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which will only serve to slow your metabolism and make putting weight back on after the diet is over a lot easier.

Rather than following strictly 1000 calories every day it is usually better to try to tailor this idea to yourself. For example if you are very tall, well built or heavy at the start of the diet, then 1000 calories is almost starvation. Also when you factor in exercise into the diet, which is very definitely a good idea, then you should alter your intake for that day accordingly so that you aren't burning off several days worth of food all at once and risking burning yourself out and giving up.

To this end it is better to try to access how many calories you are eating every day and then reduce from there. Eating only 1000 calories per day will leave most people feeling weakened and light headed most of the time. If it turns out that you are consuming 4000 calories per day for example, but then burn off nearly all of those through work and other activities every day, then 1000 is not going to work. Reducing this number to 2000 however, allowing yourself enough energy to still do what you usually do is far better.

It is also generally accepted that the slower you lose weight with a given diet, then the easier it will be to keep the weight off. The 1000-calorie diet does not go along with this principle however, and the weight tends to be lost very quickly. In turn it is also put back on very quickly after you stop the diet, and for most people 1000 calories per day is unsustainable.

The 1000-calorie diet was also made with women in mind rather than men, who are typically smaller and eat less then men as well. The level of activity you do in your job is also another factor in whether the 1000-calorie diet will work for you as well. For example you might be ok eating only this amount if you are sitting behind a desk all day and not exerting yourself that much. However if you work in say construction, you might burn well over 1000 calories during the normal working day.

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