Eating 1200 calories a day?

Seriously what kind of food are people eating that they can't get to 1200 calories? Are you like, eating a tomato and calling it a day? An apple alone has about 130, put some food in your mouth! Peanut Butter, nuts, meat, they're all calorific.

I'm way late, but this x100

please start your own thread. OP has gotten lost in the fascinating discussion of your family members.

I said A, and so many people were flaming at me telling me that I had no idea what I was talking about. I do know, I have experience with this, and I was replying to mister buff up there about how my maintenance is like, wicked crazy. I refuse to let you all run over me simply because I don't eat an amount of calories that would make me gain. We are all different and all have different needs and metabolic processes,

My point, which was parenthetical at best, was that if she's full, then she shouldn't load up on fried crap to hit 1200 calories, she should eat healthy.

You can't defeat me simply by shouting in large numbers. If the op were underweight I would not be saying this, but she is not underweight, she is in the upper range for her height class. God help it if a model walked in here. You'd all accuse her of being a walking dead by her calorie counts.

Don't tell me to shut up. On a fitness site particularly, but as a helpful hint in the world, don't minimize people by refering to their body type (Mr. Buff up there") as body hate is ugly on anyone.

You encouraged a woman who disclosed a disorder to continue to undereat and then you keep making the thread about yourself. Just now you inaccurately referred to her as being in the upper range of weight, which is sure to help the body dismorphia, you tool. Until now, no one has been flaming you. They've been disagreeing, which, as there is more than one way to Jesus, you should be able to withstand a little better.

My uncles are overweight due to overeating, and lack of excersise in the case of 2 of them. the 3rd works out like crazy but doesn't restrict calories, and still has santa belly. I'll invite you for christmas so you can interview us. My mom isn't overweight, nor is my sister or most of my female cousins, and they ALL eat like BIRDS. But they look healthy, all 6 cousins and most of my aunts.

And I was trying to help the op understand why she is full when only eating 1000 calories. When we log, a lot of times its easy for us to underestimate calories, or overestimate them if we are wanting to lean one way or another.

All of you people who think that there is only one way to Jesus seriously need to stop being so closed minded. I wish I had logged before I started cutting, to see how I got to 210 pounds, but it wasn't by eating all day, it was by overeating at the 2 or 3 meals I did eat. And I didn't overeat by much, I weighed 170 after a tonsillectomy in 2010, the lowest I had been since high school, I couldn't eat anything solid for weeks because of the pain, even with liquid vicodin. It took me two years to get to 210 lbs. I've always looked heftier or husky as my mom calls it.

So all of you, stop peacocking and realize that some of us just eat less. Maintenance for me is probably 1600 to 1800 calories.

please start your own thread. OP has gotten lost in the fascinating discussion of your family members.

Ohhhhh, but those family members are the best place to start. Genetic inheritance often leads to the same way food, drink and medicines are processed.

So let's do that in a different thread, shall we? OP is getting lost in here.

i feel the exact same as you...i find it hard to reach that number when im dieting too, like ur supposed to cut back on cals.. especially if ur not workingout.. u r probably full because u drink so much throughtout the day, thats not bad,.. drinking water detoxifies ur body. if i were u id find some way to move around everyday, some sort of physio even.. to build up an appetite

I didn't read all 7 pages of this thread, but from your descriptions of what you eat it sounds like you're getting 1-2 servings of grain, 1 of meat and 1-2 of veggies. That is not enough! You need about

2-3 servings dairy (2% milk is 130cal, Ficello cheesestick is 70cal, cream cheese (100cal/tbsp, cream soups can be 250cal+)
2-3 servings meat (2 eggs are 140cal, can of tuna 180cal, and most meats have a good amount of calories. 2 tablespoons peanut butter is 180cal, 1/8 almonds is about 120cal, 2tbsp hummus dip is 70cal).
5-7 servings fruit & veggies! (Banana 110cal, orange 60cal, apple 80cal, OJ 120cal/cup, etc)
5-8 servings grain (Cereal 110-220cal, toast 90cal, bagel 300cal, oatmeal 110-220cal, pita 210cal).

Regular and reasonable amounts of healthy foods have calories, this is why everything thinks you are not eating enough. You need to look into what constitues "a serving" of a food group. If you put peanut butter instead of "10cal spread" on your toast, that would up the calories. Drink milk! For the sake of your bones and teeth... and you'd probably be better off not counting calories at all right now. If you want to eat 1200cal but you're afraid to gain weight, then you're trying to do 2 impossible things at once. Eat more, look for healthy foods with more calories (A 50cal smoothie barely counts as a snack) and try eating at restaurants instead os sticking to your tiny meals. Don't keep track of calories and you will eventually eat more. If you do gain weight, well it's not the end of the world. Maybe your butt will get rounder or some curves will cover the muscles you seem to hate. You can always go back to eating less if you don't like it, but give it a chance! Eating should be enjoyable, not a math equation or ticking time bomb set at 800 or 1200cal.

I love it when Newbies know everything. **rolling eyes**

The reason everyone is saying stuff to you is that, in her very first post, the OP stated she eats 500-700 calories. How could you possibly think that is ok. She is not that short, and she is young. You are wrong here. Geez, be man enough to admit it.

5'3 is not short? And I highly doubt that she is eating that little, although she could be. She laid it out that she is an athelete trying to lose some muscle.

You people act like muslims who fast during the entire month of ramadan are insane eating disorder people. They aren't, they are fine.

Lets not throw basic physiology out the window.

A person with maintenance or TDEE of 1000 is sedentary and 2 foot tall and probably 117 years old.
You meant to say "I gain water weight above 1k because of stupid dieting. If I eat at 1600-2200 daily ill fix my metabolism and be happier!"

Dan, learn basic physiology. I know you mean well, but you are spreading too much nonsense on these forums. No need to get your congregation on me. READ! go to school!

The reason everyone is saying stuff to you is that, in her very first post, the OP stated she eats 500-700 calories. How could you possibly think that is ok. She is not that short, and she is young. You are wrong here. Geez, be man enough to admit it.

5'3 is not short? And I highly doubt that she is eating that little, although she could be. She laid it out that she is an athelete trying to lose some muscle.

You people act like muslims who fast during the entire month of ramadan are insane eating disorder people. They aren't, they are fine.

The average woman is 5' 4". And she said she was eating that little twice. Try reading the posts before you encourage her to continue this kind of behavior.

SHAME ON YOU!

Shame on you for not seeing that there is a possible issue with an 18 year old girl eating only 800 calories a day, especially one with BDD and telling them to stop eating when full

The reason everyone is saying stuff to you is that, in her very first post, the OP stated she eats 500-700 calories. How could you possibly think that is ok. She is not that short, and she is young. You are wrong here. Geez, be man enough to admit it.

5'3 is not short? And I highly doubt that she is eating that little, although she could be. She laid it out that she is an athelete trying to lose some muscle.

You people act like muslims who fast during the entire month of ramadan are insane eating disorder people. They aren't, they are fine.

So, you took it upon yourself to make a suggestion with the premise that the OP was lying, without even trying to ascertain if they were....nice!

SHAME ON YOU!

Shame on you for not seeing that there is a possible issue with an 18 year old girl eating only 800 calories a day, especially one with BDD and telling them to stop eating when full

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD, also body dysmorphia, dysmorphic syndrome; originally dysmorphophobia) is a type of mental illness, a somatoform disorder, wherein the affected person is concerned with body image, manifested as excessive concern about and preoccupation with a perceived defect of their physical features.[1][2] The person thinks they have a defect in either one feature or several features of their body, which causes psychological distress that causes clinically significant distress or impairs occupational or social functioning. Often BDD co-occurs with emotional depression and anxiety, social withdrawal or social isolation.[3]

which causes psychological distress that causes clinically significant distress or impairs occupational or social functioning.

which causes psychological distress that causes clinically significant distress or impairs occupational or social functioning.

which causes psychological distress that causes clinically significant distress or impairs occupational or social functioning.

Get the point? Hating a body part that doesn't look how you want is not evidence of a problem. Why is it not a problem when overweight people look at their stomach, hate it, and decide to change it?

5'3 is not short? And I highly doubt that she is eating that little, although she could be. She laid it out that she is an athelete trying to lose some muscle.

You people act like muslims who fast during the entire month of ramadan are insane eating disorder people. They aren't, they are fine.

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5'3" is not short on a woman. It is well within normal range. The BMI you named is not the high range, it is right in the flipping middle, which given that she says (and I believe her) that she is more muscle and low bf% suggests that her weight is quite low (BMI doesn't account for bf%). She disclosed a disorder and you're pushing everyone of the buttons on it. You've posted multiple replies about you in order to prove you're not making it about you.

Here's a handy, tool, we capitalize holidays (Ramadan) and religions and their followers (Muslims). And Muslims, while they fast during Ramadan, actually do eat the whole month, they just wait until sundown. And yes, they are fine.

You called me ugly, yet in response to your behavior and my posts supplying information, I've had several friend requests. People are actually repulsed (too strong a word) by your behavior, despite your attempts at shaming me for being an outspoken woman and suggesting that because my outspokenness is in opposition to yours, I am therefore ugly. People don't find that to be an attractive trait in men, just as an FYI.

Some people's children.

I called you ugly because you refuse to stop posting that I am evil and wrong and about to destroy someone's life, I am awful for saying that someone who is full should stop.

You keep saying "eating disorder, eating disorder" and I honestly think that a lot of this doctor diagnosis, everyone has something mentality of today is absolute BS. Someone who is at a healthy weight with a body composition that does not match that of women on magazines... probably reads magazines. Her diagnosed disorder... *twitch* is a self image problem, I would not be one to disagree, but I have the same thing for looking at men's fitness and wanting to look like the guy on the cover, and trying to take steps to achieve that. The OP is trying to lose muscle so she can wear smaller jeans. Problem?

You are ugly because you refuse to let another person speak, another point of view to be spoken or written if it does not conform to yours, and you called me a tool. You ARE ugly. I didn't name call, you started by calling me mr short, and mr long post right after I voiced my opinion, I only said you were a liar and an ugly person. Your comments towards me however felt fantastic and made me want to prove you wrong even more. Because you are wrong. You offer no evidence to back up or support your claims that the people on here who eat less need to eat more, simply from some STUPID calculators that have been written with AVERAGE in mind.

Nothing should surpass a doctor's recommendations. People shouldn't eat more or higher calorie foods unless they are hungry. You might yell louder and get meaner, but you can't silence me. Short girls or short men who don't eat as much as the calculators say they should need to hear opinions from people like me sometimes.

Seriously, buddy, nothing should surpass a doctor's recommendations [sic] in one sentence which is only a paragraph or so after saying you disagree with the diagnosis SHE REPORTED that was given by a professional she was seeing. Do you even listen to yourself?

You have me confused with others. I have not put up a single calculator. Nor have I said anyone needs to eat more. I've suggested that her solution is in what she rejects: finding a way to be accepting of her own body, which is precisely what the disorder she has is about.

I never called you evil. I quoted a small portion of one of your posts, and you blew a nut. Your introduction to this thread was all about how short you are, so I refered to you as the short guy. I explained that infi-quotes and wall of text are generally detested around here, but tried to play according to your rules as clearly, your emotions get charged pretty easily. When you objected to the short guy using a small quote--the same behavior you blasted me for--you defended yourself (when I did a similar thing with someone else, she laughed and realized she'd argued with not-thje-OP in the same post that she was admonishing people for arguing with each other and not talking to the OP).

You have engaged in ad hominem attacks at my character. You have overreacted to disagreement, and you have gotten personal and dirty in your interactions, all while accusing me of not letting you speak. I'm still not clear on how that is possible on an internet forum, but whatever.All of this behavior I've outlined is actually against the forum rules you agreed to when you signed up. But I'm the one that is ugly. And I'm the one that should be shamed. You know what buddy, grow a pair.

SHAME ON YOU!

Shame on you for not seeing that there is a possible issue with an 18 year old girl eating only 800 calories a day, especially one with BDD and telling them to stop eating when full

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD, also body dysmorphia, dysmorphic syndrome; originally dysmorphophobia) is a type of mental illness, a somatoform disorder, wherein the affected person is concerned with body image, manifested as excessive concern about and preoccupation with a perceived defect of their physical features.[1][2] The person thinks they have a defect in either one feature or several features of their body, which causes psychological distress that causes clinically significant distress or impairs occupational or social functioning. Often BDD co-occurs with emotional depression and anxiety, social withdrawal or social isolation.[3]

which causes psychological distress that causes clinically significant distress or impairs occupational or social functioning.

which causes psychological distress that causes clinically significant distress or impairs occupational or social functioning.

which causes psychological distress that causes clinically significant distress or impairs occupational or social functioning.

Get the point? Hating a body part that doesn't look how you want is not evidence of a problem. Why is it not a problem when overweight people look at their stomach, hate it, and decide to change it?

YOU do not get the point - look at the whole of my sentence not just one piece of it.

And why exactly are you repeating the same sentence three times - you seem a little het up - as I say, calm down - it will help with your goals.

She is an 18 year old girl. Stop being so bloody ignorant.

Seriously what kind of food are people eating that they can't get to 1200 calories? Are you like, eating a tomato and calling it a day? An apple alone has about 130, put some food in your mouth! Peanut Butter, nuts, meat, they're all calorific.

I'm way late, but this x100

I usually just reach 1200 cals per day (usually a bit under) and that includes 4-5 meals per day, eaten about 2.5-3hrs apart. If you're eating quite cleanly, the calories are low. That being said, I'm full all day and have to make myself eat again sometimes. Everyone is different... I worry about those who only eat 2-3 items per day that are HIGH calories, then don't eat again that day in fear of going over.. that is verging an ED.

Sweet potatoes are considered "clean" and they are calorie dense.

I guess I am the only one that finds this post comical.