It has been generally viewed that the less calories that you consumed, the more weight you will lose. In fact, if your caloric output is far more than your calorie intakes, then you will be losing weight fast. This is what most of us will think. But is the true? In reality, this is not.
It is not a good idea if you cut your calories intake drastically. If you do your research around, you'll notice that the so called "extremely low-calorie diets" is not something new. They have been in existence for long. However, it is noted that all these diets do not lead to long-term weight loss.
People who engage in dieting normally will not have permanent weight loss. Also, engaging in extremely low-calorie diets will endanger your health. Don't this risk, it is simply not worth it.
According to research, if you cut your calories intake to 1,000 per day or even lower that that, you will fail in your weight loss effort. Why?
When you reduce your caloric intake, what happens to your body is it will suddenly turn on the 'starvation mode" which will not happen if you consume your normal food. The "starvation mode" will only happen, when people are left without food during famine or natural disaster. When this happens, for survival purpose and to maintain the body weight, the body will cut down metabolism rate. It will also start to store the calories to the body's fat cells. So, instead of losing weight, you are accumulating fat which is definitely not what you desire.
