What would happen if a 160 pounds girl ate 500 calories a day for 8 weeks?
She would drop probably 20 lbs or so in the first 2 weeks, or more depending on her metabolism, and then her body would kick into starvation response and hang on to every single calorie consumed. The upshot is, by the time the 8 weeks was up, she would probably weigh a deal MORE than 160 pounds. And, she would be very ill and unhealthy. That’s a crash diet that smacks of anorexia. Don’t do it. If you want to lose weight, find a website that calculates your BMR (not your BMI, two different things), and then take a max of 500 calories a day off of it. Example: my BMR is 1550. So if I eat 1050 calories a day and sit on my bum and do nothing, I will lose a few pounds. If I exercise, I will truly lose weight. However, even 1050 calories a day would be rather unhealthy for someone my age, height, and build. Most of the weight loss places, like Weight Watchers, Pure Weight Loss, Medical Weight Loss, etc., put you on diets that work out to about 1500 calories a day, which, combined with exerci
