4th day 1200 calories diet...

louloumelon
louloumelon Posts: 13
in Health and Weight Loss
hello everybody,
I weigh 146 lbs and I measure 5,4" I really want to lose 15 lbs in a healthy way so i am trying the 1200 calories diet. I want to lose one pound per week. with this diet I basically eat everything but I dont eat junk food and I try to eat a lot of fibers drink water. I dont go over 1200 calories and sometimes I am so full that I dont get to finish my 1200 calories...usualy I have a 120 calories that I dont use.
today its the fourth day and I dont see any progress on the scale and because I always feel full I have the impression that I wont lose any weight especialy that I dont work out and I eat at night (fruits or vegetables).
please if you tried this diet let me know when will i see results and if you have any advices for me I would appreciate it very much.
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  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Four days really isn't long enough to see any progress!
  • nanainkent
    nanainkent Posts: 350 Member
    I am on a 1200 cal diet and losing, if you open your diary we can take a look at it for you, but she is right..you need to wait a full week maybe 1 1/2 weeks
  • KmusicheartBTS
    KmusicheartBTS Posts: 39 Member
    It can be quite discouraging, especially when you're impatient about the results. Four days isn't that much though, especially if you don't exercise. But, I think that the results will start to show soon, if you just continue what you're doing. Personally, I'm trying to not focus on the number to go down quickly. Even though I plan to weigh every day, it's just for my own knowledge. Weight fluctuates all the time, so the best measure is weekly, at least. Just know that weight loss isn't straightforward and that true results show after a while. So be patient, even though it's really hard.

    Evelyn
  • louloumelon
    louloumelon Posts: 13
    hey thanks a lot for the answers
    I opened my dairy...can you take a look at it and give me advices about it,
  • Dodgers33089
    Dodgers33089 Posts: 27
    if your mindset continues on this road, impatience and desire for fast results, then you will fail

    You need to plan for the rest of your life...not looking at 4 days, or 7 days even....but months and years. As long as you reduce what you were consuming before and add exercise, you will succeed at whatever your goals might be
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    Didn't see any results for about 3 weeks... and even then it was slow.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Your diet's not bad - but double check some of the things you are recording. I'm pretty sure raspberries don't have protein in them.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,274 Member
    I lost nothing the first week....5 pounds the second. Be patient. :)
  • FatFinn320
    FatFinn320 Posts: 7
    Don't get discouraged. You are doing great meeting your daily calorie goal! (under 1200) Keep it up! You WILL decrease your weight. I encourage you to do at least some walking at least 3 days a week. It makes a big difference. Also, remember your vitamins.
  • jesz124
    jesz124 Posts: 1,004 Member
    Don't get discouraged. You are doing great meeting your daily calorie goal! (under 1200) Keep it up! You WILL decrease your weight. I encourage you to do at least some walking at least 3 days a week. It makes a big difference. Also, remember your vitamins.

    Oh seriously?! Eating under 1200 is not 'doing great' unless your trying to cultivate an eating disorder or grind yourself into the ground with a serious lack of energy. Your advice sucks. I advice you OP to work out your TDEE and eat 20% under it and stop starving yourself, even if 'you feel stuffed'. You will regret eating at such a deficit eventually when you can't lose anymore or go back to eating a normal amount of cals and bang any weight you've lost right back on.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    Being that you're very close to a healthy weight, and do not have a lot to lose, aiming to lose 1 lb a week may be a bit too aggressive. Your body just can't lose fat as quickly as someone who is very obese. I am shorter than you, and eat between 1500-1850 calories a day, and lose. It looks like you're getting plenty of protein, which is good, but you will probably do better if you try to reach at least 1200, a little more consistently, and ideally more.

    If you're not feeling hungry (which is not uncommon for people who are undereating) then you can get extra calories by eating more calorie-dense foods like nuts, nut butters, seeds, eggs, cheese, avocados, healthy oils in salads and cooking, and full-fat dairy. Not getting hunger signals does not necessarily mean your body doesn't need more food.

    Oh, and eating at night is fine, by the way. And try to accept that this is going to take some time. Patience is key.
  • Salkeela
    Salkeela Posts: 367 Member
    Don't get discouraged. You are doing great meeting your daily calorie goal! (under 1200) Keep it up! You WILL decrease your weight. I encourage you to do at least some walking at least 3 days a week. It makes a big difference. Also, remember your vitamins.

    Oh seriously?! Eating under 1200 is not 'doing great' unless your trying to cultivate an eating disorder or grind yourself into the ground with a serious lack of energy. Your advice sucks. I advice you OP to work out your TDEE and eat 20% under it and stop starving yourself, even if 'you feel stuffed'. You will regret eating at such a deficit eventually when you can't lose anymore or go back to eating a normal amount of cals and bang any weight you've lost right back on.

    My TDEE is 1500... so, to loose weight Ineed to eat under that. Perhaps the OP is in a similar situation.

    Further I (like others) am unable to exercise to increase my energy expenditure.... so the only way for me to loose weight is to cut cals. 1200 is NOT too low in my situation and probably is not in the OP's situation either.

    Indeed I loose weight at about 1\2 lb a week on 1200 cals... hardly an eating disorder!
  • jesz124
    jesz124 Posts: 1,004 Member
    Don't get discouraged. You are doing great meeting your daily calorie goal! (under 1200) Keep it up! You WILL decrease your weight. I encourage you to do at least some walking at least 3 days a week. It makes a big difference. Also, remember your vitamins.

    Oh seriously?! Eating under 1200 is not 'doing great' unless your trying to cultivate an eating disorder or grind yourself into the ground with a serious lack of energy. Your advice sucks. I advice you OP to work out your TDEE and eat 20% under it and stop starving yourself, even if 'you feel stuffed'. You will regret eating at such a deficit eventually when you can't lose anymore or go back to eating a normal amount of cals and bang any weight you've lost right back on.

    My TDEE is 1500... so, to loose weight Ineed to eat under that. Perhaps the OP is in a similar situation.

    Further I (like others) am unable to exercise to increase my energy expenditure.... so the only way for me to loose weight is to cut cals. 1200 is NOT too low in my situation and probably is not in the OP's situation either.

    Indeed I loose weight at about 1\2 lb a week on 1200 cals... hardly an eating disorder!

    No skin off my nose, you want to live on starvation rations crack on lol. You 'loose' as much weight as you like, no doubt i'll still be here when you come back to 'loose' the weight you have piled back on again due to messing up your metabolism by eating so low for so long. I am NOT getting into a 1200 and under debate with a group of hungry cranky women, i'm not mad!! But I off to bed. Eat as little as you like, it's your body. Enjoy!
  • Dodgers33089
    Dodgers33089 Posts: 27
    jesz124 is right. But if they want to deprive themselves, whatever. They'll be back again venting frustration on not being able to keep the weight off once they inevitably start eating more than a measly 1200--which is very easy to do
  • becnaffine
    becnaffine Posts: 55
    I agree that eating 1200 and under is not good. Try and up your calories just a little so you are on the other side of 1200. Your metabolism will work a lot more efficiently. If you're filling up on fruit and vegies maybe try swapping some for a bit of meat or dairy if possible?
    I have been eating 1200-1400 (with exercise) and my weight loss has been SLOW. I stay at the exact same weight all week then will drop .5kg and it continues like this. Although I've only been dieting for about 4 weeks :)
    Good luck
  • HeidiHoMom
    HeidiHoMom Posts: 1,393 Member
    Don't get discouraged. You are doing great meeting your daily calorie goal! (under 1200) Keep it up! You WILL decrease your weight. I encourage you to do at least some walking at least 3 days a week. It makes a big difference. Also, remember your vitamins.

    Oh seriously?! Eating under 1200 is not 'doing great' unless your trying to cultivate an eating disorder or grind yourself into the ground with a serious lack of energy. Your advice sucks. I advice you OP to work out your TDEE and eat 20% under it and stop starving yourself, even if 'you feel stuffed'. You will regret eating at such a deficit eventually when you can't lose anymore or go back to eating a normal amount of cals and bang any weight you've lost right back on.

    My TDEE is 1500... so, to loose weight Ineed to eat under that. Perhaps the OP is in a similar situation.

    Further I (like others) am unable to exercise to increase my energy expenditure.... so the only way for me to loose weight is to cut cals. 1200 is NOT too low in my situation and probably is not in the OP's situation either.

    Indeed I loose weight at about 1\2 lb a week on 1200 cals... hardly an eating disorder!

    Are you sure your TDEE is 1500? That's awfully low.
  • SlimGrannyXXX
    SlimGrannyXXX Posts: 4
    You really should only weigh yourself once a week :flowerforyou:
  • zoukeira
    zoukeira Posts: 313 Member
    Hey OP, I'm your height and weigh 141lb, I have about 11lb I want to lose. at 1200 calories I don't loose weight, it might come off a bit at the start but after a few weeks it just doesn't come off at all! But if I change my goal so I'm losing 1/2lb per week I get another 300 or so calories and on that I can lose 1/2lb or more every week.

    I know how it feels to be full at the end of the day and have calories left over, I can really struggle to get mine up. But a spoonful of peanut butter or a protein shake go a long way!
  • HeidiHoMom
    HeidiHoMom Posts: 1,393 Member
    You really should only weigh yourself once a week :flowerforyou:

    Why?

    I weigh myself every day. It helps me stay on track. When I stop weighing myself daily, I start to gain weight. It works for me.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    Let me point out three things:
    You have 15 pounds to lose
    It's only been 4 days
    You are eating 1200 calories(or less)

    Each of those affects weight loss differently.

    Since you don't have a lot to lose, it's going to come off very very slowly.. So I would suggest half a pound a week loss or less.
    It also takes a full month before you see any changes in any diet plan... so give it time.
    You prob. need to eat more since you don't have a lot to lose... and exercise will help with that calorie deficit by allowing you to eat more but still stay under calorie goal.
  • jekissa729
    jekissa729 Posts: 65
    Sometimes you will notice a change in the way your clothes fit (looser) before you notice a change in the scale. I usually only weigh myself once a week, same time each day.
  • veggieluver2
    veggieluver2 Posts: 70 Member
    I agree with Jesz124. Been there done that! 1200 is too low.
  • nicsalt
    nicsalt Posts: 86 Member
    Just peeking at your journal. Off the top of my head you may want to ditch the jelly beans and soda. They're a lot of calories with no nutritional value. Just a thought.

    Good luck!
  • victoriavoodoo
    victoriavoodoo Posts: 343 Member
    I am 5'6'' and started at 145, now at 141 it has been two weeks =] nothing happened the first week. give it a bit longer and you might get a big change at once!(granted it might be mostly water weight if you've started drinking more water like I have but it is nice to see a change lol)
  • kenazfehu
    kenazfehu Posts: 1,188 Member
    Just peeking at your journal. Off the top of my head you may want to ditch the jelly beans and soda. They're a lot of calories with no nutritional value. Just a thought.

    Good luck!

    My thought, too. As far as results, you have to be patient. You are switching over from maintaining and/or storing fat to metabolizing fat. Bodies don't turn on a dime. A lot of adjustment has to happen. It takes time and good nutrition.
  • msbunnie68
    msbunnie68 Posts: 1,894 Member
    HI.

    I am 5'7 and started at 61kg (approx 134 pounds). I only had a small amount I wanted to lose too - about 6 or 7 kilograms (about 13-15 pounds).

    When I first put my numbers in MFP it gave me the 1200 calories. "ok" I thought and tried to stay at or under that. I lasted a miserable week until I did a little research into how much energy I expend throughout the day (Total Daily Energy Expenditure or TDEE) and how much energy it takes to keep me alive (Basal metabolic rate or BMR), my age etc and at 1200 cals I lost not a lot except my temper.

    So I upped my calories to around 1330.

    I now lose weight regularly each week. To date I have lost 9 pounds and am still consistently losing between 0.2-0.6 of a kilo (approx 1/2 a pound to 1 1/2 pound) each week. Consistently.

    Once I reach over 10 pounds lost I will slowly start to increase the amount of calories in small steps each week to slow that rate again to be about 1/2 a pound until I am a pound from goal weight. Then I will eat my calories at about 10% under maintenance weight until I reach my goal and finally up my calories to maintenance.

    Hope this helps you to get your head around the idea that you don't have to eat the bare minimum to lose weight when you are already a little slimmer.
  • divediva2
    divediva2 Posts: 297 Member
    People lose weight, clothes become loose.

    As for the calorie count, you can eat low calorie, higher calorie whatever. But 4 days is not going to show a change. Give yourself a bit of time to see some change.
  • louloumelon
    louloumelon Posts: 13
    Thank you for your advice :) I actually thought of adding nuts to my salad...and I had avocado dip so I almost reached my calories goal :D
  • louloumelon
    louloumelon Posts: 13
    I am actually full with what I eat....I dont eat less that 1200 intentionally....I did lotsa crazy diets in my life now I need a good healthier one :)
  • itsjustdawn
    itsjustdawn Posts: 1,073 Member
    I hope you'll be able to maintain this for a lifetime. That's low.

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