Weight Train at 1200 Calories

SkaterGirl704
SkaterGirl704 Posts: 37 Member
edited February 6 in Health and Weight Loss
Is it ok to eat just 1200 calories per day, and strength train for muscle tone 5x week.
I just want tone, not looking to get big! I have been losing massive weight 2 1/2 lbs per week.
Sometimes I eat under 1200 calories. I have a hard time eating. Like I said I just want tone.
I eat healthy, and know how to eat. I eat 90% clean and organic, I mostly cook at home.
I have stopped exercising for a month now, but I am dropping lbs by eating right, and less.
some insight would be good. Last time I did weights I swelled up ad gained weight, and was hungry
all the time. My friend tell me that I still look toned without flexing.
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  • MrGonzo05
    MrGonzo05 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Last time I did weights I swelled up ad gained weight, and was hungry all the time.

    You have made a full recovery.
  • SkaterGirl704
    SkaterGirl704 Posts: 37 Member
    That's real helpful??????????????????????????????????????????????
  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.
  • SkaterGirl704
    SkaterGirl704 Posts: 37 Member
    Thank you. And don't eat back calories or should I? Right now I weigh about 98 lbs. Don't wanna get bigger in weight.
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    What kind of weight program do you do?
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I remember you. :laugh:
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    i don't eat back any calories, i make sure i get 1200-1400 and regardless of how active i am, i don't eat anymore, unless i'm hungry then i would obviously, but usually i'm not

    How in the world are you able to only eat 12-1400 calories a day??? That's what I eat as a girl who's darn close to being a midget!
  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    .......
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    In my opinion, no.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    NO.
  • californiabella
    californiabella Posts: 152 Member
    i don't eat back any calories, i make sure i get 1200-1400 and regardless of how active i am, i don't eat anymore, unless i'm hungry then i would obviously, but usually i'm not

    How in the world are you able to only eat 12-1400 calories a day??? That's what I eat as a girl who's darn close to being a midget!

    wondering the same thing.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.

    lol

    NO.
  • ladylaume
    ladylaume Posts: 81 Member
    98lbs!!!

    I think you need to eat some more, but however even if your toning up your weight is going to go up since Muscle is more then fat....


    Good luck
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    quick question. Do you have legs? Then maybe you are ok.

    Otherwise, no. Eat more.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.

    Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

    I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.
  • Sovictorrious
    Sovictorrious Posts: 770 Member
    I think it is a bad idea.
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    OP how tall are you?
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.

    Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

    I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

    In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...
  • Hauntinglyfit
    Hauntinglyfit Posts: 5,537 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.

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  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    Strength training is good. It will make your bones stronger as you age. Advice for you is to find a trainer who can start you out correct in weight use, or read New Rules of Lifting for Women. :flowerforyou:
  • Sovictorrious
    Sovictorrious Posts: 770 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.

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    Me too

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  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.

    Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

    I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

    In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...

    i don't see how it's hard to understand, i remembered to track everything i ate today and i hit 1375:

    breakfast: oatmeal 130 calories
    Snack: banana: 100 calories
    Lunch: Panera salad (usually i eat soup for lunch which is only 300 calories) but this was 470
    After i lifted, i had a protein shake: 260 calories
    Dinner: i had grilled pork and put it in a large salad with other vegetables: 410 calories

    i don't drink any calories, aside from protein shake, and i take a gnc multivitamin that's 50 calories, so 1425 i guess and i'm plenty full, and i worked out alot today.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.

    Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

    I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

    In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...

    i don't see how it's hard to understand, i remembered to track everything i ate today and i hit 1375:

    breakfast: oatmeal 130 calories
    Snack: banana: 100 calories
    Lunch: Panera salad (usually i eat soup for lunch which is only 300 calories) but this was 470
    After i lifted, i had a protein shake: 260 calories
    Dinner: i had grilled pork and put it in a large salad with other vegetables: 410 calories

    i don't drink any calories, aside from protein shake, and i take a gnc multivitamin that's 50 calories, so 1425 i guess and i'm plenty full, and i worked out alot today.

    I guess I'm just dumbfounded how you maintain (an apparently lean) 190 pounds being active on so few calories...

    ...or perhaps you're still losing and not maintaining?
  • Sovictorrious
    Sovictorrious Posts: 770 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.

    Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

    I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

    In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...

    i don't see how it's hard to understand, i remembered to track everything i ate today and i hit 1375:

    breakfast: oatmeal 130 calories
    Snack: banana: 100 calories
    Lunch: Panera salad (usually i eat soup for lunch which is only 300 calories) but this was 470
    After i lifted, i had a protein shake: 260 calories
    Dinner: i had grilled pork and put it in a large salad with other vegetables: 410 calories

    i don't drink any calories, aside from protein shake, and i take a gnc multivitamin that's 50 calories, so 1425 i guess and i'm plenty full, and i worked out alot today.

    How much do you lift?
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

    so you're certainly fine at 1200.

    Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

    I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

    In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...

    i don't see how it's hard to understand, i remembered to track everything i ate today and i hit 1375:

    breakfast: oatmeal 130 calories
    Snack: banana: 100 calories
    Lunch: Panera salad (usually i eat soup for lunch which is only 300 calories) but this was 470
    After i lifted, i had a protein shake: 260 calories
    Dinner: i had grilled pork and put it in a large salad with other vegetables: 410 calories

    i don't drink any calories, aside from protein shake, and i take a gnc multivitamin that's 50 calories, so 1425 i guess and i'm plenty full, and i worked out alot today.

    I think the question was 'why' not 'how'.
  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    i'd be maintaining (i hurt my foot and was semi-idle for about a month w\out doing cardio and i maintained at 197) while still lifting.

    Now my foot is all healthy and i've been really active this past few weeks, so i'd still be maintaining like this if i hadn't been so aggressive recently w\my cardio. I've lost like 92 pounds so far and i'm trying to get to 180, and i'm 192 right now.
  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    to the person asking me "how much i lift" so idk how to quantify that, but.


    My max bench is 300.
    Dumbbell curls, max 1 rep w\good form i curl 70lbs in each hand
    pull ups: i can do 12 strict form. (w\weight on i can do a chinup w\me weighing 275)

    I don't do heavy squats, i do alot of plyometrics instead and box jumps kind of stuff. But I do do other leg stuff so it's not like i skip it by any means.

    and i run a quick mile a few times a day around a 6:40 pace currenlty for my cardio (today i'm a bit of a loser and did it 4 times).
  • Hauntinglyfit
    Hauntinglyfit Posts: 5,537 Member
    to the person asking me "how much i lift" so idk how to quantify that, but.


    My max bench is 300.
    Dumbbell curls, max 1 rep w\good form i curl 70lbs in each hand
    pull ups: i can do 12 strict form. (w\weight on i can do a chinup w\me weighing 275)

    I don't do heavy squats, i do alot of plyometrics instead and box jumps kind of stuff. But I do do other leg stuff so it's not like i skip it by any means.

    and i run a quick mile a few times a day around a 6:40 pace currenlty for my cardio (today i'm a bit of a loser and did it 4 times).

    Deadlifts?
  • mamasmaltz3
    mamasmaltz3 Posts: 1,111 Member
    No, 1200 calories is not enough. 1200-1400 for a man is definitely not enough. I don't even know how you can properly recover from your workouts if that is all you are eating. Oy, this is why I have been staying away from the forums.
  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    to the person asking me "how much i lift" so idk how to quantify that, but.


    My max bench is 300.
    Dumbbell curls, max 1 rep w\good form i curl 70lbs in each hand
    pull ups: i can do 12 strict form. (w\weight on i can do a chinup w\me weighing 275)

    I don't do heavy squats, i do alot of plyometrics instead and box jumps kind of stuff. But I do do other leg stuff so it's not like i skip it by any means.

    and i run a quick mile a few times a day around a 6:40 pace currenlty for my cardio (today i'm a bit of a loser and did it 4 times).

    Deadlifts?

    405 is my max deadliftt, i havn't tried a pr in a few months on that. i'm kind of a wimp about deadlifts and don't do them as often as i should.
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