I can't do 1200 calories!!!! I'm so hungry!!! Why?!?!

I always try but I'm so hungry... thinking about moving back to 1500 calories... I just entered my 30's and I feel like everything is so different!!!
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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    What are your stats?

    I couldn't do 1200 cals for more than a day if you paid me...
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I can't do 1200 calories either unless it's net and I'm getting a good portion of exercise calories. So go with the higher number. Better to get to goal quicker than to struggle to maintain a deficit at all and never get there at all.
  • MossiO
    MossiO Posts: 164 Member
    I was set to 1500 at 1lb/week and was still hungry, so I starting walking 10k steps every day to add back some calories. Now I eat about 1800 and I'm set.
  • wefts
    wefts Posts: 183 Member
    1200 is hard after 90 days staying around 1200-1280 I moved up to 1400 still strict but I am still 52 lbsfrom my goal of 150 . remember to eat volume if you are eating in the 1200 - 1500 range you need lots of healthy fiber and lean meat poached chicken breast and a mix of green beans , mung sprouts,onion cellery , brown rice and some black beans can make a tasty mix easy to reheat for lunches that gives you a large portion for 300 cal . I season with garlic minced ginger and sea salt . use the veg you like
  • jshenber
    jshenber Posts: 21 Member
    heybales wrote: »
    1200 is minimal for safety reasons for average sedentary woman.

    Don't be average - don't be sedentary - don't eat 1200 (unless 5 ft or under and very overweight which isn't average).

    Being in the 5' club makes things more difficult. 1200 calories have always been my recommended caloric intake because of my sedentary job and diminutive stature :). You're right on with the exercise - I do better when I can fit in activity at least 4 days a week.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    edited August 2017
    I have 1200 calories too and I'm ending my first week tomorrow. It was a little hard the first 3 days but then my body accepted it. I'm 28 so yes, things are starting to move harder.

    28 is not an age where it gets harder. At all. I'm 35 and I have always lost exactly as expected and I most certainly don't eat 1200 calories to do it.

    This^^
    35 as well. Losing at the rate expected.
  • natasor1
    natasor1 Posts: 271 Member
    Stick to more protein and bulky fibrouse food. Your deit has to satisfy u. Diet has to be fun, likable by you and only you. Some food can be good for you, but poison to somebody else. Listen to your body
  • 7elizamae
    7elizamae Posts: 758 Member
    edited August 2017
    fglrml86 wrote: »
    I always try but I'm so hungry... thinking about moving back to 1500 calories... I just entered my 30's and I feel like everything is so different!!!

    Unless you're a very petite person or needing to lose weight very rapidly for medical purposes, 1200 calories isn't necessary. If you felt fine, that would be one thing. But, no need for misery. Eat some more and still lose weight.