Eating under 1200 calories

For myself if I eat under 1200 so what its one day and not everyday , I'm 4ft 10in petite I have 14 lbs or less to lose till my goal weight , after a 29lbs loss ,when Im not as hungry I don't eat as much and other days I eat above, it happens , I don't worry to much about others food habits as long as they eat.

While in college I eat everyday around 800 to 1200 daily maintained my weight of 105 well along with exercise , Im SAHM of two small children and well my weight gain is from my first pregnancy , finally lost almost all of it , my girls are 19 months apart, anyway it has been working for me, I have my settings at sedentary so when I'm active it calculates my calorie burns more accurately.


Im sure that there are a few who should be eating more but it is not our job to diagnose people with eating disorders.

Its the same as a person eating 2500 or more a day , I don't see anyone getting in an uproar about to many calories .

Which is what causes weight gain normally.


This isn't meant to insight an argument I'm just making a point .

Only time I would delete a person is if they were not eating at all not logging for months .

Thank you. Pretty much self explanatory.

First time I say something. Second or maybe third time I say something again. After that, I delete them.

I recognize that everyone is different and going about this their own way but there are limits to my acceptance. If I don't feel like I can support you I don't see a reason for us to be "friends".

Yet again ... reasons I love ya! I agree with you and I have deleted people who insist on recurrent unhealthy habits. I am not perfect by any sort, but I think we should be encouraging healthy behaviors. I also cannot say "good job" to someone who is eating 700 calories either.

I love the preaching and the judgement! That's exactly what I come here for!

I don't suppose it's ever occured to you that someone's doctor may have told them to be at a certain calorie level and that's what they are trying to hit? My doctor has told me that as long as I net at least 700 calories, it's fine. Obviously I strive to be closer to the 1200 that is outlined by MFP. But MFP is not the be all and end all of fitness and health advice!

Just a thought or two from the peanut gallery...

Hmm as a healthcare provider myself I would question whether that is medically safe. Sure you may lose weight, but will you be able to keep it off. Why not do it the healthy way. I know that medically supervised low calorie diets are out there ... but very few patients actually keep the weight off.
Please remember that just because a doctor recommends it, doesn't always mean that its right. Doctors generally have very little training in diet, exercise, and nutrition.

I eat from 800 to 1200.

Well, I'm under strict supervision of a doctor. My doctor has post doctoral degree, and specialized in weightloss. She received her doctorate on her weightloss research. She has her own medical center where te obesity is researched and is treated.

I'm lucky enough to be treated by her personally and it costs me quite money. I go to this center once a week and spend there half a day when they're researching my health and weightloss progress. Blood work, hormones, heart, digestion, you name it, they do it. Also massage and even a shrink!

So she DID NOT give me any calories restrictions but provided with detailed diet with recipes! Sometimes I have to go to the center for days or weeks and provided their food

So when I log in it in my MFP an it's almost always UNDER 1200, some people start preaching. Oh noooo, starvation mode, and other bull****. It's so freaking annoying! You think I care listening to those people whos education is limited to reading the MFP forums, or should I follow my treatment designed for my by medical professionals with 30 years of experience?

I do nothing, it's simply NONE of my business. At all. If they ask for advice, sure, but i would never comment on someones eating habits or food choices. If someone did that to me i would DELETE them pretty quickly.

I haven't been doing this all that long, but I'm set up to be at 1200 calories. I try not to go too far above or below that, but my doctor actually told me that I could go down to 1000 cal as long as I was eating the right things. That being said, this isn't right for everyone, and even with smaller numbers I eat 3 meals a day and ususally get in a snack.

So far I haven't felt like I was starving myself and I haven't felt sick, light-headed, or tired. I actually feel a lot better than when i was eating all of the greasy nasty crap I was eating not long ago (and if I'm being honest still eat on occasion). If that changes I will call my doctor and evaluate what I'm eating with him. I'm not trying to starve myself or be unhealthy.

Like I said I haven't been doing this all that long (I joined the site awhile back but haven't seriously started logging until now) so I can't say from any length of experience that this is alright.

As someone who wants to lose weight the right way and is working with the supervision of a doctor, it's frustrating to come to a website hoping to get support from people only to be torn down and have people tell me I'm starving myself, insult my intellegence, and make me feel like eating 1200 calories or less is going to make me sprout a third eye or something.

All I'm saying is for people who are eating 3 meals a day and are still under 1200 calories, there might be a reason for it and people should think before judging.

I have a hard time reaching 1200 as well. I eat around 900-1100 a day because I feel full at that caloric intake. It's hard for me to eat healthy AND reach 1200! But if I ever go out to eat, I eat about 2000.

I seriously don't know who has the time on their hands to regularly analyze their MFP friend's food diaries? This whole thread is really blowing my mind. Do you guys think that unfriending someone who is possibly struggling with an eating disorder is helping them? I think it's sad that some of you are so intolerant to other's struggles. I'd like to think most of you would realize that over eating and under eating both come from deep inner struggles. How is judging someone for that helping in any way? I would think you would want to help them instead, I thought this was what this website was for. And yeah, even if you tell someone 3 times you are concerned about them, just like any other addiction - that person has to come to the realization they are hurting themselves on their own. You do not really know them, and you do not know what is actually going in their mouth, or their lives. It could be as simple as some people are bad about keeping up with their diary as the day goes on. It could be that they are embarrassed to log that big bowl of ice cream they just ate, so they don't log it at all. One day does not reflect how a person eats every day. Not every person treats their diary the same way, we are all different. And as someone who had an aunt who had to be hospitalized for a serious eating disorder, this whole thread makes me really sad. Deleting someone for not eating enough, or eating too much will hurt that person. Do none of you care about that?
Why don't you save your judgements for your OWN food diary. It is your own journey, no one else's.
This thread is EXACTLY why mine is private.

I know what you mean. I have deleted people over eating too little, especially if all they eat is junk (no fruits or veggies). I had one girl eat 950ish calories and complain about feeling so full and disgusting. I was worried about her but she wouldn't listen to anyone's concerns.

It sounds mean, but I delete anyone who consistently eats under 1000 to 1100. I first check to make sure that the low calorie restriction is not due to doctor's advisement. I try to encourage eating a little more in as respectful a manner as possible via written medium. I don't support restricting the body of what it needs to be healthy.

I don't support judgemental hateful people who have too much time on their hands to spy on others. I try to encourage them to get a life and mind their own business.

Not all calories are equal. Nothing in this world is as simple as we want it to be. The type of calories you are eating is 1000x more important than the amount.

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I like to hit 1200 by the end of lunch .........sometimes half way through it