BuilderMan

I'm confused...did you really mean lean muscle? That's not necessarily a good thing.

Lynn

Odoyal - Well said!

hsmom - 1200 cals a day is about my max as well even with exercising a min of 45-60 a day. But I'm a 52 year old peri-menopausal woman and herein lies the problem! I just have to chose my food carefully to make sure that those 1200 cals are good, clean, quality cals.

Lynn

Ive always went on the 10 x your body weight rule. Im baffled why people want to eat less. Id rather eat more and work out a little harder.

 

The less you eat, the less your metabolism works. Eat more = higher metabolism, cardio more = higher metabolism..put them together with maybe a thermo thrown in and your a fat burning machine.

This man tells the truth!

500 calories a day baffles me. You have got to be burning quite of bit of lean muscle consuming that little. I consume 2100 calories daily and have lost quite of bit of fat, gained lean muscle, and feel great! It's not as much "work" or as complex as you might think. All these quick fix advertisements and commercials have confused america. :(

I totally agree with the above 2 statements. What concerns me about this 500 cal per day thing is that your body is going to literally eat up your muscle. More muscle mass = higher resting metobolism. I can't see anything good about this plan and I would be very concerned about any doctor promoting it. (OK, flame suit is on!)

Lynn