Can Ya'll Help Me Understand This?

1200 calories sounds reasonable to me, I'm a "no exercise" type myself, though it's sheer laziness in my case, not a medical issue. If you follow your doctors' advice, you should do fine. Whenever it's a matter of trusting your doctor or trusting some random person on the Internet, always trust your doctor, or get a second opinion from a different doctor. Most people around here seem to think you can only lose weight if you work out like a fiend, but I'm proof that you can lose weight while eating junk food, fast food, and not doing a lick of exercise—you just have to stay in a calorie deficit. I try to stay in the 1200-1350 range, and as long as I've been successful at keeping to those numbers, I've been losing weight steadily.

Best of luck to you, both with your weight loss and with your medical condition. You'll have nutritional requirements as a result of your medical condition, no doubt, make sure you follow your doctors instructions faithfully with regards to your diet.

I'm an inch taller than you and I've been losing weight while eating 1400-1600 a day. If you are not satisfied on 1200 and don't feel like it's working, then increase your calories. Your nutritionist isn't the be-all and end-all on health or your body.

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OP, like I said earlier, your doctor is the one who needs to sign off on your diet plan, not random people on the internet. You're going to get a lot of "you need to eat more calories!" advice around here, for some reason, and unless your doctor says you need to eat more calories, take the advice with a grain of salt. Not literally of course, every grain of salt counts toward your sodium intake for the day. :bigsmile:

The main reason why people don't like the 1200 calorie diets is because it isn't a sustainable, realistic long term approach to permanent weight loss. Anyone can lose weight eating that little, but unless you plan to eat that little for the rest of your life, its not going to last. I've lost weight so many times eating little calories, and always gained it back, plus more.

The main reason why people don't like the 1200 calorie diets is because it isn't a sustainable, realistic long term approach to permanent weight loss. Anyone can lose weight eating that little, but unless you plan to eat that little for the rest of your life, its not going to last. I've lost weight so many times eating little calories, and always gained it back, plus more.

False. 1200 calories is a weight loss calorie limit, not a maintenance calorie limit. You didn't gain that weight back by eating 1200 calories a day. You gained it back because you thought that after you got down to your goal weight, you could resume "eating normally", which is of course the same eating style that put you in the position of having to lose weight in the first place.

Maintenance is a whole different animal. Basically, you have to stay on a diet for the rest of your life if you want to maintain your weight. That doesn't mean 1200 calories. That means finding your personal maintenance calorie total, and sticking to it. That's true regardless of how you lost the weight in the first place.

Come back in a year from now and see if you are still eating 1200 calories happily. You are brand new to this site, you haven't been doing it long enough.

Listen, kitten, I've been managing my weight for my entire adult life, and I'm in my 40s. I won't be eating 1200 calories a year from now, since I only have 8 more pounds to lose, and I'll probably be at my goal well before the end of THIS year. You'd realize that if you had actually bothered to read my post, but whatever. I'll be eating MAINTENANCE calories a year from now. :drinker:

I find this particularly amusing coming from someone who is sitting at ZERO on their ticker. :huh:

Here is one group that can provide support while you are on 1200 calories a day - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/11724-the-1200-club.

Siansonea is giving you great advice, the advice given by your doctor and professionals with access to your detailed medical history should be given more weight (mind the pun) that people on an online forum. Also do not forget to have a plan to transition to increase exercise (suitable for any physical limitations you may have) and to transition to maintenance.

Come back in a year from now and see if you are still eating 1200 calories happily. You are brand new to this site, you haven't been doing it long enough.

Listen, kitten, I've been managing my weight for my entire adult life, and I'm in my 40s. I won't be eating 1200 calories a year from now, since I only have 8 more pounds to lose, and I'll probably be at my goal well before the end of THIS year. You'd realize that if you had actually bothered to read my post, but whatever. I'll be eating MAINTENANCE calories a year from now. :drinker:

I find this particularly amusing coming from someone who is sitting at ZERO on their ticker. :huh:

Kitten? HAHAHA



This is getting interesting now.

I can see their point- you need to create a deficit somehow and if you can't do it with exercise you do it with diet. It's also said you can't out run your fork. I believe that even for myself. I have a few physical restrictions that I am slowly overcoming.

You go with what your personal medical panel says. Just keep in mind, many on here who don't know your story may encourage you to up calories.

I would encourage you to eat those calories in proteins/fiber to get full and lean towards plenty of whole foods that are filling - meats, veggies, fruits etc.

I'm okay with what you are doing - getting healthier with your restrictions would be tricky. Good luck and wish you better health!!

Come back in a year from now and see if you are still eating 1200 calories happily. You are brand new to this site, you haven't been doing it long enough.

Listen, kitten, I've been managing my weight for my entire adult life, and I'm in my 40s. I won't be eating 1200 calories a year from now, since I only have 8 more pounds to lose, and I'll probably be at my goal well before the end of THIS year. You'd realize that if you had actually bothered to read my post, but whatever. I'll be eating MAINTENANCE calories a year from now. :drinker:

I find this particularly amusing coming from someone who is sitting at ZERO on their ticker. :huh:

Kitten? HAHAHA



This is getting interesting now.

Hahah...I guess I don't exist since I have no ticker.

10 lbs on ticker = expert!!!!!!

















kitten

If there's an actual flaw in my advice, by all means, pontificate. If not...what's your point, exactly?:huh:

I'm a 44 year old woman who hasn't had a BMI in the "overweight" range since the early 1990s. Tell me again how I'm so terrible at this whole weight management thing, why don't you?:drinker: