open diaries 1200 calories a day

me!!

Although I should let you know that I eat little during the day - either a small lunch or small breakfast, but rarely both. Then I usually eat whatever I want for dinner (healthy stuff, of course!) and I don't have to worry about going over calories.

Dinner is my favorite meal and it's also the hardest to plan. I never know if my family will be having dinner or not and I also since I'm in the dating scene I go out for dinner dates quite a bit.

Also, I occasionally drink wine & beer. And so Friday & Saturdays when I know I'll be drinking I don't eat a lot at all because I know the alcohol calories will add up and my friends will end up ordering food while we're out. It's hard to measure calories but if it seems like I've been eating more than I should I will take an extra walk with the dog or so.

It works for me now but I know this type of lifestyle would have NEVER worked with my 'old' self. It's not easy, and may not be extremely healthy, but it works.

I eat a LOT of greek yogurt for protein, I love eating sweet potatoes just baked in the microwave, green beans, and mostly plain foods. I also like to make smoothies from bananas and yogurt as a meal.

Hope this helps!

Anyone feel free to add me. mine is open to my friends

If you keep your food to this basic balance, you will typically stay low-cal:

Breakfast: 1 to 2 ounces protein (like one hard boiled or scrambled egg or one Jimmy Dean turkey sausage patty or 2 thin slices of Farmer John's Canadian Bacon slices)
1 serving of starch (that is 15 grams of carbs) - Depending on the bread, this is one piece of toast. Or you can have a half serving of oatmeal (add cinnamon or a TOUCH of jelly to make taste sweeter). Also, Trader Joe's has this fabulous mini fiber cakes (muffin section) that are only 80 calories. They are actually 22 grams of carbs - but their is a LOT of fiber, which makes the higher grams of carbs not-so-bad.

Snack:
1 serving of fruit - or enough fruit to equal 45 to 60 calories - depending on the fruit, this changes. For example 2.5 ounces of blueberries (1/2 cup or so) is 45 calories, 3 oz. of banana is 54 calories, etc.
60 to 100 calories of protein, like almonds or cheese sticks

Lunch:
1 to 2 ounces protein
1 to servings veggies (the plainer, the lower-cal they will be - so sad. )
1 serving of dairy (milk or greek yogurt - and greek yogurt could be all you need for the protein too)
2 servings of starch - like 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes or 1/2 potatoe, or 1/2 cup corn, or a dinner roll, or 1/2 baked beans (yes, beans are a starch).

Snack - same as above

Dinner - same as lunch

Mostly, if you control your starch intake (don't count starch/carbs in "regualr" veggies - corn and green beans and potatoes are not "regular" veggies because they breakdown easily to sugars like bread and therefor count as "starches") and eat more veggies than fruit (since fruit has a lot of natural sugars), you will do pretty well.

you can look at mine and you will notice I am ALL over the place. (Please ignore my booze-filled weekend binges...I struggle)

1200 is my goal, sometimes I fluctuate and I do balance with exercise.

Me too! Like the post before mine, I eat lightly during the day and have a hearty home cooked meal in the evening with a supper snack of sweet wafers to satisfy my sweet tooth. I rarely go over my 1200 but only because I only eat if I am hungry and dont see the point of forcing foor in if I dont really want it. I do prepare all my food myself and have some good home recipes if you'd like - you wont find any fast foods in my diary.

I'd read this instead.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/968182-i-lost-a-person-but-i-found-myself-leaky-s-story

my diary is open to friends, so anyone can friend me if they would like :flowerforyou:

I'm right around 1290 a day and my diary should be open. I've only got a couple days logged in though because I'm switching from MyNetDiary so I can integrate with the FitBit Flex when it comes out. Looking forward to that!

Feel free to add me. You might notice my weekends are always blank. I tend to forget to log in on the weekends..... :happy:

I do hope you all are eating back your exercise calories, otherwise 1200 is almost always too low & unsustainable over the long term.

I agree: read the post linked earlier in this post. 1200 or lower calories will wreck a person over the long term.

Feel free to add me if you want to have a look at someone who eats plenty, works hard, and plays hard too. My calorie intake is 2000/day and I am steadily losing weight.

You may take a look at my diary as well.

mine is open, just add me! take a look!

You can add me if you'd like. I like cooking so if you see a recipe you're interested in, I'll send it over.

Mine is open. Although I am at 1200 cals a day I excercize alot and eat back (or try to) my calories. I eat on the go during the days so my meals are a little funny there but feel free to add me.