1200 CALORIES IS ALL I GET?!?!?! HELP - NEED IDEAS

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  • gwengogreen1
    gwengogreen1 Posts: 194 Member
    aim for about four meals a day, 250 calories or less. that adds up to 1000, so you have room if you screw up :D
  • jessicae1aine
    jessicae1aine Posts: 885
    MFP says I should be eating like 1375 calories.

    Um, no.

    I used a TDEE calculator and found the TDEE for my goal weight. It's 2100 calories, which is a much more do-able number, and I'm losing weight. My nutritionist also confirmed that yes, this is perfectly healthy and much better than the 1375.
  • linder4866
    linder4866 Posts: 11,399 Member
    If the problem is being full, check out shirataki noodles :smile: I just ordered some, so I can't vouch totally for them, but I'm hearing good things so far.

    ^^
    I got some of these from NoOodle and they are wonderful. Rinse them under cold water quite thoroughly; dry fry; add a bit of tomato sauce or whatever you like. The entire package is ZERO calories. But really don't skip on the rinsing and dry fry. I have these at least once a week.
  • viscumin
    viscumin Posts: 12 Member
    I'm on 1200 calories also. I find that Starting my day with protein really helps. Breakfast is usually 2% cottage cheese with berries or pineapple. Or sometime I do eggs instead. I usually keep lunch light. And dinner is usually around 400-500 cal I make meals from magazines like Clean Eating magazine. They have great recipes. I also cook from weight watchers cookbooks. If bread is a big downfall for you try making "Cloud bread" search for it in Google, it can be found at food.com, it's a "bread" that's basically just an egg meringue but has the consistency of bread. Good luck!
  • LadiDeeJay10
    LadiDeeJay10 Posts: 19
    What is BMR and TDEE? I hope I got the letters right.
  • kylTKe
    kylTKe Posts: 146 Member
    Salad, no dressing.

    BMR (basal metabolic rate?) - calories needed in a day for your body to simply function (breathe, pump blood, etc...)

    TDEE (total daily energy expenditure?) - total calories expended in a day, basically BMR + whatever you burn in a day doing stuff.
  • sweetnlow30
    sweetnlow30 Posts: 497 Member
    I'm on 1200 calories also. I find that Starting my day with protein really helps. Breakfast is usually 2% cottage cheese with berries or pineapple. Or sometime I do eggs instead. I usually keep lunch light. And dinner is usually around 400-500 cal I make meals from magazines like Clean Eating magazine. They have great recipes. I also cook from weight watchers cookbooks. If bread is a big downfall for you try making "Cloud bread" search for it in Google, it can be found at food.com, it's a "bread" that's basically just an egg meringue but has the consistency of bread. Good luck!

    Thanks for the "cloud bread" tip. I Googled it and it looks like something I would like to try :)
  • Lolitasboss
    Lolitasboss Posts: 60 Member
    I like broths, and I just throw spinach leaves in it.. very low calorie ! Also , if you like sushi , roasted seaweed is a really great , satisfying , low-cal snack !
  • ShellyShuey
    ShellyShuey Posts: 162
    Yes, but... I have read that it should be your weight x 10. I weigh 153 so I should eat 1530/day (to lose)... but you should go by MFP I suppose bc I don't want you mad at me if you don't lose, LOL.
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    oatmeal, soups, salads, popcorn, mini rice cakes, fruit, vegetables, chicken, skinny cow ice cream bars, baked sweet potatoes, cream of wheat, you can have a look at my diary if you want I usually eat under 1290 cals
  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
    Stay away from the processed food...you will be able to eat so much more food. Eating fresh & clean is so much lower in calories!!
    Make sure you eat high fiber, and you will stay full longer. Drink lots of water!!
  • vice1989
    vice1989 Posts: 34 Member
    Low calorie foods***

    I have been looking up ALOT of low calorie desserts and dinners, Wow there is actually TONS !!!
    My fav's at the moment are (which I actually figured the recipie out myself) is 80calorie hot chocolate ***
    It tastes just like store bought but only 80 calories. (and noe garbage fake sugars either)

    I also found recipies for low cal pudding, cakes, banana bread, apple crumble, I had a full chicken dinner tonight at 320 calories, and A turkey meatloaf and corn dinner the other day for like 280 calories.

    I make fried chicken one night and fish and chipps the other night for under 350 calories each (and thats including side dishes with them)
    There is always a secret trick to making low calorie version, I am lucky enough to be awesome at hunting things down on the net, (web developer so comes naturally :D)

    I made a banana cream pie the other night, 150 calories per piece compared to 300 + store bought.
    I made cream cheese cake too, (home made cream cheese from yogurt) which was even less.


    If anyone wants any recipies for awesome low calorie (and still healthy) desserts message me !


    *** (And all the recipies contain healthy foods, no fake sugar or egg substitute or anything like that, also I use whole organic sucanat not white sugar, and its way less calories and still tastes exactly like normal sugar. because it is.)
  • vice1989
    vice1989 Posts: 34 Member
    Its crazy the things I find on the net in other recipies, to substitute high calorie ingredients, never woulda thought I would be eating cream pie and losen' weight !
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    With the amount you have to lose your weekly weight loss goal should only be 0.5lbs/week. this will give you more cals, plus you get to eat back the cals you burn from exercise.

    Yup, give this a try. You are likely to be eating a much more reasonable amount this way. And it is much more likely to be something that you will be able to keep going with - which is the only way to lasting success.
    I don't see the point in trying to eat 1200 cals/day when you have already found that 1300 is difficult for you.
    That's called "setting yourself up to fail".

    By all means, eat more fruit and veggies, they are always going to be a great part of your diet, but don't restrict your calories so much that you find yourself failing - we've all been there before!
  • trud72
    trud72 Posts: 1,912 Member
    omlettes,salads,stir frys ect anything with VEGGIES! :bigsmile:

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