How to meet MFP goals?

jeannettegosnell

Hey! My goal for MFP is to be at 1200 or less. What are good foods to have that have nutrition and fewer cals? I need some ideas!! Thx!

yirara

Your goal is not 1200 or less but 1200. And your goal is only 1200 because you've chosen a too agressive weightloss goal 1200 is the lowest number of calories MFP will give you even if you won't reach your weightloss goal this way because eating less won't give you the nutrition your body needs. Why not reduce your weightloss goal until you get a number above 1200 calories and start with that? It will be easier to meet it, and it will allow you to figure out how to eat.

You could also just ignore the numbers for now and just eat as you always do while logging everything you eat and drink. This gives you an idea of how much you usually eat.

Btw, you're also supposed to log and eat back all exercise you do (or at least a part of it) because otherwise you'd effectively eat less than 1200 calories. Eating 1200 and exercising for 300 would be the same as not exercising and only eating 900 calories.

Mischante

How tall are you and what is your weight? Are you active or sedentary? How many pounds a week do you want to lose? I'm just asking because 1200 calories a day is pretty low and going to be difficult to stick to. Anyways to answer your question I personally find protein satisfying.
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Some of my low calorie high protein choices are. Boneless skinless chicken tenderloins, pork loin, tuna fish, light and fit yogurt, cottage cheese, fish, ect. I usually pair a protein with a large side of veggies and a small serving of a carbohydrate such as potato, rice, quinoa, or couscous.

AnnPT77

How old and tall are you? What do you weigh now? What is your daily life and exercise like?

1200 is the lowest goal MFP will give any woman. It's typically only suitable for someone who is very inactive, very petite, and quite old . . . unless so overweight that the weight itself is an urgent health risk in which case the woman would be under very close medical supervision to watch for deficiencies or complications.

1200 is really, really low. You used the "10+ pounds to lose" tag. If you only have 10-20 pounds to lose, losing it fast is an extra-bad plan.

What women above said is right: Don't claim sedentary if you're not (and most people aren't). Don't ask for 2 pounds a week weight loss unless you weigh well over 200 pounds (or 1 kg per week unless you weigh well over 100kg). Eat back exercise calories.

Losing too fast does make it hard (usually impossible) to stick with the program. On top of that, it increases health risks (gallbladder issues, immune system compromise, more); can cause unnecessarily much loss of useful muscle alongside fat loss; limits ability to get adequate nutrition; and can cause hair to break, thin, or fall out plus make nails brittle and skin slack.

Frankly, from your photo you look quite young. If that's true (20s or under, maybe even 30s), and not obese, your best bet for a nice appearance would be to adopt a good workout routine including both cardio and strength training (building up volume gradually!), get excellent nutrition, and lose any moderate amount of excess weight very slowly, like half a pound a week or 0.25 kg a week.

Don't risk your health.

kshama2001

As others said, you likely chose an overly aggressive weekly weight loss goal for the amount of weight you need to lose.