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Is eating 800 calories a day because I'm afraid I could be hurting myself. But I am really overweight Im 18 and 210 pounds. I despertly need to lose weight and have tried but cant seem to be able to. How much weight could I gain back by switching from 800 calories to 1200 later on?
Thu, 4 Dec 2014
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Hello
Thank You for contacting HCM.
Welcome to Health Care Magic.
My name is Dr Muhammad Ahmad & i will look into your problem.

I have gone through your query and would try to help you in the best possible way.

What We suggest for a healthy weight loss:

(1)Don't eat LESS ,eat HEALTHY
Cut down fat and carbohydrate content in your food,eat salads (with no cream and myonnaese) add apple,red beans,boiled corns,leafy veges and boiled chicken to your salad(avoid high sugar fruits like banana mango)...don't do binge eating if you have 3 heavy meals a day have 5 lighter ones,replace normal milk bread with Bran bread,as much fibre as you can take it's good for you..NO DRINKS Like Coke and stuff..switch to natural juice.Eat chicken ..fish (not fried), you can have three-four boiled eggs with yolks removed they have low calories and super energetic.
DON'T SKIP BREAKFAST,
Skipping breakfast is the worst thing you can do.As your body during night goes to power saver mode and when you don't take breakfast it stays on that mode and doesn't burn fat.Do brisk walk regularly(start with 20 min gradually go to 50 mins dont over work yourself) and take a rest day after every 3 days.
Don't stuff your stomach:
break your daily three meals into five and still don't stuff your stomach ..leave some room...
Drink two glasses of water before you eat it will automatically make fill your stomach so some extent and you will end up eating less.
Avoid chocolates ,white sugar or anything in which white sugar can be present, Just stay steady nothing changes in a single month tell yourself that you will give yourself 5 months of controlled eating and exercise and yes your health does deserve 5 months of your life..
(2) Pizza,burgers,coke,sprite or any fuzzy sugary drinks =A big NO
(3) Fresh fruit juices =YES

Conclusion: Under eating always hurts your body sooner or later, some researches say these people get dementia and weaker brain earlier than others,and under-eating also cause weaker bones and muscles and lazy behaviour lack of awareness and many many other issues. So Dont under eat but eat things which you should. Always try to avoid slimming meds.


Med: you are much over weight so try a med it really works and very safe if you want to use ...
Use metformin 500mg 1 hour after breakfast and you will not feel hungry the whole day but still eat salade bowl in noon because as i told u dont have to hurt ur self.only side effect may be loose motion in first 4-5 days and tired ness which will go away or else u can make it half tablet and take it in morning and night


Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow
up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us.
Wishing you good health
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Hello Thank You for contacting HCM. Welcome to Health Care Magic. My name is Dr Muhammad Ahmad & i will look into your problem. I have gone through your query and would try to help you in the best possible way. What We suggest for a healthy weight loss: (1)Don t eat LESS ,eat HEALTHY Cut down fat and carbohydrate content in your food,eat salads (with no cream and myonnaese) add apple,red beans,boiled corns,leafy veges and boiled chicken to your salad(avoid high sugar fruits like banana mango)...don t do binge eating if you have 3 heavy meals a day have 5 lighter ones,replace normal milk bread with Bran bread,as much fibre as you can take it s good for you..NO DRINKS Like Coke and stuff..switch to natural juice.Eat chicken ..fish (not fried), you can have three-four boiled eggs with yolks removed they have low calories and super energetic. DON T SKIP BREAKFAST, Skipping breakfast is the worst thing you can do.As your body during night goes to power saver mode and when you don t take breakfast it stays on that mode and doesn t burn fat.Do brisk walk regularly(start with 20 min gradually go to 50 mins dont over work yourself) and take a rest day after every 3 days. Don t stuff your stomach: break your daily three meals into five and still don t stuff your stomach ..leave some room... Drink two glasses of water before you eat it will automatically make fill your stomach so some extent and you will end up eating less. Avoid chocolates ,white sugar or anything in which white sugar can be present, Just stay steady nothing changes in a single month tell yourself that you will give yourself 5 months of controlled eating and exercise and yes your health does deserve 5 months of your life.. (2) Pizza,burgers,coke,sprite or any fuzzy sugary drinks =A big NO (3) Fresh fruit juices =YES Conclusion: Under eating always hurts your body sooner or later, some researches say these people get dementia and weaker brain earlier than others,and under-eating also cause weaker bones and muscles and lazy behaviour lack of awareness and many many other issues. So Dont under eat but eat things which you should. Always try to avoid slimming meds. Med: you are much over weight so try a med it really works and very safe if you want to use ... Use metformin 500mg 1 hour after breakfast and you will not feel hungry the whole day but still eat salade bowl in noon because as i told u dont have to hurt ur self.only side effect may be loose motion in first 4-5 days and tired ness which will go away or else u can make it half tablet and take it in morning and night Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us. Wishing you good health