Looking for friends with 1200 calories

ariker84

I think I am going to have trouble eating only 1200 calories in one day....thought I would ask some of you for help and see how you make it work!

Thanks!

: )

melissal6602

I have 1200 calorie limit and would love to have a friend that have the same to get ideas from and encouragement. Add me!

Tzavush

My goal is higher, but I find the opposite problem , I have more trouble eating at least 1200.
Since I changed my habits when it comes to food, I find myself full far before I get close to the 1200 calorie mark.

sue26

exercise then eat the calories you earned

Sindy71

Is the website suggesting that you only eat 1200 daily?

PNWriter

ugh...me, too! My limit is 1290. Ugh.

BabyDuchess

The more you exercise, the more calories are added back to your daily allowance.....and yes, you should eat at least half of the exercise calories back. :flowerforyou:

ESVABelle

I was at 1200cal/day but now I've increased it to 1300 because I'm working out so much. It's not too hard when you make healthy choices. Check out my food diary (if you don't have access, just friend me - I have no idea what my settings are). Just keep your meals around 300-400 calories, closer to 300 if you have snacks in between.

Remember: When hungry, drink water first, then re-evaluate. If still hungry, eat something.
Fiber fills you up - get some whole grains in that diet!
It takes 25-30 minutes to eat a large salad - how long is your lunch break?!?

srp2011

Feel free to add me - I'm vertically-challenged and so I'm set at 1200/day, and need to exercise on top of that to lose. If you stick to lots of fresh veggies and fruits, and lean proteins, with a few treats thrown in (I love my Skinny Cow ice cream dessert every day) it's actually pretty easy to stay close to 1200. But you really have to avoid junk.

HisBeloved65

me too! You might be surprised once you start tracking your food that 1200 is pretty ok. Most days I am not even hungry and look for ways to get my 1200 in.

sexynasmrt1

600 for me 200 for breakfast 200 for lunch and 200 for dinner

SW 245 1/17/11
CW 230 5/10/11
GW 130

yogajan

I am a great believer in weighing your food, especially poultry, meat and fish. That way I can get a better idea of how much I can really eat. Now that most food is labeled with calories, it is easier than it used to be.

ariker84

Lucky : ) I think I will get that way, but I have to get used to eating on a "budget" now!

ladyhawk00

Just a reminder that 1200 is the lower limit - recommended by health experts as the minimum for the average woman to receive adequate nutrition. But that doesn't mean 1200 is the right cal level for you (a general you) at your height, weight, age, etc. MFP is a "dumb" tool - even if you shouldn't be trying for a certain goal because of how much you have to lose, it will still try to help you get there. So make sure you're at the right deficit for YOU. May help to read these threads that discuss how to determine a healthy, realistic goal/deficit.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/186814-some-mfp-basics

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits

cterjeson

I stay under/close to 1200 a day. On the weekends I am usually under 1200, just because we have no food in our house and we live so far out in the country its a waste to drive When I dieted last summer, I thought I'd have trouble staying under 1200, but totally didn't! Good luck, we're in the same boat! I'd love to help support

notOpel

1200, here. I'm new to the site but so far I've been under every day. I update my blog daily and often have food suggestions, so feel free to add! Good luck with your goals!

nydoll911

I'm also pretty new to the site but I'm at 1200 also. I'm finding new things daily but one of my favorite things for breakfast is the liquid egg whites with turkey bacon for 2 servings of eggs and 2 slices of bacon it's only 90 calories! Plus I really like the 100 cal packs and baked chips.

angeljamin

I'm a month in and it has gotten much easier. I've also learned to cut a little bit into my exercise calories and exercise really hard if want go way over :happy:

You can add me if you like my diary is open to view for friends. Good Luck! You can do it!

DeBiKin

This post is for the person who has limited themselves to 600 calories a day.

When you don't eat enough calories your metabolism slows down. (That means that your body will not burn calories at the same rate as if you reset your metabolism back to normal.) You will still lose weight with fewer calories but you are doing this the hard way. If you lose all of your weight at such a drastically reduced caloric intake it is not only going to take so much longer than it has to but when you go on a caloric intake for maintenance your body will suck up all the extra calories and save as much as it can. This is serious, please find out how to reset your metabolism if you've been dieting like this for very long.

(I too am on the 1200 calorie limit but exercise allows me to go over that yet stay on track for my weight loss goals.)

rosa7512wbt

I eat only 1200 calories, which includes 300 calories per meal: breakfast, lunch and dinner. then 300calories for snacks/drinks for the day. I generally exercise before breakfast, and then when I come home I eat breakfast. It will take your body a little while to adjust as it is used to being overfed. Good luck, and if you need any help just ask me. I have just finished the Michelle Bridges 12 week body transformation program. She is one of the trainers from The Biggest Loser here in Australia, and I had the finale on Saturday night, and I came 2nd for losing the 2nd most amount of body fat %.

CherrySunday

I'm on 1200 too, and at first it was SUPER strange to get used to it, until I started adding more protein and fiber into the mix::

Breakfast: greek yogurt non fat, 2 hard-boiled eggs, and an apple. (On days when I don't do the eggs, I do cereal with rice milk).
Lunch: Sushi (when I've got the extra cash) or a protein shake, or I'll half a burrito from the place down the street.
Dinner: Meat and veggies, sometimes some quinoa or cous cous on the side.

The key is to eat things that keep you full. The apples and the protein shake (I buy the Muscle Milk 11oz Vanilla Lactose Free one, that's like 170 calories) and the eggs in the morning -- throw those in, and you're pretty much set for the feeling full thing. IMO, at least!

sweetums85

i was on 1200 but because i excercise 5 times a week its changed my goals but i am still trying to work between them both in order for results

Soniatori

on weekdays i stay at 1200. i eat around 300 per meal and use the rest for snacks(yogurt,skinnycow ice cream) and on the weekends i'll have around 1350 so i wont go crazy ; )

alybrey

My best advice is to keep your foods simple. I eat all day. I have breakfast, a mid morning snack, lunch, 2 mid afternoon snacks
(my husband doesn't get home for dinner until 6:30 or 6:45 so there's a large time span between lunch and dinner) dinner and a small evening snack. By using this program, I have learned to literally change my eating habits and seek out low calorie meals and snacks. Breakfast is generally a bowl of Cheerios or oatmeal. Mid morning snack is a 100 calorie pack of Hostess crumb cakes. Lunch is either tuna plain with a hardboiled egg white on a half of a Thomas's flat everything bagel, or 2 eggs with the Thomas's which is spread with laughing cow herb lowfat cheese spread. (one wedge). Afternoon snack is 2 stalks of celery with a small amount of peanut butter, or a different flavor of laughing cow ( I love this stuff lol! It's one of the best "cheat" foods ever!) or if I want something sweet I will have a banana with no sugar chocolate sauce on it. Later if I need something else before dinner I will grab about 4 or 5 no salt almonds. Dinner can be grilled chicken breasts or some type of protein I have fixed in the crockpot along with a vegetable and generally some type of potatoes (my husband can't do without them and I think they get a bum rap myself) Evening snack if I need it is a cup of popcorn. It's all in how you prepare your foods also. Skip the fatty fixins and season things more. There's not much if any calories in Ms. Dash any flavor. I use lots of fresh garlic also. Keep your sodium at bay. Sodium is one of the biggest pitfalls I think in American eating. It's in everything you eat at a restaurant (and tons of it I might add) It's in every processed food you buy, so you have to watch the sodium content on everything you buy. Drink water if you don't normally.

Another thing that is crucial is exercise. I run Mon-Fri 35 min, and lift weights 3 days a week, and floor exercises the other 2. I do not work out on the weekends. Your body needs time to rest. This exercise, or any exercise will increase your calorie intake somewhat within this program. If your not very active now, it will take some time to adjust to an exercise routine of some type, but everything you do along those lines will help boost your metabolism. Find what works best for you.

On the weekends, because i don't exercise, and we go out to eat for Saturday and get take out for Sunday, I always go over my 1200, but not by much. Make smarter decisions in what you order by plugging the foods you want into your fitness pal program (if you have it on your phone) and if it's crazy bad for you, choose something that's not. I get a lot of grilled chicken salads with balsamic vinegarette dressing. Get grilled instead of fried. Chicken and seafood instead of beef. I don't sweat this so much though because during the week, i seem to have it down to a science for myself and stick to the calorie count or actually below it those 5 days a week.

I've been on this program for 2 weeks and have lost 3 pounds so far. It's all about moderation (when I run, I don't go out for a marathon, or worry about how fast. It's really about a moderate jog type of thing.) If you want a cookie, eat a cookie but make yourself eat only that one. (I still have a mini chocolate donut or two a day, but I stop there.) Don't cut out any certain food group, just cut back on the bad stuff and exchange it for different better for you foods slowly. Eat very small amounts of the bad stuff. The only thing I will tell you not to have for a very long time until you get close to your goal is chips of any kind, and even after that, keep them out of the house. I have had a wonderful love affair with tortillas and cheese dip, lol, but I wouldn't go there now if you paid me to.

This program on my fitness pal has really helped me truly see what I used to eat compared to how I should eat, yet still enjoy eating. Also, by not eating those chips in the afternoon, I'm not ever tired and slothy like I used to be. I love to use this program all day. By plugging everything in, it makes me want to make the right choices by staying on track.

Look around online for different low calorie snack ideas. Things that you like to eat. Meal ideas that will keep you under 300 calories per, yet has flavor. Lowfat Yogurt, low calorie snack puddings. I'm not very good at eating totally clean. I can't do all veggies all of the time (too much gas and for me thats boring eating) and I don't like a lot of fruits, but occasionally, I will have one of those small single servings fruit cocktail for my snack, or an apple. But maybe for you, veggies and fruits are a great way to eat. If so, you are lucky

Sorry, I know this was alot more info than you probably wanted to read, (I could go on forever!) but I do hope I have given you some ideas to help you get started. The thing is, I bet even if you go over your calorie intake a little every day, it's probably a lot less calories than you would have taken in if you weren't working with this program. Don't sweat it.

marianne_s

Feel free to add me - I'm vertically-challenged and so I'm set at 1200/day, and need to exercise on top of that to lose. If you stick to lots of fresh veggies and fruits, and lean proteins, with a few treats thrown in (I love my Skinny Cow ice cream dessert every day) it's actually pretty easy to stay close to 1200. But you really have to avoid junk.

Actually, you don't need to exercise on top of your calorie allowance to lose.
The Goals page actually states this - *Net calories consumed = total calories consumed - exercise calories burned. So the more you exercise, the more you can eat!


Why.....How is this possible? You're probably asking...
It's possible because MFP has already calculated a calorie deficit for you BEFORE you even exercise. So, if you eat the daily amount of calories without exercising, you will STILL lose weight.

DEFICIT is the amount lower than your Total Daily Maintenance Calories (the amount of calories you need to eat to stay at the same weight

Based on the weekly loss amount you chose, then MFP would've deducted one of the amounts below from your daily maintenance calories.

Generally someone with a BMI over 32 can do a 1000 calorie a day (2 lbs a week loss) deficit
With a BMI of 30 to 32 a deficit of 750 calories is generally correct (about 1.5 lbs a week loss)
With a BMI of 28 to 30 a deficit of 500 calories is about right (about 1 lb a week loss)
With a BMI of 26 to 28 a deficit of about 300 calories is perfect (about 1/2 lb a week loss)



I hope this helps someone understand MFP better.....

2littlebostons

My goal is higher, but I find the opposite problem , I have more trouble eating at least 1200.
Since I changed my habits when it comes to food, I find myself full far before I get close to the 1200 calorie mark.

I have the same issue, some days.
I have a goal of 1200 calories, but I'm usually only eating between 900-1100. I just can't win! LOL!

2littlebostons

I think I am going to have trouble eating only 1200 calories in one day....thought I would ask some of you for help and see how you make it work!

Thanks!

: )

I added you.

AwesomeSauce4

I eat 1200 calories a day and have had great results
feel free to add me if you like as a friend

~Rachel~

penmillion

My food diary is open for whoever wants to peek. I'm not really proud of all my food choices but am hoping to clean it up gradually. I like to have an occasional beer (especially if there's a new episode of Supernatural). Today I had steak & mashed potatoes, some chocolate, whole milk & still kept it at 1205 cals. I"m 5'2", and I don't exercise as much as I want to but on the days I do exercise I eat back my exercise calories so I get ~1400cals. I am only strict with the calories M-F and the weekends are kind of practice for maintenance mode.

jambs5

My calories are 1200 a day as well. If you do your cardio workouts/exercise you burn off the calories you eat and can eat more. Whenever I add my food and see the calories, I say to myself I better do some cardio to burn them off. Please feel free to add me as a friend. The more encouragement/support, the better. Anybody need friends, add me.

julsofdenial

I am set at 1200 and have been for about 9 weeks i think.
Anyone/everyone is welcome to add me, my diary os open. Excuse this past weekend though as i did go over!