Is 1200 Calories To Little?
littlemshepy
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My fitness pal is telling me that I should Be eating 1200 per day but I was just wondering isnt that too little?
Are any of you's on a 1200 calorie? If so how do you feel.. Any weakness?
Are any of you's on a 1200 calorie? If so how do you feel.. Any weakness?
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Depends on your height, weight, sex, age, and possibly other variables.
ETA: also depends on how active your lifestyle is and how much you workout.2 -
How tall are you? Starting weight? 1200 is the bare minimum.0
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Change your goals to one pound a week or one half pound a week if you want more calories.3
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Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
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somedays eating 1200 isnt a problem, but if i can plan ahead and know ill want to eat more ill workout a lil more.. most days i burn 600 calories and can increase my calorie intake to 1800 if i need to...0
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Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.1 -
Yes, but you also said 1200 is the bare minimum Before knowing the first thing about the op's stats.queenliz99 wrote: »
Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.
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littlemshepy wrote: »My fitness pal is telling me that I should Be eating 1200 per day but I was just wondering isnt that too little?
Are any of you's on a 1200 calorie? If so how do you feel.. Any weakness?
I think with a sedentary lifestlye 1200 is enough for most people but anything below that starts to slow metabolism and cause muscle loss which is really bad for you. And that is what my doctor says. I am uncomfortable under 1400 and would imagine only 1200 per day would lead me to binge eating.1 -
littlemshepy wrote: »My fitness pal is telling me that I should Be eating 1200 per day but I was just wondering isnt that too little?
Are any of you's on a 1200 calorie? If so how do you feel.. Any weakness?
1200 is the minimum reccomended amount of calories for women. It may not be appropriate for you to start so low unless you are very small and/or inactive. What is your age, height, weight, activity level without exercise and weekly weight loss goal?
I started with 1340 calories and lowered my goal as I lost weight. My goal is 1200 calories without exercise. I'm 5'4", 157 lbs, sedentary and 42 years old. If I exercise I eat a portion of my exercise calories like I am supposed to so really I eat between 1200-1500 more often than exactly 1200. I feel fine. I make sure I get protein, etc.
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I think it is important to note that 1200 is also the minimum NET amount MFP recommends - even if OP is small, older etc and 1200 is appropriate, that is before any exercise calories are added on.
Her actual intake, presuming she does at least some exercise, should be more than that.
ETA: or like Lounmoun said
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Yes, but you also said 1200 is the bare minimum Before knowing the first thing about the op's stats.queenliz99 wrote: »
Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.
Nor do you0 -
Even without knowing OP's stats one can say 1200 is the bare minimum MFP recommends - because it is.
Whether that bare minimum is appropriate for OP we don't know until she comes back with more background info.2 -
I'm aware I don't know the OPs stats, which is why I did not try to pretend to know her bare minimum caloric intake. Why are you trying so hard to invalidate me, when you are the one who made an assumption with no data to support it?queenliz99 wrote: »
Yes, but you also said 1200 is the bare minimum Before knowing the first thing about the op's stats.queenliz99 wrote: »
Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.
Nor do you
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I'm aware I don't know the OPs stats, which is why I did not try to pretend to know her bare minimum caloric intake. Why are you trying so hard to invalidate me, when you are the one who made an assumption with no data to support it?queenliz99 wrote: »
Yes, but you also said 1200 is the bare minimum Before knowing the first thing about the op's stats.queenliz99 wrote: »
Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.
Nor do you
Must be a full moon tonight.10 -
I'm aware I don't know the OPs stats, which is why I did not try to pretend to know her bare minimum caloric intake. Why are you trying so hard to invalidate me, when you are the one who made an assumption with no data to support it?queenliz99 wrote: »
Yes, but you also said 1200 is the bare minimum Before knowing the first thing about the op's stats.queenliz99 wrote: »
Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.
Nor do you
Must be a full moon tonight.
I feel like I should be drinking...5 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »
I'm aware I don't know the OPs stats, which is why I did not try to pretend to know her bare minimum caloric intake. Why are you trying so hard to invalidate me, when you are the one who made an assumption with no data to support it?queenliz99 wrote: »
Yes, but you also said 1200 is the bare minimum Before knowing the first thing about the op's stats.queenliz99 wrote: »
Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.
Nor do you
Must be a full moon tonight.
I feel like I should be drinking...
I have a cold one in the fridge waiting for you! Yes?2 -
I'm aware I don't know the OPs stats, which is why I did not try to pretend to know her bare minimum caloric intake. Why are you trying so hard to invalidate me, when you are the one who made an assumption with no data to support it?queenliz99 wrote: »
Yes, but you also said 1200 is the bare minimum Before knowing the first thing about the op's stats.queenliz99 wrote: »
Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.
Nor do you
Must be a full moon tonight.
Not until the 14th, but it is getting closer and closer to midnight.
ETA: In my part of the world, that is.
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Speaking from personal experience,.1200 is quite doable when sedentary,.stress free, drinking almost a gallon of water a day and eating nutritious, fibrous foods. If you check my diary from Thursday 11/3 you'll see what is actually a Kefir, fruit and oatmeal smoothie for breakfast, the milk in my coffee, a very large salad for lunch, and beef and lentil stew for dinner. Quite filling and did well on nutrition. If I had any kind of exercise i'd eat a little more.
11/4 was the same but its not accurate right now because I was playing with calories.0 -
Whether 1200 is doable or not ( I'm sure it is if one is careful) is a moot point until OP returns with her stats and we ascertain that this is the appropriate number for her.0
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I'm on 1200 and have been for months. It is what mfp recommended for me too. I have found it totally doable. The first few days were a bit of a shock then I adjusted. I eat smaller meals and usually a piece of fruit between meals. If I'm hungry at night past like 8-9 I go to bed. But I had to give myself a cut off time because I've had a history of nighttime binging. You can do 1200 it just takes a little getting used to it and you'll get in the groove. All that said, if you want to lose a little bit slower, then as others said put in a slower rate of loss and you'll have a little more room in your calories.2
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Yes, but you also said 1200 is the bare minimum Before knowing the first thing about the op's stats.queenliz99 wrote: »
Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.
1200 calories is the minimum that MFP will ever recommend for any woman. 1500 is the minimum recommended for any man.
That is why someone might say it is the bare minimum calorie goal without knowing an individual's stats.
https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/410332-how-does-myfitnesspal-calculate-my-initial-goals-1 -
this is the message you get when you try to close your diary with less than " bare minimum "
Yes, but you also said 1200 is the bare minimum Before knowing the first thing about the op's stats.queenliz99 wrote: »
Usually, but OP could be extremely short for all you know.queenliz99 wrote: »1200 is the bare minimum.
Hence, why I asked her stats.
1200 calories is the minimum that MFP will ever recommend for any woman. 1500 is the minimum recommended for any man.
That is why someone might say it is the bare minimum calorie goal without knowing an individual's stats.
https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/410332-how-does-myfitnesspal-calculate-my-initial-goals-
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When I first plugged my stats into MFP, it came back with 1200 a day. I indicated a slower weight loss and my calories when up by 200 per day, which feels more doable. I'm finding some of my favorite processed foods are a death knell for a healthy calorie intake, so they had to be replaced by something not so sugary.0
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When I first plugged my stats into MFP, it came back with 1200 a day. I indicated a slower weight loss and my calories when up by 200 per day, which feels more doable. I'm finding some of my favorite processed foods are a death knell for a healthy calorie intake, so they had to be replaced by something not so sugary.
Yes, depending on your current stats and how fast you indicate you want to lose the weight, the lowest caloric intake MFP will automatically set for women is 1200. If that turns out to be too harsh, lowering your expected rate of loss (from 2lbs per week to, say, 1 pound per week) will up the number of calories you can eat each day while still remaining in a calorie deficit to lose weight.
For a lot of people, a too-aggressive deficit will backfire on them, causing inability to comply which makes them feel like a failure and can trigger binges, which makes them feel like an even bigger failure.
Weight loss is a marathon and not a sprint.
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Female here, 5'6 CW 140 on 1200 calories a day, it is working fine for me, I'm losing 1-2 lbs a week.2
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when i do nothing all day (im doing school and research) but im literally sitting all day.. like 1500 steps sitting all day. It sucks but school is my priority.. well on those days according to my heart rate monitor i burn 1346... for the whole day. So 1200 is a deficit of 146 calories. im 5'2. days i work out and am active i burn easily up to 2500. 1200 isnt low depending on your hight and activity level.2
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Around 1200 calories depending on how active I am is usually enough. I am over 50 and mfp recommended 1200 calories for my age, height and amount I need to lose which is 30 lbs. It's taken 8 months to lose 16 so I am sure I am not starving to death.1
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