1200 calories a day

linda45ll837h
linda45ll837h Posts: 15 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am 69yrs old 5'1" i need to loss 25 lbs i am doing 1200 calories a day.Walk about 20 to 30 mintues a day.Will i have suceess on this amount of calories.Thanks linda
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  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    absolutely, if you burn more calories during those walks and all day than you eat. VERY doable!!!
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    1200 is tough even for us older petite women. If you have your weekly goal set to over 1 lbs a week you may be better dropping it to .5-1 lbs to give yourself more calories to begin with.
    Make your protein goal your minimum. As we age we need protein to help with muscle retention.

    Cheers, h.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    With only 25 pounds to lose you shouldn't be trying to lose more than 1 pound per week. Set MFP to that rate and it will tell you how many calories you can eat to lose at that rate.
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    edited August 2016
    SueInAz wrote: »
    With only 25 pounds to lose you shouldn't be trying to lose more than 1 pound per week. Set MFP to that rate and it will tell you how many calories you can eat to lose at that rate.

    Maybe MFP shouldn't give you the option of how many pounds a week you want to lose if 2 pounds is too much, instead MFP should see what you weigh and your goal weight then work it out for you so everyone doesn't keep making the mistake of losing too much a week.
  • JDixon852019
    JDixon852019 Posts: 312 Member
    Make sure you are using a food scale for logging accuracy.

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