What's the LOWEST amount of CALORIES you've gone?

[kiddink]

I'm at 2100 right now and not yet where I want to be...kind of scared to start going lower

[FuckingPain]

I dieted with 1500 before I came to bodybuilding forums for a long time. I kinda regret doing that...

[Labello]

About 0. srs

Lol at scared of going lower than 2100, I hope youre kidding.

[Phil147]

I've been around ~800. I had no idea what a proper diet was, was fat, and thought fat in foods was bad. Would aim for less than 10g of dietary fat per day and hit that regularly. Although I was 275 and could afford to lose a lot, probably burned more LBM than I'd like to have in retrospect.

[JVRICHARDS]

Down to 1700-1800 this week and next week. Vacation time is a stone's throw away.

[tgo007]

700 all protein.

[texanchris]

400 calories a day a long time ago to lose 70 pounds. never again.

[NizzleMizzles]

700 all protein.

Lol I bet you were ****tin sawdust.

I'm averaging 1700-2000 right now... I'm probably low on my numbers kinda worried about losing LBM.

[kiddink]

Lol I bet you were ****tin sawdust.

I'm averaging 1700-2000 right now... I'm probably low on my numbers kinda worried about losing LBM.

If you keep protein high and have enough carbohydrates to fuel you for a workout where you're not losing your strength...theoretically you should lose very little LBM, yes?

[TruthandJustice]

I do 0 calories like every other day, works great. Massive weight loss and no strength loss. In fact, some of my lifts has been going up. My deadlift went up 35 lbs in 2 months while dropping 22 lbs in bodyweight, 380 to 415. My Bench as been stuck at like 280 for months tho, but that's to be expected since it's my most trained lift. Down to 19% BF now, looking forward those abs in a month or two. Just don't let too many people know about this secret, the protein supplement companies get mad.

[bf527365]

at 16-1800 not bad at all

[Ryanast]

800 a day/ all protein for only 3-5 days at a time.

pretty effective actually if you keep lifting

[kevi204]

Personally i wouldn't ever want to go any lower than 1900 cals/day nowadays I'd rather just bump up the cardio.
I've gone as low as 1600-1700 when i first lossed weight. It wasn't that hard because you don't know what your going to look like at the end of the journey and the results are motivating. I'd have a lot tougher time doin that now though.

[RSmithyy]

I am now cutting on 2200 calories up from 2000 calories. I havent lost any weight on the scales for a while now. I am wondering if I should lower it a little bit more or just go by changes in the mirror?

I have also done some things that may distort my weight loss on the scales. I have recently re-introduced carbs and come off keto.

I have 3 weeks left on my cut before I go overseas. I am trying to get into the best shape I possibly can.

I found that on 2k cals I was hungry all the time and felt pretty bad. Not sure what to do... :S

[jon1995]

ive fasted for a day

[DeanT765]

5'10", 200 lbs, 20 years old. I'm currently cutting at 1450, losing about 2 lbs a week, give or take. I'm on the all pro linear progression full body routine and I'm still making gains because I'm a noob. If I had to guess I'd say I'm 25-30% still, I want to get down to 175. I started at 230. My macros are usually around 45g fat, 95g carbs, 160g protein.

[AGio]

1650ish. Seemed a little difficult until I got used to it. With IF, it is enough for me while I still get 180g protein a day.

[aterrigno]

I'm at 1500 right now doing a 40 40 20 split fat falling off no loss of strength feel great

[RSmithyy]

Damn you guys make me think I should lower my calories...

[StacksItRich]

900-1200 during a PSMF. Worst experience of my life. I binged on beer and diner food every other week.

[matt1942]

Years ago I did 1300 per day for 4 months strait while working construction, lifting four days a week and cardio 5 days a week. lost 70 pounds and looked like death. I dont know how I did it

[Tommy W.]

You want to have a defecit of 30 cals per lb. of bodyfat. Up cals as you lean out. This is what has always worked for me with no loss of muscle.

[RecreatingMe]

I'll be honest, I don't eat more than 1000 cal a day. Even that would be a bit much.
Some people say it's bad, some say it's good; I don't care anymore. It's helping me get where I need to be, and once i'm there i'll fix my metabolism.

[cnh57811]

1800 cals right now. Losing 2lbs per week. Will up cals once I get down around 15% so I'm only losing 1lb per week (~25 lbs till I get to 15%)

[bf527365]

i did a master cleanse and dint eat for 12 days, brutal.. jsut drank this disgusting lemonade, this was before i was educated on fat loss

[LeaninBack916]

My big ass cuts at 2400 and to me that is low enough. Id rather cut at about 2900 but that would slow my progress (as Ive tested out). But summer is about 3 months away and I want to be beastly by summer lol.

[dabrian]

i did a master cleanse and dint eat for 12 days, brutal.. jsut drank this disgusting lemonade, this was before i was educated on fat loss

Yea wow that would be a living hell.

[leander611]

1400-1800 calories but i've been adding cardio into my regime being able to eat 2000+ and still losing 1-2lbs a week

[bf527365]

haha indeed it was, thought the hunger pains kinda go away after about day 5, they go from unbarable to barable, haha, kinda cool to say i did it tho looking back

Yea wow that would be a living hell.

[SrNG]

Gonna try going under 1k for 3-5 days, all protein/maybe some fats. Personal experience and research show it's effective and safe as long as it's fir a short period of time. Realisticallt I don't think any catabolic effects due to decreased, not missing entirely, caloric values don't occur for at least 72 hours