1200 cals is just fine. 1100 is just fine too. If....
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I say do what works for you! I like the quote "Not everyone will understand your journey. That's fine. It's not their journey. It's yours". Pretty much sums it up!0
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THANK YOU OP!!!! I am 5 feet tall and YES, I eat between 1000 and 1200 daily and workout. I am NOT starving and my weight loss numbers prove I know what I am doing! I eat when I am hungry NOT when the clock says its time! What I do works for me...it does not work for everybody. Some people are very judgmental if you don't do it their way. Well, I tried their way and I gained! My way works for me. This is an individual process. I have gone from wearing a 20wp to a 4/6p.
So true! I'm 5'1" so started at the 1,200 calories and only had vanity weight to lose. I had no problems with that at all getting to goal weight. I upped the goal to 1,400 calories but average 1,300 calories and am stalled at my goal weight so just went back to 1,200 calories to the low end of healthy.
I'm not sure I understand. You ate 1200 calories, got to your goal weight, upped your calories and "stalled" at your goal weight which makes sense since it's your goal weight, but then decided to go back to 1200 calories because you were maintaining the goal weight?
I'm glad I'm not the only one that was confused by that.0 -
You're wrong.
Aaaaand still wrong.
Wrong.
Just in case the hoards of other people telling you didn't get through the first 900 times.
Psssst!
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THANK YOU OP!!!! I am 5 feet tall and YES, I eat between 1000 and 1200 daily and workout. I am NOT starving and my weight loss numbers prove I know what I am doing! I eat when I am hungry NOT when the clock says its time! What I do works for me...it does not work for everybody. Some people are very judgmental if you don't do it their way. Well, I tried their way and I gained! My way works for me. This is an individual process. I have gone from wearing a 20wp to a 4/6p.
So true! I'm 5'1" so started at the 1,200 calories and only had vanity weight to lose. I had no problems with that at all getting to goal weight. I upped the goal to 1,400 calories but average 1,300 calories and am stalled at my goal weight so just went back to 1,200 calories to the low end of healthy.
I'm not sure I understand. You ate 1200 calories, got to your goal weight, upped your calories and "stalled" at your goal weight which makes sense since it's your goal weight, but then decided to go back to 1200 calories because you were maintaining the goal weight?
I'm glad I'm not the only one that was confused by that.
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THANK YOU OP!!!! I am 5 feet tall and YES, I eat between 1000 and 1200 daily and workout. I am NOT starving and my weight loss numbers prove I know what I am doing! I eat when I am hungry NOT when the clock says its time! What I do works for me...it does not work for everybody. Some people are very judgmental if you don't do it their way. Well, I tried their way and I gained! My way works for me. This is an individual process. I have gone from wearing a 20wp to a 4/6p.
Yup you lost weight......fat and muscle good for you....you punished yourself for being overweight by eating so little food that your body didn't have a choice but to use muscle for fuel...great job... /sarcasm
You don't gain if you are in a deficet period...if you gained you were eating more than you thought...and the fact you have lost over 100lbs proves to me you could have lost weight eating a whole lot more because the BMR of an obese person is always higher than a slim person because of the weight they have to move around.
I NEVER PUNISHED MYSELF FOR BEING FAT BY NOT EATING!!! YOU ARE SO JUDGMENTAL!! You do not know me so therefore DO NOT judge me!!! I did this my way and IT WORKS! I eat when I am hungry NOT because a clock says its time for OH, MY I have calories available!!! I do cardio and lifting and these muscles that YOU say I have lost...well they look damn good.....CARRY ON being Judgmental....0 -
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Just a little something I noticed...when reading your diary, it looks as everything is an estimate. I would not doubt that you were/are eating a lot more calories than you think.0
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Oh, and 5 foot nothing, here. 1,800 cals a day. Still losing at a brisk clip.
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Also eating this way is not sustainable
It will catch up with you eventually.
5'3'' eat 1600-2000 a day
dont clean eat
I have hypothyroidism (low thyroid)
220+ to 128 lbs in just under a year...........
So............ have fun barely eating I just tanked about a pound of fruit yogurt and granola and it was wonderful...........
^^^ This.
This is my second time around on MFP. I just reactivated my account this week. I barely logged the right way. I overate on too many days and then underate on others to make up for it. I have learned my lesson.
From experiences, sure you will lose weight on 1200 calories. But will you keep it off? When people on MFP tell you to up your calories its because they are trying to teach you how to be FIT (its called Myfitnesspal not myquickweightlosspal) and how to keep the weight off for life. 1100 or 1200 calories is not practical or fun for the rest of your life.
Also, far too many people on here who eat 1200 calories are working out as well and they are not eating back their calories. They are 'netting' below the 1200 which is NOT okay. This is typically the main cause of concern and when people chime in about how 1200 is not enough. There are far too many diaries on here with people netting 700-800 calories a day. Not good. SMH
I am committed to doing this the right way this time and I will choose to listen to the "judgmental' and 'mean' vets on here.0 -
THANK YOU OP!!!! I am 5 feet tall and YES, I eat between 1000 and 1200 daily and workout. I am NOT starving and my weight loss numbers prove I know what I am doing! I eat when I am hungry NOT when the clock says its time! What I do works for me...it does not work for everybody. Some people are very judgmental if you don't do it their way. Well, I tried their way and I gained! My way works for me. This is an individual process. I have gone from wearing a 20wp to a 4/6p.
Yup you lost weight......fat and muscle good for you....you punished yourself for being overweight by eating so little food that your body didn't have a choice but to use muscle for fuel...great job... /sarcasm
You don't gain if you are in a deficet period...if you gained you were eating more than you thought...and the fact you have lost over 100lbs proves to me you could have lost weight eating a whole lot more because the BMR of an obese person is always higher than a slim person because of the weight they have to move around.
I NEVER PUNISHED MYSELF FOR BEING FAT BY NOT EATING!!! YOU ARE SO JUDGMENTAL!! You do not know me so therefore DO NOT judge me!!! I did this my way and IT WORKS! I eat when I am hungry NOT because a clock says its time for OH, MY I have calories available!!! I do cardio and lifting and these muscles that YOU say I have lost...well they look damn good.....CARRY ON being Judgmental....
Yelling gets you nowhere here.
Regardless of how she said it (that part you may not have liked), it's a fact that you lose more muscle on VLCD than at a reasonable deficit.
ETA: But if I restricted myself to that few calories, I'd probably be yelling and angry too.0 -
OP - I'm about an inch taller then you and approx 2 years younger. 1200 calaries is NOT enough. I try to stay at 1400 Net calories at day, but even with that I struggle to stay there. It's especially hard for me to eat enough so I'm not feeling hungry on the days I have no time work out and have no way to burn of calories. MFP set me at 1200 (this is my second time on here doing this) but knowing that isn't enough for me, I changed it to 1400.0
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Just a little something I noticed...when reading your diary, it looks as everything is an estimate. I would not doubt that you were/are eating a lot more calories than you think.
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Under 5'1 here.
Ate 1200 calories for 8 months. Started off obese. Developed anorexia, heart failure, osteoporosis etc. Weight loss was very efficient @3lb/week average. Nobody on MFP suggested I was under-eating on 1200 cals bc I was short and fat, so clearly I 'needed' it.
Now eat 2500-3500/day. Can squat twice my bodyweight and have lower body fat %. Have gained 40lb @0.5lb/week average.
So FWIW, stats don't tell the whole story either. Using your brain and understanding your body's individual needs tends to work out pretty well in the long run.0 -
I'm 5"0' and I eat 1450+ calories and up. Less than 1300 leaves me feeling way too hungry and cranky. I haven't gained weight either. That's because I'm on a deficit. Being short does not mean you have to eat 1200 calories! I can't wait to go into maintenance because that means I can eat a bit more
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I am absolutely sure I have never told anyone they are going to die. If you want to eat 1200 or under then that is your choice. I, however, choose to eat more and I am still losing. So there is that!
They difference between us? I am not making sweeping generalization statements and shoving my choice to eat more down anyone's throat with a "holier than thou" kinda post. But hey, each their own.0 -
Just a little something I noticed...when reading your diary, it looks as everything is an estimate. I would not doubt that you were/are eating a lot more calories than you think.
Plot twist!
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Under 5'1 here.
Ate 1200 calories for 8 months. Started off obese. Developed anorexia, heart failure, osteoporosis etc. Weight loss was very efficient @3lb/week average. Nobody on MFP suggested I was under-eating on 1200 cals bc I was short and fat, so clearly I 'needed' it.
Now eat 2500-3500/day. Can squat twice my bodyweight and have lower body fat %. Have gained 40lb @0.5lb/week average.
So FWIW, stats don't tell the whole story either. Using your brain and understanding your body's individual needs tends to work out pretty well in the long run.
what a stunner!!!! .. i think i have a lady crush!0 -
congrats on your 30 lb loss!!0
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I'm inclined to believe you, seeing as I'm 5'10 (21 f) and my maintenance is somewhere around 1550 (net).
That seems off...
At age 61...5'6"....179lbs...
Scooby gives me set at sedentary 1741 to maintain...set at lightly active it gives me 1995.
IIFYM give me 1680 for sedentary and 1925 for exercising 3 times a week.
You are much younger than I am...a lot taller...your maintenance calories should be higher than mine.
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Thanks OP! This calculator is much closer to what I experience. I'm 4'11, 97.5 lbs, and about 24% body fat. I'm also pretty sedentary, unless I actually go to the gym, in which case, it is accounted for that day. I usually net around 1100 (avg) and I've been losing slowIy and steadily. I've lost two pounds in the past two months.0
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THANK YOU OP!!!! I am 5 feet tall and YES, I eat between 1000 and 1200 daily and workout. I am NOT starving and my weight loss numbers prove I know what I am doing! I eat when I am hungry NOT when the clock says its time! What I do works for me...it does not work for everybody. Some people are very judgmental if you don't do it their way. Well, I tried their way and I gained! My way works for me. This is an individual process. I have gone from wearing a 20wp to a 4/6p.
Yup you lost weight......fat and muscle good for you....you punished yourself for being overweight by eating so little food that your body didn't have a choice but to use muscle for fuel...great job... /sarcasm
You don't gain if you are in a deficet period...if you gained you were eating more than you thought...and the fact you have lost over 100lbs proves to me you could have lost weight eating a whole lot more because the BMR of an obese person is always higher than a slim person because of the weight they have to move around.
I NEVER PUNISHED MYSELF FOR BEING FAT BY NOT EATING!!! YOU ARE SO JUDGMENTAL!! You do not know me so therefore DO NOT judge me!!! I did this my way and IT WORKS! I eat when I am hungry NOT because a clock says its time for OH, MY I have calories available!!! I do cardio and lifting and these muscles that YOU say I have lost...well they look damn good.....CARRY ON being Judgmental....
oh I touched a nerve I see...
not being judgemental just calling it like I see it...
Your way works yes for weight loss not muscle retention, good nutrition or keeping yourself healthy.
Hunger is not the best indicator of what the body needs...did you not read the part where if you are at too low calories your body releases hormones to stifle the hunger signals so you aren't always feeling hungry...by it doing that it's telling you "hey woman your damaging me...so I have to adapt".
You have lost muscle...just because you have gotten to a low weight and you can see muscle doesn't mean you didn't lose a lot...
How do I know that because when you feed yourself so llittle there isn't enough fuel to adequately feed your body so it wow starts feeding on fat and muscle stores esp if you are at too low of a deficet and not getting in enough protien...
Those are not judgments those are the facts and if you don't like it...not my problem.
Oh and stop yelling at me..I am a stranger on the internet and that is rude...would you yell at a complete stranger in a bar because they said something you didn't like??? me thinks not...
And yes I do say this irl to anyone who tells me they are on a VLCD...0 -
That's great and all but the problem is that if you ever have a change in activity or if your metabolism goes down with age, you will gain the weight back unless you lower cals even further. No one will argue that you can lose more weight faster eating a lot less but that doesn't mean it's sustainable in the long run or that the weight you lost was even mostly fat. I'd prefer to lose slower, at the highest caloric level that I can and preserve my muscle and make it sustainable while leaving my metabolism in tact.0
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Thanks OP! This calculator is much closer to what I experience. I'm 4'11, 97.5 lbs, and about 24% body fat. I'm also pretty sedentary, unless I actually go to the gym, in which case, it is accounted for that day. I usually net around 1100 (avg) and I've been losing slowIy and steadily. I've lost two pounds in the past two months.
Maybe a bit of a detour from the thread...but you sound quite tiny (weight-wise). you are still trying to lose weight? what is your goal? just curious--absolutely no judgment.0 -
In for all the hangry people eating 1200 calories..0 -
I'm 5'3.5". I tried that 1200 calories, I mean really did. Weighed and measured my food, only ate back half exercise calories. I lost 3 lbs a week (not healthy, not sustainable but I didn't know any better, as I just took the default MFP "lose 2 lbs a week calculator). Thankfully, I only did it for two months and was in the obese range. Otherwise, I would have probably lose significant muscle along with that fat. I wanted to beat people up. I was very hangry. It was NOT sustainable.
I lost the remainder netting 1650. So, I had days where I was eating 1900 plus. Still lost 1-1.5 lbs a week. I now can maintain my weight of 116 lbs at around 2250 ish just walking, taking care of my kids and weightlifting 3x a week. Just because your short does NOT mean you have to eat like a bird.
I'm willing to bet all the people thinking they can't lose weight at 1200 or need to are probably not as accurate with their logging as they think they are (or those that know but won't admit).0 -
I am curious. For those of you that do or advocate VLCD are you eating or netting 1200?0
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Hi to every newbie :flowerforyou: reading the OP and thinking, "See! It worked for her…I know it's okay now!" Sure it worked for her…SHE…WAS…IN…A…CALORIE...DEFICIT!
Here's some info to read that hopefully will educate you and give you some insight so you can actually succeed in a HEALTHY way (healthy being both physically and mentally).
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
http://body-improvements.com/2013/05/24/undiet-your-diet/
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1122891-9-reasons-fat-loss-is-always-slower-than-you-d-like
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1105036-article-on-flexible-dieting-by-armi-legge?page=1#posts-17068746
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/ihad/view/the-myth-of-good-and-bad-foods-by-eric-helms-5888010 -
okay well then...at 30lbs a TDEE-20% deficet is too high...sorry...
1/2lb a week is a good healthy rate of loss for 30lbs...so that is TDEE-10%
And when I input your starting stats into scooby...144lbs, 61 inches, 37 and sedentary..wow imagine it gave 1333, TDEE-10% was 1499, and I could snip the screen and go to photobucket and post here but eh...I have DC'd it...maybe you should have.
And if your profile pic is you and your son you are not sedentary...so imagine lightly active goes to 1718.
Not sure why you felt the need to post this...it is common knowledge that the AMA says that in order to get in all your macro/micros you need at least 1200...and the fact you mention starvation mode...really?
After a few months no you wouldn't be hungry, when the body isn't getting enough food it creates a hormone to alter your hunger signals to lower so you aren't in constant agongy...see even your body knows something is wrong
So...1200 is the limit for women regardless of their height...When someone new writes a post about "is 1200 o.k." don't just jump in and say "you'll die." Say "what are your stats?" Please. Can we stop the misinformation?
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Weight loss doesn't last forever... unless YOU ARE SHORT AND EATING OVER 1200 CALORIES!
Ironic statement is ironic
Oh and stop spreading mis-information....
QFT
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