Anyone on 1200kcals a day?

OccupyFitness

I see people saying "bump" on here, what does that mean?

"bump" means they want the topic to show up under "My Topics" or they want to push it to the front of the community threads to get more posts about it.

TheLongRunner

I'm also from Australia! But Perth
My advice would be, if it's working for you, then it's right.
If you're losing weight, feeling good etc on 1200 cals a day, keep at it!
If you're not getting the results you want, try upping your cals a bit.
Just play around until you figure out what works best for you

Good luck!:flowerforyou:

This! I think you gotta find what works for you. I have had great success on 1200 calories for most of my journey. Some others have had less success with this amount of calories. Do what makes YOUR body lose

flawedshot

I do 1200 cals a day. Its fine as long as you eat filling foods like veggies, but don't starve yourself. I eat 1200 and if my body is telling me I'm still hungry, I'll eat a small snack (30-100 calories) to fill up my stomach. I do 30 minutes a day.

mel128

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susan1arnold

This is to temp666777. What kind of yogurt do you buy? Do you add anything to it? Thanks!!

wobblychopz

Hi Everyone, :flowerforyou: I've just joined tonight! I'm on roughly 1500cals/day but over the past few days this week I haven't been able to reach that, sitting around 1200. I'm from Australia, Far North Queensland and finding this site a little difficult to complete my exercise plans using miles instead of klms, and consistently converting pounds to kilos. But I'm persisting! Anyone else in the same boat?

*you can chnage the settings from mile and pounds to km's and kg's.

psuLemon

So heres the thing. If you want to support your knees then you need muscle mass and eating at 1200 calories a day will not support muscle sustainment and while you will lose weight, you will lose muscle. If your body isnt getting enough caloris and doesnt have enough fat stores then it will release cortisol to protrect your organs. In turn this will protect body fat and increase muscle loss.


So how does one lose fat without losing muscle? Simple, you eat around 20% below tdee. And you figure out your tdee by estimating your bmr, multipling i with a lifestyle factor (including exercise) and then cutting 20%. Will you lose weight slower? Probably, but you will be able to improve your strength which will provide better support to your joints and ligaments.

Thank you for your thoughts & advice. That last picture link is very interesting, what type of foods do you have to eat for that though? I'd find it difficult to eat that many kcals in a day! Yes overall I would prefer to be toned thin not thin thin but I wanted to drop weight first (while building my knees) to start toning after I've got my weight/fat to where I want it.x

how on earth is 1200 calories starving yourself?! lol

It is providing inadequate nutrition to build muscle and a healthy body. That's the definition of starvation.

no it's not. for someone who isn't that tall, or active, 1200 calories a day is plenty.
sure, it's not a lot of calories, but it provides adeuqate nutrition if you're getting it from the right foods - not if you're getting it dfrom icecream and chocolate.

1200 calories won't even feed your metabolic rate. So if you are only eating 1200 calories and your body needs 1300+ calories to run your metabolic rate, guess what your body will do... will it repair your muscle or run your organs?




OP, do you want to lose fat or muscle? Muscle is what makes you look like the person in the photo. If you want to cut fat, you need to eat more. What you should do is estimate your TDEE and then cut 20%. YOu do this and start doing heavy weight training (which you can do while injured as I did it with a tore MCL), your bod will cut fat. And to add a cookie on top, here is a response from a person I am working with. She lifts 4 days a week, 36 years old and eats 2100 calories on workout days and 1800 on non workout days.


"I just wanted to thank you for your help. You helped me a few months back and I just wanted to give you an update on my progress. 12 weeks ago I started at 154 and 28% bf. I got my bf remeasured last Friday and it was 24%. But I only lost 1 pound. It is crazy to me but I have learned to ignore the scale. You were right that keeping consistent and not giving up my body would finally adjust.

Thanks again for your help!

Stephanie"


So you want more proof. Now lets look at a girl who gained 20 lbs of muscle and eats 3000-4000 calories a day. Below is a link.

http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/


And to add a little more icing on the cake, HMMM, I love cake, we have the below.


http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/392784-skinny-fat-vs-fit-photo?hl=skinny+fat

JBsCrazyGirl

I am also 5'4" and on a 1,200cals a day.
I am 166lbs.

Most days I find it difficult to reach 1,200, even before exercise calories. Which i do not eat most the time. Many, many many people are not in favor of this, but it comes down to what your body is telling you.

Mine tells me,

Eat when youre hungry
Exercise when you can.
Drink water
And eat breakfast.

I am losing about 1.5-2lbs a week

If I start to feel crappy,
I will eat more, but so far,
I am fine.

good luck to you, and finding something that works :flowerforyou:

lissaann22479

I'm on 1200 and I'm finding it just fine. I cut sugar and white flour out of my diet and I find that I don't get terribly hungry. I don't formally eat my exercise calories back, but I think a few glasses of wine when I go out / at the weekend probably takes care of them. After the initial two weeks of high losses, I've settled into a 1lb a week which is about right if I do my BMR / TDEE numbers.

Isn't the girl in the pic Kate Moss? I don't imagine she's lifted anything heavier than a champagne glass in her life.

I agree.

susanp15

First, I'd change my inspiration to something or someone that's not airbrushed. I'm on 1200 calories too and it's not easy but is very do-able with good choices. Some days I go over just a bit but then exercise (walking) to counter the calories so it all balances out at the end of the day.

Totally agree!

BlowYourMind

First, I'd change my inspiration to something or someone that's not airbrushed. I'm on 1200 calories too and it's not easy but is very do-able with good choices. Some days I go over just a bit but then exercise (walking) to counter the calories so it all balances out at the end of the day.

Totally agree!

I hate Thinspo, go for role models like Jillian Michaels or someone who is physically FIT, then you know their methods are not starving and whatnot...

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