A day in your 1200 calorie intake

Bodhizephyr

This thread is in response to another forum user who is struggling to fill up with 1200 calories. I thought it would be a good idea for people to post what they ate in a day for 1200-1300 calories.

taxidermist15

i recently upped my calories to 1700 and im struggling gettign that, this was my once 1200 cal day

breakfast
- 0% chobani or fage yoghurt (one container)
1/4 quakers old fashioned oats

snack- apple maybe some almonds (like 6)

lunch
2 cup spinach
5 medium mushrooms
1/3 can corn
3 oz chicken breast
7 baby carrots
one tomato
2 tsp salsa
2tsp cottage cheese (2%)

chuck it all in a frying pan and have a warm salad... yummo!! super filling)

snack- whatever leftover meat i could find int he fridge, about 3-4oz, and a mandarin

dinner- 4-5 oz grilled chicken and as many veggies as i wanted that fit into my leftover cals

dessert (every night)- sugar free jelly or some baked apples in the microwave using stevia or a "Muffin in a minute"(great recipe! use the search button, found it here!)

drink one glass of water before every meal and it gives yu a nice full feeling.. like super full... btu i needed mroe cals so i switched from no fat to full fat stuff to reach my 1500 cal goal

seebeachrun

You can look at my diary. It skips around a bit but for the most part it's 1200-1300 calories a day.

PamelaGailJacobucci

I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!

Edestiny7

Breakfast - Blended together in a smoothie:
Bananas - Raw, 127 g
Pears - Raw, 195 g
Apples - Raw, with skin, 85 g
Celery - Raw, 85 g
Spinach - Raw, 85 g
Lemon juice - Raw, 1 fl oz
Natures Place - All Natural Spring Water, 8 fl. oz. (240mL)
Lettuce - Cos or romaine, raw, 85 g
Seeds - Chia seeds, dried, 15 g

Lunch - Steamed & blended in to a soup:
Broccoli - Flower clusters, raw, 218.29 g
Nuts - Brazilnuts, dried, unblanched, 13 g
Natures Place - All Natural Spring Water, 8 fl. oz. (240mL)
Kale - Raw, 218.29 g

Dinner - Salad followed by beans/rice/salsa bowl:
Annie's Naturals - Fat Free Raspberry Balsamic Vinaigrette, 1 Tbsp (33g)
Carrots - Raw, 49 g
Celery - Raw, 49 g
Lettuce - Cos or romaine, raw, 85 g
Rice - Brown, long-grain, cooked, 195 g
Beans - Black, cooked, boiled, without salt, 174 g
Green Mountain Gringo - Sauce Salsa Medium, 8 tbsp
Stash - Chai Green Tea, 1 Tea Bag

nmlt13

1/2 cup silk vanilla soy milk - 50 cal
1 small banana - 90 cal
1 cup special k choc delight cereal- 160 cal
total breakfast- 295 cal

3 oz baby carrots- 35
1 cup strawberries- 44
1 fit and active cheese stick- 50
1 red bull- 110
lunch total- 239 cal

6oz tilapia- 106
2 cup spinach- 14
1 cup pinto bean soup-157
dinner total- 277 cal

1 nature valley oats and honey bar- 190
1 dark choc bar- 142
1 strawberry and banana smoothie- 100
2 starburst- 40
snacks total- 472 cal

water- 9 cups

TOTAL INTAKE: 1, 283 calories!
I felt full and was still able to eat my fave foods, but in moderation

PapaverSomniferum

I don't eat a lot of regular meals. I try to be an "intuitive eater", so my diary is set up by times, rather than meals, and it's open.

Most days end up being similar to this, though:

coffee and/or tea
a protein bar
some fruit
something unhealthy but small
a salad
a small vegetarian dinner
some chocolate.

strawberrie_milk

Breakfast
1/2 cup oats with cocoa powder, cinnamon, Splenda, and sometimes protein powder
1 cup full fat cottage cheese

Lunch
4 large scrambled eggs (using evoo)
veggie stir fry (with evoo and any veggies I can find)

Dinner
3 cups broccoli
7 oz. chicken breast - may sprinkle with cheese
3/4 cup greek yogurt

krystina_letitia9

I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!

Me too. I also plateaued when I was on 1200 cals/day, even with eating my cals back. When I upped my cals (set it for 0.5lb/week), I magically started losing weight. MORE than 0.5lb/week, too. Hmmm.

Amber50lbsDown

Yesterday I was at 1237. (although this goes up and down daily.)
I ate
Breaskfast
2 coffees no sugar 2tbls spoons 2%milk
2 cups Special K vanilla almond cereal with 2 cups 2%milk

Lunch
half can of tuna mixed with 1 cup of fresh spinich, half tbls of Mayo, 1/4 cup of red kidney beans

Snack
40g of Chocolate covered raisins

Dinner
Baked chicken breast with a little olive oil, garlic and pepper
1 cup of spinich
1 baked potato with a little butter, garlic and cheddar cheese on top


and alot of water.

Always824

Breakfast
1 Cup Fruity Pebbles
1/2 Cup Almond Milk

Lunch
Apple or 2

Dinner
1 or 2 cups of rice (Im a big rice eater, most people from Guam are hehe)
&
Pork chops
or
Turkey Burgers
or
Chicken

I normally go to the gym 5 days a week so I log what Im going to eat for the day in the morning & burn off any calories that I might go over on from the food. I normally burn 600-650 calories in an hours time but if I feel like Im going to be hungry & want more I'll log it in so I know what I need to burn & stay an extra hour, hour and a half to burn as much as I can if not all so I don't exceed the calories I can eat for the day... The more you exercise the more you can eat right?

VirginiaWoof

my diet fluctuates between 1200-1400 calories a day at the moment...check my food diary if anyone wants to be nosy, it's public.

TinnedTuna

Bump.

angelashay42

Breakfast
2% Chobani Greek Yogurt
1/4 cup blueberries
Large coffee w/ milk & splenda

Snack
1/4 cup dried edamame
homemade 100 calorie blueberry/oatmeal muffin
8 baby carrots

Lunch
200g watermelon
5 strawberries
1 serving Cheddar Soy Chips

Dinner
Vegetarian Chik'n Patty
1 cup broccoli

Dessert
plain rice cake
2 tbsp natural peanut butter
1 cube dark chocolate

babygurl48

Bumping for meal ideas!!!:happy:

themommie

you can check my food diary but this is a pretty typical day
\breakfast
oatfit oatmeal....100 cals

lunch
lean cuisine and a tangerine
or
a sandwich on bagel thin with a tangerine

dinner
grilled chicken
baked sweet potatoe
broccoli

snacks
popcorn and fiber one bar

approx 1100= 1300 cals

mermx

Mine is high protein low carbs and this is 1207 cals. I eat more for my exercise cals adding to a little more protein and some fruit

Egg (Medium) - Boiled, 1 egg
Warburtons Weightwatchers - Danish Brown, 20.4 g
Flora - Light , 8 g


Lunch

Kerry - Lowlow Grated Mature Cheese, 15 g
Closed Cup Mushrooms, 50 g
Baked Beans In Reduced Sugar & Salt Tomato Sauce, 50 g
Smoked Back Bacon, 4 rashers


Dinner

Cauiflower - Raw Cauiflower, 0.5 CUP
Pork Loin Chops - Grilled, 100 g
Carrots, Steamed, 50 g


afternoon Snacks
Walkers Sunbites Wholegrain Snacks - Sour Cream & Cracked Black Pepper, 25 g pack
Strawberries - Raw, 1 cup, halves
Dried Fruit and Nut Mix, 20 g


supper
Lambrini - Low Cal Wine, 250 ml
Thin Sliced Ham, 50 g
Kerry - Low Low Cheese Slices for Toasties*, 2 slice (20g)


Your Daily Goal

1,200

Kiewilbfit

It's hard at times to make it to 1200 calories especially when I doont exercise, but when I do exercise it's a little harder because I gain calories when I exercise and log it in. Like today I gained almost 350 calories from walking and I only ate so far about 480 calories I don't know how I am going to get to 1200 but I will try since I'm back at this diet fully

purple_orchid

Thank!!!

mermx

1/2 cup silk vanilla soy milk - 50 cal
1 small banana - 90 cal
1 cup special k choc delight cereal- 160 cal
total breakfast- 295 cal

3 oz baby carrots- 35
1 cup strawberries- 44
1 fit and active cheese stick- 50
1 red bull- 110
lunch total- 239 cal

6oz tilapia- 106
2 cup spinach- 14
1 cup pinto bean soup-157
dinner total- 277 cal

1 nature valley oats and honey bar- 190
1 dark choc bar- 142
1 strawberry and banana smoothie- 100
2 starburst- 40
snacks total- 472 cal

water- 9 cups

TOTAL INTAKE: 1, 283 calories!
I felt full and was still able to eat my fave foods, but in moderation

wow this is a bad intake hun, I would seriously look at overhauling your daily foodstuffs...its not necessarily about eating your fave foods but feeding your body nutrients to be healthy also x

mermx

It's hard at times to make it to 1200 calories especially when I doont exercise, but when I do exercise it's a little harder because I gain calories when I exercise and log it in. Like today I gained almost 350 calories from walking and I only ate so far about 480 calories I don't know how I am going to get to 1200 but I will try since I'm back at this diet fully

Your body and organs (brain/liver/kdiney/skin etc)...need at the very least 800 cals a day to function so 1200 cals is really a minimum for you to lose weight and be healthy I only walk as an exercise but always eat my exercise cals back... My advice don`t try to to take it to extremes cos you won`t lose weight long term...don`t see it as a diet but a change of lifestyle.

good luck x

banannie127

bump!

yuliyax

The answer to “I can’t eat more than I am already eating” - Coconut oil, butter, eggs, avocado, salmon, olives, nuts, nut butters and full fat yogurt, full fat milk is actually good for you, and a great way to increase your calories without having to eat tons more food in a day. Sugar is NOT a good way to increase your daily calories

Oplesandbanonos

breakfast:
2 eggs
2 slices of bacon

lunch:
low carb tortilla
2% cheese slice
1 can of either tuna or chicken
1 tblsp mayo
salt and pepper

Dinner:
2 chicken breast baked at 450 in a tin foil packet with:
3 tbsp rotel or diced tomatoes
3/4 cup of fresh broccoli
2 tbsp butter

and if i haven't made my calories or my fats by then, i will have a cup of hot tea with heavy whipping cream in it (50g fat per tbsp, so however many i'm off, thats how many i'll have) and a packet of stevia

estelle74uk

bumping for ideas

Picola1984

I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!

Ditto

But I also hold a bit of envy for people that can get by on that much...or little should I say.

CoderGal

I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!

Ditto. And I did for a while.

kbnax

Good thread! I needed some ideas myself.

mixedfeelings

My goal is 1380 although most days I eat more as I exercise 6 days a week, sometimes 7. Tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day so food is already planned out;

Breakfast
Generic - Granny Smith Apple, Medium (138g), 1 medium
Waitrose Love Life - Peach & Nectarine Probiotic Yoghurt, 1 pot
Weetabix - Crunchy Bran, 25 g Serving
Cravendale - Skimmed Milk, 75 ml
Total cals: 274 carbs: 33 Fat: 1

Lunch
Egg - Free Range - Medium, 1 egg
Warburton's - Seeded Batch 800g Five Seeds, 1 SLICE
Yeo Valley Organic - Butter, 0.5 g
Waitrose - Garden Side Salad (Exc Sour Cream Dip), 1 Pack exc Sour Cream & Chive Dressing
Waitrose - Soured Cream and Chive Dip, 10 g
Total cals: 294 Carbs: 23 Fat: 16

Tea
Napolina - Penne Rigate, Bronze Die Pasta, 75 g
Essential Waitrose - British Creme Fraiche Half Fat, 60 ml
Generic - Portobello Mushroom, 84 g
Waitrose - Brocolli (Florets Steam Cooked), 80 g
Essential Waitrose - Petits Pois - Frozen, 80 g
Gia - Garlic Puree, 10 g
Total cals: 496 Carbs: 71 Fat: 15

Snacks
Krispy Kreme - Classic Glazed Ring Doughnut, 52 g
Total cals: 220 Carbs: 22 Fat :13


Totals 1,284 (cals) 149 (carbs) 45 (fat)

Sometimes I change things around, add more fruit but I leave it until the day to just see how I feel.

patricia909

bumping

Lisseth03

I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!

ditto.