If I Stay Under 1000 Calories Will I Lose Weight

Joe is an online weight loss coach and qualified personal trainer of 15 years who helps busy, professional men and women lose fat and build muscle.

Quick Answer If you eat 1, 000 calories a day, the amount of weight you will lose will depend on your maintenance calories. If you maintain your weight on 2, 000 calories a day, eating 1, 000 calories a day will mean you lose roughly 2lbs or 1kg per week

1, 000 calories per day is low enough for almost anyone to lose weight. For men, this would be classed as a very low-calorie intake, and for women it’s low.

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Let’s say your maintenance calories (the number of calories you need to maintain your weight) is 2, 000 per day .If you ate 1, 000 per day, you’d be in a 1, 000 calories deficit every day.

That would produce exactly 2 pounds of weight loss.So, if you want to lose 20lbs, you need to eat 1, 000 calories per day for ten weeks.

And there are VERY few people that have the discipline to do that or are willing to make the number of sacrifices required to stick to that calorie level for more than a couple of weeks.

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And EVEN if you are happy to sacrifice all of that for a significant period of time, you may even need to take more drastic measures and pay attention to things you would have before like;

Even if you don’t like going out to eat, or getting takeaway now and again, most people stil find pleasure in food, and realistically, 1, 000 calories a day is going to mean denying yourself of that for quite a long time.

The other thing to consider is, is 1, 000 calories going to have you enough physical energy to do what you need to do?

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If you have a physical job, the answer is almost definitely notIf you are weight training in the gym or training for and playing a sport, the answer will also be no

Well, if you have a very sedentary job, i.e. sitting at a desk all day, AND you are relatively initiative in your spare time, 1, 000 calories a day might be ok.

In order to know roughly how much you’d lose by eating 1, 000 calories a day, you’ll first need to know your maintenance calories.

How Much Weight Will I Lose In A Week If I Burn 1,000 Calories A Day?

If you already know your rough maintenance calories, great! The table below will give you some guidance as to how much you could expect to lose

So you can see from the chart above roughly how much you’d lose each week and each month by eating 1, 000 calories a day

Eating a ton of fruit and veg will be vital to bulk out meals as much as possible while keeping calories to a minimum

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N.B. Results will vary from person to person, and achieving the exact results laid out above would depend on tracking calories very accurately

It also relies on everything staying exactly the same; if you start exercising more, you’ll lose weight quicker. Start exercising LESS and the rate of loss will be slower!

One other thing to be aware of is that as you lose weight, your metabolism will reduce (and therefore your maintenance calories will come down).

The Effects Of Consuming Fewer Than 1000 Calories Daily

This means that you MAY need to eat less than 1, 000 calories at some point if you have a specific weight loss goal in mind.

You’ll generally be able to spot when this point comes as your weight will plateau for a week (or more), providing you’re tracking your weight on a regular basis – I recommend daily weight tracking.

Well, if you’re an average male with a maintenance calorie level of 2, 500 per day, you can expect to lose 3lbs, or 1.4kg per week eating 1, 000 calories a day.

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If you’re an average female with a maintenance calorie level of 1, 750 per day, you could expect to lose 1.5lbs per week, or 0.7kg per week.

Using the numbers above, if you’re an average male, you could expect to lose 12lbs or 5.5kg a month eating 1, 000 calories a day.

As mentioned above, if you’re a heavy male, with an active job and you train and/or play sports outside of work, then yes, eating 1, 000 calories a day is not going to turn out well for you.

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And, depending on your job, your centration levels could mean the difference between life and death. In this case, that low of calorie intake is simply unsafe

If you operate complex heavy machinery at work, or you’re in the police fire service, just think about all the dangerous situations that could arise out of a lack of concentration.

The benefits of super fast weight loss are outweighed by all the disadvantages in this case, and that’s before you even take into account how it’ll impact your enjoyment of life.

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So, before you start this crazy low-calorie diet, you need to seriously consider the impact it might have on your safety, and livelihood lifestyle.

Well, eating so few calories could make it hard to get all the macro and micronutrients into your diet that you need for overall health and well-being.

While this doesn’t pose an immediate danger to your safety, it could impact your health in the longer term, especially if you plan on doing this diet for a long period of time

I Ate 1000 Calories Over My Limit, Now What?

This shouldn’t be a surprise, lower calorie diets will result in greater weight loss by default, BUT what is interesting is that the participants eating 1, 000 calories a day saw greater weight regain in the long term.

This reinforces the theory that while eating 1, 000 calories a day is of course possible, the likelihood is that it will ultimately lead to binging and a return to poor eating habits.

This sentiment is echoed in this 2011 study which suggests that small reductions in calorie intake e.g. 100 calories per day cooped with physical activity have a greater likelihood of producing long-term, sustainable weight loss.

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This means that if your maintenance calorie level is 1, 500 per day, you could eat 1, 400 calories (and perhaps burn an additional 100-200 per day by doing some moderate exercise) and although the weight loss would be slower than it would be on a 1000 calorie diet, it would be much easier to maintain.

This study recommends 1, 000-1, 500 calorie-a-day diets for routine weight management but says 800 calories a day (and below) diets should only be ‘used in limited circumstances such as the treatment of obesity or diabetes.

Based on ten findings of the study, a 1, 000-calorie diet, therefore, treads the line between something that should be used by the general public and something that should be used more as a medical intervention.

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My interpretation of this is that it should really only be used for general weight loss by people that are already very light, and very inactive.

So, the weight of evidence seems to point towards the opinion that 1, 000 calories a day is simply going to be too low for most people just looking to lose weight

While it is true that it technically doesn’t matter WHAT you eat in a calorie deficit, if you are going to be on a low-calorie diet (i.e. a 1, 000 calorie diet daily), you will need to pay close attention to the kinds of food you’re eating on a regular basis.

What 1,000 Calories Looks Like In Different Foods / Bright Side

Yes, you can fit ‘fun’ foods like Pizza into pretty much any diet, but if you’re only on 1, 000 calories a day, you need to be mindful that a typical slice of pizza could be around 250 calories.

So, if you really do want to attempt to stick to 1, 000 calories a day, then the foods you eat are going to be much more important than if you were on 1, 800 calories a day, for example.

If you are on a very low-calorie diet, every calorie you save counts, so eating leaner cuts of chicken like breast over thighs or legs is going to save significant amounts of calories.

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My number one tip for structuring a diet around these foods would be to include a lean protein component and a fruit or veg competent in each meal.

While my philosophy generally goes against banning specific foods completely, I do think that if you are limiting yourself to 1, 000 calories a day, you should at least completely avoid any oil, butter, nuts or chocolate.

You’ll go back to eating ‘normally’, or at least how you did before, and most likely put some (or all) of the weight you lost back on.

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Hopefully, you can see where meal plans fall down. Having said that they can have their uses and as long as you know that meal plans are a temporary solution, they can work.

If you want a few more examples of 1, 000 calorie meal plans, check out my other post which has a few different options.

In order to stick to 1, 000 calories a day, you’re going to have to take as many measures as possible to keep yourself feeling full and satisfied.

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If you don’t manage your hunger properly, the chances are you’ll be