The 1200 Calorie Myth

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  • med2017
    med2017 Posts: 192 Member
    type in the world is gonna end in 2012 and see what opinions you get.
  • ilovescarymovies
    ilovescarymovies Posts: 202 Member
    I lose faster eating 1600-1700. i didnt lose any at 1200-1300
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    why is everyone so worried about what other people are doing? concentrate on yourself.

    To play devil's advocate, why worry about what other people are worried about what other people are doing? :laugh:
  • scottbrown78
    scottbrown78 Posts: 142 Member
    Your body can go into starvation mode if you don't consume fat... I'm here because I need to make some changes in my diet. I know that isn't going to make great, rapid progress. What's going to get me results is when I get off my butt and exercise. I gained weight, not because I was consuming too many calories, and not because I consumed too few calories and my body went all starvation and stored all the fats. (insert meme here) I gained weight because I went from an active lifestyle to a very sedentary one. That's why most of my weight is where it is on my body.
    No one thing is gonna work for everyone, you have to find your own plan. But starving yourself is obviously not going to give you the results you want in the long run. The key here is not to eat 2000 calories and only veggies... Get active.

    LOL, I love posts like this....
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    I wonder what an actual starving person in Africa would think about overweight people in the united states claiming to be in starvation mode cause they eat 1199 calories a day.
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    It's good to know you are fully aware of how each person's body and metabolism works, and that you're an expert in each individual person's body. I know I will be able to sleep well tonight with this information. Thanks for putting a definitive answer out there! :flowerforyou:
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    I would like to comment but it's all so pointless....

    Right there with ya...
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    I wonder what an actual starving person in Africa would think about overweight people in the united states claiming to be in starvation mode cause they eat 1199 calories a day.

    They think we're all rich because we're "fat". Anyone who thinks they're starving should really go to Africa and see true hunger. It's given me a whole new perspective on what I have and what I need to be happy.
  • bgelliott
    bgelliott Posts: 610 Member
    I know what I'm going to say is controversial since this site seems to think that 1200 calories is a healthy way to live.

    It's not. Put it into any search bar and you will find some kind of scientific statement saying that this kind of diet is the BARE MINIMUM the body can handle in order to survive. Sure, this kind of deficit in calories will cause weight loss. But calories are not a bad thing -- calories are just units to measure energy. The bad thing is fat. The bad thing is excessive carbs. Consequently, they all have a significant amount of energy to them, or calories.

    Eating 1200 calories will make you lose weight at a noticeable pace. It is important to remember that eventually, your body will realize it isn't getting enough. The metabolism starts to slow, causing a plateau. The answer is not to work yourself harder or eat even less or the combination of the two. The answer is to eat more and work harder.

    It's just a little disturbing how I'm finding a lot of people who are relying on solely what the big number means. You could eat 2000 calories of veggies and proper protein a day and lose weight. Whatever the case, I urge those who think a successful diet is based on your caloric intake to eat a little more and exercise a little more. It's just healthier.

    So much wrong in one post, see bolded

    You are so right ACG67 Posts like this are very disturbing because they give people misinformation.
  • bsalvato
    bsalvato Posts: 63 Member
    bump for later
  • swat1948
    swat1948 Posts: 302 Member
    I have thyroid disease and I promise you if I eat 2000 calories I WILL GAIN weight! I know my body and you clearly don't!
  • dawndw
    dawndw Posts: 203
    I have thyroid disease and I promise you if I eat 2000 calories I WILL GAIN weight! I know my body and you clearly don't!

    That is why we all enter in our OWN info and not generic all the same info. We are all individuals, with individual needs and not everyone's body reacts the same.....I agree with SWAT1948 we are the only ones that can know our body.
  • know_your_worth
    know_your_worth Posts: 481 Member
    What a complete load of garbage. If you eat a low fat or low carb diet but still somehoe manage to consume more calories than your body burns you will gain weight.

    ^agreed.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    I love it when newbies tell us how to lose weight. :flowerforyou:

    I have been at this for 2 years....while I agree that 1200 calories is too low, the rest is garbage.
  • misshollie3
    misshollie3 Posts: 3
    I lost 10lbs in a week on a very popular carb restricted diet a few years ago but I also stopped menstruating for 2 months and got a lecture from my Dr. I know quite a few people who have done the same diet with no issues that I know of. Different things work for different people for sure.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    lol this was a funny read....
  • loveisthmovement16
    loveisthmovement16 Posts: 11
    I am 5ft 1, therefore several inches below average. I cannot therefore eat an average calorie intake without gaining weight. I must eat proportionately to my height, to lose, gain or maintain. When I exercise, I burn fewer calories for the same time, speed, distance as someone taller than me.
    When people say things like 1200 is the bare minimum the body can survive on, just what kind of body are they referring to?
    If I were tall, I'd be told that 1200 wasn't meant to be taken literally and my base line number would be higher than that. Does it not make sense that 1200 is also too high a baseline for very short people? Why is everyone so fixated on the magic 1200 number?
  • GoodGhost9
    GoodGhost9 Posts: 23
    No offense OP, but these types of threads just drive me nuts. So I'm going to stick with what I do best, and that is eat anything I want in moderation and exercise 5 times per week (of course I'll eat healthier in general, but if I want that delicious bad carb-loaded cookie on occasion, I'll go for it! And track it). If I go over my calories for the day, I'm not going to cry about it.

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