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Nutritionist rec 1350 cals - is this ok?

kgerasimon Posts: 4 Joined: 2005/04/25	2005/05/01, 01:37 PM I need some advice. I saw a nutritionist last week because I was concerned that a previous stint of yo-yo dieting and subsisting on 1200 cals per day (with HEAVY exercise)may have damaged my metabolism. I am 5ft 4 and 135 lbs and would like to lose 10 lbs, but very slowly. Currently I am on a healthy balanced diet of about 1500-1600 cal per day and I do pretty intense lifting (45min) and cardio intervals (30 min) 6 days a week. The Nutritionist recommended I cut my calories back to 1350 if I want to lose weight. She didn't seem to think I had done any damage to my metabolism since I had stayed above 1200 cal. (Even thought I told her that I was weak and dizzy at the time and my period stopped.) At this point she told me that my expectations are too high, and I could be gaining weight with age (I'm 29!) and I may just have to deal wity being 135. What do you guys think of her calories recommendation? I'm scared to go that low again because I'm very active and don't want to go into starvation mode. On the other hand, I have been doing 1500-1600 cal per day for 2 full weeks and my weight has stayed exactly the same. I'm so confused! Should I just keep doing what I'm doing? Follew her advice and cut calories further? This is so frustrating because I have loads of discipline and motivation - it's just that nothing is working. Help! kira
DX14AG Posts: 1,055 Joined: 2004/07/22	2005/05/01, 09:12 PM I think that you should go with what your nutritionist is saying and consume at least (not most) 1350 calories daily. If you are consuming 1500-1600 calories and you are staying the same weight but you want to lose weight, this seems like the ideal thing to do. However, on the more active days, I would suggest to increase the calories by however many calories more you burned that day. With this, I believe that you will succeed in your goal to lose weight slowly. It's a good thing that you have loads of discipline and motivation and you are patient to lose weight. Many people are the exact opposite of that. Goodluck. DX
sstump1 Posts: 1,227 Joined: 2005/03/20	2005/05/02, 09:39 AM kg...I can relate to your situation. I was not eating but 2 maybe 3 meals a day prior to picking up a diet program and working out. By following what I learned here after about 2 weeks of eating right my metabolism started pumping faster and faster. So even if you did do damage it is recoverable. 1350 seems resonable for your body weight. Usually a good figure is 10-12 X's your body weight in calories to lose weight. Just be careful what you're eating and you should do fine. Since fat = 9 X's Calories, and protein and carbs = 4 X's then just be careful what you're eating...high fatty foods (at the same calorie level) could cause you to go into starvation as you can eat more protein and carbs then fats. Example: Bad diet: 75g Fat = 675 calories 85g Protein = 340 Calories 85g Carbs = 340 Calories 1355 Calories Better Diet: 20g Fat = 180 Calories 145g Protein = 580 Calories 145g carbs = 580 1340 Calories When you want to lose fat you should take in more Protein then carbs (to reinforce muscle and as long as you're active the body has a harder time storing the Protein). The above example should help you to understand how you can eat more if you eat right and still create a caloric defecit. Make sure you divide this figure by 6 and eat 6 mini-meals equaling that number every day to get your metabolism pumping again. Good luck and keep us posted.