A friend commented on my diet, worried that I might be putting my body into starvation mode.
I am 23 year old male. 6'1", 195 pounds. I exercise ~3 times per week, 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of limited weightlifting (Had 3 stress fractures to the right tibia in the Marine Corps that still bother me, and prevents me from heavy lifting with the legs. I shattered my metacarpal-carpal joint in a motorcycle accident and had to have surgery on that, and it prevents me from doing heavy upper body lifting)
Average breakfast is either scrambled eggs (2 eggs, no salt/cheese), Peanut butter sandwhich (Piece of wheat, scoop of peanut butter), maybe a small bowl of cereal.
So my average breakfast ~200 calories. I don't have much appetite in the mornings, this fills me up pretty good.
I work in an office, limited fridge room. I usually go to walmart once a month and fill my fridge up with lean cuisine meals, which are ~250 calories each. Again, these fill me up pretty good, are cheap, I can fit in the fridge at work, and are easy to cook on my short lunch break.
So by the time I get home from work, I have ~450 calories in me.
Dinner is a little more varied, but usually only ~500 calories.
And then in a couple of hours I go to bed. Meaning most days I have 950 calories throughout the day. 2-3 nights a week I have ~600 calories of liquor, which I'm trying to cut back on.
At my peak about 6 months ago I was 230 pounds. Over 2 months I went down to 180, then another 2 months went by and I was up to 200 (Was bad, lots of fast food), and then have only gone down 5 pounds over the last 2 months.
Is 900 calories that bad for someone of my size? Is my body at risk of going in starvation mode and making it even harder for me to lose weight? How detrimental is alcohol to losing weight?
I appreciate any advise! I am on a limited budget and have very limited time, making more exercise difficult, but sincerely want to lose weight, I want to get down to ~160-170
I am 23 year old male. 6'1", 195 pounds. I exercise ~3 times per week, 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of limited weightlifting (Had 3 stress fractures to the right tibia in the Marine Corps that still bother me, and prevents me from heavy lifting with the legs. I shattered my metacarpal-carpal joint in a motorcycle accident and had to have surgery on that, and it prevents me from doing heavy upper body lifting)
Average breakfast is either scrambled eggs (2 eggs, no salt/cheese), Peanut butter sandwhich (Piece of wheat, scoop of peanut butter), maybe a small bowl of cereal.
So my average breakfast ~200 calories. I don't have much appetite in the mornings, this fills me up pretty good.
I work in an office, limited fridge room. I usually go to walmart once a month and fill my fridge up with lean cuisine meals, which are ~250 calories each. Again, these fill me up pretty good, are cheap, I can fit in the fridge at work, and are easy to cook on my short lunch break.
So by the time I get home from work, I have ~450 calories in me.
Dinner is a little more varied, but usually only ~500 calories.
And then in a couple of hours I go to bed. Meaning most days I have 950 calories throughout the day. 2-3 nights a week I have ~600 calories of liquor, which I'm trying to cut back on.
At my peak about 6 months ago I was 230 pounds. Over 2 months I went down to 180, then another 2 months went by and I was up to 200 (Was bad, lots of fast food), and then have only gone down 5 pounds over the last 2 months.
Is 900 calories that bad for someone of my size? Is my body at risk of going in starvation mode and making it even harder for me to lose weight? How detrimental is alcohol to losing weight?
I appreciate any advise! I am on a limited budget and have very limited time, making more exercise difficult, but sincerely want to lose weight, I want to get down to ~160-170