Anyone else notice 1200 calories is not enough?

YES, I had the same issue. Normal person with a normal life, and while I love healthy food, I love food in general too much. Portion control is an issue for me. I do yoga, but don't always have time for power yoga. Recently moved out to the middle of nowhere and we have a "mini-farm", so I do a lot of walking through snow and chasing chickens and horses these days, in between sitting at my home office to work. I switched from 1200 to 1330, and even that tiny amount has made such a difference in my attitude. I was beginning to feel hopeless, thinking "I can't even have four ounces of wine with dinner if I don't work out!" Sorry, love a glass of vino ... This has worked out much better. Just that tiny bit of leeway, and knowing that progress is slow but still progress, can make all the difference. Everyone has to find what works for them. Don't let those who say things like "No, it's plenty! I just work out all the time! Get used to it!" make you feel bad. That is great if that what works for them, but if you are feeling totally deprived your attitude will eventually go down the drain. Don't do that to yourself. Our bodies are each very different from one another, and what they require.

Somebody said they want to kill people on 1200 calories. why? why do you give a crap what someone you don't give a crap about eats?

I think you may have misunderstood the quote. I think they mean when they eat 1200 cals they aren't happy!

It's not for everyone. I try to stick to 1400 or less. Seems to be working.

If you search the topic I gave a hunch you may find one or two people who agree with you.

Somebody said they want to kill people on 1200 calories. why? why do you give a crap what someone you don't give a crap about eats?

I think you may have misunderstood the quote. I think they mean when they eat 1200 cals they aren't happy!

I think they meant when they eat 1,200 they become angry and want to kill people. LOL Like me. I just want to punch everyone in the face. Why? I'm freaking starving!

I am doing fine sticking to 1230 cals/day. I drink two Body by Vi shakes a day made with unsweetened original almond milk. I put flaxseed in one of them. I eat one sensible meal every day and have a couple healthy snacks. I make my calories count by making sure they are healthy, filling calories. There is a huge difference between 100 cals of fresh fruit and 100 cals of potato chips. Keep up the good work everyone! It is hard but it is so much more worth it to lose the weight than to eat the junk!

I'm finding it to be too much if I eat back my exercised off calories so I am going to stop doing that. I am diabetic on insulin so I am sure that has a lot to do with the fact that the scale hasn't budged since i started using this program to track my calories and exercise. I am not particularly active . I walk 2 miles 2x a day which always takes my calories back up but if I try to eat back my calories I worked off my blood sugar ends up too high at the end of the day. Eating enough to have 1200 calorie plus intake without taking my blood sugar too high and keeping my fat intake where it ought to be is a challenge.

Thanks so much for posting!!!!! When I first started I was losing quite nicely on 1200 cals a day and I was able to feel full. But for the past several weeks I have not lost an ounce. When I posted on my wall a few days ago how upset I was getting several MFP buddies stated they thought 1200 wasn't enough per day and I have read in several articles where 1200 or less is too low for health. I just today upped my cals per day to 1500. MFP says that will get me about a pound a week. I don't want to get thin FAST I want to get thin for LIFE! I am really hoping this works for me. With 81 pounds lost I see is is working wonderfully well for you!

Good luck to us all on our weight loss journey!

I've decided to go up, not because I don't feel satiated on 1200 calories, but because I don't want my metabolism to slow, and don't want to start losing muscle. I'm debating what to set my goal as, tonight I changed it to 1350, I will move up to 1400 after a while and stay there until I get to the weight I want. It's weird as I've gotten so used to 1200 that I'm going to have to make a conscious effort to eat more calories. But too long at 1200 calories makes your metabolism slow as your body doesn't know why you're eating so few calories (for all it knows you are starving, and it reacts as if you were starving). Your body starts to burn muscle (so you will continue to lose weight, but some of it will be muscle). If your body thinks it is starving, it holds on to fat as that is what you would need to stay alive.

im on 12oo calories and finding it ok. im not a big exerciser and im 60 yrs old almost so perhaps with a slower metabolism it makes a difference? my dr said as long as im walking and nothing more 1200 is fine however the min i add exercise i need to increase my calories..im on a 5 yr journey and have lost 155 pounds with 45 approx to go. and this is working...i mix it up..weight watchers, and all sorts of programs but this mfp is super....