Reaching goal with 1200 calories?

journey_to_me
journey_to_me Posts: 27 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Has anybody done it?

I read a lot of people upping their calories to get out of a plateau (This helped me get out of my plateau) or just to lose weight in general. Now I'm experimenting with going back to 1200 calories after about a month of upped calories and A LOT of binges to see if I'll continue to lose weight.

Has anyone else done this or just stuck to 1200 calories throughout their entire time losing weight?

Thank you~

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  • lmarshel
    lmarshel Posts: 674 Member
    Took me 4 years to get here, but I have always eaten more than 1200 per day. I believe my lowest goal was 1400 or so.
  • Soxiez
    Soxiez Posts: 39 Member
    I'm 4kg off from my goal from eating 1200 calories for about 3 months.. but predictably, I hit a plateau. Don't think I'm patient enough to wait out four years (that's incredible determination by the way!) myself though. How much did you up your calories to? Up to your BMR or more?
  • jenihullett
    jenihullett Posts: 241 Member
    I just recently hit a plateau on my 1200 calories per day goal. I've raised it to be slightly above my BMR, but under my TDEE (about 1500 per day for me) So far, I've gained 2 lbs since I started eating more. Super frustrating!! I'm going to give it another couple of weeks and see what happens.
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    I'd starve on 1200 calories, binge, and give up.

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