success stories from 1200 calorie dieters wanted

That'll be me then... 1200 is my ideal and I'm 55lbs down.

Eating 1200 calories and working out 5x per week.

Great job '1200 calorie ladies!' Wooh hoo! Love the thread keep doing what works for you! Don't mind the people who think they know YOU better than YOU know you. It works for some, but not all. Congrats ladies!

Amen!

I am female, 38 years old, 5'6 - SW 177, CW 170, GW 135. I work a desk job, work out 6 days a week for an hour, 3 cardio, 2 resistance, 1 yoga/pilates for recovery.

Since February 1st I have been on 1200 calories a day. I eat back my exercise so my net goal is 1200. Some days I am over, most days I am under. I have a cheat meal once a week (on my yoga/recovery day) that can bump me as high as 2000 that day.

I got my dieting advise from a certified nutritionist & coach. She does believe that a weekly cheat meal can help boost metabolism and move weight loss along in low calorie diets. Plus it keeps you from just saying forget it and going back to the old ways of 3000 calories a day everyday.

I try to get at least half my body weight in protein everyday, eat as many whole foods as I can throughout the day but I don't stress out over every single piece of food I eat. If I did this wouldn't last for me. Most days I am not hungry & 1200 net is plenty of food. If I am hungry then I eat something & don't stress about going over as long as it's not by more than 300 or so calories. Last night is a great example. It's Walking Dead night so we don't cook & my teenagers want to order pizza. I ordered thin crust veggie but processed foods (like cheap pizza crust) are never satisfying so I end up overeating. I don't kick myself over it, I just come to terms with it and move on. I am not trying to be a body builder, I just want to be healthy and happy.

So far I have lost 7 pounds which is about 1.5 pounds per week. I am not fatigued at all, in fact I feel great. At some point I will plateau & that's when I will seek advice to make it to the next level. I will also listen to my body - it will tell me the right thing to do.

Just my success story so far on 1200 net cals, I am looking forward to posting my before & after pics in a few months

Ha! I ate 1200 calories for a year, and exercised, did not eat the exercise calories back. I lost 50lbs, I looked and felt like total crap and gained 20lbs back in less than a year.


I'm back again to do it the right way. I'm eating 1700 calories day now.

This is awesome!

Ha! I ate 1200 calories for a year, and exercised, did not eat the exercise calories back. I lost 50lbs, I looked and felt like total crap and gained 20lbs back in less than a year.


I'm back again to do it the right way. I'm eating 1700 calories day now.

So you werent even getting 1200 cals if you were exercising as well you probably netting 1000 or less

Nope I was negative everyday for a very long time. I was miserable and tired. I read a bunch of threads here on how other people were eating 1200 calories and had success, and weren't eating their exercise calories back. I couldn't wrap my head about the idea of eating more to lose.


Now I get it.

Ok, OP. I challenge you to show me where anybody said that nobody has had success on 1200 calories a day.

Do you even read these forums?

Great job '1200 calorie ladies!' Wooh hoo! Love the thread keep doing what works for you! Don't mind the people who think they know YOU better than YOU know you. It works for some, but not all. Congrats ladies!

Amen!

I am female, 38 years old, 5'6 - SW 177, CW 170, GW 135. I work a desk job, work out 6 days a week for an hour, 3 cardio, 2 resistance, 1 yoga/pilates for recovery.

Since February 1st I have been on 1200 calories a day. I eat back my exercise so my net goal is 1200. Some days I am over, most days I am under. I have a cheat meal once a week (on my yoga/recovery day) that can bump me as high as 2000 that day.

I got my dieting advise from a certified nutritionist & coach. She does believe that a weekly cheat meal can help boost metabolism and move weight loss along in low calorie diets. Plus it keeps you from just saying forget it and going back to the old ways of 3000 calories a day everyday.

I try to get at least half my body weight in protein everyday, eat as many whole foods as I can throughout the day but I don't stress out over every single piece of food I eat. If I did this wouldn't last for me. Most days I am not hungry & 1200 net is plenty of food. If I am hungry then I eat something & don't stress about going over as long as it's not by more than 300 or so calories. Last night is a great example. It's Walking Dead night so we don't cook & my teenagers want to order pizza. I ordered thin crust veggie but processed foods (like cheap pizza crust) are never satisfying so I end up overeating. I don't kick myself over it, I just come to terms with it and move on. I am not trying to be a body builder, I just want to be healthy and happy.

So far I have lost 7 pounds which is about 1.5 pounds per week. I am not fatigued at all, in fact I feel great. At some point I will plateau & that's when I will seek advice to make it to the next level. I will also listen to my body - it will tell me the right thing to do.

Just my success story so far on 1200 net cals, I am looking forward to posting my before & after pics in a few months

There is a huge difference between 1200 NET calories, and just eating 1200 calories, which is what many of the anti-1200 threads have been about.

MFP is set up for people to eat 1200 PLUS their exercise calories, which is what you are doing.

Many people ignore the exercise calories part and just eat 1200.

You are doing great

Ok, will try to upload some photos. See if this works.

My highest weight of 237


I didn't take any pics when I started here in Aug at 228, but this one was taken about 6 weeks later when I was about 12 lbs down and really happy about that!


Today, at 190. Still a ways to go, but definitely getting back to the me I haven't seen in over 12 yrs!




Sorry the pics are so huge. Don't know how to fix that, but will work on it.

You look amazing! I started at a similar weight and hovering around 220 pounds at the moment. My current profile pic was taken very recently. I am 53. I did try at the start to eat 1200 but hated it. Upped to 1400 with some success but then plateaued and then experimented around 1600. I exercise 3 times a week when I can. So far it is working and I am delighted with the inches lost so far. Like you I have a long way to go! This thread is fascinating and obviously 1200 works for many people. I am not one of them but eveybody is different.

I lost about 50lbs in 5 months eating 1200 calories. Then I slacked off a little bit and gained it all back within 5 more months.

To those who do it and keep it off, congrats. But I am a perfect example of 'just because you are losing, doesn't mean you are doing it right". I under ate, lost quickly and gained it back quickly, working extra hard to lose it the right way now, 2000 calories a day.

I'm eating between 1200 - 1250 and not eating my calories back....I will do this until I begin to stop seeing results and then I might change it up. I am also lifting heavy weights and doing cardio.

I eat 5 times a day, about 100 g of protein and no more than 35 g of fat. I feel amazing!

^This. I lost 33 lbs eating 1200 a day and not eating my exercise calories back. I get nearly 100g of carbs, 100g or more of protein a day and no more than 35g of fat a day.I exercise 7 days a week, strength train 5-6 days a week, and play volleyball competively 1 days a week. I only just recently upped my calories,because of a plateau and so that I can begin rehabing my metabolism.