numbers you provided but if you do have fat on you it's possible you could lose some weight but it's not likely.

[maiez]

Too light, meaning you dont need to lose it. You have very little fat, and if you wanted to you can just go to the gym and tighten up relatively quick.

[lePoivre]

You enter starvation if you eat less than 1,200 calories a day. Trust me, I've been on that diet, and unless you subtract calories from working out, it's miserable. You will lose weight on that calorie intake, but you should save that for your last 10 pounds and not the entire weight loss journey.

[areyouladygo]

You are under 18, I think your body is still developing. I'm no expert at this, but if you go on a diet, don't you think it will interfere your body to grow? If I were you, I would still want to grow taller and I wouldn't let silly diet ruin it, especially you do not need to.

[BertMacklinFBI]

you really need to cut your diet at 106 lbs?

[WhoTheHellKnows]

What he said

[Anonymous]

I formed an eating disorder from trying to do that- so I strongly discourage you from doing that at all. I would probably say to not even try to lose weight but if you really want to, I'd reccomend talking to a doctor about it so you can go about it the safest and healthiest way. And your weight is already pretty low so I most certainly not reccomend you losing any wee ight- if anything maybe you should be gaining weight- but it's all something for you to talk to your doctor about.

[Anonymous]

Don't do it. Nobody that isn't a decrepit little old lady should be maintaining weight on 1200 calories. Don't make that mistake. Your body needs more and WILL lose weight on more than that.
It's a whole thing I promise. Just research it a bit more. Your body needs fuel and more fuel means more calories burned/expended. I tried losing weight on 1200, im 5'3". I was EXHAUSTED. Upped my cals, woo energy, improved mood, woo weight loss!

[Opinion Owner]

Oh yeah and I'm underweight from the trap. Upped my cals and really didn't gain weight. 1100 maintaining at one point to 1600 maintaining at my age. Why eat less when you can eat more? Don't follow disordered eating habits

[Opinion Owner]

OMG and you're so young. No don't do this. Please eat, your metabolism is humming at your age.

[Anonymous]

if you really want to lose weight i think 1200 is way too low. I think you should up it a few hundred calories like 1500 , 1600, 1700 however 106lb is a perfectly healthy weight for your hight even on the lighter side of a healthy weight with a bmi of 18.7.

[I_love_him_01_13_15]

just a fair warning... whe nyour body first goes into starvation mode... it will gain a little weight.. but you will lose it in no time

[James687]

lol your not even heavy why would you want to lose weight, but it really doesn't matter about starvation, just eat the right amount of calories you need to lose weight