Looking for people around 1200-1300 cals a day

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  • ashley_eventing
    ashley_eventing Posts: 12 Member
    My goal is 1200 a day! Add me!
  • Keylimecoconut
    Keylimecoconut Posts: 6 Member
    I lost 80 pounds a couple of years ago. 1200 calories a day worked like magic. Coasted for a while and now it's time to drop the last 20. Add me:)
  • NSthingoldline
    NSthingoldline Posts: 101 Member
    I'm at 1240 and my diary is open. Feel free to add me.
  • thatjodiegirl
    thatjodiegirl Posts: 95 Member
    You can add me. I'm at 1240 calories per day. I am 46 years old with arthritis, but I've lost 23 pounds since September. I make it to the gym 3-4 days per week.
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    blackladyfitness92 wrote: »
    Is this amount of calories recommended for people who work out regularly?

    MFP is designed to recommend PRE-exercise calorie targets based on your profile information (how tall, current weight, type of daily life, how much you say you want to lose per week)

    When you log your exercise, it adds those calories into your "target totals" for the day. So the more you do, the more you can eat. Someone above said her target is in this range / she eats ~1700 due to exercise.
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    Re above, hopefully once you get going, your brain will do the switch from "do more so that I can eat more" into "healthy, active-lifestyle mode" where you "eat more so that you can do more of what you love doing"
  • BreadLady41
    BreadLady41 Posts: 10 Member
    that's where I am, too. Well - where I should be. Off to a rocky start. lol BUT... the goal is to lose about 80 pounds and 1200 calories is enough for me to feel full when I make good choices (I haven't made good choices yet this year...). So here I am. :)
  • Alia_R
    Alia_R Posts: 410 Member
    1200 is pretty hard to maintain, especially if you're active. Your body needs its calories (not saying to splurge or anything). I've tried having it @ 1200 calories for awhile but I found that as I was losing the weight and increasing my activity level , I had no energy to do anything afterwards. So 1200 calories is pretty low in my opinion.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    blackladyfitness92 wrote: »
    Is this amount of calories recommended for people who work out regularly?

    no,for most that amount will be for women who are very short,elderly .sedentary or a combo of the 3. for those who workout regularly they need to eat more. (that means for many eating back 50% or more of their exercise calories).
  • wmweeza
    wmweeza Posts: 319 Member
    blackladyfitness92 wrote: »
    Is this amount of calories recommended for people who work out regularly?

    No, I think that would be anywhere from 1400 to 2000 depending on the intensity of a workout
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    wmweeza wrote: »
    blackladyfitness92 wrote: »
    Is this amount of calories recommended for people who work out regularly?

    No, I think that would be anywhere from 1400 to 2000 depending on the intensity of a workout

    its going to depend on the person,their height,weight and age as well as their activity level(whether they purposely exercise or not,it can also depend on how active their job is as well.
  • spaghetti285
    spaghetti285 Posts: 39 Member
    Hey yes I'm at 1200 too, and I'm on week one. Anyone is free to add me.. I need friends. Lol
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