One and half months ago I was at 185 so I changed my diet so I would eat roughly 1600 calories though about 40% came from fat. I did not lose any weight during that time.

This past week I went down to 1100 calories and about 35% fat. I have lost about 3 lbs. I plan on decreasing the fat intake (once I know how! any suggestions?) and excersizing everyday at the gym. I plan on everyday doing 30 minutes of intense aerobic workout on what ever machine sounds like fun. Then everyother day do about 30 minutes of weight lifting. Am I asking for trouble doing this? What I mean am I eating enough to beable to do such an intense workout? I am looking for a good looking body NOT to look like I have huge muscles.

I am 5'8" 25 year old male. My goal is to get under 150 by Febuary. I was 145 in highschool then college came along and gained the freshman 70. :(

Hi DM... I'm no expert on calories, but 1100 for a male sounds like too little to me. Here is another post that someone else wrote with a formula on it for figuring out what a safe, healthy calorie level would be.
http://www.diettalk.com/cgi-bin/uub/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=29&t=000156

Good luck to you!

I have always heard that you shouldn't go below 1200 calories. It slows your metabolism. The workout sounds good. I've always been told to work out certain groups of muscles one day and a different group the next. :)

Hi DM
1100 calories isn't very much. It's not enough for me and I'm a 5'3 woman. When I eat that low and exercise at an intense level it makes me lightheaded. Your body starts looking for more. Everything slows down. Renee.

Hey DM.... I agree that 1100 for a male sounds like too little. if you haven't went to the wesite that DJ gave to you here it is<br />pat <br />Member<br /> posted 10-12-2001 08:25pm<br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />This formula was in this monts Good Housekeeping to help you determine how many calories you need.<br />661+(4.38x your weight in pounds)+ (4.38 X your height in inches)- (4.7 X your age)

Activity level<br />Sedentary multiply answer x 1.15<br />Light (everyday tasks) x 1.3<br />Moderate (exercise 3-4 times a week) x1.4<br />Very active (exercise 4-6 times a week) x 1.6<br />Extremely active (exercise 6-7 times a week)<br />x1.8<br />Pat <br />

<br />Lisa

Will it looks like I am not eating enough then.

Thank-you everyone who responed. I guess I need to learn how to cut the fat out of my diet then. I have no idea where to start looking though. Has anyone come across some articles or guides that are usefull on cutting out fat from ones diet.

There are tons of low-fat books and cookbooks out there. I have some friends now who are getting a lot out of the Susan Powter books. Good luck!!

hi

rosemary conley is the low fat guru over here. Most of her healthy eating discusses for instance, breakfast (kelloggs cereal with skimmed milk), sandwich with no butter, oil or mayo (just salad veg and chicken/tuna etc. Dinner is meat/fish and veg looking out for carb intake of potatoes rice or pasta (no more than 2 dry oz) and you can have a treat!! low fat yoghurt or low fat frozen yoghurt. Nothing is fried. Everything is grilled, fat drained off and baked or boiled. good luck, you could probably find her website using <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">www.google.com</a> <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

1100 calories? EEK! Definately not enough for a man. Have you checked out Bill Phillips' "Body for Life" book or site? <a href="http://www.bodyforlife.com" target="_blank">http://www.bodyforlife.com</a><br />There's a description at THIS site too under diet plans. Of course, he pushes the supplements (since he's the CEO of a supplement manufacturing company) but they're not necessary. This plan does stress low fat healthy eating and the kind of exercise you are planning to do. There might be some recipes there or my personal faveorites are found in JoAnna M. Lund's "Healthy Exchanges" books or her site <a href="http://www.healthyexchanges.com" target="_blank">http://www.healthyexchanges.com</a> <br />Then of course there is Dr. Dean Ornish, the proponent of very low fat eating and cooking. You can find his stuff anywhere too. Good Luck! <img src="graemlins/rose.gif" border="0" alt="[rose]" />