muscle loss

[wonderboy87]

i started doin atkins again on monday (today's friday) and for some reason i was eating very little this time, and surprisingly i dropped from 200 to 192, i don't do cardio but i workout everyday... the other day i was checking my calorie intake and saw that i ate only 1000 calorie for that day,. How may i goin to know if i'm losing muscle or fat, also i'm taking creating and glutamine, do they stop the muscle loss or not on a diet... ok thnx guys...

[spirittalker]

Most likely most of the loss you saw this week was water. Make sure you are eating enough though.

[ttdriver]

1000 calories??? :yikes

Go to www.countcarbs.com and use their tools link to figure out your basal and active metabolic rates and see how many calories you should be eating for your particular lifestyle. Eating too few is NOT GOOD, particularly if you are working out!

Betty

[snorkelman]

muscle loss

Quick answer - yes, you will lose muscle if you continue to do what you are doing. In fact, i bet you lost water AND muscle already.

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends 1200 calories as the minimal daily calorie level for women and 1800 as the minimum for men.

So, yes 1000 calories for a man is way too low. Why? Because when you have too few calories, you starve the muscle and your body goes into starvation mode and lowers its metabolism.

So, yes you will lose muscle

[TheCapn]

Creotine has a load of carbs in it. I'm not exactly sure, but I remember looking at the Nutritional Facts and it had quite a few, although it was a while back so it could be something else.

[wonderboy87]

i'm taking pure creating = 0 carbs

[pingtastic]

if you think 1000 calories is low i have been consuming about 800-900 for the past 3 months... i just can't eat enough to consume enough calories in a day even if i do use oil/butter/mayo in my foods.