tired of 1200 calories a day, too hard!

krista010105

Try eating Grapes and/ Chicken. They are low calorie foods but fill you right up...especially the grapes

GRAPES ARE A FANTASTIC SNACK. THEY ARE LOW IN CALORIES AND ARE SO YUMMY!!!!!

NEVER WOULD HAVE PUT THE TWO TOGETHER MYSELF BUT NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT. IT DOES SOUND LIKE A GREAT SNACK. LOW CALORIES AND BOTH ARE GOOD.

soulartp

if you have a 100 pounds to lose then 1200 calories a day is way too little for you. You might need to change something in your settings. Good Luck!

soulartp

I'm really glad to see this post. I was looking for something like this. I started a couple weeks ago trying to hit 1200 calories a day... I was pretty hungry and stressed. I'm pretty heavy, 100 to lose, so, it was really, really difficult for me to hit 1200 a day. I've recently bumped it up to the recommended calorie from MFP, 1500. I think I'll do better on that than the 1200. That's not a lot of food.

if you have a 100 pounds to lose then 1200 calories a day is way too little for you. You might need to change something in your settings. Good Luck!

Louise12

Exercise to earn more calories, then eat more.

Are you exercising at all ? this way you can eat more as long as you net 1200....

if you did bump your calories up you would probably only see again for two weeks or so until your body gets used to the extra food... If your finding it too hard it ist going to be maintainable for the rest of your life... and when you do hit your goal weight you still wont want to eat anymore with fear of putting on.

toriaenator

I think you need to be calorie cycling! Google it, you eat more some days less others and its supposed to be efficient for those last pounds! But u end up with the same net per week. Apparently it speeds up metabolism! Here's what I've been doing:

Extreme Fat Loss
Monday:1182
Tuesday:1024
Wed:1419
Thurs: 1182
Friday: 1064
Saturday: 1301
Sunday:1182

And this is the bare bare minimum btw and just an example! But maybe something like tis will help, plus some days u can eat more

ahamm002

No that many people have the motivation to maintain a 1200 calorie per day diet for an extended period of time. And even if you did, as soon as you reached your goals and stopped dieting, a lot of the weight would just come back. You're much better off eating a more sustainable amount of calories, while also exercising.

Ahluvly

Hello just saw all of the replies! I think you need to work out what's your priority here...losing weight in a certain amount of time OR having something you can maintain (diet and lifestyle wise)! There's no way in hell I could sustain 1200 cals a day, I eat that come 4pm! Then I work out, then I have my tea using those calories!

My advice to you is, look at what you should be having a day in maintenance mode, then decrease it by 20% if you have a time limit on it but eat your exercise calories back so your body is getting enough fuel to sustain you.

You mentioned that when you've bumped up your cals, you didn't lose (or you put on?). If that is the case, that is normal. You're eating more and it will take your body time to readjust to the new number of cals.

For me personally, I want to lose X lbs and I'd rather have something, diet wise I can maintain and be comfortable with than something that is frustrating the hell out of you. Weight doesn't go on overnight, it takes the same for the bugger to come off!!

Good luck!!!!

umachanxo

You should decline slowly to allow your body to adjust.
I eat 1200 per day, but when I started MFP I was at 1500, then 1300, and now 1200.

amsparky

If you don't feel good, eat more! I plateaued several times last year and they were all broken because I ate more, not less. As you work out more, your body needs more fuel. Just make sure you eat good calories.

psuLemon

Eat more. Bump your calories up to 1500. Bump them up to 1800. As long as you're sustaining a deficit, you will lose. You might not lose as fast, but you will be less miserable.

I count everything that has calories in it, even if it's just my 10-calorie supplements.

i dont think so rebekah. when i eat a bit more i didnt lose any weight. and now im losing but extremely extremely slow. so frustrated.

How long did you monitor your weight loss progress when you ate more? it takes time for a body to adjust and can take 3-4 weeks for a body to shed the extra water weight.


BTW, what is your current weight and height? We can do some calculations but unless you are 5' and weight 130 lbs and don't exercise will your calories be at 1200. Heck, my wife is 5'2" and is 140 and she is eating 1350. Also, do you exercise and if so, do you eat back your exercise calories? Keep in mind, when you eat too little, the only think you preserve is body fat which means your body will attack your lean muscle mass, aka the driver for your metabolism.

hooah_mj

this,

No that many people have the motivation to maintain a 1200 calorie per day diet for an extended period of time. And even if you did, as soon as you reached your goals and stopped dieting, a lot of the weight would just come back. You're much better off eating a more sustainable amount of calories, while also exercising.