Spent time today planning meals, cutting up veggies, trying not to have excuses for eating something other than "the planned meals" later in the week.

I'm not very good at planning ahead, I find that when I do that, I end up desperately craving something 'off menu'.

I've been planning ahead a lot lately and I've been using the "my recipies" section like crazy! It's extremely useful when you have to plan ahead! I am now trying to create as many healthy "100kcal snacks" as possible, since I usually have two of those per day and I like variety! Im going to write a post about it very soon :happy:

My goal is 1200 but I find it quite hard to stick to. If I want to go over I have to work for it - go for a longer brisker walk at lunchtime etc.

1200 is soooo hard for me, I am constantly hungry unless I eat about 1500... so off to the gym for me!
Also, I find that fish fits perfectly into 1200, but nuts... they aren't filling enough to work for me.

I've been able to stick to 1200 for the most part, however I find if I go overboard at breakfast, it's hard to stay within range the rest of the day.

I've been sticking with healthy cereals and almond milk or oatmeal for the most part and this keeps my breakfast under 200 calories. Lunch averages around 400-500 calories and then I end up with about 650 left to use for dinner. I've been walking a lot more and exercising, so I plug that in and then I can have up to 1000 calories for dinner if needed.

As for nuts, I've been sticking with almond butter or peanut butter instead of straight out snacking on them. When I want to snack on something I'll use chips and salsa or fruit.

Also, I find that fish fits perfectly into 1200, but nuts... they aren't filling enough to work for me.

I feel the same way... How can anybody get full with nuts?!? Knowing they're good for you, I usually throw a bunch of them in my salad! But eating them by themselves...doesn't work for me :ohwell:
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AGREE I've tried multiple times but nuts are not filling, haha. I can do 1200 if I don't do a dessert that day =/ hard for me to fit in desserts unless I do the gym

I've been on 1200 calories and have lost 9 lbs in 3 weeks plus i mountain bike average of 30 miles a week. i don't eat back my exercise calories. i feel i eat pretty healthy though i could use more fruits and veggies

I find this to be the hardest part, trying to eat back the calories you burned working out. There's been a few times I've had 800-1000 calories left for dinner and other than eating like a horse, or getting something unhealthy, I am usually still 200-300 short.

Wow it surprises me you guys are having a hard time doing 1200! My diet is pretty unappetizing though so I suppose it makes sense. I have a hard time getting to 1200 and I am trying to eat around 1300 now....... I will often go until maybe 7pm at night and realize I still need to eat 700-800 calories for the day and have to quickly choke down some protein powders and cans of tuna...

Wow it surprises me you guys are having a hard time doing 1200! My diet is pretty unappetizing though so I suppose it makes sense. I have a hard time getting to 1200 and I am trying to eat around 1300 now....... I will often go until maybe 7pm at night and realize I still need to eat 700-800 calories for the day and have to quickly choke down some protein powders and cans of tuna...

There's plenty of healthy options for dinner that's in the range of 700 calories. Using salsa, veggies, brown rice and chicken can easily add up or any number of ethnic foods like Chinese, Italian, Indian, Japanese, etc. Most meals I've had while out average about 600-700 and I'm still eating healthy. (Shrimp in coconut curry sauce with jasmine rice comes to mind).