why is eating 1200 calories looked down on but....?

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  • CkepiJinx
    CkepiJinx Posts: 613 Member
    I have lost fifty pounds in five months eating 1700+ a day. Just saying....
  • AmandaReimer1
    AmandaReimer1 Posts: 235 Member
    And friend of mine ate 1550 cals a day and lost 100 lbs in 10 months. So, it's not safe to assume these people ate 1200 cals a day.
  • melanee1
    melanee1 Posts: 2
    mfp set me at 1260 calories to begin with, its up to 1400 now because I changed how much I expected to lose each week. My doctor actually told me IF I wanted to lose weight, eat about 1000 a day....I have medical conditions that make losing weight hard, and I am not having much success, but trying to hang in there and stick with it.
  • darleyschroeder
    darleyschroeder Posts: 322
    The great thing about MFP is if it gives you 1,200 calories that doesn't mean that's all you can eat. If a person wanted to eat more they could just move more. If you burned 800 calories that day, you could eat 2,000 calories and still net at 1,200. Same deficit.

    Eating only 1,200 calories and working your butt off, not eating anything back, is probably not a good idea though.
  • Melo1966
    Melo1966 Posts: 881 Member
    Hi How long it took for you loose 40 lbs? I am 5 8 and weigh 176 lbs. my goal is to cut down 20 lbs in 12 weeks.I started low calorie diet this week I am on 1200 calorie diet, though my Dr put me on 1500 calorie diet. Do you know how long it takes to reach my goal? anyone in the same page as me?

    If your Dr said 1,500 why are you doing 1,200? It probably will not lead to faster long term weight loss than 1,500.
    20 pounds in 12 weeks is for someone with more to lose.
    One does lose more in the beginning though so if this is the first time going low cal then you may hit it.
  • Nataliaho
    Nataliaho Posts: 878 Member
    This is not even close to the most annoying hyopocrissy on MFP... I'd just get over it :)
  • sassytoadegree
    sassytoadegree Posts: 20
    Congrats!!!!
  • AnjellaRose_GF_SillyYak
    AnjellaRose_GF_SillyYak Posts: 100 Member
    whats wrong with only eating 1200 cal a day?


    create a seperate thread about that and see what people say

    Why, when i already asked here?
  • polarexpress79
    polarexpress79 Posts: 9
    I find that if I can stick to eating roughly 1200 calories, I lose weight. I dont usually log my exercise, but I figures it helps if I forget to log something small or if I didn't accidently get the calorie count right.

    I estimated my start weight (for I have yet to go buy a new scale) but I have a gneral idea where my weight is at based on how my face looks and how I am fitting in my normal clothes. Anyways, I can tell just by eating close to 1200 a day for almost a week, my face is slowly slimming out. I look back at old pictures where I thought I was fat, and I now go..what was I thinking- I looked great. LOL I guess you never see how you really look until you step back from the whole situation.
  • jeansgirl
    jeansgirl Posts: 99 Member
    I didn't know it was looked down on...I think it picked 1200 for me and I am trying to follow it. I don't feel too hungry...

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