What I eat in a day on 1200 calories
kellycreen
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Looking for ideas on what everyone eats in a day on a 1200 calorie plan to lose weight. Hopefully we can maybe get ideas from each other. 😊
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I eat a wide variety of foods taken in two meals per day. Yesterday, I slow cooked an entire butternut squash and roasted the seeds. The squash will last me for 4-5 meals. I like it for breakfast, but it makes a good side with dinner or mashed into a crispy pancake. It also freezes easily.
This was today:
Meal #1
Coffee - 3 10 oz. mugs (taken over 2 hours)
Half & Half, 4 tbsp
7 oz serving (warm) squash topped with 2 oz. Greek Yogurt
Slow Cooker Whole Butternut Squash:
Whole squash, peeled and cubed
Honey 1T
Orange Juice 6T
Butter 1 T
Raisins 2 oz.
Cinnamon
Grated fresh ginger
Meal #2
Large Baked Potato topped with butter, Greek Yogurt and chives
2% Milk, 8 fluid ounce
Marinaded Baked Chicken Thigh With Skin
Sauerkraut 3/4 c.
Evening green tea
Exercise: 30 minutes on the mini-trampoline.
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I usually eat the same thing every day but this was for today:
Breakfast: 241 calories
2 boiled eggs (136 cal)
1 medium banana (105 cal)
Snack 1:
Protein Shake (155 cal)
Lunch: 312 calories
Turkey breast, grilled - 100 grams (104 cal)
Lettuce - 70 grams (7 cal)
Capsicum - 30 grams (30 cal)
Cherry tomatoes - 8 (24 cal)
Cheese - low fat grated 25 grams (84 cal)
Avocado - 25 grams (40 cal)
Mayonaise - 99% fat free 20 grams (23 cal)
Snack 2:
Strawberries - 100 grams (32 cal)
Licorice Tea - Higher Living 1 cup (6 cal)
This leaves me with 490 calories remaining from 1200 for today
If I have a 30 gram serve of my favourite mixed nuts with my afternoon snack (snack 2) I would have 306 calories left from 1200
Dinner: Typically around 300 - 350 calories
On my big training days where I have sessions with my personal trainer I will usually eat a little more, or have a third snack just prior to training.
Typical exercise most days involves about 20 - 30 mins of cardio and 60 - 90 mins of weight training3 -
1200 is very few calories. im old and short and lose eating more than that.
plus, on that small of a calorie allowance, you are running the risk of burning out (ask me how i know), feeling like you're starving, binging, feeling bad, binging more, then eventually giving up.
it is better to lose at a slower rate, then to lose a bunch and gain it all back OR not lose at all because you couldn't stick to the calorie goal you set for yourself.
I may have the random day here and there where I eat around 1200 but its not the norm.20 -
I'm 100% behind callsitlikeiseeit's answer.
With that said, when I first started weight loss I had 75+ pounds to lose. That made 1200 calories doable for me. For a while. I had enough body fat to use as fuel and was in no danger of being underfed. For a while.
When I lost about 25 pounds, I couldn't stick to 1200 any more. I would bonk all the time while trying to exercise. I was tired, irritable, my hair started to fall out, I was just generally not feeling well.
I would say to the original person who posted - pay attention to your body. If you're struggling, there's a reason.
Also, on Myfitnesspal the calculations are made with the assumption that you will eat more on exercise days. I was actually eating about 1500 (1200 + 300 for exercise) when I was having all those problems. I weighed 180 (5'7").
So I raised my calories to 1600 + Exercise calories and lost the rest of my weight at that.
Set your goals intelligently.
Set your Activity Level honestly. Pay very close attention to how you feel. 1200 is super low.
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I have no problem sticking to 1200 and have never had any issues. I think everyone is different. If you hair is falling out on 1200 - 1500 cals a day you may have other health issues.... Besides, she never said she was struggling, she just asked for food suggestions!
Here is some of my 'go to' low cal foods for my 1200 a day diet.
Hardboiled egg whites (17 cal per)
Grilled chicken
grille veggies
Ostrim beef/ostrich sticks (110 cal per)
pan seared brussel sprouts or broccoli
more hard boiled egg whites!
Schmidt 647 bread (40 cal per slice)
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Oh, and I should add that while I don't really obsess about carbs, I generally try to follow a higher carb day with a lower carb day. Yesterday, I had butternut squash for breakfast AND a large baked potato for dinner (135 daily carbs). So today, I'll have the same - but a smaller portion of breakfast cinnamon squash with more Greek yogurt and swap out stir fried green beans/onions/mushrooms for the baked potato. (~75 daily carbs)0
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I might eat only about 1250 on a day that I literally sit and do nothing, but those days are few and far between and only happen due to health issues that can flare-up. If I burn 2000 calories on a fairly active day with a workout included I would eat around 1750 that day, so a deficit of 250 for a weightloss goal of around 0.5lb per week.
Anyway, these are the type of things I eat:
Breakfasts -
A selection of the following:
Greek yogurt (I like the Dannon fit & light with 12g protein and only 80 cal)
Egg white omelets with one yolk, onions, peppers, and turkey sausage crumbles
Total breakfast cereal with fat-free lactose-free milk
100% Wholewheat toast with Heinz baked beans
boiled eggs with mayo in a wholewheat sandwich
Lunches -
A selection for the following:
6oz chicken breast with fresh lemon juice and EVOO
Or grilled pork loin steak with spinach and spring mix salad greens
tomatoes, cucumber, red bell pepper, walnuts
Sometimes I get bored of salad and have a small baked potato with a little butter and eat the skin for the added fiber, with broccoli, cabbage, and/or carrots
Homemade leek and potato soup with wholewheat bread
Tuna (canned in water) with light miracle whip, vinegar and pepper, mixed in with wholewheat pasta shells
Dinners-
Shepherd's pie made to my recipe with extra lean beef (don't get me started on the "It's not Shepherd's Pie it is doesn't have lamb in it!) no butter in the mashed potatoes but milk and nutmeg served with cabbage (savoy is my fave) carrots, broccoli or whatever veggies I have in.
Vegetarian homemade chili - main ingredients are kidney beans, black beans, corn, chickpeas, tinned tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and spices, served with brown rice, or baked potato.
Steak with homemade fries and peas
Burgers on the grill made from extra lean ground beef - small patties with whole wheat bun, onions, a little ketchup, and homemade fries (portion control!)
Mod pizza usually once a week (pineapple and ham, easy on the cheese as I'm lactose intolerant)
There are a bunch of other recipes I make, but no point in mentioning them here as they are ones I have developed over time and would require explaining all the ingredients to make them more healthy (I sub lots of ingredients so I can eat fave dishes without the crazy amount of salt, fat, calories or whatever they would normally have)
Snacks
Mostly fruit and nuts
crisps and a couple of glasses of red wine are my weekend evening treats
Drinks
Tea with 1/4 cup lactose-free milk and half tsp sugar,
Coffee with almond creamer
Robinson's Apple and Blackcurrent juice (5 cal for 16oz)
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Amanda_Brit_Expat wrote: »I might eat only about 1250 on a day that I literally sit and do nothing, but those days are few and far between and only happen due to health issues that can flare-up. If I burn 2000 calories on a fairly active day with a workout included I would eat around 1750 that day, so a deficit of 250 for a weightloss goal of around 0.5lb per week.
Anyway, these are the type of things I eat:
Breakfasts -
A selection of the following:
Greek yogurt (I like the Dannon fit & light with 12g protein and only 80 cal)
Egg white omelets with one yolk, onions, peppers, and turkey sausage crumbles
Total breakfast cereal with fat-free lactose-free milk
100% Wholewheat toast with Heinz baked beans
boiled eggs with mayo in a wholewheat sandwich
Lunches -
A selection for the following:
6oz chicken breast with fresh lemon juice and EVOO
Or grilled pork loin steak with spinach and spring mix salad greens
tomatoes, cucumber, red bell pepper, walnuts
Sometimes I get bored of salad and have a small baked potato with a little butter and eat the skin for the added fiber, with broccoli, cabbage, and/or carrots
Homemade leek and potato soup with wholewheat bread
Tuna (canned in water) with light miracle whip, vinegar and pepper, mixed in with wholewheat pasta shells
Dinners-
Shepherd's pie made to my recipe with extra lean beef (don't get me started on the "It's not Shepherd's Pie it is doesn't have lamb in it!) no butter in the mashed potatoes but milk and nutmeg served with cabbage (savoy is my fave) carrots, broccoli or whatever veggies I have in.
Vegetarian homemade chili - main ingredients are kidney beans, black beans, corn, chickpeas, tinned tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and spices, served with brown rice, or baked potato.
Steak with homemade fries and peas
Burgers on the grill made from extra lean ground beef - small patties with whole wheat bun, onions, a little ketchup, and homemade fries (portion control!)
Mod pizza usually once a week (pineapple and ham, easy on the cheese as I'm lactose intolerant)
There are a bunch of other recipes I make, but no point in mentioning them here as they are ones I have developed over time and would require explaining all the ingredients to make them more healthy (I sub lots of ingredients so I can eat fave dishes without the crazy amount of salt, fat, calories or whatever they would normally have)
Snacks
Mostly fruit and nuts
crisps and a couple of glasses of red wine are my weekend evening treats
Drinks
Tea with 1/4 cup lactose-free milk and half tsp sugar,
Coffee with almond creamer
Robinson's Apple and Blackcurrent juice (5 cal for 16oz)
Thank you this was really helpful (I wouldn't put lamb in my Shepard pie either. Lol) I would love to try the leek and potato soup. This is great help.to get started. 😊1 -
Amanda_Brit_Expat wrote: »bionicrooster wrote: »I have no problem sticking to 1200 and have never had any issues. I think everyone is different. If you hair is falling out on 1200 - 1500 cals a day you may have other health issues.... Besides, she never said she was struggling, she just asked for food suggestions!
Here is some of my 'go to' low cal foods for my 1200 a day diet.
Hardboiled egg whites (17 cal per)
Grilled chicken
grille veggies
Ostrim beef/ostrich sticks (110 cal per)
pan seared brussel sprouts or broccoli
more hard boiled egg whites!
Schmidt 647 bread (40 cal per slice)
Do you mean 1200 before adding in more for the calories you burn through activities and exercise?
On a day you do nothing but lie still, maybe if you are very small, you might burn that, and it would be you BMR - Basic Metabolic Rate - what your body burns to keep functioning.
For example, I am a 5'2" female, 136Lbs and my basic metabolic rate is about 1200, that is what my body burns, roughly, in a 24 hr period without exercise or any movement - just resting.
There are lots of BMR calculators online, such as this simple one you might be surprised what comes out if you plug in your numbers:
https://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html?ctype=standard&cage=55&csex=f&cheightfeet=5&cheightinch=2.5&cpound=138&cheightmeter=180&ckg=60&cmop=0&coutunit=c&cformula=m&cfatpct=20&x=42&y=19
when I am trying to lose weight in a quick manner, I will stick to 1200 total cals a day. I understand my BMR might be higher, that is a good sign I will be losing weight :-) I wouldn't do it for long periods of time, but for short term losses it works well.3 -
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To op here are my meal ideas that can easily be adapted to whatever calories you want
Breakfast
Protien pancakes watch your toppings jam has about 25 calories
Oatmeal less then 200
Egg white scramble with pepper and onions or spinach
Anabolic french toast ( buy low cal bread)
Yogurt unsweetened find your fav way to sweeten it berries stevia
A scrambled egg on a piece of toast
Smoothie just watch your cals close with this one
Lunch
Salads choose your toppings wisely make sure it has a protien
Grilled chicken on a low carb wrap with purple onions and a slice of low fat cheese with a side of veggies and fruit
Pizza= Joseph lavash bread or pita with pizza sauce parm 2 slices low fat cheese and a lowfat meat with veggies and a fruit
Bbq chicken (hughes bbq sauce no sugar) with veggies and fruit
Sweet potato topped with cottage cheese and cinnamon
Dinner
Lean as you can find ground beef make hamburgers, spaghetti, tacos, sloppy joes
Soup
Rotessierie chicken
Enchiladas
Dessert
100 calorie chocolate muffin in a mug with strawberries and reddi whip
100 calorie blueberry muffins
Crustless sugar free pumpkin pie= pumpkin, 2 eggs, 1 can non fat evaporated milk, stevia I do aboyt four spoonfuls it is to your taste and pumpkin pie spice
Halo top 😛
This is8 just a few ideas if you watch your ingredients and lables and be honest with logging you can do so much
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I might feel a bit peckish between mealtimes on 1200 but it's hardly 'miserable' or 'starving' and I have plenty of energy, and silky long hair. I lose about half a pound a week on 1200 and I'm perfectly happy doing so.
Breakfast: eggs, only thing that keeps me full. Boiled, scrambled, whatever, but eggs eggs eggs.
Snack: some sort of fruit, sometimes a banana, sometimes a couple of tangerines, grapes or raspberries if I'm feeling rich that day.
Lunch: homemade tomato soup with a seedy roll, tuna on toast, some homemade sweet potato gnocchi.
Dinner: Vegetable curry, chicken and vegetable rice (add in loads of ginger and chilli, yum), tofu and vegetable stir fry.6 -
For anyone in general who is reading along silently and wondering if they should eat back exercise calories, YES. It is especially important to eat them back if you're doing 1200 calories. Advice to the contrary when someone is following 1200 calories is the equivalent of promoting a VLCD, which is against MFP's TOS, and not how the tool was designed. Also, not doing so is definitely underfueling and undernouishing your body, especially if you're doing it longer term. The symptoms described above (hair falling out, fatigue, dizzIness, etc..) are symptoms of malnourishment. Please don't ignore those if they start appearing.
Ok..so as for OP's question, if you're looking for lower calorie options for meals, today I had oatmeal for breakfast that was 260 calories. Eggs are 70 calories a piece, roughly, for a whole egg, and egg whites even less, so you could eat egg whites or do a mix for low cal protein. Protein or meal replacement bars are usually 150-300ish calories, depending on brand. Pasta can be bulked up with bags of steamed veggies to get a lower calorie meal with more volume. Lots of options there..one important thing is to keep an eye on your protein. If you're a meat water, chicken breast is pretty lean, or deli meat. If not, beans, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, or tofu are good low calorie options.5 -
I'm short, old, but fairly active. When I want to actively lose weight I stay at or just under 1200 calories a day. That said, if I do quite a bit of walking on a certain day I do tend to go over...
Here's some breakfast ideas:
1. Canned black beans (put them in the food processor after draining off most of the juice - add a few spices like smoked paprika, cumin, garlic. They are just like refried beans). Bake two corn tortillas in the oven (that's 100 calories), spread each with some black bean mix (30 grams for each tortilla), put on some tomatoes and top with some chopped jalapenos and a light sprinkle of lower fat cheese like edam. All up probably 300 calories.
2. I often will eat two slices of thin bread toasted and two small eggs poached. Hey it's only about 300 calories and very satisfying. If you want, have just one egg and a slice of lean bacon, with 2 toasts. These things can be switched up and switched around, still only about 300 calories.
3. A small ciabatta roll toasted, spread lightly with peanut butter (about 15 grams total which is about 1 tablespoon) and 1/2 a small banana sliced on top. Less than 300 calories! Sprinkle some cinnamon on top to make it special.
4. Tofu scramble (mash up the drained firm tofu with some spices while your veggies saute) - mushrooms, capsicum, zucchini, onion (I don't like it for brekkie) all thinly sliced and cooked in a spray of olive oil in a non-stick skillet. Add the mashed tofu and cook a few more minutes. You could probably still fit in a slice of toast with this and it's really filling. You could do the same with a couple of small eggs.
Lunch ideas:
1. Lettuce, lots of it with chopped capsicum, celery, cucumber, tomato, maybe a hard boiled egg if no egg for brekkie, meat or fish or your choice or what's on hand - leftover chicken breast, ham, salami, canned tuna, smoked salmon. You don't need too much just enough to give the salad some oomph. Sprinkle with sunflower seeds and dress with your choice of dressing. I like to use a mayonnaise or creamy dressing. The low calorie veggies make this doable. Depending on your ingredients it should be about 250 calories. I usually have something sweet afterwards like some canned fruit (in juice) with some plain yogurt or chia pudding.
2. Dahl - this is easy to make, low in calories and filling. Use red lentils, about 1/3 cup cooked in a separate saucepan with water. The red lentils so soft very quick and will be ready when you have finished the onions, garlic and ginger. So while the lentils are simmering away, in a different saucepan heat 2 teaspoons of oil, sprinkle in some mustard seeds, cumin seeds, a few cloves, when the seeds pop add the onions and cooked slowly stirring as needed, add the minced garlic and ginger, finally add some curry powder, mix up and then add a small bit of chopped squash or yam, a small potato and lastly the lentils. They should have broken down and be a thick slurry but you may need to drain off some of the liquid. Cook for about 20 minutes, adding a small chopped tomato after 10 minutes. Eat topped with plain yogurt. This is a rough approximation of one serve, but I make more, usually for dinner and eat it for a few days.
3. Waldorf salad - chopped apple, chopped celery, chopped walnuts, some grapes or raisins if grapes not in season. Mix plain yogurt with a bit of mayo and some lemon juice, toss, chill eat along with some cold chicken breast. Coleslaw is also good! Easy to make, filling and satisfying. Slice the cabbage thinly and then again to make shreds. Grate in some carrot, add salt and pepper and some mayo. Easy on the mayo but cabbage has practically no calories.
Over the years I've come to realise that fat is my friend. I used to shun it when dieting but I think it's one of the things that keep us going when we are eating fewer calories. It keeps me from feeling "deprived." So oils, especially coconut and olive oil, avocado, peanut butter, nut butter, nuts, seeds, all these things help. Also full fat dairy like plain yogurt. Oh, and cheese! Feta, swiss, even cheddar, all wonderful in small amounts.
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figurethefat wrote: »I'm short, old, but fairly active. When I want to actively lose weight I stay at or just under 1200 calories a day. That said, if I do quite a bit of walking on a certain day I do tend to go over...
Here's some breakfast ideas:
1. Canned black beans (put them in the food processor after draining off most of the juice - add a few spices like smoked paprika, cumin, garlic. They are just like refried beans). Bake two corn tortillas in the oven (that's 100 calories), spread each with some black bean mix (30 grams for each tortilla), put on some tomatoes and top with some chopped jalapenos and a light sprinkle of lower fat cheese like edam. All up probably 300 calories.
2. I often will eat two slices of thin bread toasted and two small eggs poached. Hey it's only about 300 calories and very satisfying. If you want, have just one egg and a slice of lean bacon, with 2 toasts. These things can be switched up and switched around, still only about 300 calories.
3. A small ciabatta roll toasted, spread lightly with peanut butter (about 15 grams total which is about 1 tablespoon) and 1/2 a small banana sliced on top. Less than 300 calories! Sprinkle some cinnamon on top to make it special.
4. Tofu scramble (mash up the drained firm tofu with some spices while your veggies saute) - mushrooms, capsicum, zucchini, onion (I don't like it for brekkie) all thinly sliced and cooked in a spray of olive oil in a non-stick skillet. Add the mashed tofu and cook a few more minutes. You could probably still fit in a slice of toast with this and it's really filling. You could do the same with a couple of small eggs.
Lunch ideas:
1. Lettuce, lots of it with chopped capsicum, celery, cucumber, tomato, maybe a hard boiled egg if no egg for brekkie, meat or fish or your choice or what's on hand - leftover chicken breast, ham, salami, canned tuna, smoked salmon. You don't need too much just enough to give the salad some oomph. Sprinkle with sunflower seeds and dress with your choice of dressing. I like to use a mayonnaise or creamy dressing. The low calorie veggies make this doable. Depending on your ingredients it should be about 250 calories. I usually have something sweet afterwards like some canned fruit (in juice) with some plain yogurt or chia pudding.
2. Dahl - this is easy to make, low in calories and filling. Use red lentils, about 1/3 cup cooked in a separate saucepan with water. The red lentils so soft very quick and will be ready when you have finished the onions, garlic and ginger. So while the lentils are simmering away, in a different saucepan heat 2 teaspoons of oil, sprinkle in some mustard seeds, cumin seeds, a few cloves, when the seeds pop add the onions and cooked slowly stirring as needed, add the minced garlic and ginger, finally add some curry powder, mix up and then add a small bit of chopped squash or yam, a small potato and lastly the lentils. They should have broken down and be a thick slurry but you may need to drain off some of the liquid. Cook for about 20 minutes, adding a small chopped tomato after 10 minutes. Eat topped with plain yogurt. This is a rough approximation of one serve, but I make more, usually for dinner and eat it for a few days.
3. Waldorf salad - chopped apple, chopped celery, chopped walnuts, some grapes or raisins if grapes not in season. Mix plain yogurt with a bit of mayo and some lemon juice, toss, chill eat along with some cold chicken breast. Coleslaw is also good! Easy to make, filling and satisfying. Slice the cabbage thinly and then again to make shreds. Grate in some carrot, add salt and pepper and some mayo. Easy on the mayo but cabbage has practically no calories.
Over the years I've come to realise that fat is my friend. I used to shun it when dieting but I think it's one of the things that keep us going when we are eating fewer calories. It keeps me from feeling "deprived." So oils, especially coconut and olive oil, avocado, peanut butter, nut butter, nuts, seeds, all these things help. Also full fat dairy like plain yogurt. Oh, and cheese! Feta, swiss, even cheddar, all wonderful in small amounts.
Happy, healthy eating!
You had me drooling on breakfast1 & 2, Still happy on 3. But you lost me on 4. Lol.
Guess what I’m having for dinner tonight? Smashed black beans on tortillas! That soup I had planned can wait
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One of my go-to comfort food meals is an Italian dish my nonna made a lot. It's salsiccia italiana con patate e peperoni e salsa di pomodoro (Italian sausage with potatoes and peppers and tomato sauce). I absolutely love it. I sub the sausage for a chicken based sausage instead and it is around 360 calories for one serving. This morning I made it and topped it with an egg. It's kept me full for most of the day because it has a great carb amount mixed with high protein. It's pretty simple, so not heavy on the stomach but incredibly filling. ^-^3
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Another tip - rice can be replaced with cauliflower under curries or Italian type sauces. See the post above re salsiccia italiana con patate e peperoni e salsa di pomodoro (Italian sausage with potatoes and peppers and tomato sauce) - sounds delicious!
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Very short female here (5’0). I am mostly sedentary aside from the little but of exercise I’ve been trying to get daily. I shoot to stay under 1200/day. I am super monotonous so I tend to eat the same things day after day as long as they taste good to me I can eat them for weeks on end🤷🏼♀️
For bfast my fav lately: 1-2 yellow potatoes (depending on size) split in half and crisped in the air fryer and 1-2 over easy eggs on top of the potatoes, maybe a small side of fruit.
Lunch: easy chicken salad (canned chicken breast, light miracle whip, mustard, and dill relish eaten with celery stalks, carrots and Olive Garden Italian dressing, and some hot pickled okra on the side
Dinner: salmon or chicken with veggies and possibly a carby side depending on cals left over
Dessert: frozen dark sweet cherries! Yum!
I am very satisfied with this meal plan right now. If I start to feel hungrier I can add in more food, but generally it helps me to eat large portions of very low calorie food likes fruits and veggies to bulk out my meals and snacks.5 -
Very short female here (5’0). I am mostly sedentary aside from the little but of exercise I’ve been trying to get daily. I shoot to stay under 1200/day. I am super monotonous so I tend to eat the same things day after day as long as they taste good to me I can eat them for weeks on end🤷🏼♀️
For bfast my fav lately: 1-2 yellow potatoes (depending on size) split in half and crisped in the air fryer and 1-2 over easy eggs on top of the potatoes, maybe a small side of fruit.
Lunch: easy chicken salad (canned chicken breast, light miracle whip, mustard, and dill relish eaten with celery stalks, carrots and Olive Garden Italian dressing, and some hot pickled okra on the side
Dinner: salmon or chicken with veggies and possibly a carby side depending on cals left over
Dessert: frozen dark sweet cherries! Yum!
I am very satisfied with this meal plan right now. If I start to feel hungrier I can add in more food, but generally it helps me to eat large portions of very low calorie food likes fruits and veggies to bulk out my meals and snacks.
Sounds great! I love roasted potatoes. Never thought of them with eggs for breakfast, but it sounds good!
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Just discovered these this summer - when I was staying at 1200 or a bit lower most days. Wow. Something about them!bionicrooster wrote: »pan seared brussel sprouts
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Dear Posters,
Thanks for sharing your opinions on the OPs goal, she can re-evaluate if she feels necessary. Until then, please refocus on the original intent of the thread: what are some foods you can fit into a 1200 calorie goal?
Thanks for your cooperation,
4legs
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One of my favorites is grilled veggie kabobs for dinner. mushrooms, bell peppers, garlic, onions, and zucchini, rub with olive oil and salt and pepper and cook on the grill or in the oven.1
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I like an English muffin, toasted with one egg for breakfast. I beat the egg in a little bowl and microwave it 37 seconds. I have a bowl that is just the right size so the egg comes out the size of the English muffin. Breakfast for under 200 calories. Beans for lunch. I’m not crazy about canned beans, but I cook a batch from dried beans and eat on it for days. Low cal and filling. That usually means I can eat what the family is having for dinner with sensible portions and come in at goal. Also sugar free fudgcicles are on 40 calories for an evening snack.2
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