[novadragon849]

Hi, I started exercising lately which consists of 30 minutes runs every morning (works out to be about 3-4 mile runs) I certainly intend to increase the length of time and speed but for now this will do.

Anyway the question is that everyday I have three meals which two meals are set. First of all in the morning I have a bowl of cereal which according to the nutrition values including milk is around 200 calories. Then at night I always only have veg with no dressing at all so that maybe is only 100 calories top.

Now the highlight of each day is that I can literally eat whatever I want for lunch. This will usually be a full out meal and may go up to 1000 calories (For exaggeration purposes for example a full on fry up even though I tend to go for healthier options).

I do not snack at all because its not really a habit of mine..I rather eat a decent meal at a set time then eat little things all the time...

I think because I exercise, the 300 calories from the morning and night meals will pretty much become negligible so I believe this cancels out.

The question I was wondering about is whether its safe to concentrate a large proportion of my calories in one meal and whether this plan will actually work with me pretty much taking in only 1000 calories a day.

I'm aware of the whole starvation mode thing but apparently thats a borderline myth and the body still continues to lose fat despite you feeling really hungry which to be honest I don't really feel all that hungry...Its only if you go to extreme limits and for a very long time that this happens which I don't feel applies to me..

[SPB]

What is your weight and height and gender and how does it look on your frame (i.e. are you obese, fat, chubby, average, slim, skinny, skin-and-bones)?

Are you guessing these calories or have you worked them out properly using a scale and measuring everything that goes into your mouth? I ask because guessing = bad. By guessing you can be off by around 500 cals either way at the end of the day.

Depending on all the factors of your body you may be either eating too little or too much to maintain a healthy lifestyle; or at the very least your fat loss will not be optimal in terms of effort and time. Whatever you do, as long as you're eating less than you used to and you're running you'll likely lose a certain amount of weight. But if you're not doing things 90-100% correctly in terms of diet you'll either burn out or it will take way longer than you want.

[Dhaden]

Problem with these low calorie diets is that most people just crash and burn. Make a long term change to your diet which you'll stick to and the results will be much better.

[RollerBall]

Not enough food. I give it a week.