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I am officially on a diet

starkbaby22starkbaby22 member
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I am breastfeeding, but thinking my freezer stash will get me pretty darn close to 1 year.  I started by cutting my calories down to around 1300/day and joined the closest Anytime Fitness center.  The past 2 days I have been doing 30 minutes of cardio and no strength training, as advised by the trainer at the gym.  I am going to weigh myself every Tuesday; my own "Biggest Loser" ceremony :) 

I DO have a question...since I am breastfeeding, how does that 500 calories that you supposedly burn take into account here??  Am I really only eating 800 calories per day with those 500 gone??

Any other diet tips would be fabulous, thanks gals!

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Re: I am officially on a diet

  • ibisibis member
    800 cal/day would be a starvation diet. You do not want to do that. 1300 is pretty low, I wouldn't go below that.
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    I don't feel like I use up those 500 calories...maybe I do, but do you think if I'm only taking in the 1300 ish a day that minus those "estimated" 500 I'm actually only getting 800??

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  • ahava2005ahava2005

    Not a fan of that plan.  No strength training on low cals and cardio = muscle loss.  You should at least be doing maintenance muscle work = once a week full body.  This plan is going to get you a skinny fat body with no muscle 'tone'.  You'll lose scale weight, though.

    Most trainers are inept though...I see lots of stupid things in the gym.

     And yes, 800 cals if you are bf'ing.  You shouldn't cut your cals that low.

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    Oh, I see what you're saying. 

    I'm not a dieter so I'm not sure if I can be of much help. But I would assume if you're eating 1300 cal/day and you don't feel totally starving, you're ok. 500 is just a rough guideline. It will vary according to your individual metabolism and activity level. I would probably be extremely hungry on 1300 cal/day but everyone is different. 

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    Oh MAN am I hungry! lol But I know going from where I was to what I'm taking in NOW, is a HUUUUUGE change!  I need that change.  I'm looking to lose between 50 and 60 lbs, to get into a healthy BMI and just be a healthier weight. 

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  • dulcinea03dulcinea03 member

    IMO you're setting yourself up for failure by crash dieting. You want to lose no more than 1-3lbs per week, especially with BFing. You didn't gain the weight in 2 months, I don't think it is realistic to try and lose it that quickly either.

    I have about 30lbs to lose, so I'm no skinny-minny either. I just ran my #'s, and WITHOUT BFing, I'm still needing 1700 cals to lose 1-3lbs per week. I'm sticking around 2000-2200 and am losing 1-2 per week right now.

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  • mari_goldmari_gold

    I don't know, 1300 calories is low, even for a woman who is not breastfeeding. Say you're "only" burning 200 calories breastfeeding -- that's just 1100 a day, which puts you very close to starvation territory.

    Have you tried just eating healthy combined with working out? That would be easier for you to maintain after you lose the weight you want to lose.

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