Success With 1200 Calories?

I haven't been. Should I be??

Yes. MFP tells you to, doesn't it?

MFP assumes you're not going to do any exercise so it gives you a calorie goal with a deficit already built in. So you'll lose weight even without exercise. When you exercise, you further increase that deficit to a possibly unhealthy level. Fuel your body.

So I borderline need to net 1200 calories? But what if I'm just not that hungry. I don't think I could eat that much food.

I find it hard to believe that you're here trying to lose weight and can't possibly eat enough food to put you over 1200 calories. :huh:

If you insist on claiming that you're "full", eat more calorie dense foods.

So I borderline need to net 1200 calories? But what if I'm just not that hungry. I don't think I could eat that much food.

Two words: Peanut Butter. Ice Cream. Chocolate Bar. Whole Eggs. Wheat Pasta. Brown Rice. Big Steak. Pinto Beans. Olive Oil. Coconut Oil. Nutty Oatmeal. Bacon (it's so goooood, it counts as two words).

There are lots of great, calorie dense foods out there. Heck, a PBJ on whole wheat bread can easily be 450 calories. It is very easy to reach 1200 calories. I ate 1200 calories for lunch!!!! Homemade whole wheat pancakes and turkey sausage. This is how I broke my 16 hour fast, after I lifted like a beast at the gym. For realz. :drinker:

So I borderline need to net 1200 calories? But what if I'm just not that hungry. I don't think I could eat that much food.

Losing weight at a slow and sustainable pace is important because it teaches us all the good habits we need to maintain our weight once we reach our goals. If you can't eat more than 1200 calories now, what exactly do you plan to do when you reach maintenance? Will you just keep eating 1200 calories and losing weight forever (or until your metabolism bottoms out and you can't lose anymore?)

So I borderline need to net 1200 calories? But what if I'm just not that hungry. I don't think I could eat that much food.

You don't have to eat additional food if you feel fine. Use your own judgment.

I spent a month at 1200 cals and didn't lose a pound sadly
I do a couple of hours walking a day too and didn't eat back my exercise calories.
Hope it works for you though!.

I spent about 2 1/2 months eating 1200 calories fairly consistently, and I lost about 12 lbs. That was without exercising at all. Then I stopped losing, so I added in exercise. I ate back the exercise calories but I still wasn't losing much weight anymore. However, I did lose more inches. A couple weeks ago, I changed my settings in MFP to bring me up to a higher recommended calories and I'm hoping to see some changes.

My point is that eating 1200 calories did work for me, for a couple months. It was a nice way to lose the initial weight.

I'm doing the 1200 calorie diet with slim fast.
You drink 2 shakes OR eat 2 meal bars a day. (190 cal)
Eat three snack bars, snack chips, or your own snack out of fruits and veggies. (100 cal)
Eat one 600 calorie meal.

Everyone wonders why I'm not hungry, but honestly I'm always full when I stick to the diet. I eat every 3 hours now, and I use to induldge once a day. I usually only drink 1 shake before the gym since there is a lot of protein, then I replace the other shake with a 200 calorie snack or something along those lines.

The only thing is that in a week and a half. I lost almost 4 pounds completely........my mom sent me 30 bags of my favorite chips this week....I'm in South Korea, and now I'm gaining the weight back haha.

It works, but once you go off of it, you gain the weight back. I'm ready to get back to eating healthy. I love the shakes, but aside from that I don't eat healthy and I don't feel as motivated as I use to.

I would say stick to something along the lines of 1200 healthy calories and an extra 300 of your favorites.