Is 1200 calories enough if I exercise?

sienna1984

Please help me, I exercise around 4 times a week, I like to run around 4k a session then go on the x trainer then do an abs blast.

Is 1200 calories alot or not?

Michaela

curtnrod

No

If you entered your age, height, weight, and activity level correctly, MFP will calculate your caloric needs to lose 1-2 lbs a week based on what you entered as your desired loss per week.

1200 calories would be acceptable if you laid in bed 24 hours and only breathed.

sienna1984

Oh ok so how much do I need

pterenzio

My weight loss stalled at 1200 cal/day. Believe it or not, eating more - my scale moved down. My general rule of thumb is that I eat half the calories I earn exercising. So if I earn 500 calories exercising, I eat 250 of them.

stfriend

I use this site to help figure out calories.

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

lemonfizzle

You should eat back the calories that you burn during exercise if you are only eating 1200 a day.

spicypepper

Read this

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

I've switched to his recommendations (links he provided to figure out on my own) and I've lost 3.5 lbs in almost 2 weeks. I was eating 1200 calories, exercising daily and not eating all burned back and stalled starvation mode). I upped to 1790 and I'm losing.

sienna1984

thank you so much everyone ths has helped me alot, I am going to change my goal from 1200-1500 too see how i get on.