Looking to add people on 1200 calories a day

I eat 1 calorie a day from a grape

I eat 1 calorie a day from a grape

You must have some really small grapes.

Does it bother you that she is harming herself? 1200 is too low for someone with her stats. As I just posted, 1400 would the liquid diet her doctors would put her on to maintain life were she to go into a coma. It is called her basal metabolic rate, and it puts great stress on the body to try and function on less than that.

At least look into it and make your own informed choices.

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

Sorry, messed that up.

What do you do if your BMR is only 1348 & you have a desk job so are sitting around for about 9 hours every day? I go to the gym 4-5 days a week but probably don't burn more than 200-300 calories for my workout. How many calories can I eat if I want to lose 1 pound a week?

Assuming your numbers are good, your goal to lose 1 pound/week is likely unrealistic.

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Effed up the quotes and lazy but Jof answered her question

Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?hl=guide+to+sexy+pants

Ever heard the phrase 'you can catch more flies with honey, than with vinegar'? The messengers who are saying "eat more than 1200" are SO NEGATIVE. No one wants to take advice from people who are so negative. People will make their own decisions about their health, and do their research (or not do their research). Folks are here looking for encouragement, and one who is wise understands how to give it, and how to correct someone to get them on the right path, and hopefully on the path that is right for that individual.

You're perceiving them as negative.
Only one that I can see as negative is the last one I posted in response to you.

I don't like honey anyway

Ever heard the phrase 'you can catch more flies with honey, than with vinegar'? The messengers who are saying "eat more than 1200" are SO NEGATIVE. No one wants to take advice from people who are so negative. People will make their own decisions about their health, and do their research (or not do their research). Folks are here looking for encouragement, and one who is wise understands how to give it, and how to correct someone to get them on the right path, and hopefully on the path that is right for that individual.

Actually the majority were helpful and heartfelt. At worst they were disappointed at the defensiveness or lack of interest from people that we are spending time and effort trying to help. Ironically, yours was actually one of the most negative posts on the thread.

Does it bother you that she is harming herself? 1200 is too low for someone with her stats. As I just posted, 1400 would the liquid diet her doctors would put her on to maintain life were she to go into a coma. It is called her basal metabolic rate, and it puts great stress on the body to try and function on less than that.

At least look into it and make your own informed choices.

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

Sorry, messed that up.

What do you do if your BMR is only 1348 & you have a desk job so are sitting around for about 9 hours every day? I go to the gym 4-5 days a week but probably don't burn more than 200-300 calories for my workout. How many calories can I eat if I want to lose 1 pound a week?

Your BMR is how much energy you use in a day, at rest (so hanging about at home all day not doing much). That's how much you should eat minimum, even on a lazy day, in order to provide your cells and vital organs energy for basic function (your body uses energy regardless of if you move or not; your heart needs energy to pump blood, your lungs need energy to breath). When you factor in how much you walk around every day, just doing everyday things like going down a hallway, most people need to consume around 1500 calories, and they'll lose weight. If you're going to the gym, you need to 'eat back' those calories to give yourself fuel for your workout. So you could probably be eating between 1600-1800 calories daily (possibly more, since I'm not privy to how much you work out, or to your personal metabolism) and be losing weight quicker and more permanently than what you would at 1200.
*I'm no doctor or nutritionist, I'm simply a college student who's program is about physiology. But it's given me enough background to actually understand how it works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_metabolic_rate

I'm on 1200 calories a day because I don't exercise. I feel like I'm starving all the time!!!

Ever heard the phrase 'you can catch more flies with honey, than with vinegar'? The messengers who are saying "eat more than 1200" are SO NEGATIVE. No one wants to take advice from people who are so negative. People will make their own decisions about their health, and do their research (or not do their research). Folks are here looking for encouragement, and one who is wise understands how to give it, and how to correct someone to get them on the right path, and hopefully on the path that is right for that individual.

I suspect you're seeing negativity where it doesn't exist. Why is it that the suggestion for people to take what advice works for them and disregard the others is only interpreted one way? (In other words, perhaps you should disregard the advice that is phrased in a way that you don't prefer and accept that it may be beneficial to others.) Some people actually prefer more straightforward communications.

Besides, I sometimes prefer a little bit of balsamic vinegar instead of honey. For example, I haven't tried eating cooked spinach with honey, but I doubt I would like it at all.

That was mean. Honey took that one right in the feels.