Starting a brutal diet + exercise

[Reincarnate]

Maybe a point of reference (I used to eat 3000-4000 cals/day before I started dieting):

I'm around 184 lbs @ 6'2" (I started @ 230 lbs) -- I don't have much muscle, so I'm still "fat" in many ways. Eating around 1500-1600 cals/day.

Originally Posted by kommisar

been under 2600 calories for 3 days. i'm feeling the effects of it. i don't want to starve but feel like I get the shakes around supper time haha. maybe not enough sugar?

I felt this way for a month or so when I first started (shakiness, lightheadedness, and several headaches). In a funny way, it was as if my body felt like crap as a result of no longer eating so much crap. I just chalked it up to some kind of transitional adjustment thing -- it went away after a while on its own. Eating a lot of whole foods (like Reach said) helps a ton, too.

tl;dr 2600 calories seems too high IMO