Need very strict friends : 1200-1300 calories a day

Hello,
I like the spirit. I would like to join you in this task. Let have a transformation in coming 10 weeks.

Yes please add me.

So I was just wondering how you guys develop such strong willpower to stick to 1200 calories a day? I have a similar goal but I keep finding myself going over.
Also do you find a stricter network more beneficial or a network whose people can relate to your setbacks?

I just don't have any foods that I really enjoy so that probably helps a lot. I am weird, but honestly if I had certain foods I loved I would find it very hard to stay at 1200 probably. From your profile pic you look great already anyways

Im the same as crikey katie. I would like to join you!. How do you add some one?

Add me. I too am at 1200 calories a day and am not doing such a hot job. Exercising no issues....eating ummmm; yeah. I have 30 pounds to lose

So I was just wondering how you guys develop such strong willpower to stick to 1200 calories a day? I have a similar goal but I keep finding myself going over.
Also do you find a stricter network more beneficial or a network whose people can relate to your setbacks?

For me NOT doing a daily total but a WEEKLY helps a lot! I do 8400 per week and don't worry much over the individual day!

i would consider a more realistic goal that is less likely to end in failure and bingeing... but thats just me!

This. 1200 calories is a way too low calorie goal for most people in the long term. Do you really see yourself eating like this for the rest of your life?

Really 1200 for the rest of my life????? NO! I'm on a Diet! when the weight is off I will gradually add calories back to my TDEE!!! Not sure why people think eating this way is permanent!

I'd b happy to join you, i am aiming to lose wight and am on a strict calorie intake, eating what healthy things, i like and not stuff i don't like

Have you considered the possibility that binge eating on potatoes and being depressed may be the direct results of being too strict and restrictive with your diet?

It's a normal survival response..... you do paleo, right? Well what do you think a half-starved Homo erectus would do if he or she came across a lot of food? Eat it all. Quickly. Before the other Homo erectuses find it and expect it to be shared (they shared food). In a modern context, this is called "binge eating" - in a palaeolithic context, it's called a survival response....... we're mostly like Homo erectus, just with a bit more frontal lobe and cerebral cortex. Our bodies respond the same way. Go without food for a long time, then binge eating is a normal, natural way that your body tries desperately to get enough nutrition to function properly.

As for depression - well not eating enough can make anyone feel depressed and yes I know that's not the same as clinical depression (I know, I've had that myself)..... but not eating enough will make clinical depression worse. Not eating enough can cause you to feel tired, worn down, miserable, lacking energy... this is the *last* think you want going on if you have clinical depression. Eating more and doing exercise will help you to feel better and stronger. If you don't have clinical depression, then feeling depressed all the time could be caused by not eating enough. Going back to Homo erectus... .do you think Homo erectus was happy and cheerful when he or she wasn't getting enough to eat? No. So why would you expect a Homo sapiens to be cheerful when not eating enough?

So I think your weight loss goal and your calorie intake is unrealistic and you're setting yourself up for failure. I know this is not what you want to hear and you probably think I'm being a meanie.... but I'm actually saying this because 1. I would like you to succeed (albeit with a more realistic goal) and 2. because it actually pains me to see people do things that are only going to cause them pain, suffering and set themselves up for failure - even complete strangers. Because it really sucks and it's very bad for physical and mental health. It's the last thing you want to be doing to yourself.

there's a thread on here "your guide on your path to sexypants" - read that carefully and do what it says, it's how to find the highest number of calories you can eat and still lose weight steadily. Yes it's slower. But you'll like the results a lot better - i.e. you'll look much better when you get to goal weight (because you'll have lost 20lb of *FAT* and not burned up your lean mass or lost loads of water weight and only a little bit of fat) and you'll also find it a lot easier to stay at your goal weight when you get there, because you didn't torture yourself or burn off lean mass in the process - your metabolism will stay fast and you'll be in the habit of eating the right amount of food to stay healthy.

Please carefully consider what I'm saying and don't take it as an attack (like so many people on this forum do to well meaning advice that isn't what they want to hear)....... I get that you probably have some event or something you want to be lean for... but like when planning anything else, if you leave things until the last minute, you can't get the same results if you rush through it. Just think, if you do this the healthy way, you won't be in this situation again after that, because you'll be maintaining your new, healthier body and goal weight without too much difficulty - just keeping on with the exercise and good portion control. Most people fail because they set themselves up for failure by being too strict... don't be one of those people.

I've lost 40 pounds so far ( going from 165 to almost 125 pounds now) doing 1,100 to 1,300 calories a day. It doesn't work for everyone, but it has worked for me. Good luck!

Add me in to this goal. I had lost the 20 lbs and kept it off for two years. I now have put some back on. I started to drink some wine which add to calories and then I eat. So, I know why it happened. I am small so 1200 cal/day is correct for me to lose. I know this works for me and it will work for you. I am also a black and white type person. I do best by just eliminating things as I don't do moderation very good. So for me, no drinking and binging, document everything that goes in my mouth.

We can do this!!