1200 calorie meal plans
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mfrog7
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Anything is appreciated.
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Feel free to see my diary for the past 3-4 weeks. If you exercise, you can eat those exercise calories back.0
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before you go on a 1200 calorie meal plan. why dont you start eating on a deficit. I would like to share some protocols where you can stick to and adopt it to your lifestyle. 1200 cals may be for you but it all depends. you may be setting yourself up on a rubber band effect and lose control on eating.
use this for reference only
calculate your BMI and find out your normal weight range. you can do that here...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm
once you know your target weight, now you can calculate your BMR. you can do that here....
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
next - update your diet profile on MFP.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
- type in current weight
- adjust goal weight
- adjust activities
- adjust goal (i.e lose 1lb/week)
for example if you have a 2400 calories suggested by MFP, eat 100-500calories deficit 5x/week and stay within your cals on weekend or feast.
have mini goals. for example i want to lose 15lbs, once you reach that, set another goal and adjust MFP.
for the next 6months, stay away from processed foods and just eat whole foods either it came from a tree, the ground or an animal/fish.
stay away from soda and fruit juice drinks. drink water only, if you want flavor , squeeze a lemon.
hope this helps on your weight loss journey0 -
Honestly, from my experience diets that contain this little of calories should not even be considered. You are no way meeting your daily needs of your macro and micro nutrients. Having a diet with this low of calories will leave you feeling tired, week and lethargic with barely enough energy to get through your day. It is also not very realistic because no one can stick to a diet that aggressive the rest of their life. You need to make a lifestyle eating plan that is maintainable and sustainable because being healthy is not about totally restricting yourself from everything, it's about making better choices day by day and by being consciously aware of what your putting in your body. It's also not going to happen overnight but with some determination and will power, it can be done!0
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Honestly, from my experience diets that contain this little of calories should not even be considered. You are no way meeting your daily needs of your macro and micro nutrients. Having a diet with this low of calories will leave you feeling tired, week and lethargic with barely enough energy to get through your day. It is also not very realistic because no one can stick to a diet that aggressive the rest of their life. You need to make a lifestyle eating plan that is maintainable and sustainable because being healthy is not about totally restricting yourself from everything, it's about making better choices day by day and by being consciously aware of what your putting in your body. It's also not going to happen overnight but with some determination and will power, it can be done!
very wise there young grasshopper...very wise!
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Honestly, from my experience diets that contain this little of calories should not even be considered. You are no way meeting your daily needs of your macro and micro nutrients. Having a diet with this low of calories will leave you feeling tired, week and lethargic with barely enough energy to get through your day. It is also not very realistic because no one can stick to a diet that aggressive the rest of their life. You need to make a lifestyle eating plan that is maintainable and sustainable because being healthy is not about totally restricting yourself from everything, it's about making better choices day by day and by being consciously aware of what your putting in your body. It's also not going to happen overnight but with some determination and will power, it can be done!
Wow very impressed this is coming from an 18 year old! Took me 47 years to figure it out and many yo-yo diets of all kinds.
The previous post above was also very good. Please follow the advice.0 -
Thanks guys, literally just joined this site, this was my first post! Haha just trying to save some people from going through all those crash diets!0
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not to shaby there too mockchoc!
keep motivating Dawson_4!... good job!0 -
MFP recommends 1200 to all women because of one small thing....
The option to lose 2lbs a week. If you select it and are sedentary.... that's the goal it gives women.
Then if you don't exercise... that's all you get. So without the "education" the women who chose those two things
are set to 1200 a day.0 -
MFP recommends 1200 to all women because of one small thing....
The option to lose 2lbs a week. If you select it and are sedentary.... that's the goal it gives women.
Then if you don't exercise... that's all you get. So without the "education" the women who chose those two things
are set to 1200 a day.
Um, no .. I chose that setting and got over 1200 ...0 -
I have no problem with sticking to 1200 calories during the weekdays. I eat whole eggs for breakfast with either low-calorie cheese or vegetarian sausage, for lunch I eat low-calorie grilled vegetables with either pasta or couscous or quinoa, and for dinner I have smoked chicken, potato salad (with low-fat mayo dressing) and garden salad (lemon juice, salt dressing). Snacks are either junk food if I exercise or fresh fruit. Sometimes I will also have frozen vegetables stir fried with oil spray, garlic, onion powder and paprika - it's very tasty for less than 100 extra calories. That's more than enough for me, especially when I am so busy - except for maybe a little more calcium. It's only when I get to the weekend that I have more of an issue because I tend to eat out and can't always control what I am eating. I definitely hit my fat and protein macros. I need to retrain myself to recognise what full feels like (not the nauseated feeling I used to have from overeating).0
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eat on a deficit of max 500kcal, so 1200kcal a day is not really appropriate and healthy.
You can go lower then that for about 2weeks, but then your metabolism will slow down and you'll hit a plateau. fun.0 -
right on I dont know why so many people are getting up in everyones face when they say they want to eat 1200. this post wasnt asking for your opinion about how much she should eat it was to get meal ideas.
OP: my favorite snack is peanut butter and carrot sticks very satisfying and only 90 calories0 -
I have
breakfast - hard boiled egg, banana, almonds
snack - carrot, corn thins with peanut butter
lunch - greek yoghurt, canned tuna
snack - air popped popcorn, pear
dinner - salmon wrap with lettuce tomato
snack - apple0 -
If you are short, generally inactive and female then 1200 really isn't that extreme.0
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I'm set for 1200 calories a day and find it extremely hard to stay within that range. I usually go over, but don't get too upset because it is still lower than what I was eating before I started and still makes me accountable.0
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It's all about portion size....
Reduce your fat intake
Bulk out meals with non-starchy vegetables
For a quick fix try buying weight watchers frozen meals and adding a portion of salad. If you ate one for lunch and dinner every day for a week with only a bowl of cereal and maybe an apple as a snack, you would lose a pleasing amount of weight and train your stomach to accept smaller portions.0 -
I'm very small (154cm for 49Kg) and I'm set at 1200Kcal/day - which is my BMR.
I exercise a lot and always eat back those calories.
I don't find it difficult at all to keep within that limit, I actually feel like I'm always eating. Healthy and in small portions but continuously.
An average day for me is:
BREAKFAST
- oatmeal with 15g oats, 1tsp chia, 1tsp flaxseed meal, some fruit, 100ml almond milk, 85g chobani
- egg white muffin = 1 egg white, 20g ham, 5g baby spinach, 1 cherry tomato
AM SNACK
- 1 apple
- 50g chicken breast slices (deli type)
LUNCH
- carrot, tomatoes, cucumber + 100g turkey breast
- 1 wholemeal cracker
- 1 fruit
PM SNACK
- protein shake OR protein bar OR cottage cheese + fruit
- green tea
DINNER
- 100g chicken or salmon or prawns... + lots of veggies
- 1 or 2 wholemeal cracker
AFTER DINNER
- 85g chobani + frozen bluberries + 1tsp honey if I really need something sweet
THROUGHOUT THE DAY
- almonds
- a bit of fruit (fresh, frozen or dried)
- green tea or almond milk
EXERCISE
- typically around 60min. of vigorous activity, alternating cardio (running / spinning / HIIT / boxing) and strength (conditioning, circuit)
- at least 3.5Km walk every day
- I normally burn around 400-500 calories from exercise0 -
it really just depends on your weight and height0
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