1200 Calories

Yes, you are eating too little and you will make your self poorly.

In your profile photo you look really slim already IMO. How much do you weigh at this time and how much do you want to lose?

It is a backward logic to lose a lot of weight really fast as soon as you have to introduce more healthy eating you will find your weight increases.

I really understand that you want to make fast progress but health wise, slow and steady is the way to do things.

You said you were netting 1200 a day. and not losing - are you calculating your food or your exercise correctly? If you over estimate you burn and eat those back this could be an issue ad the same with under estimating food intake.

Are you now only eating 700 - 800 or netting that?

I agree check your BMR -

Im 5'1" too(98lbs), problem is you need to focus on one or the order; develop muscle or lose fat. I suggest you stay in a sort of starvation mode at 1k calories for about a month (or whatever time you want to give yourself) if you didnt lose the weight by then just start working out and eat 1500, youll gain weight from the muscle but hopefully still lose fat at the same time.

I had targeted fat i tried to lose with exercise and it didnt work, so i did the starvation diet, didnt work as well as i wanted it to, so i just accepted thats where my fat will settle and im comfortable.

You said you were netting 1200 a day. and not losing - are you calculating your food or your exercise correctly? If you over estimate you burn and eat those back this could be an issue ad the same with under estimating food intake.

Are you now only eating 700 - 800 or netting that?

I agree check your BMR -

Netting 700-800 a day. I got excited because I'm going to the beach in a week and a half, and it'd be awesome to lose some more pounds before then. I'll check the BMR thingie.

Ok netting that makes me feel better for you LOL - I have had days where I had a net that low due to non anticipated workouts. (I pre plan most of my meals)

yes def. check out the BMR - this site has a calculation under the apps tab

I'm 5'3" and 109 pounds, so you're right, 110 is a healthy weight for you.

:huh: So 138 lbs. is NOT healthy for her??

I'm currently 138, and want to be around 110. (I'm 5'1", so this isn't an absurd weight). I've been trying to eat healthier foods, more veggies and fruits, healthy snacks, etc.

I don't actually have an answer for you, but your stats are VERY similar to mine. I'm about 5' (just under, but we'll round up) and 138. My ultimate goal is 110, but right now I'm trying to get to 125. I also find that I don't lose when I net 1200. As someone else has pointed out, the danger of netting only 800 calories is that you could be losing muscle. I find if I eat between 1,000-1,200 calories per day and do not eat back my exercise calories, then I continue to lose weight. Anything under 1000 and I'm starving and liable to binge.

I'm currently 138, and want to be around 110. (I'm 5'1", so this isn't an absurd weight). I've been trying to eat healthier foods, more veggies and fruits, healthy snacks, etc.

I hope you do not mind, but I checked back over your diary for a few days and you are eating some nice n healthy foods.

So, my advice is to keep on with the diet you are eating, but try to increase to your bmr or maybe go to a website like scooby to calculate your tdee to account for the exercise you are putting in.

It really is a fine line trying to juggle those cals to fit in exercise/be healthy/lose weight.

The main thing is to remain healthy and take it slow.

If you are worried about the whole bikini body thing then don`t. I am sure you will look great.

There is always next time and you can put in more strength/weight training exercise to give you the more toned look.

It is not always about looking the slimmest/trimmest person on holiday, but about just being comfortable and enjoying your break.

I'm currently 138, and want to be around 110. (I'm 5'1", so this isn't an absurd weight). I've been trying to eat healthier foods, more veggies and fruits, healthy snacks, etc.

I'm 5'3" and 109 pounds, so you're right, 110 is a healthy weight for you. I couldn't lose weight unless I drastically either a) dropped another 500 calories from my diet or b) ADDED a few hundred calories to the diet!

Yes, you heard me right. I actually started losing those last 10 pounds of mine after I started eating 1400 calories a day. It was fabulously, my body stopped hating me and I got to my goal weight.

question: did you exercise more to compensate for the extra calories (ie have a 1200 calorie goal, but exercise and eat back the calories)? I'm 5'3" and 125 pounds, but I want to lose another 7-10 pounds.

the mistake is the 1200 Cals approach

cutting calories to the absolute minimun may sound reasonable in the first place but what happens that you put your body under stress. Stress releases cortisol which is the enemy of weightloss (google it if you don't believe me)
Weight loss on starvation and overly exercising won't do anything as your body adapts to this new (unhealthy) diet/lack of energy and becomes more efficent in fuelling itself and wathnot.
When you start eating like a normal person again you will experience the jojo effect, your weight will go up in weeks to the old status, as the body soakes the stuff in like a sponge.

be healthy and try to go 300/350 Cals uder maintenace (in your case probably to 1600 or 1700) and you will see that you will lose weight, not starve and improve your stamina/strenght whatever you're doing
combine that with a high protein, low carb diet and you will also experience less frequent huger attacks and such

it may take a week or 2 more but that will make sure you keep the weight down permanently, reduces the risk of malnutrition and you won't starve to death aka better wuality of life

So what happens if you cut down to 800 and then stall again? Do you cut to 600 or 400? Does it not seem more logical to start higher and, if needed, cut gradually from there, as opposed to starting in the basement and trying to dig further down?

I'm 5'3" (so not a whole lot taller than you) And I lost all the weight on my ticker in under 2 months eating 1625-1725 calories. I bumped up to 1825 this week, and hopefully that'll work out. If, within a month, it proves to be too much/I'm stalled I have so much room to adjust my calories and tweak things. You're not leaving yourself any room for tweaks.

Sidenote: Being short doesn't mean you have to eat little. I'm short and I eat ALL the food. Nom.

So what happens if you cut down to 800 and then stall again? Do you cut to 600 or 400? Does it not seem more logical to start higher and, if needed, cut gradually from there, as opposed to starting in the basement and trying to dig further down?

I'm 5'3" (so not a whole lot taller than you) And I lost all the weight on my ticker in under 2 months eating 1625-1725 calories. I bumped up to 1825 this week, and hopefully that'll work out. If, within a month, it proves to be too much/I'm stalled I have so much room to adjust my calories and tweak things. You're not leaving yourself any room for tweaks.

Sidenote: Being short doesn't mean you have to eat little. I'm short and I eat ALL the food. Nom.

I like your thinking.

If you can go with daily goal of 1000 calories and try to cut some carbohydrates it works (it worked for me)