Would it be okay to eat 800-1000 calories a day and burn 600 calories doing sports/gym?

Question

I want to get rid of the fat covering my abs and chest.

Answer 1

h**l no.  you cannot sustain health with calories that low.  also, your workout would suffer, too.  to get rid of fat on the abs.  you must do cardio work. to do this you need calories to sustain the cardio work.  building muscle also helps to burn fat.  muscles burn plenty of calories by raising your metabolic rate.

Answer 2

Probably not. 2000 calories a day is considered normal. Of course, it all depends on your gender, age, and weight. For instance, if you are an 18 year old female weighing 130 pounds at 5' 4" and plan to exercise intensely (whether or not 600 calories is intense is debatable) or even once a day, even if you want extreme fat loss you should still be eating about 1400 calories a day at least. You can go here: http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie... and change your stats accordingly to see how much you should be eating daily in order to lose the weight you want.  

Answer 3

You would be an IDIOT for doing that.  

You fat would stay, Your muscle would leave!

Remember, calories in minus calories out is good if that number is negative, but if you take it too far you will hurt yourself!!!

You can figure out roughly what your BMR is by many different calculators online.

Once you get that, you need to figure out your normal activity and add it to your BMR.

Then finally, add your exercise calories.

If you are not eating enough calories based on your current weight and activity level, you will end up burning muscle instead of fat (your ultimate goal).  Burning muscle hurts you cause you will lower your metabolism and burn less calories in a day!  It takes work for your body to keep muscle (repairing it and building it), so it is the first to go if your body thinks its not getting enough calories!

Try going to www.myfitnesspal.com the forum on there has excellent advice and the whole program does a really good in helping you be away of how many calories your putting in and how many you should be burning off!

I have a few of my “close to overweight” Marines on it and it has worked wonders for them!  Including two that are having a tough time losing their weight after a pregnancy!!!