Exasperation with meal planning...can someone tell me how to fit 3 meals into 1200 calories?
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There is a big difference between those who stick to 1200 calories regardless of exercise (planned or everyday movement) and those that stick to 1200 NET.3
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I'm not sure why posts suggesting intermittent fasting are being wooed. It's nothing more than timing your meals and for me it was a game changer. I've been losing weight consistently and effortlessly for the past two months. You can give it a go and see if it suits you. Most popular way is eating for 8 h and fasting for 16, which basically means skipping breakfast anc eating lunch and dinner. Personally I do 20 h fast and 4 h of eating, which is large dinner and "dessert" after consisting of nuts, youghurt, fruits or whatever I want. I eat a lot of calorie dense foods like avocado, oils, peanut butter. It's very satisfying and I'm able to have delicious "feast" every day.
Do your research about it and if it interests you maybe try it out for a week or two? It's very easy to stick to calorie goal this way.7 -
@PAV8888 you rock. That is all.
OP read and reread what he wrote. It contains some direct, pointed truths that you may not like but would be incredibly helpful to helping you dispel some myths, some of your personal beliefs, and getting you on a reasonable path towards consistent weight loss.10 -
This is what I was eating when I went from 320lbs..... My diet has changed since as my goals have changed. I am now 193lbs and building muscle and gaining. However 1200 cals is pretty easy to get in and not that I was very hungry on it. Here is a copy and paste of a sample day I had back in 2016.
Foods Calories Carbs Fat Protein Cholest Sodium Sugars Fiber
Breakfast
Skim - Milk, 1 cup 84 12g 0g 8g 1mg 120mg 11g 0g
Kellogg's - Vector Cereal, 1.09 cup 188 39g 2g 5g 0mg 193mg 10g 3g
Morning Lunch
Condiment ~ Kraft - Miracle Whip, 1 tbsp (15g) 40 2g 4g 0g 5mg 95mg 1g 0g
Alfalfa seeds, sprouted, raw, 1 cup 8 1g 0g 1g 0mg 2mg 0g 1g
Berkley & Jensen - Pepperoncini Peppers (Pickled), 3 peppers 10 1g 0g 0g 0mg 370mg 0g 0g
Onions, young green, tops only, 1 tbsp 2 0g 0g 0g 0mg 1mg 0g 0g
Pillers - Smoked Chicken Breast, 4 slices 80 2g 2g 12g 40mg 880mg 0g 0g
Western Family - Whole Grain Whole Wheat Wraps - Medium, 34 g (1 wrap) 90 15g 3g 3g 0mg 170mg 1g 2g
Lunch
Doles - Cesar Salad Kit, 3.5 oz 150 8g 12g 3g 10mg 390mg 2g 2g
Potato - Potato, 1.5 medium 165 39g 0g 5g 0mg 15mg 2g 3g
Kirkland - Wild Alaskan Pacific Cod, 106.25 g 88 0g 1g 19g 41mg 75mg 0g 0g
Afternoon Snack
Crackers - Nabisco Premium Saltines, 7.5 crackers 105 18g 2g 2g 0mg 225mg 0g 0g
Marks and Spencer - Small Apple (Gala), 1 Apple 45 12g 0g 0g 0mg 0mg 12g 0g
Raw - Cucumber, 4 oz 16 4g 0g 1g 0mg 2mg 0g 1g
snap - Peas, 3 oz 40 7g 0g 2g 0mg 10mg 3g 2g
Carrots, baby, raw, 3 large 16 4g 0g 0g 0mg 35mg 2g 1g
Coffee - Brewed from grounds, 5 cup (8 fl oz) 12 0g 0g 1g 0mg 24mg 0g 0g
Cream - Half and half, 4 tbsp 78 3g 7g 2g 22mg 25mg 0g 0g
TOTAL: 1,217 167g 33g 64g 119mg 2,632mg 44g 15g
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dustedwithsugar wrote: »I'm not sure why posts suggesting intermittent fasting are being wooed. It's nothing more than timing your meals and for me it was a game changer. I've been losing weight consistently and effortlessly for the past two months. You can give it a go and see if it suits you. Most popular way is eating for 8 h and fasting for 16, which basically means skipping breakfast anc eating lunch and dinner. Personally I do 20 h fast and 4 h of eating, which is large dinner and "dessert" after consisting of nuts, youghurt, fruits or whatever I want. I eat a lot of calorie dense foods like avocado, oils, peanut butter. It's very satisfying and I'm able to have delicious "feast" every day.
Do your research about it and if it interests you maybe try it out for a week or two? It's very easy to stick to calorie goal this way.
It's probably because OP's problem is not figuring out how to eat 1200. It's that she is trying to lose weight too fast, is not logging accurately, and is buying into so many diet myths she is ignoring the suggestions to go back to the basics and adjust her expectations.
There are lots of folks on here who do IF. It may very well help OP stick to 1200. But many are questioning whether sticking to 1200 will help or hurt her.
Also, lots of people think Woo is a positive, so it's possible there are some IFers who are actually cheering those posts.3 -
Sorry, I can't. I fit mine in to the 1980 calories MFP allows me. Are you sure 1200 is correct for you?0
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TrishB19605 wrote: »Unfortunately, for us short chubby females that 1200 is a hard reality. I’ve been at it almost a year and the meals are a constant struggle. Good news I’ve kept off the 35 lost pounds, but pushing forward for more loss to get below even 170 is proving most challenging.
I completely agree! If I go over 1200, I am gaining weight. Sometimes it is a struggle because I want that extra something, but then I remember I am finally keeping weight off and it gets me through. I feel you on the moving forward with loss- it just seems like a constant battle for a couple pounds a week, but I feel so much better as the weight comes off so I know I have to stay with it. It's no longer just a "diet," but a way of life.3 -
hellbound747 wrote: »You should really be consuming between 2000 cals recommened daily allowance or consume 1900 cals.
1 day = 1900 cal intake of food
Train (exercise) = burn approx 200 cals per say
That day day will total up to 1700 cals overall.
Its healthier to burn into your calorie intake than it is starving yourself.
Hope this makes sense.
Wait....what?
OP is 5'3" tall & 57 years old. I'm slightly taller (but same age) and would gain on 1900 calories............0 -
MonaRaeHill wrote: »I should have said: "Can someone (anyone) please tell me how to fit 3 very simple (=easy), vegan meals (other then salads) into 1200 calories a day?" I realize now, that that would have been a bit more specific!
Use this site for ideas.......you put in the calories, and what you like to eat (vegan)....it will generate menus & recipes.
https://www.eatthismuch.com/0 -
It's very individual. There are estimates but there can be done outliers. I'm eating 1500-1600 net per day and losing 1lb per week. I'm 5'4" and 52. I started at 2 lbs per week but I upped my calories. I would not gain on 1900 calories net that would be close to my maintenance now (2000-2100) so I'd probably stay the same due to inaccuries in calculations. I've lost 39 lbs. Since July 2017. Since I've been using mfp I actually think I have a much faster metabolism that I thought.1
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I’ve been doing 1200 a day for over a year. It’s not that difficult, it just takes some planning and effort. It can be done, it’s not impossible. I’m not miserable and can live on 1200 a day just fine. I’m down 30lb and in maintenance.1
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corkdorkva wrote: »TrishB19605 wrote: »Unfortunately, for us short chubby females that 1200 is a hard reality. I’ve been at it almost a year and the meals are a constant struggle. Good news I’ve kept off the 35 lost pounds, but pushing forward for more loss to get below even 170 is proving most challenging.
I completely agree! If I go over 1200, I am gaining weight. Sometimes it is a struggle because I want that extra something, but then I remember I am finally keeping weight off and it gets me through. I feel you on the moving forward with loss- it just seems like a constant battle for a couple pounds a week, but I feel so much better as the weight comes off so I know I have to stay with it. It's no longer just a "diet," but a way of life.
Wait - so which is it? If you eat over 1200 you gain, but then you refer to just a couple pounds a week loss... a couple pounds per week is the most aggressive rate of loss recommended and not appropriate for all people, especially those with less to lose.
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I’ve been doing 1200 a day for over a year. It’s not that difficult, it just takes some planning and effort. It can be done, it’s not impossible. I’m not miserable and can live on 1200 a day just fine. I’m down 30lb and in maintenance.
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I find 1200 a day an opportunity to be creative. A meal plan is just an organized list of options you rely on, so you're not re-inventing the wheel each meal. You can make measuring and weighing portions a game.
Breakfast: rice cake with 1 T almond butter. Decaf with stevia and whipped, skim, milk.
Lunch: rice cake with a portion of pre-measured guacomole (I purchase at Costco: very handy!), and two slices of turkey breast.
Snacks: either a FiberOne bar, low-fat cheese stick, raw vegs, and apple, or some non-fat Greek plain yogurt sweetened with Stevia
Dinner: (I save most of my calories for dinner!) I stick to a 500 calorie or lower lean-meat entree, and round it out with vegs, a protein-rich carb (garbanzo beans, for example), salad, or a grapefruit. If I have remaining calories, I treat myself to either the FiberOne bar, or a small amount of VERY dark chocolate.
It takes only a short time for the above to actually feel abundant, which made me realize how much I was consuming before. 1200 is tricky, but at my age and sex, I'll not ever be able to consume 2400 again without gaining, so it's training me to be creative.0 -
scoutsback wrote: »I find 1200 a day an opportunity to be creative. A meal plan is just an organized list of options you rely on, so you're not re-inventing the wheel each meal. You can make measuring and weighing portions a game.
Breakfast: rice cake with 1 T almond butter. Decaf with stevia and whipped, skim, milk.
Lunch: rice cake with a portion of pre-measured guacomole (I purchase at Costco: very handy!), and two slices of turkey breast.
Snacks: either a FiberOne bar, low-fat cheese stick, raw vegs, and apple, or some non-fat Greek plain yogurt sweetened with Stevia
Dinner: (I save most of my calories for dinner!) I stick to a 500 calorie or lower lean-meat entree, and round it out with vegs, a protein-rich carb (garbanzo beans, for example), salad, or a grapefruit. If I have remaining calories, I treat myself to either the FiberOne bar, or a small amount of VERY dark chocolate.
It takes only a short time for the above to actually feel abundant, which made me realize how much I was consuming before. 1200 is tricky, but at my age and sex, I'll not ever be able to consume 2400 again without gaining, so it's training me to be creative.
There’s a lot of room between 1200 and 2400 though...4 -
These 1200 cal threads always depress me. We should be encouraging each other to find ways to eat as many calories as possible while losing weight at a reasonable rate. You don't get extra credit for managing to eat less than other people. Not everyone can lose 2 lbs a week and still get enough fuel and nutrition, and plenty of people are eating more than they think because they're not using a food scale and using incorrect entries. Women especially have been martyring themselves for centuries to prove they are worthy to lose weight and it makes me sad. Eating too little is one of the main causes of yo-yo dieting.
Sure there are outliers with very low TDEEs but they are the exception.
I was sure I was barely eating 1400 cals and not losing weight, until I got a food scale and found I was eating 1800 instead. I'm 45 5'4" and not very active. I'm pretty average on the smaller size it's not like I'm tall or an athlete.
Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. OP seems set on the fact that she's broken her metabolism and knows what she's doing. I just wanted to put this out there for lurkers. Commit to a few weeks of weighing portions and researching database entries before deciding you have to eat a very restrictive diet.11 -
These 1200 cal threads always depress me. We should be encouraging each other to find ways to eat as many calories as possible while losing weight at a reasonable rate. You don't get extra credit for managing to eat less than other people. Not everyone can lose 2 lbs a week and still get enough fuel and nutrition, and plenty of people are eating more than they think because they're not using a food scale and using incorrect entries. Women especially have been martyring themselves for centuries to prove they are worthy to lose weight and it makes me sad. Eating too little is one of the main causes of yo-yo dieting.
Sure there are outliers with very low TDEEs but they are the exception.
I was sure I was barely eating 1400 cals and not losing weight, until I got a food scale and found I was eating 1800 instead. I'm 45 5'4" and not very active. I'm pretty average on the smaller size it's not like I'm tall or an athlete.
Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. OP seems set on the fact that she's broken her metabolism and knows what she's doing. I just wanted to put this out there for lurkers. Commit to a few weeks of weighing portions and researching database entries before deciding you have to eat a very restrictive diet.
Well worth saying again for sure.1 -
My intake is approx 1200 calories too, I'm only set to lose 1 pound a week but I am only 4"10, so I guess this is why. I hate salads and soups as they leave me feeling hungry, so I never have these.
My take is to split this into about 250 calories for breakfast, and 400 each for lunch and dinner. Then everything else is snacks, I tend to have snacks measured out into 100 calories.
In a typical day I have: I usually have porridge made from half milk, half water for breakfast, this comes to under 250 cals. Then for lunch I will have a sandwich with some veggie sticks or fruit, if I have some extra calories I'll have a couple of nuts or crisps. For dinner I cook all meals from scratch, and have half one day and half the next between two of us. We usually have things like chilli with or without meat, chicken with quinoa or rice with veg, I'm also a big fan of stews or casseroles. I usually aim for about 400-500 calories for dinner. Today I had shepherds pie which came to about 2400 for the whole pie, so I just had 1/6 instead of 1/40 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »MonaRaeHill wrote: »I should have said: "Can someone (anyone) please tell me how to fit 3 very simple (=easy), vegan meals (other then salads) into 1200 calories a day?" I realize now, that that would have been a bit more specific!
Why does it have to be 3 meals a day... Why not 2? Takes less effort to plan and cook, making it easier. The meals are bigger, so perhaps more satisfying.
This was my thought too.
Also, how do you want to break up calories (how many at breakfast, etc.)?
As I said before, one thing that helps (if you want to eat breakfast) is to have a set breakfast that is easy and you do every day. Then there are fewer meals to plan.
As you said you are picky, what do you like to eat? Think in terms of building meals around protein (for a vegan that's largely beans and lentils, other legumes/pulses like peas, tofu, tempeh, and seitan, maybe some fake meat or protein powder if you like it), lots of vegetables, and whatever side starches (grains, tubers) you like and will fit. Nuts and seeds add taste and some protein, fruit adds taste too. To save calories try out things like spaghetti squash and cauliflower rice. Winter squash in general can add bulk and feel like a starchy side with fewer calories, and so do many root vegetables. A lot of this can be easier if you pre-cook components so they are ready to go (I roasted acorn squash last night to use during the next few days, I often plan bean dishes to last a few days), but if that is for some reason "gross" for you, there are plenty of grab and go options, although IMO that would limit cooking since it would be harder to do slower cooking options (like roasting a squash).
An alternative to salad that takes no time to make is a cold soup like gazpacho.0 -
MonaRaeHill wrote: »Mslmesq:
Thank you, I will check that out! Exciting.......!
diannethegeek,
yes, I mean 0 fat. any fat at all, I gain weight. like I said, think i broke my metabolism doing the no fat diets back in the 80's (yes, of 1900...lol).....ugh. I don't get sick from it, just can't really metabolize it. I had every test known to man, after my botched surgery in 2010. they found nothing. Sigh. I still have a very compromised digestive system, just nothing that will show up on a test........when they were done poking and prodding, they called it IBS, which isn't really a diagnosis, just a catch-all phrase to name what they can't explain.........
There are many things I've never been able to eat....fat is one...sits in my gut like a cement block.......rice is another, pasta is another, can only eat the most fibrous bread (11 grains and seeds); as for dairy, and bananas, forget it! Talk about gas and constipation! I pretty much have to add tablespoons of psyllium, if I want to eat those......and then I have to drink gallons of water to help them navigate in there. I love yogurt, but it does NOT like me. Same with Oatmeal. I get fecal compaction from this, and too many berries at once, too! (TMI, i know, i know.....lol.)
I CAN eat the Kanten noodles, which, I believe, are a boon to dieters, as well as the cellophane noodles........very, very, very lightly, is how I should be eating. It may not help with losing weight, but I certainly feel better when I arrange my diet this way!
livingleanlivingclean: I am lucky if I CAN eat two meals a day, with only 1200 calories to choose from. I just realized from another post, that my struggle since my surgery, has in part been because my medications are increasing my hunger pains, and I hate being hungry. So, maybe that's been working to sabotage me into thinking I've been eating normally..........maybe not such a normal (for me), diet, after all..........hmmmm.........will have to do some more investigating on this front.........geez. Never a dull minute, in this bod! lol.
I appreciate all your input!
Have you considered seeking out advice from a registered dietitian? You're working with a lot of restrictions and trying to eat a zero fat diet is a big one. That would eliminate a lot of recipes and staple foods people are suggesting here. It might be best if you can work with a professional who has training in how to work around issues like this.5 -
PAV8888:
I eat fat today, I also eat LOTS of protein; and I know the minimum requirement, since I found the numbers 30 years ago.
I have, however, just found out that certain medications (and I'm sure my nervine is one), do something to histimine levels and increase feelings of hunger. So, there's that.
I'm not really that much of a binge eater, I pride myself on having learned as an adult, to only eat when hungry.....I developed and have been practicing this habit, for the past 30 years.
Through the fog of pain, anger, fatigue and frustration, of the last 7 years, I thought I was STILL doing this, and I likely was. I am NOT in the habit of sitting down and eating a half-gallon of ice cream, in a sitting. When I eat the chocolate, it's usually just half of the bar, NOT the whole thing, and not more then a couple of times a week. But because I have a cro-magnum body, even the half, 2x per week, was too frequent, apparently.
If I am being honest, there may very well have been times, over the last seven years, when learning how to deal with this chronic pain situation, caused me to be depressed and eat the whole candy bar.........I'm sure there were, obviously. But, I didn't pound down sweets and treats for that whole time. I am a clean eater, and have been, for the past 30 years, since I discovered the healthy benefits that clean diet and exercise can instill in a body.
I just got too overwhelmed, trying to get off the 6 medications that western medicine had me on, to worry about whether or not I was eating too much. It took me the last 3 years, to whittle down the medications to the single nervine and the CBD, which I just found last fall, and is turning out to be an incredible boon for the pain levels.
Yes, I AM one of those people, who if they aren't seeing results, get's annoyed and frustrated; call me a child, and it's probably true, I am not perfect and no doubt have lingering demons and phantoms from my very screwed up childhood, where I was never allowed to be one.
Be that as it may, I am also dealing with a LOT of medical limitations, and have been, since 2010, when I had the botched surgery.
Me and my body, ARE, one of the outliers. I know this, because I've been at this, for 30+ years, when I lost the first post pregnancy weights. I am aiming to prove that all the stuff you're saying on here, is wrong, about us outliers. We ARE exceptions to all known rules.
I plan on weighing myself only once a month, because anything more is too frustrating. I know the triggers that lead to frustration, from doing therapy for the last 20 years.
And oh, btw, I also struggle from PTSD, from said nasty childhood, where my 5 siblings tried to kill me, almost every day of it.
So, don't know if that makes you want to be more compassionate and less preachy, but I did not tell you to hold your breath, and do not care if you do or don't. Wait. Maybe I do. Please, feel free to hold it. Indefinitely!4 -
For the record; I believe the reason I didn't gain 30 pounds this last winter, (only 2) was because I had done the IF, quite frequently. I appreciate all of the suggestions and advice, and I DID say that. I will likely use many of them!
I feel confident I can prove many of the basics are false for some people, us outliers, to be exact. Those of you beyond the bell curve that can lose 10 pounds or more, a month....good for you! But, it's us outliers (on the other side of the curve) who make the numbers possible, because we can only lose 3-4 lbs per month, no matter the CICO numbers, or the MFP numbers, or any other scale you would like to throw at me.
Do I think I know what I'm doing?
Why yes, having been a dedicated vegetarian for the last 30+ years, I do. When I became vegetarian, you had to MAKE your own tofu, your own Soymilk and your own Tempeh. Yea, so I have a pretty clear idea of how to eat clean. Eating clean isn't the problem with outliers. Having a Cro-Magnum metabolism is; and I aim to prove it, to all you naysayers who are convinced that CICO means a darn thing.
See you all on the rebound. Hark.8 -
MonaRaeHill wrote: »For the record; I believe the reason I didn't gain 30 pounds this last winter, (only 2) was because I had done the IF, quite frequently. I appreciate all of the suggestions and advice, and I DID say that. I will likely use many of them!
I feel confident I can prove many of the basics are false for some people, us outliers, to be exact. Those of you beyond the bell curve that can lose 10 pounds or more, a month....good for you! But, it's us outliers (on the other side of the curve) who make the numbers possible, because we can only lose 3-4 lbs per month, no matter the CICO numbers, or the MFP numbers, or any other scale you would like to throw at me.
Do I think I know what I'm doing?
Why yes, having been a dedicated vegetarian for the last 30+ years, I do. When I became vegetarian, you had to MAKE your own tofu, your own Soymilk and your own Tempeh. Yea, so I have a pretty clear idea of how to eat clean. Eating clean isn't the problem with outliers. Having a Cro-Magnum metabolism is; and I aim to prove it, to all you naysayers who are convinced that CICO means a darn thing.
See you all on the rebound. Hark.
The vast majority on this site would never say 10 pounds a month was average, or to be expected, or even reasonable for most people. Perhaps if you are very obese and just starting out, for a few months. But 4-5 pounds, and 2-3 as you get closer to goal, per month is to be expected, perfectly reasonable, and a healthy rate of loss. You are not an outlier because you can't lose 10 pounds a month! And eating clean (however one chooses to define it) has exactly nothing to do with weight loss.
Also, what the heck is a cro-magnum metabolism? That one's got me scratching my head.13 -
I am Neanderthal and can still lose weight. Ask 23 and me.5
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I think OP's expectations are high due to ads or experience with fad diets. I'd done a few in my youth and usually they promised anywhere from 10-20 lbs. Weightloss per month. I remember one I did in my 20s-- I was happy that I had lost a few lbs. And honestly I probably had at MOST 15 lbs to lose. I called up the company for a coaching session included and they were not pleased with my weight loss (event though I was) and told Me I should be losing more and to drink a slimfast shake to replace a meal. I did it and the weight came off faster but it was really unnecessary. Until mfp I had no idea that 2 lbs. Per week was an agressive goal and usually recommended for people who were obese with 100 lbs to lose or more.3
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just my little attempt at some much needed humor.........cro-magnum metabolism = eat a piece of pemmican......run through the woods every day, all day.......eat another piece of pemmican.........every third day, throw in some vegetables.......lmao!2
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I also did make the point (because i am hoping beyond hope, that CICO is a 'real' thing), that too many calories are too many calories, even if they come in the form of salad.....with brown rice vinegar, for dressing. Some bodies just only need the minimal amount, then it's a question of how to learn to be 'okay' with that, on the mental side........0
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MonaRaeHill wrote: »I also did make the point (because i am hoping beyond hope, that CICO is a 'real' thing), that too many calories are too many calories, even if they come in the form of salad.....with brown rice vinegar, for dressing. Some bodies just only need the minimal amount, then it's a question of how to learn to be 'okay' with that, on the mental side........
Good news - CICO is a real thing. Why would you think it isn’t?
I’m having trouble understanding what your fundamental issue is, you’ve bounced around quite a bit in your posts. It started with you not being satisfied on 1200 cals and looking for meal ideas - people have suggestions but also suggested that maybe 1200 isn’t necessary. You’ve talked about a disability and other medical conditions - yet the amount of activity you describe is higher than many people who choose not to exercise. You described a diet where you said you eat zero fat, when called on that you said that you were just kidding. You describe yourself as an outlier that can’t lose, but then talk about weight loss of >10 lbs per month as your expectation. You say you’ve been doing this for 30 years and know what your body needs, so I’m really unclear on what you’re hoping to get out of this thread, if you know better than all the rest of us? In one of our posts you are committed to disproving CICO? How do you intend to do that? What controlled studies will you be engaging in?13 -
Regardless of how much of a special outlier you are, a careful reading would show you that the mechanism to adjust for your status was included with the advice. (The part where i discussed adjusting based on your trending weight results after several weeks)
Especially if you are actually an outlier, you don't get to defy common sense and research and manage to create a LARGER deficit, without issues, than the deficit non outliers can tolerate.
If you're an outlier you have to accept smaller deficits than people who have a higher (non outlier) TDEE. Yet you continue to view the effects of significant deficits and significant weight loss as minimums instead of, the reality if you're an outlier, dreamed for maximums.
You are aiming, as a concession, for 3 to 4 lbs a month and your think that if you don't see that drop in your once a month weigh in that you have failed.
Yet if you look through the numerous threads on weigh ins you would realize that you can absolutely lose 3, 4, or even 5lbs yet weight the exact same or even more in any two measurements taken 30 days apart.
And guess what in terms of appropriate expectations. You are still aiming for rapid weight loss suitable for a person with a TDEE of 2500 and a good amount of fat to lose!
The seldom to be found person who consistently looses 1lb a month will lose 12lbs by this time next year. 1.5 lbs means 18lbs.
Many more people will try for 8lbs a month and will weigh the same they do today, or even more, when this time rolls around next year.
If you are an outlier, older, and are unable to bring a high tdee to the table aiming for rapid weight loss (which would require a higher deficit as a percentage of your tdee in order to achieve) is counter productive and endangers your very precious lean mass.
As to whether you eat fats or not... you are responsible for the information you convey. Clearly upthread you indicated that you eat zero fat and several people reacted to that very bad idea.
Best of luck.6 -
I need...paragraphs. OP. Please.4
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