1200cal/day really works.

haymancm

Glad you found a number that works for you!!! Finding that sweet number is different for everybody!! Congrats!!

Add me if you'd like to be a part of my support team!

underthecherrytree

Congrats on your loss! I see you have lost 8 lbs and that is great! I eat a MINIMUM of 1200 calories but eat between 1200-1600 calories. I have lost 18 lbs in 4 weeks. Great job and keep it up!

Mcgrawhaha

Congrats on your loss.

I am losing on 1600/day (more when I exercise) while enjoying my very high in sugar :devil: White Mocha. Gonna stick to my plan!!

I wonder how you lose on high sugar. If I did that, my weight would escalate. I drink my tea and coffee with no sugar. Have you heard about insulin resistance? you should check it out!

What was that about sarcasm and negativity?

I've lost over 35lb so far this year eating 2000 calories a day, so no you don't HAVE to live at 1200.

And I'm sorry, but I have to agree with other posters that you can't call it a success story when you're only a week in.

Oh no i wasn't trying to be sarcastic. You totally got me wrong. By the way congrats. I was only sharing what i thought sugar would do to me coz i have a sweet tooth. Am just saying for those who are sedentry, if they really stick to 1200/day, they would lose weight. its difficult ofcourse but if you try just one week, strictly, it works. Obviously if i was exercising like yourself, I wouldn't eat only 1200cal. Congrats on ur 35lbs. I aim to lose 30lbs

After you lose the 30 pounds - how will you maintain?.
I am banking on you eating 1200 cals a day?.
Err, for the rest of your life that is.
1200 cals for the rest of your life.
Fantastic life.
You got it all worked out.
Well done.
Awesome.

well thats a silly way to look at it! who eats a deficit once they reach maintenance, wether its 1200 or 1400... when you reach goal, you transition. why would she eat at 1200 for the rest of her life? i lost all my weight in 11 months on 1200 per day most days, with 2 high calorie days per month... now im on maintenance at an average of 2000 calories per day with no problems... why do you tell all the the people who eat 1200 that they will need to eat that way for a lifetime? thats not true, thats a lie. when your losing, you eat at a deficit... when your maintaining, you eat at maintenance. not everyone has to agree with 1200 per day, but my god, to be so "my way or the highway" is silly, since many of us have had great success on 1200 per day...

kitujainen

So eating like a 3-4 year old boy really makes you lose... what, like nutrients and stuff

Flab2fitfi

i live slightly further south than you and its not winter yet. I notice that you say that this time of year can cause depression but the best thing is to get out and go for a walk. If your twins are walking take them to the park and kick leaves. If they are too small put them in the pushchair, wrap them up and take them for a walk.

The fresh air will do you all some good and helps with the winter blues.

Hestion

Congrats on the loss, and having twins at any age is going to be hard work, even if they are not running around a park yet, when my son was little he was hard work on his own as I was constantly on the go!

However I have to stress the 1200 may have worked for you for now, but long term it wont, and just a word of warning be careful what you are encouraging people to do, for example I normally burn around 1000k a day, sometimes more, although my MFP is set to 1200, I could never ever entertain eating that with that kind of burn and some people who are new like yourself may read this and think its ok to burn 1000k and only eat 1200 as you suggested, therefore netting 200 calories, NOT good, just be careful what you are encouraging people to do is all I say, but I say that to everyone about everything!

Even on lazy days I eat around 1600 calories, I to am in the UK, weather doesnt stop me, and it did not stop me wrapping my son up and taking him out, as long as the kids are warm and dry, get out there!!!

Also you could try an at home dvd like 30DS or something?

Dont mean to sound negative at all incase thats how you take it, but its important to really think of what we are advising others to do, afterall we are not specialists, however if you carefully think about what a lot of posters on here say you will find some excellent advice, there is much on this thread :-)

Good luck, feel free to add me if you wish.

Rawfoodsho

Congrats on your loss.

I am losing on 1600/day (more when I exercise) while enjoying my very high in sugar :devil: White Mocha. Gonna stick to my plan!!

I wonder how you lose on high sugar. If I did that, my weight would escalate. I drink my tea and coffee with no sugar. Have you heard about insulin resistance? you should check it out!

What was that about sarcasm and negativity?

I've lost over 35lb so far this year eating 2000 calories a day, so no you don't HAVE to live at 1200.

And I'm sorry, but I have to agree with other posters that you can't call it a success story when you're only a week in.

Oh no i wasn't trying to be sarcastic. You totally got me wrong. By the way congrats. I was only sharing what i thought sugar would do to me coz i have a sweet tooth. Am just saying for those who are sedentry, if they really stick to 1200/day, they would lose weight. its difficult ofcourse but if you try just one week, strictly, it works. Obviously if i was exercising like yourself, I wouldn't eat only 1200cal. Congrats on ur 35lbs. I aim to lose 30lbs

After you lose the 30 pounds - how will you maintain?.
I am banking on you eating 1200 cals a day?.
Err, for the rest of your life that is.
1200 cals for the rest of your life.
Fantastic life.
You got it all worked out.
Well done.
Awesome.

well thats a silly way to look at it! who eats a deficit once they reach maintenance, wether its 1200 or 1400... when you reach goal, you transition. why would she eat at 1200 for the rest of her life? i lost all my weight in 11 months on 1200 per day most days, with 2 high calorie days per month... now im on maintenance at an average of 2000 calories per day with no problems... why do you tell all the the people who eat 1200 that they will need to eat that way for a lifetime? thats not true, thats a lie. when your losing, you eat at a deficit... when your maintaining, you eat at maintenance. not everyone has to agree with 1200 per day, but my god, to be so "my way or the highway" is silly, since many of us have had great success on 1200 per day...

Going from 1200 calories for 11 months to 2000 calories a day will shock your body. That is not a healthy way to lose weight. ANYONE can eat 1200 calories a day and lose weight. You need to learn your maintenance WHILE losing weight. Most people plateau and have to learn how to maintain little by little along the way, you basically shocked your body for 11 months feeding it the bare minimum. Thats not healthy. Like you didn't lose weight on 1200 calories a day and then at a lower weight be able to eat 2000 calories....There is no logic behind that.

Rawfoodsho

Congrats on the loss, and having twins at any age is going to be hard work, even if they are not running around a park yet, when my son was little he was hard work on his own as I was constantly on the go!

However I have to stress the 1200 may have worked for you for now, but long term it wont, and just a word of warning be careful what you are encouraging people to do, for example I normally burn around 1000k a day, sometimes more, although my MFP is set to 1200, I could never ever entertain eating that with that kind of burn and some people who are new like yourself may read this and think its ok to burn 1000k and only eat 1200 as you suggested, therefore netting 200 calories, NOT good, just be careful what you are encouraging people to do is all I say, but I say that to everyone about everything!

Even on lazy days I eat around 1600 calories, I to am in the UK, weather doesnt stop me, and it did not stop me wrapping my son up and taking him out, as long as the kids are warm and dry, get out there!!!

Also you could try an at home dvd like 30DS or something?

Dont mean to sound negative at all incase thats how you take it, but its important to really think of what we are advising others to do, afterall we are not specialists, however if you carefully think about what a lot of posters on here say you will find some excellent advice, there is much on this thread :-)

Good luck, feel free to add me if you wish.

This week to me shouldn't even count. Its like when you get a bad head cold for 4 days and all of a sudden your 7 pounds lighter because you barely ate anything for a week. Its not real weight loss

SpecialSundae

Congrats on your loss.

I am losing on 1600/day (more when I exercise) while enjoying my very high in sugar :devil: White Mocha. Gonna stick to my plan!!

I wonder how you lose on high sugar. If I did that, my weight would escalate. I drink my tea and coffee with no sugar. Have you heard about insulin resistance? you should check it out!

What was that about sarcasm and negativity?

I've lost over 35lb so far this year eating 2000 calories a day, so no you don't HAVE to live at 1200.

And I'm sorry, but I have to agree with other posters that you can't call it a success story when you're only a week in.

Interesting,
I thought your body makeup was different from the OP....

You plural rather than you singular.

I would have preferred to phrase it as "...so, no, one does not HAVE to live at 1200" but using "one" as a pronoun online generally gets a lot of flack.

belindanjumo

im sedentARY NOW BEACSUE MY BIKE DOESNT WORK ANYMORE AND CANT GO TO THE GYM I DO GET HUNGRY THO JUST EATING 1200 CAL A DAY I CAN HARDLY STAY ON THAT. READING WHAT YOU JUST POSTED DOES GIVE ME ALITTLE BIT OF MOTIVATION TO STAY ON TRACK.

That was my aim hun. glad to help

belindanjumo

Do what is best for you. The main thing is to eat healthy foods and controlled portions. You can have the candy, cake and other not good for you foods if you eat the serving size only when you crave them Just remember to not go over your 1200 calories a day. I have been following a caloric plan of 1200 per day and have seen results. I have lost 14 pounds and it works for me. Wishing you the best on your weight loss journey, Everybody has a story to tell but, each person's story may be different. DO YOU AND ENJOY YOURSELF WHILE DOING IT.:flowerforyou: Congrats on having twins. My goddaughter has a set (boys) and they are a blessing. :-)

aww thank you. I feel even more motivated now

belindanjumo

i live slightly further south than you and its not winter yet. I notice that you say that this time of year can cause depression but the best thing is to get out and go for a walk. If your twins are walking take them to the park and kick leaves. If they are too small put them in the pushchair, wrap them up and take them for a walk.

The fresh air will do you all some good and helps with the winter blues.

thanks. Great advice.

bonjalandoni

Why the hate guys? LOL! You cant change their minds, they cant change yours. Congratulate them if you agree, ignore if you dont. To each his own. LIVE AND LET LIVE!

shscruggs82

Im doing the 1200 calorie diet and heres why, Im good at maintaining, but Im not good at losing, I lost 30lbs on WW and kept it off for a long time, the only reason I gained it back was because I was no longer in control of whats in my cupboard, I had to move in with my parents and all that stuff that I started having in moderation, was now around more than it was before, and because of that I went back to eating what I wanted completely and gaining the weight back....

Now Im doing the trim body system, and they have me on 1200 calories a day, and my thought is that I restrict myself so that my stomach gets used to the smaller amount of food, and then eventually I don't have to restrict myself as much because I don't want to eat 5 cookies, Im satisfied with one. Im not trying to maintain forever on 1200 calories, Im just trying to get used to the smaller amounts and then I wont want as much.

brower47

Can't judge success after one week. Come back when you have been at your goal and on maintenance for at least a year.

That was a little snarky. She's celebrating a change!

I'm finding that many, many people do not understand what snarky is. It seems to be harder for some people to spot than Waldo.

keem88

I was eating about 2000calories. But i live a sedentry life for now. Was only walking about once a week.

well that's why, you went from eating like a heffer to pretty much restricting. not rocket science.

SuperCrsa

Congrats on the week long loss. See how it goes for you in a couple of weeks :flowerforyou:
Ive lost 15 pounds in nearly 80 days by eating a 1800-1950 calorie deficit. Im seeing a whay better change in my body, I eat whatever I want, and I am so confident that NOW I will be able to transition into maintenance without gaining everything back plus more, as low calorie diets do to your body.

When you start feeling crappy, tired, moody and no energy, up your calories.

keem88

Congrats on the week long loss. See how it goes for you in a couple of weeks :flowerforyou:
Ive lost 15 pounds in nearly 80 days by eating a 1800-1950 calorie deficit. Im seeing a whay better change in my body, I eat whatever I want, and I am so confident that NOW I will be able to transition into maintenance without gaining everything back plus more, as low calorie diets do to your body.

When you start feeling crappy, tired, moody and no energy, up your calories.

which will happen pretty quickly since she has twins. although they seem to sit around the house all day doing nothing so maybe not.

PhoenixStrikes

I was eating about 2000calories. But i live a sedentry life for now. Was only walking about once a week.

well that's why, you went from eating like a heffer to pretty much restricting. not rocket science.

2000 calories is hardly eating like a "heffer" classy choice of words.

shscruggs82

Congrats on your loss.

I am losing on 1600/day (more when I exercise) while enjoying my very high in sugar :devil: White Mocha. Gonna stick to my plan!!

I wonder how you lose on high sugar. If I did that, my weight would escalate. I drink my tea and coffee with no sugar. Have you heard about insulin resistance? you should check it out!

What was that about sarcasm and negativity?

I've lost over 35lb so far this year eating 2000 calories a day, so no you don't HAVE to live at 1200.

And I'm sorry, but I have to agree with other posters that you can't call it a success story when you're only a week in.

Oh no i wasn't trying to be sarcastic. You totally got me wrong. By the way congrats. I was only sharing what i thought sugar would do to me coz i have a sweet tooth. Am just saying for those who are sedentry, if they really stick to 1200/day, they would lose weight. its difficult ofcourse but if you try just one week, strictly, it works. Obviously if i was exercising like yourself, I wouldn't eat only 1200cal. Congrats on ur 35lbs. I aim to lose 30lbs

After you lose the 30 pounds - how will you maintain?.
I am banking on you eating 1200 cals a day?.
Err, for the rest of your life that is.
1200 cals for the rest of your life.
Fantastic life.
You got it all worked out.
Well done.
Awesome.

well thats a silly way to look at it! who eats a deficit once they reach maintenance, wether its 1200 or 1400... when you reach goal, you transition. why would she eat at 1200 for the rest of her life? i lost all my weight in 11 months on 1200 per day most days, with 2 high calorie days per month... now im on maintenance at an average of 2000 calories per day with no problems... why do you tell all the the people who eat 1200 that they will need to eat that way for a lifetime? thats not true, thats a lie. when your losing, you eat at a deficit... when your maintaining, you eat at maintenance. not everyone has to agree with 1200 per day, but my god, to be so "my way or the highway" is silly, since many of us have had great success on 1200 per day...

Im glad to read that, I was getting nervous lol I know I dont have it all figured out, but I know I need to eat less than I am, and nothing else was working..this is working, I dont believe that I will have to stay on it forever, I think once I get used to eating less I can stay in a range and be fine.