From Hannah, Age 17 - 01/19/08 - IP#: 68.227.170.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'1", Start: 180 lb, Today: 130 lb, Goal: 125 lb - I haven't been on this site in forever...but it has gone down hill! I don't know if you girls/guys are just inexperienced dieters..but your diets are all WRONG. You cant eat just one meal a day! 800 calories is not enough to live off of. The reason you people are losing 10 pounds a week is because you are starving yourselves. A good diet needs AT LEAST 1200 calories. You should be eating 3 meals a day, BREAKFAST included. Breakfast starts up your metabolism and helps you burn more calories. If you people aren't eating enough calories your body goes into starvation mode and your body will take the food you are eating and store it as fat. You will lose more weight and keep it off if you follow a healthy diet. 3 meals a day(maybe even a snack) and workout 3 times a week
Reply from Hannah, Age 15 - 01/20/08  - IP#: 68.227.170.xxx
Well so small that i only need 1200 calories...Im only 5'1 although i tend to eat about 1500		 
Reply from Ella, Age 18 - 01/19/08  - IP#: 128.227.67.xxx
Yeah, 1200 isn't good either. You should plug in your numbers to find your bmr and then use an equation to figure out your consumption with your activity level. From there pick your deficit but for no more than 2lbs a week.		 
Reply from Lucee, Age 16 - 01/19/08  - IP#: 84.13.89.xxx
I totally agree! I even think that 1200 is too low to maintain for long periods of time especially when exercising often aswell.