Calorific Intake **tw**

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Clearly this may be a triggering topic.
But I'm curious

My Dr on Friday was talking about what an average person on a diet would be eating. She said 800-1000 calories was ideal for a diet/losing weight. I didn't question her, we've only met 3 times and it wasn't an appropriate time. Prior to this I'd heard 1200-1500 was normal diet range.
My question is.... is this normal??? I always heard this was extreme! So I was slightly taken aback. It's starvation, right?. The naggin ED inside was saying, "you need to eat less, even normal ppl are doing this" type of thinking.
I can see clearly none of all the above is healthy generally.
I just think, well I don't know. Mixture of things.
But yes, 800-1000? Extreme, right?

[The Aftermath]

800-1000 is NOT normal for a diet! Definitely not ideal! That is definitely not enough. Most people need 1200 MINIMUM just to keep their body running properly and keep their organs healthy. I think your doctor has no idea what a normal person NEEDS. :/

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Insane huh? I'm going to take it up with my SW on Wednesday.

[kshea]

Get a new doctor. You need way more than that. How is this person allowed to practice medicine?

[bigfatana0555]

agree, its relatively unhealthy to lose weight by eating less, its better to eat more and create a calorie deficit with exercise.... i think

[Caitlin6]

Yes I agree that completely an un health intake but you have to think about it as in most people who want to lose weight will only do this for a short amount of time and will be exersising =burn cals and eating healthy = low in cals so it could come out to a total of 1000 which I suppose could be okay depending on your height. 800 seems extream but my mom has a '800 calories week' after the holidays and I would believe her docter knows and she still does it so maybe it is okay.... no no wait no this isnt okay no... right?

[Thoughtmirror]

I've heard that cutting back 200-500 calories is healthy for weight loss. So if you are suppose to be eating about 2,000 calories a day, than 1,500-1,800 is enough to lose weight and still be healthy. It changes all the time though. Anything under 1,200 is going into the unhealthy zone and below a 1,000 is considered starvation mode. Or close to it.