How can people live on 1200 calories?
angiek123
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It's 3 p.m. and I'm at 1300 calories. I'm cranky and think I could die of starvation. This is no way to live. Thank goodness I still have room to eat more today!
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HANGRY RAWWWRRREEREREREERERER <---- like that?0
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because we don't HAVE to be as large of individuals as we are, and the human body is amazingly adaptable...0
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Statistically, most people underreport and underestimate their intake. So chances are, very few people truly are consuming that little chronically.0
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they don't. eat more.0
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They can't.....not for long periods anyway.
You've been on MFP for 6 years and only have 9 friends?? Get to cracking girl...0 -
HANGRY RAWWWRRREEREREREERERER <---- like that?
LOL Yes, exactly.0 -
I have no idea how people function on only 1200 calories per day. It sounds like torture.0
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You've been on MFP for 6 years and only have 9 friends?? Get to cracking girl...
I know, right? I wasn't really using the site until October. I was on a rival site before. (Gasp!)0 -
their stomachs shrink and they live happily ever after..0
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I'm new to all this but so far I've hit 1200 about 50% of the time. Usually when I miss it, it's only by a couple hundred calories. Exercise also buys you some more - I don't mind stuffing my face after a long bike ride, and I don't feel guilty about it either.
But even if you can't hit 1200, if you're still managing to make your weight goals, you're doing fine! The most important thing is that you're conscious about what you're eating and making an effort to change your lifestyle.0 -
I eat 1000 for breakfast...lol. I don't know how people function either.0
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I have, it is do-able (but not fun), I like to be at 1300-1400, I am happy then and satisfied and my family is happy because mom isn't acting like a monster. It is a win win :blushing: .0
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LoL, you know, I bet this same post was started at least twice last week. Probably in the same day. I got scared for a little bit and thought I was mentally losing it.0
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I dont find it that crazy since I'm trying to lose weight I norm stay in a deficit so cals for me average about 1300 no biggie ^_^0
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But even if you can't hit 1200, if you're still managing to make your weight goals, you're doing fine! The most important thing is that you're conscious about what you're eating and making an effort to change your lifestyle.
No. This is simply wrong.0 -
I'm on 1200 calories and honestly, it's rare for me to be hungry at the end of my calories. I think a lot of it is because I'm careful to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, the rest of it is probably because I eat low-fat vegan now. I get plenty on my plates, plenty in my belly, and it's all low calorie stuff, I get a huge amount of food for my calories. When I was eating poorly, I was always hungry, even shortly after I finished a meal.0
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1200 calories. ..so my evening snack:drinker:0
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I eat four times a day plus snacks... I eat 1200 by a little after noon... I will stick to my 1500 - 1800 calorie intake thank you..0
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its easy, several meals of low calorie foods. I did it for 7 months! (And yes, im ocd and do measure and diary everything i eat) lots of steamed and raw veg, pork tenderloin, chicken/turkey breast baked fish. Lentil chips n hummus or salsa for snacks, several snacks through out the day of raw v eg n hummus or fat free ranch dressing. Big bowl of cereal n fruit for breakfast and 100 cal snack packs for my sweet tooth. ( i did give up butter for 0 cal butter sprays, reduced mayos ect and cook with small amounts of evo) Those were a major source of calories for me that added up. that 1 pat of butter in my meal could be an entire cup of more satisfying veg
Calories i probably take 1/3 of what my husband eats
Quantity i eat twice as much
Calories have nothing to do with how much you eat but WHAT you eat0 -
I usually visualize something like this...
That said, I really think people who are claiming to eat this and below this (particularly the ones claiming they can't lose) are just underestimating their intake...a whole lot of people are just flat out lying to themselves.0 -
Anyone who's been a friend of mine eating that little gets dropped off my friend list because ALL THEY DO is complain about how they aren't losing any weight. You don't lose weight when your body thinks you are starving! Don't get offended if it works for you, my personal experience on MFP is that people just complain constantly when they are that low on calories. And I don't believe for a second that you can work hard at the gym with such a minimal amount of fuel.0
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their stomachs shrink and they live happily ever after..
YES!
This is where I am eventually getting to. As of right now eating anything lower than 2500 is good enough, but I try for 1370(MFP set).0 -
I struggle eating only 1500 a day....I could easily eat 4000 calories a day and be a happy, fat lady0
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I'm new to all this but so far I've hit 1200 about 50% of the time. Usually when I miss it, it's only by a couple hundred calories. Exercise also buys you some more - I don't mind stuffing my face after a long bike ride, and I don't feel guilty about it either.
But even if you can't hit 1200, if you're still managing to make your weight goals, you're doing fine! The most important thing is that you're conscious about what you're eating and making an effort to change your lifestyle.0 -
I sometimes net 1200 cals but that is on a day when I am working my *kitten* off in the yard for hours and am to busy to eat.
I don't know that I could do it long term. I like to eat stuff that is higher in cals way too much.0 -
It's do-able, I do it! You just have to know how to balance out your calories, and drinking lots of water helps out, so I don't ever feel hungry! (-:0
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I get 1440 a day, and that's VERY difficult to maintain. I get to add some for exercise, but it never seems like enough. Small portions many times a day & a 40-35-25 protein-carb-fat ratio helps some. Basically I get through it with the over-abundance of stored calories (i.e. FAT) I've accumulated while eating whatever I wanted, whenever, and not tracking any of it. My own worst enemy! :ohwell:0
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To each their own. I range between 1200-1400 depending on activity level and i'm fine.0
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If I'm going strictly by hunger, 1200 calories is fine for someone of my age and current activity level. The problem is that it's insanely easy to go over if I'm not closely monitoring what I eat.0
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At first I found it hard to be on 1200-1300/day but now that I understand better what to eat and how to eat I have no problem. Hell there are my busy days that I forget to eat my lunch until very late in the afternoon now (never happened before I never ever missed meals before...)
I get that not everyone is the same, I have friends that cant be on that low of a calorie deficit but for me it works just fine and I am not finding that I am hungry. If I am a little hungrier one day I go closer to the 1300 but generally I am around 1200.0
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