1200 calorie a day food plan

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  • elaineamj
    elaineamj Posts: 347 Member
    edited February 2016
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    This is Week 7 for me and I veer between being satiated and frustrated. I am only 5ft tall (so very short) so MFP gave me 1200 cals for a 1lb loss. I started off eating half my exercise cals (averaging 1300 cals/day) but lost too fast so now eat all my exercise cals (averaging 1400-1500 cals). I hit some frustration points with the strict diet a little while ago but am finding my current plan works well. I didn't work out much last week and was eating a lot of low cal healthy stuff and was surprised how satiated I was on 1100-1200 cals a day (I do bank calories so would eat more after building up some "extra" calories - I aim to meet my weekly net calories).

    My typical meals (when eating only 1200 cals) look like this:

    Breakfast: 1/2 cup Plain 1% yogurt (homemade) with 1/2 cup granola - 227 calories

    Lunch: Dinner leftovers, typically rice and protein, curry, lasagna, soup, etc - 400-500 calories

    Dinner: same as above - 400-500 calories

    Occasionally lunch/dinner is as low as 250 cals (like soup) or more often 350 cals. This leaves me an extra 100-200 calories for snacks, typically boiled chickpeas, cottage cheese or fruit.

    And then I can have a day like today where I only expect to hit 1100 calories, yet I feel like I indulged like crazy.

    Breakfast: 1/2 cup Plain 1% yogurt (homemade) with 1/4 cup granola - 167 calories
    Blueberry banana "nice cream" - 98 calories

    Lunch: Turkey, avocado, egg cobb salad - 400 calories
    (I regret trying my own homemade yogurt dressing. Next time, I'm having the yummy creamy poppy seed dressing for an extra 100 cals). BTW, this was a HUGE salad - felt like a pig at my desk with a giant tupperware!

    Dinner: Chicken & Wild Rice Soup - 242 calories
    SUPER delicious recipe from Skinnytaste :)

    Snack: 1/2 cup of Kawarthas Moose Track Ice Cream - 200 calories
    Mmmmmmmmm - I was surprised I could fit this in LOL!
  • Summerberry1012
    Summerberry1012 Posts: 109 Member
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    Here's some of the stuff I like to eat on any given day, all are super easy to adjust to your calorie & macro needs: Oatmeal / Green Smoothies / Scrambled Eggs or an Omelette using leftover veggies / Turkey on Rye Bread Sandwich / Tomato Soup / Grilled Cheese / Natural PB & Crackers / Greek Yogurt / Open-Face Tuna Sandwich / English Muffin Breakfast Sandwich / Veggies & homemade dip or hummus / Almonds / A piece of Fruit

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