Anybody On 1200 Cals A Day?

I try to stick to 1200, don't feel bad if I go over or eat back some workout calories. I have an open diary, I try to meal prep so you'll see that I eat alot of the same things during the week that gets boring, but easier that way for me! Just getting into the swing of what to eat and what not to eat, so I will be looking for some better food choices soon, and maybe making more actual meals instead of just putting things together.

I do calorie cycling and my lower days are around 1200 calories. Feel free to add me, but my lower call days have been sort of nutritionally bad lately. I lost my dad a couple weeks ago, and I haven't been up for cooking. Maybe I could get some new ideas, too.

I am on a 1200 cal a day! Not to bad when I eat Special K morning with skim milk, snack air popped popcorn with only 35 cal a cup! YUM and lunch is a salad with chicken or fish, but my fave is chicken stuffed avocado with salsa, or veggies it will always fill me up to where I cant eat the other half, another snack is good is fruit lots of good raw, like pineapple, mango etc. I used to drink my veggie fruit smoothies but since I started the 1200 cal a day I had not done it and its not much calories. I need to get back on them great way to put in my veggies. Also dinner is something small depending on my cravings for the day. Hope this helps, I just started the 1200 cal I was just watching what I ate, no sweets at all but I was lying to myself before I started counting calories. I lost over 10 lbs before I joined her. So I'm in it with you! :happy:

I do calorie cycling and my lower days are around 1200 calories. Feel free to add me, but my lower call days have been sort of nutritionally bad lately. I lost my dad a couple weeks ago, and I haven't been up for cooking. Maybe I could get some new ideas, too.

So sorry to hear that! You are strong for still tracking. So is cycling where you eat like 1200 one day then more or less the next?

Not me........not eating below my BMR ever again. I have to hang onto as much muscle mass as I can.

I do calorie cycling and my lower days are around 1200 calories. Feel free to add me, but my lower call days have been sort of nutritionally bad lately. I lost my dad a couple weeks ago, and I haven't been up for cooking. Maybe I could get some new ideas, too.

So sorry to hear that! You are strong for still tracking. So is cycling where you eat like 1200 one day then more or less the next?

Thanks. I'd be stronger if i hate real food instead of ice cream and frozen pizza!

I spend the weekend with my boyfriend, and I'll eat between 1500 and 2000 calories those days, but that's real food that we take the time to cook. I do the 1200 when I'm home by myself. It still works out to a deficit, so I've been losing pretty steadily.

I'm at 1360, but usually try to stick to a 1200 diet! (Some days I'm more active than others, so I want to have a bit of breathing room calorie-wise)

I usually start my day in one of two ways:
Egg White Omelette with Vegetables (3 days a week), this is what I eat particularly on days when I want to get in more of a work out than usual. The less protein I eat, the less energy I have for the day.
Mixed Fruits & Green Tea (the rest of the week): I crave sugar. I do. And if I don't eat fruit, I'll end up binging on something like coffee.

My lunch and dinner always include proteins. I usually stick to salads in the 300-350 range, or grilled chicken/steak with a veggie side. This normally means a lot of kale, steamed veggies, sometimes avocado, and absolutely NO NO NO dressing and/or condiments. I can't stress this enough. Unless it is a low-fat dressing, it will add so many calories for no reason.

I'm an avid snacker when I'm bored, which made this considerably hard in the beginning - baby carrots, frozen grapes, sliced bananas & apples, and snack packs of hummus have become my best friend. They help. A LOT.

As you can see, I'm not much of a recipe buff. But this is a relatively simple diet, and it works for the "girl-on-the-go" types! I'm home maybe 2 hours a night (excluding when I'm sleeping), so there's never time to really cook.