colin jones's Journal, 08 Nov 18

I think you’re expecting too much of yourself. The RDI is about 2000 calories but as you want to lose weight perhaps 1500 would be better for you. 😘 

I agree. Unintentionally but due to my work patterns I have been doing some 16-8, so have cut down to 2 meals a day whilst trying to keep below 1500 calories. Ideally I would like to hit 1350 which would theoretically lose me 12.5 kg in 2 months without increasing exercise. Try this website to formulate a calorie intake which will make it easier to achieve your goals without undue stress. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/bwp Good luck  

I also agree, if you're not giving your body enough energy then it'll store what you are giving it, and that will stall weight loss. try eating some good for you calorie rich foods like avocado, nuts, milk, whole-wheat carbs... 

Yes, 1000 calorie limit is too low,if it leaves you hungry it will be hard to keep to it, you'll still lose at 1500 calories.good luck 😊 

Yes, you should definitely be fuelling yourself, not restricting this severely 

I agree with others that you would have an easier time if you went to 1500 calories a day, if only to ensure you're regularly getting the right amount of nutrition you need on a daily basis! However, if doing 1000 calories a day is just a very temporary measure to lose some weight, then please ignore the unfortunately common myth that your body will enter a 'starvation mode' if you don't consume enough calories on a daily basis. As long as you're in calorie deficit, you will lose weight proportional to that deficit and your progress will not be inhibited by your body thinking you're in a starvation scenario.  

also agree 1000 calories is far to low for a man 1500 even 2000 I'm disabled on 2000 since January and lost over a stone I drink a glass of water before eating it tricks the brain to feel fuller  

Thanks everyone, the reason my cals were so low is because I was on 1250 cals a day and stalled for quite a few weeks with no movement, so I dropped it to get a reaction which worked, but a 1000 cals is hard to do because of going over easily, hunger is not an issue for me as I can fight that, what I have done is controlled my portions to a more sensible amount, the fasting program is helping me to cut out the late night eating and snacking. I have set my cals back up-to 1200 per day as I still have a lot to lose so need the food diet to help with that, Fasting as such is not a diet but starts your body to burn fat which I can see in my clothes getting to fit more loosely. Basically I'm eating my normal meals but at a more controlled portion to stop over eating which I was doing alot.  

google all foods that contains sugar and work from that list you'll be shocked how much weight you drop if you follow