Struggling to eat 1200

BryKate

Hi everyone
I was wondering if anyone could give me a rough meal plan on how to eat 1200 cals + a day (I workout 5-6x a week so really should be eating more than 1200). It's obviously very easy to eat 1200 in junk but I really struggle to eat that amount with healthy food. Yesterday I only ate 1072 and this is what I had.

Meal 1: porridge, 2tsps cocoa powder, 8 strawberries, 2 egg whites
Meal 2: an apple and some soy yogurt
Meal 3: tin if tuna, quinoa, carrot, onion, tomato, broccoli, cauliflower
Meal 4: some pumpkin seeds, carrot sticks and a Nakd bar
Meal 5: turkey breast with veggies

Where can I add more cals? I would usually also have a protein shake but have just ran out so have some ordered sown more but even with that it would only add on around 100 cals. I'm not deliberate eating few calories. I want to wet more so my body doesnt go into starvation mode" and I definitely don't want to slow my metabolism down. With the amount I work out (usually burn anything from 4-800 cals according to my HRM watch) I know my net cals are far too low. Any advice? If possible avoiding more fruit as I want to keep my sugar levels down and no carbs after the afternoon

j6o4

add some goods fats like organic peanut butter or almond butter, nut, avocado, salmon, flaxseed supplements, omega 3 supplements. Good fats helps with regulating your hormones.

astrampe

Eat the yolk of the eggs as well... Add avocado or cheese to meals, and real yogurt, not soy...Greek yogurt has lots of protein in it...Drink a glass of chocolate milk - and if you really burn that many calories daily - eat MORE....

diannethegeek

Use whole eggs, roast your veggies in some olive oil, add walnuts or almonds to your porridge and some peanut butter to your snack.

nikilis

clearly double the size of your porridge, bigger portions of everything. add in some coconut cream, peanut butter, and maybe ease up on the overly stringent approach to food and eat healthy with a little bit of treat food involved.

1200 is on the low side unless you are 5 foot, and if you are not eating back your exercise calories, you should start doing that at least 1/2 to 2/3.

what is your height weight?