YAY to eating

fakeuntilumakeit

Just wanted to share with anyone who's been following a harsh 1200cal diet, exercising like a demon and hit the plateau. I too was on a strict 1200, exercising 5/6 times a week and lost until I reached close to my goal where I seemed to hit a plateau, (gutted as I now seemed to be starving for nothing).

I followed my TDEE instead and increased my cals to 1600, then 1800, sometimes more. In fact I have stopped calorie counting and just guess now but definitely eating more and what I like. I also dropped my exercise to 3 times a week and running instead of resistance and workout dvds and hey presto started to loose again. Its dropping very slow this time only 2/4 llb over a couple of months but the great thing is the inch loss is definitely increasing and I look slimmer, and its staying off!

Only mention because although I haven't been on here for months the same topic of the 1200 cals is still in debate. It worked initially for me, but difficult to maintain, also one hell of a hungry grouch. I wish i'd followed my TDEE from beginning, far more achievably.

DON'T be afraid to eat more

Scales don't always motivate ( try just weighing every few weeks)

Tape measurements a great indicator of how you doing (first thing in morning)

Good luck

shelliemacs

Thank you! you have inspired me again. I too have been struggling with the 1200 calorie diet. I beat myself up 7 days a week in a gym for 60-90 minutes with absolutely no wt loss and even a few lbs gain. I have been rolling the TDEE theory over and over in my head too and you have inspired me to in fact eat more and stop obsessing over the damn scale.!

flitabout

I bottom out on losing right around 165 everytime but now that I raised up my calories to 1700 I eat food real food that I like and tastes good. In the last 6 weeks to a month I have I have dropped 8 lbs! I'm not even losing slowly at this point. It's like my body is saying thank you for feeding me this is your reward!!!!

ambuford21

I read about people doing the 1,200 calories and I just can't fathom how they do it and aren't starving. I'm always happy to hear about people who eat a realistic amount of calories and have success. Its motivating to me. 1,200 just discourages me right now!