For the love of god women EAT!!!

I am a woman and I have just started on here with 1200 cal but today have upped it to 1500 a day!! I love food and I don't want to lose weight by not eating anything, I want to lose weight by eating the right things and doing exercise! That way I can have a treat if I want one without feeling guilty

This!

Just as annoying as all the 5'2 and under threads and no one feels they are able to eat more than 1200 just bc they are short.

I'm 5'2" and if I eat only 1200, it's because I'm sick.

I eat like a man, like 1600-2100 a day, depending on activity level. I eat I lose, When I don't eat I BINGE...

This exactly for me. I burned more than 5000 calories this week running, so I'd be a very sad panda if I only ate 1200 calories a day!

In my personal experience, when I "couldn't" eat at or above 1200, I was really just trying to convince myself and others of that I couldn't eat because I hoped that this would keep me "naturally" skinny.

I believe for some members this plays a part. It is such a novelty to want to eat less that they want to be recognized for it.

There are some members who do the balls-to-the-wall, go from Big Macs to skinless chicken and endless celery sticks - and they receive good advice on how change their diet to something healthier and more sustainable.

Those who insist that they could possibly eat more than what a toddler eats borders on - if not actually crosses - some twisted and dysfunctional vanity line.

I do not and will not support someone swinging from over-eating to justifying starvation tactics.

I had a very successful 2.5 months when I first joined eating only 1200 calories per day, the problem is that some women can't stand the idea of upping their calories after. Now I am on 1400 per day and still losing, intending to rise to 1500/1600 in about 3-4 weeks time to slow my weight loss for the final 1-2lbs.
To be honest, this way of eating does feel like it's changed my eating habits because I tried to up to 1600 last week and I just could do fulfil/hit that target on a daily basis. So for some people they genuinely cant once they get used to a set amount.

I only have the problem of not eating above 1200 if I miss a meal like breakfast because of bloodwork or if I don't get my evening meal before 8 p.m. because if I eat after 8 p.m. I get reflux. Hmmm. What would I rather have. Stomach acid ruining my vocal cords because I ate too late or less than 1200 calories. No brainer here. It's normally NOT a problem though. I love my food.

Hmm... I have my bloodwork done quite regularly and I have it done first thing in the morning. Are you waiting all day to do it? You are finding excuses. Eat full fat non-diet food, nuts, peanut butter/almond butter,trail mix, fry your chicken at lunch/dinner in some olive oil or put some on a salad. It doesn't take long to get your calories up.

I use the 1200 calories as a kind of stop gap, so when I get near it, I need to pay closer attention especially with portion control. I also have to balance 3 different ''diet'' requirements, diabetic, heart healthy, and gastroparesis. I don't beat myself up over the calories.

Its mostly the mindset. I've just upped my calories and was adding some mixed nuts to the shopping. I nearly took them off when I saw the calories per protion - but then remembered that that was why I was adding them in the first place:laugh:

Also, if you clear your house of the "bad" things there's not much left to get those extra calories - I'd feel weird boiling an egg at 8.30pm as an evening snack..... I suupose I might have some toast and marmite Its having "good" high calorie treats in the house that makes the difference.

happens to me from time to time I get busy over sleep or just feel eek but I certainly don't make it a habit

Well aren't you judgmental?

I started here at a a mere 1400 calories, and would usually net around 1200-1250 and I was an angry angry woman. If people even looked at me funny heads would roll, and I think my husband was sleeping with a bat under the bed and one eye open. I was losing my entire mind. I eventually fell off the 'wagon' and resumed eating something like 2500 calories a day. April rolled around, I took a deep breath and stepped on the scale, expecting to have ballooned up to some godawful amount, and, low and behold, I'd gained about a pound, and for all I know that was just daily flux.

And that is when it hit me. If I can eat a crap ton and not move on the scale why oh why am I trying to eat 1400 to lose weight?
Bwah?

So now I eat 1600-2000, depending on work outs and hunger and where I am and what the heck I feel like eating. If I want the cake, I eat the darn cake and no, I don't push myself harder that day because I ate it. Sometimes I eat cake and then go take a nap. I'm down nearly 8 pounds since May 4th. I'm not overly active either. I'm not working at the moment and when I'm not working out I spend my day parked at the computer or the couch, which is I'm sure closer to sedentary than 80% of the people convinced they're sedentary are.