How do you do 1200 Calories?
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »
I also ran an 90 day Report on your diary and all your Iron, Potassium, Calcium, vitamins etc etc etc are all dangerously low on a consistent basis.
But seriously, how do you do this?? I know how to run a report on my own diary, but can't for the life of me work out how to do it on someone else's, and I'm (normally) pretty damn clever.
You can use this.
https://www.designbyvh.com/myfitnesspal-export-data/#.VQiZRI7F-Sr
It only gives the following however - I have no idea how she even got the other info:
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Cholesterol Sodium Sugars Fibre
Yep, know about that one, but thanks
. I am seriously perplexed on how she got the others.
@LeeenaGee, care to enlighten us?0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »
I also ran an 90 day Report on your diary and all your Iron, Potassium, Calcium, vitamins etc etc etc are all dangerously low on a consistent basis.
But seriously, how do you do this?? I know how to run a report on my own diary, but can't for the life of me work out how to do it on someone else's, and I'm (normally) pretty damn clever.
You can use this.
https://www.designbyvh.com/myfitnesspal-export-data/#.VQiZRI7F-Sr
It only gives the following however - I have no idea how she even got the other info:
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Cholesterol Sodium Sugars Fibre
Well, it amazes me that she could figure out how to see the micro nutrients and yet neglected to read my profile where it clearly states that I am not a young woman, and am 52.
It amazes me that she went after you like that at all. You deserve a public apology.
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SunshineSwirl wrote: »I'm minimal carbs, focusing mainly on vegetables, including sweet potatoes, as my main carb source daily and grains on workout days, but still find it hard to do my set base of 1600 calories. How do those of you doing 1200, not give up or kill someone because of hunger? Not judging, genuinely curious!
Intermittent fasting helps a lot.
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I have been trying to do the same by staying within 1200 calories. I am successful during the week by planning all my meals on Sunday and writing them on a dry erase board stuck to my fridge. I have eliminated bread, pasta and potatoes like you, but have snuck in a couple of pretzels here and there. The weekend is where I fall off, but I am working on that. I feel pretty satisfied with the protein packed meals during the week.
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mamapeach910 wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »
I also ran an 90 day Report on your diary and all your Iron, Potassium, Calcium, vitamins etc etc etc are all dangerously low on a consistent basis.
But seriously, how do you do this?? I know how to run a report on my own diary, but can't for the life of me work out how to do it on someone else's, and I'm (normally) pretty damn clever.
You can use this.
https://www.designbyvh.com/myfitnesspal-export-data/#.VQiZRI7F-Sr
It only gives the following however - I have no idea how she even got the other info:
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Cholesterol Sodium Sugars Fibre
Well, it amazes me that she could figure out how to see the micro nutrients and yet neglected to read my profile where it clearly states that I am not a young woman, and am 52.
It amazes me that she went after you like that at all. You deserve a public apology.
It's okay, I think I'm flattered that she thought I was young? I also think my food choices are perfectly fine, and that her errors in deeming them to be not so are self-evident.
As for blaming my medical conditions on my diet? Again, what she said reflected more poorly on her than me.
I just can't figure out how she even saw potassium and all that, and it's intriguing me. Sara is right, that's something that's often not entered into the data base.
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Interesting thread! Bottom line is 1200 calories works for some and not for others.
Personally as another teeny tiny person, in order to lose weight (slowly might i add) I need to stick to 1200! I do try to zig zag my calories over the week so some days I'm on 800 and others on 1400. Over the week it works out at around 8400 calories.
Also intermittent fasting can help, or just having 2 meals a day. I find if i use these tactics i'm not as hungry on the 1200 cals. My maintenance is 1400 so its a lifelong thing for me really!0 -
Interesting thread! Bottom line is 1200 calories works for some and not for others.
Personally as another teeny tiny person, in order to lose weight (slowly might i add) I need to stick to 1200! I do try to zig zag my calories over the week so some days I'm on 800 and others on 1400. Over the week it works out at around 8400 calories.
Also intermittent fasting can help, or just having 2 meals a day. I find if i use these tactics i'm not as hungry on the 1200 cals. My maintenance is 1400 so its a lifelong thing for me really!
I'm curious for you and anyone doing either IF or zig-zagging. How do you set your calorie goals in your diary?
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mamapeach910 wrote: »Interesting thread! Bottom line is 1200 calories works for some and not for others.
Personally as another teeny tiny person, in order to lose weight (slowly might i add) I need to stick to 1200! I do try to zig zag my calories over the week so some days I'm on 800 and others on 1400. Over the week it works out at around 8400 calories.
Also intermittent fasting can help, or just having 2 meals a day. I find if i use these tactics i'm not as hungry on the 1200 cals. My maintenance is 1400 so its a lifelong thing for me really!
I'm curious for you and anyone doing either IF or zig-zagging. How do you set your calorie goals in your diary?
I save up for Saturdays (so, somewhat similar), but I set my calorie goal for the lowest amount and then have a 1 minute "cardio exercise" of the calories that I log for Saturday (that I call Saturday calories). You could do the same thing for both IF and zig-zagging.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »Interesting thread! Bottom line is 1200 calories works for some and not for others.
Personally as another teeny tiny person, in order to lose weight (slowly might i add) I need to stick to 1200! I do try to zig zag my calories over the week so some days I'm on 800 and others on 1400. Over the week it works out at around 8400 calories.
Also intermittent fasting can help, or just having 2 meals a day. I find if i use these tactics i'm not as hungry on the 1200 cals. My maintenance is 1400 so its a lifelong thing for me really!
I'm curious for you and anyone doing either IF or zig-zagging. How do you set your calorie goals in your diary?
I used to do IF, i left the calories in my diary at maintenance, and just watched my weekly deficit. It just meant that sometimes my diary wouldn't post on the news feed as completed (when i was under 1200), which i don't care about anyway
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I am a petite small boned female and mfp gives me 1210 calories to lose 1 pound a week. I have 7-10 Id like to lose. Here's what today is:
Breakfast: 2 eggs, 1 banana (250) black coffee
Lunch Salad with 4 oz chicken breasts, 75 grams white rice, no dressing, I use a little hot sauce. Orange (~300)
Snack tea with creamer (30) turkey meatballs (160)
Dinner black bean soup (~200) zucchini (~50)
I'll have about 200 left over for a snack before bed.
I drink tea and water during the day, black coffee in the morning.
No not everyone should do this but it is doable.
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Thanks for answering. Food for thought. I've been considering giving it a go, because there are days that I'm just not hungry, and things could use a shake-up.0
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I don't. My nutritionist told me that this is unhealthy, so I simply will not go back to 1200 calories period.0
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i dont because it would be miserable0
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I swim for an hour and a half 4 days a week, which gives me an extra 900 calories on those days.....on the non exercise days I do find it quite hard....just a banana for breakfast and try to save the calories for the evening time when I am more hungry.0
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mamapeach910 wrote: »Thanks for answering. Food for thought. I've been considering giving it a go, because there are days that I'm just not hungry, and things could use a shake-up.
Definitely give it a try then. It's much easier doing low calories a few times a week, then it is everyday. With IF you always know what you cant have today, you can have tomorrow
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I've been trying to stick to 1200 calories per day - I am not finding it too difficult and have lost 10kg (22lbs) over 9 week. I pretty much don't snack between meals at all which makes it easier, but when I do I have a "bliss ball" or something minimal like that. Its the social outings which get a little tricky though!0
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I don't.0
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mamapeach910 wrote: »Interesting thread! Bottom line is 1200 calories works for some and not for others.
Personally as another teeny tiny person, in order to lose weight (slowly might i add) I need to stick to 1200! I do try to zig zag my calories over the week so some days I'm on 800 and others on 1400. Over the week it works out at around 8400 calories.
Also intermittent fasting can help, or just having 2 meals a day. I find if i use these tactics i'm not as hungry on the 1200 cals. My maintenance is 1400 so its a lifelong thing for me really!
I'm curious for you and anyone doing either IF or zig-zagging. How do you set your calorie goals in your diary?
I zig zag...some days I am 800 and some days 1200...very rarely am I over 1200. I have my calories goals set at 1100 with low carb, high protein, mid fat. Most days I don't hit the "end of the day" button on my meals. I just log what I eat and I know whether or not I have hit my calories for the day. Most of the time it becomes dependent on whether or not I am hungry. If I have eaten 850 for the day and I am not hungry, I don't eat anymore. I will say that if I eat 1200 every day for 7 days....I gain. Zigzagging, I tend to lose about 3 lbs a month.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »
I also ran an 90 day Report on your diary and all your Iron, Potassium, Calcium, vitamins etc etc etc are all dangerously low on a consistent basis.
But seriously, how do you do this?? I know how to run a report on my own diary, but can't for the life of me work out how to do it on someone else's, and I'm (normally) pretty damn clever.
You can use this.
https://www.designbyvh.com/myfitnesspal-export-data/#.VQiZRI7F-Sr
It only gives the following however - I have no idea how she even got the other info:
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Cholesterol Sodium Sugars Fibre
Well, it amazes me that she could figure out how to see the micro nutrients and yet neglected to read my profile where it clearly states that I am not a young woman, and am 52.
It amazes me that she went after you like that at all. You deserve a public apology.
It's okay, I think I'm flattered that she thought I was young? I also think my food choices are perfectly fine, and that her errors in deeming them to be not so are self-evident.
As for blaming my medical conditions on my diet? Again, what she said reflected more poorly on her than me.
I just can't figure out how she even saw potassium and all that, and it's intriguing me. Sara is right, that's something that's often not entered into the data base.
I'm impressed, mamapeach. Class act.0 -
My calories are 1450 for a 1 lb per week loss. I do this mostly through exercise as I would be starving!0
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I do not eat anything low-cal, low-fat or low-carb. When I eat something I eat the real deal, meaning all natural and minimally processed ( with that I mean whole wheat or other grains ground into flour, cabbage fermented naturally into sour kraut, bread baked from sour dough etc ). I do not avoid starchy vegetables, but because of health reasons ( RA and Lupus ) avoid processed white flour, added sugar ( but do not limit naturally occuring sugars ever ) and anything chemically processed. I don't eat all that much fruit, because I prefer vegetables and eat a lot of them as I do beans, lentils, chick peas and other legumes and pulses.
I eat a normal amount of protein, mostly from non-animal sources. I am not a vegetarian, but also did not grow up like many American do believing that animal protein or a lot of protein in general is the main point of nutrition, so I keep protein at an acceptable average. I grew up in and now live in a culture that does not snack, plus I practice 18:6 ( give or take an hour ) and eat two satisfying meals a day between 2-8 pm, because I am a volume eater. I do not drink my calories and very rarely eat my exercise calories. It helps that I am under 5 feet tall and going on 70. I have never felt hungry since I joined MFP two years ago and started to eat 1200 calories and have lost 55 pounds. I also don't do cheat meals/days, because I eat exactly what I want....:o), which makes " cheating " not necessary. Well, at least for me.
Over Christmas I went on what would be maintenance for me and found that it was too much food to feel comfortable. I will have to deal with that when I get to maintenance level.0 -
ogmomma2012 wrote: »kelly_e_montana wrote: »P.S. Since there's no finish line, why does everyone want to lose 2 pounds per week? That's a good way to lose muscle mass with your fat loss. Do you want to be skinny fat? If not, slow down and work on your body composition! Is your goal just to be smaller and not leaner? If so, 2 pounds a week is a great way to go!
For some people it does not matter if they are super in shape or skinny fat, because they need to lose weight because of maybe heart disease, lung disease or other health problems where the sheer weight is the problem that keep certain organs from working adequately.
When I was told two years ago that I needed to lose weight ( which I knew, but had ignored ) it was mostly to take off pressure of my joints, which with a less than five feet tall body could not carry all my overweight comfortably. I was told to lose as fast as possible as much as possible, getting into good shape was something I could do afterwards. It is something I am doing now. I just walked 90 minutes of which I carried 7 kilos groceries during 35.
In general I agree that 2 pounds a week is a lot to lose consistently. However, since we don't know why the OP has chosen that number I am not going to try to scare her with being skinny fat , because being skinny fat is the least of someone's problems if the overweight itself becomes health or life threatening.0 -
LeenaGee: mamapeach may not be very tall, so these calories may be just fine. She's consistantly eating more than 1,000 calories a day, so I don't think she's in the "danger zone".
One thing I think a lot of people forget to consider when it comes to my(or other's) consuming 1,100-1,200 calories a day, is this won't be a forever calorie set. After I reach my goals I'll be in maintenance, which will give me a few hundred extra calories per day.
I agree the calories are fine for a small person and are not in the danger zone but her iron, potassium, calcium etc are.mamapeach910 wrote: »My diary's public. Feel free to look. I'm a vegetarian who often eats the same thing for a few days running, so it's pretty boring, though.
I'm in a spell where I haven't been getting much exercise for medical reasons, unfortunately.
I hope you don't mind mamapeach but you are constantly saying your diary is public so I took the liberty of printing it out and quite frankly I am not surprised you are as sick as your are.
And people wonder why some us make our diaries private . . .
I agree, I keep my diary and my life private but mamapeach repeatedly points out the fact her diary is public and constantly advises people on their diets. She is a brave woman.
Danger Zone? What is this? Top Gun?
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mamapeach910 wrote: »I'm curious for you and anyone doing either IF or zig-zagging. How do you set your calorie goals in your diary?
I set them to "whatever" and then ignore them. There's only one macro I care about, so the rest of the information just doesn't matter.
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mamapeach910 wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »My diary's public. Feel free to look. I'm a vegetarian who often eats the same thing for a few days running, so it's pretty boring, though.
I'm in a spell where I haven't been getting much exercise for medical reasons, unfortunately.
I hope you don't mind mamapeach but you are constantly saying your diary is public so I took the liberty of printing it out and quite frankly I am not surprised you are as sick as your are. I understand you are vegetarian and have Celiac Disease but it would be unrealistic to expect a young healthy person to survive and function on this amount. You are constantly advising people regarding their diets and yet you eat poorly in my opinion. When you analyse your diet, there is not a lot of food there and this is fairly consistent from what I can see of the way you eat. And what is with all the water - 16 -18 glasses a day.
2oz of Organic Edamame & Mung Bean Fettuccine - that is less than a 1/4 of a cup and that is your main meal of the day with a serve of cabbage and pepper stir fry.
I would be eating my right arm by dinner time.
Breakfast
Trader Joe's - Irish Breakfast Tea, 24 oz
Splenda - Splenda, Granulated, W/ Calories, 1 Cup, From Splenda.co.uk, 0.36 cup (25 g)
Land O Lakes - Low-fat Half & Half, 4 Tbl
Spices - Cinnamon, ground, 0.25 tsp
Nuts - Almonds, 6 g(s)
Trader Joe - Fat Free Cottage Cheese, 1 cup (113g)
Libby's 100% - Canned Pumpkin Puree, 0.5 cup (122g)
Spices - Pumpkin pie spice, 0.25 tsp
Lunch
Explore Asian - Organic Edamame & Mung Bean Fettuccine, 2 oz
Cabbage Pepper Stir Fry, 1 serving(s)
Dinner
Simply Nature - Creamy Almond Butter, 0.5 tablespoons
Fage Greek Yogurt 0% Fat - Greek Yogurt, 8 oz
Nuts - Almonds, 8 g(s)
Quick Tools
Snacks
Quest Bar - Vanilla Almond, 1 bar
Talenti Gelato - Toasted Almond, 1/4 Cup (100g)
Totals 1,115
mamapeach910 Daily Goal 1,254
Remaining 139
I also ran an 90 day Report on your diary and all your Iron, Potassium, Calcium, vitamins etc etc etc are all dangerously low on a consistent basis.
Leena, I am very short and 52 years old (I am amused you referred to me as young) and have hypothyroidism. I need to run at an extra deficit to lose weight. 2 ounces is the recommended serving size for pasta. Hint: it's measured dry, before cooking.
Editing to add that as for my illnesses? Do some research on how some people have an autoimmune response to pregnancy. Educate yourself.
Editing to add one more thing regarding all the water. I have chronic dry mouth and throat due to a medication I'm taking.
I know you don't need validation, but I eat 2 oz of pasta all the time. Mixed with veggies, it seems like a lot. There is nothing wrong with 2 oz and vegetables being a main meal for the day.
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It amazes me that she went after you like that at all. You deserve a public apology.
Maidentl, you are absolutely correct, if I caused Mamapeach any distress I wholeheartedly apologise. Mamapeach knows me and I hope you knows that I would never deliberately set out to hurt her personally in any way and I certainly never intended to "go after her" and if it came across like that, it was not my intention.
Now my next words are to Mamapeach, "I am sorry if my words offended you in any way and I do sincerely apoligise. I never at any time meant to hurt or embarrass you. Feel free to PM me at any time if you wish to discuss the matter further as I have no intention of making the situation any worse by continuing to discuss your diary and my comments in detail.
One small thing I will clarify though is the misunderstanding that I thought you were a young person. I know your age and I think the mistake came from this sentence of mine -
"I understand you are vegetarian and have Celiac Disease but it would be unrealistic to expect a young healthy person to survive and function on this amount."
However, I wasn't referring to you as the "young" person. It would certainly be nice is we could so easily turn back the years.
I am sure at a later date, our difference of opinions will cause us to clash again but I really do not want to do it on a personal level and am sorry it came to that in the first place as that was not my intention.0 -
@LeenaGee, can you answer the question about the 90 report on micronutrients please? I'm interested to know how you do that.0
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I eat 1200 before my dessert usually and hit all my macros in the first 1200. If I wanted or needed to do 1200 I'd make my dessert a small piece of chocolate and berries and fix up a few other things throughout the day.0
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It amazes me that she went after you like that at all. You deserve a public apology.
Maidentl, you are absolutely correct, if I caused Mamapeach any distress I wholeheartedly apologise. Mamapeach knows me and I hope you knows that I would never deliberately set out to hurt her personally in any way and I certainly never intended to "go after her" and if it came across like that, it was not my intention.
Now my next words are to Mamapeach, "I am sorry if my words offended you in any way and I do sincerely apoligise. I never at any time meant to hurt or embarrass you. Feel free to PM me at any time if you wish to discuss the matter further as I have no intention of making the situation any worse by continuing to discuss your diary and my comments in detail.
One small thing I will clarify though is the misunderstanding that I thought you were a young person. I know your age and I think the mistake came from this sentence of mine -
"I understand you are vegetarian and have Celiac Disease but it would be unrealistic to expect a young healthy person to survive and function on this amount."
However, I wasn't referring to you as the "young" person. It would certainly be nice is we could so easily turn back the years.
I am sure at a later date, our difference of opinions will cause us to clash again but I really do not want to do it on a personal level and am sorry it came to that in the first place as that was not my intention.
Thank you for apologizing, but your words didn't hurt me. I'd rather you had addressed the factual inaccuracies in your post, frankly.
The fact of the matter is that I am not undernourished and my caloric intake is not inappropriate for a woman of my age and height.
Another fact is that my medical conditions have nothing to do with my food intake.
However, I know your posting style, and I know that you rarely back down from anything you say. And that's fine. I don't expect you to change.
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janejellyroll wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »My diary's public. Feel free to look. I'm a vegetarian who often eats the same thing for a few days running, so it's pretty boring, though.
I'm in a spell where I haven't been getting much exercise for medical reasons, unfortunately.
I hope you don't mind mamapeach but you are constantly saying your diary is public so I took the liberty of printing it out and quite frankly I am not surprised you are as sick as your are. I understand you are vegetarian and have Celiac Disease but it would be unrealistic to expect a young healthy person to survive and function on this amount. You are constantly advising people regarding their diets and yet you eat poorly in my opinion. When you analyse your diet, there is not a lot of food there and this is fairly consistent from what I can see of the way you eat. And what is with all the water - 16 -18 glasses a day.
2oz of Organic Edamame & Mung Bean Fettuccine - that is less than a 1/4 of a cup and that is your main meal of the day with a serve of cabbage and pepper stir fry.
I would be eating my right arm by dinner time.
Breakfast
Trader Joe's - Irish Breakfast Tea, 24 oz
Splenda - Splenda, Granulated, W/ Calories, 1 Cup, From Splenda.co.uk, 0.36 cup (25 g)
Land O Lakes - Low-fat Half & Half, 4 Tbl
Spices - Cinnamon, ground, 0.25 tsp
Nuts - Almonds, 6 g(s)
Trader Joe - Fat Free Cottage Cheese, 1 cup (113g)
Libby's 100% - Canned Pumpkin Puree, 0.5 cup (122g)
Spices - Pumpkin pie spice, 0.25 tsp
Lunch
Explore Asian - Organic Edamame & Mung Bean Fettuccine, 2 oz
Cabbage Pepper Stir Fry, 1 serving(s)
Dinner
Simply Nature - Creamy Almond Butter, 0.5 tablespoons
Fage Greek Yogurt 0% Fat - Greek Yogurt, 8 oz
Nuts - Almonds, 8 g(s)
Quick Tools
Snacks
Quest Bar - Vanilla Almond, 1 bar
Talenti Gelato - Toasted Almond, 1/4 Cup (100g)
Totals 1,115
mamapeach910 Daily Goal 1,254
Remaining 139
I also ran an 90 day Report on your diary and all your Iron, Potassium, Calcium, vitamins etc etc etc are all dangerously low on a consistent basis.
Leena, I am very short and 52 years old (I am amused you referred to me as young) and have hypothyroidism. I need to run at an extra deficit to lose weight. 2 ounces is the recommended serving size for pasta. Hint: it's measured dry, before cooking.
Editing to add that as for my illnesses? Do some research on how some people have an autoimmune response to pregnancy. Educate yourself.
Editing to add one more thing regarding all the water. I have chronic dry mouth and throat due to a medication I'm taking.
I know you don't need validation, but I eat 2 oz of pasta all the time. Mixed with veggies, it seems like a lot. There is nothing wrong with 2 oz and vegetables being a main meal for the day.
It makes a nice big bowlful. I always eat a very large amount of veggies at my main meal. I ate an almost embarrassing amount of broccoli today. On days where I want just a plain pasta meal, I have one of those vegetable spiralizers. I saute spiralized zucchini in a little cooking spray with some garlic powder and then mix it in with the pasta and toss it with the pasta sauce. Instantly doubles or triples the volume. Really great for those hungry days.
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