1200-1500 calorie eaters...serious question...

i have a perfect example of how i stay at my 1200 a day cal goal...

im freakin stuffed right now, from a huge monster salad i made, with all fresh ingredients... pomagranate seeds, avacado, red, green, and yellow peppers, tomatoe, onion... an entire stock of romain lettuce, a handfull of spinach... dressed with just red wine vinigar, because the juice from the pomagranate seeds gives it so much taste... 307 calories... it was so big, i had to eat it out of a medium size mixing bowl... omg it was so good!!!

this is how i stay within my 1200 cal a day goal... i have had breakfast and lunch (a massive lunch) and only used just over 500 calories... i still have another 700 to go, and im so stuffed, the idea of eating anything anytime soon is not even exhistant!

1. What's your height/ weight? im 5 foot 7 and weight 145lbs

2. Do you get REALLY REALLY hungry during the day? If not, was there an adjustment period? i have some ays where i feel hungry but generally ok if i make sure i have a decent breakfast, lunch and dinner

3. What do you eat to prevent feeling like death (if you answered that you're not hungry)? i make sure my main meal is about 600 calories

I'm on IPOARM and hit 1400 or so on days that I don't have Kung Fu by using IF. It's a lot easier to feel satisfied eating 1400 calories in 4-6 hours than spread out over the whole day. After adjusting to IF I just don't feel good "eating all day". Makes me sleepy and hungrier than my smaller eating window does.

Oh, i'm 5'6" and go between 135-140 with about 21% body fat.

i have a perfect example of how i stay at my 1200 a day cal goal...

im freakin stuffed right now, from a huge monster salad i made, with all fresh ingredients... pomagranate seeds, avacado, red, green, and yellow peppers, tomatoe, onion... an entire stock of romain lettuce, a handfull of spinach... dressed with just red wine vinigar, because the juice from the pomagranate seeds gives it so much taste... 307 calories... it was so big, i had to eat it out of a medium size mixing bowl... omg it was so good!!!

this is how i stay within my 1200 cal a day goal... i have had breakfast and lunch (a massive lunch) and only used just over 500 calories... i still have another 700 to go, and im so stuffed, the idea of eating anything anytime soon is not even exhistant!

Mmm i LOVE salads... have you ever tried one with spinach, walnuts, feta cheese, olives , roasted bell peppers, chicken and dried cranberries with a lemon dressing?

I personally think the OP is being very ignorant.
Some people bodies work just fine on 1500 under calories, yours may not and thats fine thats how your body works. Im not sitting here trying to understand how you can eat so much.

MFP set my calorie intake to 1200 and yet i get slack all the time for it.
Just because someone is eating a smaller amount of calories then you are doesnt mean they are starving or hungry all the time.

Ignorant? Really? In asking a question? I didn't say OTHER PEOPLE are starving or hungry all the time--I asked if they were. Big difference. Try actually reading the post.

Yes i find you ignorant.

I read the post and i've been reading what you have also been replying to people who are eating under 1500.

As i said before- if you can't eat under 1500 then good for you. Stop trying to understand why other people can.

Your not asking a question, your trying to find people who will justify what they are doing so you can go give your two cents on how you just don't understand how people are not starving from it or how you'd go crazy if you ate so little.

I find you ignorant becasue you don't even know how to use your, you're or then, than correctly.

i could really care less for grammer right now. If it bothers you then don't read it.:laugh:

Lol, she is ignorant for asking a question but you aren't because you have a 3rd grade writing level? By the way, you spelled grammar wrong, so it's obvious it doesn't mean a lot to you.

One more thing, the correct expression is "I couldn't care less."

Like i said she's not asking a question, she’s trying to find people who will justify their reasoning’s for eating "low calories".

I could care less for grammAR while im on the forums as im not here to impress anyone :happy:

and I guess you KNOW what I'm trying to do because you're in my head right? I addressed what you alleged and you didn't respond. Clearly you're the one trying to incite an argument. Please grow up.

No im not in your head but MFP forums are full of ignorant people like yourself who think that they know everything, and somehow know whats best for everyone.

Such a typical situation on MFP.

As for not responding to what you said.....I said what i did because i've seen your posts before on other topics and the message you have on your profile saying "2. If you NET less than 1200 calories I will likely gently nudge and then delete without further warning. (unless you are rather tiny and/or logging in a way that makes this make sense)"
Yet again your body doe not function the way others may so what may make sense to them doesn't to you and because of that you will just go and delete someone after "gently nudging" them?

ignorant ignorant ignorant:laugh: :laugh:

Yeah, ignorant to have friends with like minded goals and approaches? No, I'd say it's ignorant to do the reverse. If I have a limited number of resources (i.e. time) to devote to my friends then why would I want to spend it on someone who doesn't even have common beliefs?

With having over 8900 posts on forums you clearly have way more time then you think :huh:

When?

I have a few questions for you...

1. What's your height/ weight?
2. Do you get REALLY REALLY hungry during the day? If not, was there an adjustment period?
3. What do you eat to prevent feeling like death (if you answered that you're not hungry)?

5'5" 240 SW -- 219 CW

BMR = 1695
TDEE = 2600
MFP goal set to 1400/day


I started MFP at 1200/day. At first I had some issues with the hunger, but I think it was more mental for me. I did take phentermine for 2wks to curb the "crazy-I'm-gonna-die-if-I-don't-eat" hunger. I got off the rx, and found certain things trigger hunger for me and try to avoid them now. Enriched flour, white bread, sugar will get my cravings cranked up withing an hour of consumption. Probably affecting blood sugar and triggering crashes.

After hitting a plateau, I increased intake to 1400/day. Most days I'm pretty good at reaching goal, but the hunger hasn't come back. I have to force myself to eat now. No Phen now. I do try to eat healthy (not clean per'se) and love snacking on low cal options (ie: cheese, yogurt, fruit, veg, jerky, etc).

Due to back injury, I am not logging exercise now - even though I do calisthenics. Biggest hunger buster for me is protein. A spoonful of peanut butter will kill hunger instantly for me. I'd guess the more active you are, the bigger appetite you have. It makes sense that you're body wants fuel if you're burning it.

1. What's your height/ weight?

5'1" and 92lbs.

2. Do you get REALLY REALLY hungry during the day? If not, was there an adjustment period?

I used to get seriously hungry in between dinner + lunch, so I started eating smaller amounts but more frequently and hunger went away.

3. What do you eat to prevent feeling like death (if you answered that you're not hungry)?

I don't really understand this question, lol.

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1. What's your height/ weight?
26 // 5'3 // 275lbs

2. Do you get REALLY REALLY hungry during the day? If not, was there an adjustment period?
Nope, not at all, actually. I eat between 800 and 1400 calories. Most weeks, I average out to about 1100-1200 calories a day. I find that on some days, just getting to 1000 calories is a chore. I don't eat nearly any processed foods (with the exception of Frankenberry and fudgsicles), so I think that's a good part of never being hungry. When I'm hungry, I eat. But, I don't eat processed crap, which will just make you hungrier.

I'm kind of a boring eater, mainly because I work 50+ hours a week and go to school full-time. I don't have time to worry about what I'm going to eat, so it tends to be repetitious.

3. What do you eat to prevent feeling like death (if you answered that you're not hungry)?

My usual day:

Breakfast: 3 shots of espresso over ice with 8oz of non-fat milk, either two packets of instant oatmeal or a spinach feta wrap from Starbucks. Weekends are usually an egg white omelet with various veggies and turkey sausage.

Lunch: 6oz of protein (typically chicken, salmon, or shrimp), 2-3 cups of green veggies, liberal use of Chipotle Tabasco (Mmmm....spicy) or lemon juice

Dinner: Same as lunch

Snacks: Clementines, Fudgicles (end of the day treat), hardboiled eggs (with jalapenos), greek yogurt, pistachios, Frankenberry cereal (don't judge)

Some people need to grow up and stop being so thin skinned.