1200 calories and 1hr exercise every day, not losing weight

deannalfisher

can you open up your diary? it helps people be able to give you advice and find issues

nowine4me

Barring a medical issue, that’s not possible.

Watch the nuts, nut butters, seeds, avocados and oil. That’s the sneaky stuff that’s very easy to overeat.

I’m WFPB too

Elphaba1313

rianneonamission wrote: »

I am not surprised you aren't losing, and I am going to disagree with the posters above:

Why ON EARTH are you eating 1200 cals? Based on your stats you are eating WAY too little, and I would imagine that is causing your body to go in to stress mode and store what it can.

I have guessed your age here, but have a look at this TDEE calculator. If you are eating 1200 calories a day and exercise as much as you say, you are AT LEAST in a 1000 calorie deficit a day. The stress that this puts on the body is immense.

Slow down, be kind to your body. Eat in a deficit, but not one so big.

My bold. Not a thing.

kellyjellybellyjelly

countcurt wrote: »

It's not worth getting into a debate about how much you're eating. There is only one sure conclusion: your consumption, whether 1200 calories or some other amount, is too high for your caloric expenditure. If you want to lose weight you will need to modify that.

Uh? That's not very good advice considering 1,200 is the lowest that MFP will set someone's calorie intake.

janejellyroll

kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »

countcurt wrote: »

It's not worth getting into a debate about how much you're eating. There is only one sure conclusion: your consumption, whether 1200 calories or some other amount, is too high for your caloric expenditure. If you want to lose weight you will need to modify that.

Uh? That's not very good advice considering 1,200 is the lowest that MFP will set someone's calorie intake.

If one was truly eating 1,200 calories consistently and not losing weight, this would be a sign that 1,200 calories isn't a deficit for them and they are in the (very small) group of people who need to eat less than that to lose weight.

Do I think OP is in this category? Nope. But the overall point stands. If you're not losing weight at a certain calorie goal over a reasonable length of time, you aren't in a deficit and you need to adjust that in order to lose weight.

jmc930

I echo what people said about not logging accurately. I just got a food scale and I'm surprised at the difference between what I THOUGHT was 3 oz and what is actually 3 oz.

The other option is to double-check the listings you're logging. My work has a free cafeteria for employees, and I thought, chicken noodle soup was XXX amount of calories based on one entry in MFP. But then there are two others listed with very different calories. Do your due diligence and learn where your food is coming from so you can identify the most accurate entries for what you're eating.

Lastly, maybe 1,200 calories is too much for you. But to know that, you'll need to see a doctor to verify. My grandma can't eat more than 700 calories a day if she wants a deficit (and it's been like that for her for decades, not just when she became elderly). But again, see a doctor, if you fear that's the case.