Is there anyone that eats more than 1200 calories a day??

Helloitsdan

hmmm i am on 1200 for the last 6 weeks? i guess for me it is retraining and understanding what i eat that blows out my calorie budget- after all eating is 90% weight loss right? this was clear to me when walking the dog for 20 minutes is the equivalent of 2 minties - boo hoo

I have learnt that to eat cheese, processed grains (breads) and meat blow out the count- and processed foods- phew they really cut down the volume i can eat in a day- and lolly stuff- running all day wont work that off me for sure!!!

i have also learnt to really start using all the herbs and spices around to give food much more kick and it gives me more satisfaction in eating it. I stay on the outside isle of the supermarket (fruit veg. and meat - non processed whole foods) and dare not venture down the inner isles (if kids want their snacks they need to come with me and get it themselves). I set a challenge to cook whole food from scratch- oh and that works a treat 'cause if it is a disaster you dont eat as much either lol

meat is now less then 25% of the area on my plate (as opposed to more then 50% before)- and if i am thinking of dinner i try to think of the vegies i am going to use (what did you have for dinner last night ? chicken? beef? meat with veges?- ha ha ha i now turn what i say around to something like- stir fried vegies in vingarette with a little crumbed beef)

i have cut down on my serving size (by using a smaller plate for me- amazing how many calories i can save up for more later without blowing the 1200cal.

i pack my lunch using good food left over from dinner

I can say that i am not hungry most times and when i am i eat (or say hang on - wait half an hour more)- but i still have an apetite for naughty things for sure (and a second helping while we are there)- the hard thing is telling the two apart -the cool thing for me is i can identify when i ask myself am i hungry or not- bad thing is it is still hard to stop the urge to snack.

get rid of all the naughty things out of the cupboard- if you have kids use a seperate cupboard that you dont go into and get them to 'lock it from you' - amazing what junk food nazis they turn into!!

Above all - go to bed as early as possible!! sitting around of a night, watching telly, chatting on the phone only makes you want to snack - thats where i fall down- while you sleep you dont eat- and the earlier waking time will allow you precious time to strewngthen your resolve the next morning.
Oh and using the calorie counter constantly will give you all the inspiration you need to choose better and excercise longer.

oh and when i do have blow out day- well there is always tomorrow right?

How about figuring out your TDEE and just shooting for 20-30% below that.

Enjoy the meat and cheese and minties?!

For instance i'm a 38 year old guy whos 5'6" and losing weight at 2500 cals or less.
So my question is....

Why eat less if you can get the same results eating more?

GnochhiGnomes

I have seen so many people just on a 1200 calorie diet. I am on a 1740 calorie a day limit, and have found it a challenge a few day's. I eat mostly low fat, baked, steamed. Nothing fried, and very limited on the fats in my diet. To tell you the truth, I don't think I would be a very pleasant person on a 1200 calorie a day diet! LOL!

For those of you that do it, that's great! Just not sure how you do it. I exercise alot, and also am pretty muscular. I am losing weight and feel good at where my calorie limit is. I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner with added snacks.

Just would love to hear from others on this subject......

Many of us 1200-1400'ers don't eat breakfast or snacks, this makes it much easier.

chezileigh

I'm on 1200 net plus my exercise cals. I find it doable, but if I haven't lost when I weigh/measure tomorrow, I'm considering upping them. I find I am hungry a lot of the time apart from on Thursdays which is my rest day from running and 30DS.

befitandfearless

I'll usually be eating from 1600-2000cals. I'm still learning and this number is not set in stone.

Toxictwist

1800

sarasci

Before exercise, this site has me at 1770 to lose 1lb/week, 1230 if I want to lose 2 lbs/week. That's about the same as what the nutritionist I visited last week suggested so I'm feeling pretty good about those amounts.

mamagooskie

I eat 2200 calories a day.....and I'm happy.

1200 calories a day makes me wanna kill things.

chrisdavey

ridiculous the amount of guys on such low cals :noway:

I'm averageing about 3300-3500 at the moment and aiming to gain 1lb per week. (currently 181lbs)

Exactly, you are wishing to gain - your situation is completely and utterly different to anybody wishing to lose.

I, too, would gain on 3300-3500 per day as would many, many others on MFP - hence why they are here in the first place.

I was on 1200 calories per day for six and a half months until I got to my goal. What is important is WHAT you eat when on 1200 - quality of food rather than quantity.

Actually my situation is exactly 1000cals different to if I wanted to lose.

Theoretical overweight guy at 210lbs has an estimated TDEE of 2900-3400. Why is it a good idea for him to be eating 1200 cals again?

Helloitsdan

ridiculous the amount of guys on such low cals :noway:

I'm averageing about 3300-3500 at the moment and aiming to gain 1lb per week. (currently 181lbs)

Exactly, you are wishing to gain - your situation is completely and utterly different to anybody wishing to lose.

I, too, would gain on 3300-3500 per day as would many, many others on MFP - hence why they are here in the first place.

I was on 1200 calories per day for six and a half months until I got to my goal. What is important is WHAT you eat when on 1200 - quality of food rather than quantity.

Actually my situation is exactly 1000cals different to if I wanted to lose.

Theoretical overweight guy at 210lbs has an estimated TDEE of 2900-3400. Why is it a good idea for him to be eating 1200 cals again?

Lol thats breakfast!

ON A CUT!

sexy_RN88

I'm at 1500--I tried to do 1200 for a week, but I was so crabby and irritable that there was just no way I'd be able to sustain it long-term. 1500 is enough so that I feel like I can actually eat real food and have enough to not feel like I'm starving all day long.

Di3012

ridiculous the amount of guys on such low cals :noway:

I'm averageing about 3300-3500 at the moment and aiming to gain 1lb per week. (currently 181lbs)

Exactly, you are wishing to gain - your situation is completely and utterly different to anybody wishing to lose.

I, too, would gain on 3300-3500 per day as would many, many others on MFP - hence why they are here in the first place.

I was on 1200 calories per day for six and a half months until I got to my goal. What is important is WHAT you eat when on 1200 - quality of food rather than quantity.

Actually my situation is exactly 1000cals different to if I wanted to lose.

Theoretical overweight guy at 210lbs has an estimated TDEE of 2900-3400. Why is it a good idea for him to be eating 1200 cals again?

I am not talking about that I am talking about somebody posting on a thread about weight LOSS only for somebody to come along say they are on 3300+ calories per day and then it transpires this is because he is trying to GAIN weight lol.

What the hell does that have to do with the OP's original question is what I want to know.

jinjin8

I eat my BMR as a minimum so around 1900 calories per day but I try to listen to my body and some days, I'm satisfied and stop at 1600-1700. I also have higher calorie days once or twice a week (around 2200 calories).

To date, I've been losing 1.5 to 2 pounds per week. I find my weight loss slows when I don't eat enough...

fat214

Bump:flowerforyou:

Hayley189

I eat 1200, I'm perfectly happy. :P I do understand the maths of it and why most people eat more/eat back their exercise calories, but I'm a big believer in to each their own. I plan to eat 1200 most days, when appropriate, until I reach my goal. I've lost 35kg/80lb doing this, so I know it works. I'm rarely hungry, often struggle/eat nuts etc to build up calories.

Not sure why I'm justifying myself really. Haha.

Lemoncakes

Supposedly I only need 1300ish in order to live for my body frame ... my profile has me @1200 calories daily allowance but I am starving at this rate so I workout like crazy in order to eat a Real dinner and even a lite snack... normally I would say I eat on average 1700 and aim to burn off 500 of that to meet goal. The days I cant make it to the gym are Killer!!! Truly a struggle ::

erin023

My MFP is set at 1200 calories a day and I have trouble reaching it most days without eating junk. I couldn't imagine having a higher calorie goal.

heygurlheyyyy

Dietician recommended 1200 for me after doing BMR test, but said I could do 1500 if that felt more comfortable. I chose 1500, but generally aim to be somewhere in between the two. I am not always successful in meeting this goal, but I usually feel pretty good in that range.

AmberMahfouz

I am doing great on 1200 calories, but if I do go over like 50-100 I don't freak out because I know its fine. I naturally have a really small build, and my "healthy weight" is about 20 lbs lighter than I am so I guess my calories are less for that reason. I find on most days I am not even hungry for anything over or even up to the 1200.

chrisdavey

ridiculous the amount of guys on such low cals :noway:

I'm averageing about 3300-3500 at the moment and aiming to gain 1lb per week. (currently 181lbs)

Exactly, you are wishing to gain - your situation is completely and utterly different to anybody wishing to lose.

I, too, would gain on 3300-3500 per day as would many, many others on MFP - hence why they are here in the first place.

I was on 1200 calories per day for six and a half months until I got to my goal. What is important is WHAT you eat when on 1200 - quality of food rather than quantity.

Actually my situation is exactly 1000cals different to if I wanted to lose.

Theoretical overweight guy at 210lbs has an estimated TDEE of 2900-3400. Why is it a good idea for him to be eating 1200 cals again?

I am not talking about that I am talking about somebody posting on a thread about weight LOSS only for somebody to come along say they are on 3300+ calories per day and then it transpires this is because he is trying to GAIN weight lol.

What the hell does that have to do with the OP's original question is what I want to know.

OP said she is losing weight in the post. The question is pretty clear in the title of this thread.

In 3 weeks I will be eating 2500 to lose weight. Is that better?

Also, for weight loss/body recomp/weight gain you're body sees macronutrients & micronutrients so the types of food aren't all that important. What is important is the total macros & micros.

butterfli7o

I couldn't stick to 1,200 even on a healthy diet. I was miserable. I'm currently trying 1,600 and not eating exercise cals back, and will see how that works.

jae28

i eat over 1200

Twomirrors

1730 plus my workout calories. That usually puts me in the 2200-2400 daily range.

I was on 1480, but I plateaued. When I went up to 1730, I stayed plateaued for two weeks and then dropped two pounds. I'm sticking with eating more calories.

Feel free to take a look at my diary. I'm still plenty hungry sometimes, but I only have 4lbs to go, so I''m going to make it!

kristen6022

1900/day. Maintenance/gaining slowly. My goal was 155, I down sloped to 145, attempting to get to 150 and stay there.

newcs

I'm 5'2" and started off with 10-15 pounds to lose. I started at 1200 calories (and wasn't exercising). I was hungry and cranky. I started getting dizzy. Upped it to 1300 and did that for a while and lost some pounds. Started working out and I've been upping it as needed (if I start feeling weak in workouts or abnormally cranky). I'm now at 1670 and I eat back most/all of my exercise calories (so food of 1900-2000 a day). I've been dropping fat and building muscle so I've stayed about steady weight-wise but definitely lost some inches and gained a great deal of strength.

CoderGal

I'm 5'7, 119 lbs so I NET 1700 so that's usually anywhere from there to 2500.

kylTKe

I'm cutting ~1.5 - 2 lbs per week eating 2700-3500 calories/day

WendyTerry420

My goal is 1750, and I usually net around 1400.

WendyTerry420

ridiculous the amount of guys on such low cals :noway:

I'm averageing about 3300-3500 at the moment and aiming to gain 1lb per week. (currently 181lbs)

Exactly, you are wishing to gain - your situation is completely and utterly different to anybody wishing to lose.

I, too, would gain on 3300-3500 per day as would many, many others on MFP - hence why they are here in the first place.

I was on 1200 calories per day for six and a half months until I got to my goal. What is important is WHAT you eat when on 1200 - quality of food rather than quantity.

Actually my situation is exactly 1000cals different to if I wanted to lose.

Theoretical overweight guy at 210lbs has an estimated TDEE of 2900-3400. Why is it a good idea for him to be eating 1200 cals again?

A TDEE of 2900-3400 @ 210 pounds? That's a lot of exercise!

dlwyatt82

A TDEE of 2900-3400 @ 210 pounds? That's a lot of exercise!

Not necessarily. If I magically weighed 210lbs today, my BMR would be 1946, according to the calculator on this site. 1000-1500 calories burned between normal daily activity and exercise is not too crazy, particularly for the people who like to get up and run in the morning.

delilah47

If everyone is following MFPs suggested calorie intake, there are very few people eating only 1200 calories per day. 1200 is just the magic number MFP established to avoid "starvation mode".