I won't be in your shape thats for sure Chad, but this 1k calorie a day thing is kind of a weight loss fad in and of itself. It's not healthy for long term, but it's working for now and I'll have to change it up once I lose a bit more weight. I'm also not as strict on the weekends so I'm probably close to 1.5k on the weekends (with a more intense work out since I have more time too) I'm not at all that nerdy about this to start doing math. Like I said about not weighing myself, it's just a number. It's not important to me, the only thing that matters is how I feel. I have been feeling really great lately, felt so damn good at the concert this past Saturday since I biked 11 miles beforehand.
And yea, my goal was to do this more intense diet to shed the easy pounds and get myself back into any sort of condition. Like just riding my bike for 10 minutes was exhausting when I started, so just taking the baby steps to build my body back up. Even with this strict diet though I can tell I've added some muscle mass in my arms (from the light dumbbell workouts I mix in) so it seems the low calerie intake hasn't hurt my muscles or anything.
Also been drinking insanes amount of water. I get hungry for sure, but I don't feel like I am starving myself. Like it was rough the first week but my body has adjusted and stomach shrank so as long as I don't eat a huge meal to expand it again, I don't feel so hungry non stop, just a bit in the morning before lunch and before going to bed, which sucks because that's the hardest to avoid eating since it's hard for me to fall asleep on an empty stomach. I must say though, my sleep has improved since I've lost weight too.
Also should add that the oatmeal lunch diet is good on my wallet too, another huge positive for this.