Is anybody else eating 1200 calories per day?

That is also my target amount of calories per day. To achieve it, I drink lots of water from the time I wake up. I eat very small portions of things each meal and load up on low calorie items to feel full, like wax beans, unsweetened beets, spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, etc.

I avoid all processed sugars, even in my one coffee a day (stevia instead), and all white carbs like rice, pasta, bread, potatoes. One or two spoonfuls of these is all I'll ever put on my plate. Broccoli, squash, cauliflower, zucchini, chick peas, legumes are filling substitutes for these and much healthier. I never put sauces on anything, opting for a small tsp. of Becel margarine. If I want bread, I choose very thin rye.

Limit your meat portions to no more than 4 0z. especially red meat and choose lean cuts. Try eating on a small salad plate instead of a dinner plate at first. Snack on fruit, raw veggies, low fat yogurts, seeds, raisins in between meals.

Try to do 30 mins. per day of some kind of aerobic exercise, like a brisk walk with your dog, housecleaning, cycling or rollerblading. This allows me to enjoy a 5 oz. glass of red wine in the evenings or some other small indulgence.

Good luck, hope this helps.

I am
I average 1200 per day.
I have list 42LB so far with 10 to go.
It's slowed a bit but slow and steady is the key I think..

I eat 1400 calories for desert daily. 1200 for a day would make me sad.

You know what makes me sad? 2+ year old threads.

Well, that and extreme calorie deficits.

If you creep those who are saying "1200 is fine", I haven't seen one that's still active, or reached goal 2 years later. Of course, I only checked the first 10 people or so, but still.

What is it that you keep saying, Jof? That people give the diet all the credit for the loss, but themselves all the blame for stagnation/regains? Instead of seeing that it was the extreme deficit that is unsustainable.

And people are still ignoring this. I'm done! People can stay fat lol

I'm curious how all the posters from 2 yrs ago are doing today. Especially the ladies eating 1000 calories and the others saying "you just have to get used to being hungry". I'm willing to bet they quit, or are still yo-yoing with a growling belly and constant migraines.

Ladies your body, like the veteran posters (and some more recent threads), knows what its talking about. Your body will not lie to you. If it says its hungry FEED IT!

Put down the boxed food and pick up something real.
Do some research!

I would post some links that were given me but I'm on mobile now.
You could try www.IIFYM.com and set your activity to sedintary...follow instructions...then tell MFP what YOU want it to say...then research why this may work (but not in old threads). But this is just off the top of my head because I've learned the MFP calculator is pretty crappy.

I wish you ladies luck and hope you find more recent threads where you don't ha e to take advice from other newbies and people that have probably long ago quit :flowerforyou:

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Zombies
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I try to drink more water/tea and split up my meals - for instance, instead of eating all of my lunch (approx 400 cals) at noon, I eat a third of it at 11-11:30, then another third at 1pm, then the last third at 3pm. If I eat slowly and pay attention, I notice I'm not starving after just a few bites. Trying to shift my focus from eating to feel full, to eating to not feel hungry. There is a difference.

In 2012 I lost 25 pounds in 6 weeks eating 1200 calories a day and exercising 2 hrs a day.

You can be full on 1200 cals if you eat menthol eucalyptus candies, or mentos everytime u feel like u wanna eat.

mine goes like this

breakfast 300-350 kcals
snack : candie30 cal
lunch-300-400cals
snack200 cals or 30 cal candy, depends if really hungry
dinner 200 cals
Snack: 30 cal candy

menthol candies are d best for me!:)

I do 1250 m-f and sat and sun I do 1400-1500. This is how my Dr instructed me to do it.

1200 for me. I had to get used to feeling hungry.

Success? Look at my ticker

I eat 1900 and rarely feel hungry. Success? Look at my ticker.

How did you decide on 1900?

I am also on a 1200/day. I have only been doing this a week. The first couple days I was still hungry. But I think I learned the trick. When I try to eat a fruit and a vegetable at every meal, I don't use alot of calories and they seem to be keeping me full!! Try it, it is working for me and I used to be a very large eater!