Netting less than 1200 calories?

The best I can tell you is try eating a bit more each day, like 100 calories per day (goal would be 1300 each day, trying to be clear about it, lol). Give it time, say a month, and see if you start losing weight or inches/cm. Like you said, have a tablespoon a peanut butter (that's about 100 cals, depends on what brand you get).

I just peeked at todays intake..... I'd add some plain old fruit to breakfast, dried nuts like sliced almonds or walnuts to the salad (could do tuna/chicken as well) and swap out half of the pretzels and cookies with low-fat cottage cheese.

Do you need to lose more? You look very thin.

I have the exact same issue. I am in college so I walk everywhere and also workout 5-7 days a week. I eat alot when I get a chance to eat but I have to make myself eat because I am rarely hungry. My weight ranges on a weekly/daily basis...I go from 108-111 and cant get at a constant weight. Can someone suggest something to do to get my weight to go down or atleast stay consistent. I am just trying to get to 105, and for my height and build that is my calculated ideal weight. Thanks so much!!

I dont follow net calories. I do a TDEE deficit I eat bout the same calories a day regardless of my exercise. Do I net lower than 1200 sure on some days. Im not stalled and im healthy and its obviously working I have lost 52lbs in 6.5 months

1200kCal is a semi-arbritrary figure conjured up by taking the average FEMALE and her BMR.In addition, this is a figure based on the AVERAGE FEMALE to get enough nutrients like protein, fat and vitamins/minerals. Some people will need more or less and it depends on your body composition, height, weight, gender and activoty level.

Ultimately, if you've got a lot of fat to lose and your ingesting 1200kCal yet netting low, it shouldn't be an issue and so long as you don't have smething like type 1 diabetes, you may even go in to a state of Ketosis which isn't always detrimental as ultimately you are burning fat.

I regularly net below 1200 sometimes negative... I also sometimes go massively over. It's a balancing act.

You've probably heard of intermittent fasting too. Sometimes a day of nothing or up to 20% of your alotted maintennce calories is good for you and your weight loss and also has other health benefits to those not trying to lose weight including enhancing longevity.

So don't believe all the hype of OMG you MUST net 1200. It isn't simply true. You know if you're starving yourself intentionally or not. I wouldn't reccomend it as a life long or long term thing. Certainly a few days a week is fine whilst you're trying to lose weight, but remember you do need calories in the form of protein/amino acids to build muscle to help give you a lovely lean look and keep vital muscular organs such as your heart healthy and prevent you going in to a catabloic state which is where your body is so desperate for nutrienst it metabolises muscles INCLUDING your heart for energy.


I could go on and on but hey, you get the jist of it!

this has had me confused too. i posted a topic on it but didnt really get an answer. my daily goal is 1350 and i DO eat between 1300-1350, but i burn...A LOT. I also have 120lbs to lose. I end up netting around 350-500 a day. I just never understood if I was supposed to EAT at least 1200 a day or to NET 1200 a day. I do cardio 7 days a week. On Sundays I'll take it easy and maybe do a 50-60min walk and burn 450-475 cals, but on a normal day I am doing 30-55min sessions of Zumba and at my weight and intensity I'm burning 450-800 cals per session depending on how long I go and if I do them once or twice a day (most days I do em once in the morning and once in the evening after my toddler goes to bed). I'm determined to get rid of this weight and i will bust my *kitten* for it but i dnt want to be sick!:frown:

I've lost almost 50 pounds....for most of that I've been at or below 1200 cals. I'm not starving. I think you have to figure out what's best for you, I tried eating more and it didn't work for me....so I did what was best for me and it worked. I exercise 6 days a week.

I have been netting less than 1200 calories almost since I started my fitness program seven weeks ago. I went to my metabolic physician and nutritionist, both of whom were less concerned about caloric target and much more focused on nutritional balance. My protein grams were inadequate, which contributed to rapid weight loss the first few weeks. To the 1,200 calorie advocates I will friend all of you and let you see what's in my diary as I am curious how much more someone can possibly eat in a day, especially someone with a lap band such as myself. Trust me I am full as full can be by end of day.

You have a lap band, so of course you'll be more limited in how much you can eat since your stomach has been surgically restricted. So that amount of food might be right for you. It's probably not right for someone who has only 8 pounds to lose and has not had surgery.