Need friends who are eating more than 1200-1400 a day!

I'm eating a minimum of 2500 kcals/day. My focus is on building muscle.

i am at 1700 at the moment. i just had ice cream.

i will never succeed on a low low calorie diet... i like food. i just dont need to like it as much as i did. now what i mean jellybean?

I'm just curious, but what does someone else's diet have to do with you selecting them as part of your circle of friends here?

I feel like being able to see someone's healthy progress and be inspired by the their food and activity log & the things they post is a big part of adding "friends" on this community. I am not inspired by someone who is barely eating enough for a 10 year old child to survive.

Who are you to determine what's healthy or right for someone else? Everyone is different.

My goal is just under 1800, so I qualify

Good morning,

Could someone explain what TDEE is?

Total daily energy expended (or something along those lines) - basically it's a method of calculating your calories that takes into account all the activity you do in a day (similar to eating back MFP exercise cals, although a little more accurate using the right calculator) - basically it's your BMR, + the cals you burn off from daily activity - some people have lots of success using the TDEE method, especially if you are worried about eating back MFP exercise cals as many are or find MFP's allowance for you too low - if you pop it into google, you should be able to find some more in-depth explainations and calculators

Lots of "Hangry" folks here today!

I used to be "Hangry" when I was trying to eat 1200-1400 cals a day to lose weight. As a 5'7" Male weighing around 195 that was just pure stupidity.

I remember running then and having to quit at 3/4 mile because I had no "fuel in the tank"

Now as I eat 1800-2200 and am losing. I am happy, I feel great. I just ran a 5K the other day. I am doing pushups etc. etc. etc.

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I feel that a lot of the people who eat 1200 or less are doing it that way because they truly don't know any better. There is a better way.

**Yes - I understand that there are some smaller framed people where eating 1200 is a viable and sustainable option - I do know that.

MFP has me set at 1370, but I'm short and have a sedentary job. On the days I exercise (goal - 5x per week), I eat back about 1/2 if not a little more of those calories. I don't eat cheese sticks or (much) cereal For the calories, I feel like I get a LOT of real food. If you do take a look at my diary, feel free to ask questions, because a lot of times I'll just list ingredients for things I made for a meal and if you're not vegan/gluten-free/soy-free, they may look like odd combos. But it's amazing how many processed foods can be replaced by some combinations of things that are more nutritious.

I eat about 7200 kJ / day and eat in line with dietary guidelines, so fruit veg meat fish dairy cereals oils nuts. I'm on this journey for at least another year and have been losing about 3kg per month. I eat more if it seems like a good idea and exercise most days.

I use Vivofit and my name on GC is Polly274.

I'm always happy to have new friends who are interested in health and fitness both here and on Garmin Connect.

7200 cals? Is that a typo? :huh:

I'm at (mostly) maintenance, and eat an average of about 1800 calories a day. Some days much more, some days much less. It really depends on how hungry I am and how active I've been (and how much junk food I've gotten into that day...). I lost a pound a week right up until I stopped, and NOW, I'm having trouble not losing any more. Getting ready to up the calories again, I think.

Feel free to add me (but please add with a message, otherwise I delete the request thanks to some interesting 'friends' I've ended up with in the past)

I'm at 1920 a day. Add me if you like.

I feel that a lot of the people who eat 1200 or less are doing it that way because they truly don't know any better

YIKES! Yes, NEVER eat below 1200 unless you're monitored by a doctor or very short.
For the lady who said she was 4'2", it's reasonable that you would be below 1200.
In fact, according to one BMI calculator I just played with, you should be no more than 88 lb to keep your BMI below 25, so that would mean an intake of 880 cal per day.

Exactly!
MPF doesn't go below that so in reality I am being allotted more than what its actually set as but I do try to stay w/in the 1200 because then I know that I am "safe"
It really has baffled me how others much taller can be on such low #'s but like someone else said...to each their own!
I did my own calculations and got different #'s based on how much I'd like to lose.
Yes, I could be the weight of a child my height, which would put me at about 75 BUT realistically AND for health I believe 90-100lbs would be ideal for me.
I got people questioning this post and people who chastised me for eating this on this day...I am NOT perfect, just as You go over your calories, at times I have too BUT I know that 880 can be a daunting # so I do try to at least stay w/in 1200.
My 1200 is as good as Your 15, 18 & 2000 calories for you all!

TOPIC: People claiming to be full in tiny calorie amounts Sat 06/21/14 12:08 AM
Candistyx...I can certainly understand your misgivings as it seems farfetched or too good to be true.
I am with you on all this when I see people of your height and even a thread I was reading earlier of a 360lb 5'6 female who said she was on a 1200 calorie diet (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1331580-new-here-360lbs-and-doing-the-1200-calorie-diet-am-i-nuts)
Well..I am 4'2, so basically the height of a child...with my age and my current life being considered more or less "sedentary" and with what I was wanting to lose, MFP did initially have me set on 1230 calories but as I started to lose some weight, it lowered my intake total to where now its at 1200.
This is what I ate 1 day last week:
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Fiber Sugar
Breakfast
Egg - 1 Medium Hard Boiled, 2 whole 128 1 8 12 0 1 (total cals for 2)
Lunch
Light Yogurt, Lemon, 6 oz 80 12 0 7 1 9
Banana - (Small), 6 - 6.9 inches 90 23 0 1 3 12
Emerald - Dry Roasted Almonds - Per Nut, 10 nut 63 3 5 2 1 0
Dinner:
Baked Fresh - Spaghetti Squash 1 Cup, 2 cup 62 14 1 2 3 6 I replaced pasta w/ this...no it wasn't noodles but still good (2cups)
Ragu - Meat Flavored Pasta Sauce, 1 Cup 140 20 6 4 4 12
Parmesan Cheese* - Kraft 100%, 2 tsp (5 g) 20 0 2 2 0 0
Green Beans - Fresh, Steamed, 0.75 cup cooked 26 6 0 2 3 2

Totals 609 79 22 32 15 42
Remaining 591 71 18 28 10 3

Yes, this was a good day of having calories available for a later snack but I have also eaten enough food to feel satiated!
BTW...for an evening snack I ended up having 2 cups of plain air popped popcorn which added another 30 calories.
I am NOT always this good, this just happened to be a day that I got a fair amount of food in for the day with not all my calories being used!
Theres days that I may run closer to the 1200 and if I know I might be having a day out, I make sure to get some exercise to input into MFP..
For me its hard to fathom how someone gets that low of a # because at 1 point I gawked at what MFP assigned me to but I have to realize that I'm considerably shorter than the average person on here.
Initially it was a struggle but I started learning how to swap things out.
My 2 cup of spaghetti squash was very filling & I know that someone else would've made a "healthier" spaghetti sauce but my husband went w/ me on this "swap out" for the noodles so the nice thing I could do (for him) was keep his meat sauce.
Of course I love pasta but its when I can make little changes like this that doesn't "break the bank," I can have calories to fall back on if I need to.
We love popcorn...the bagged is more expensive and has more things in it than what I need.
I have come to love plain air popped popcorn (for about 2 cups, put 2-3 Tbsp kernels in a brown lunch bag, fold down 2-3times (tape it if you want), put in your microwave).
My husband has not gotten used to plain popcorn so he sprays a little butter or seasoning on his...just enough for a little flavor.
He's somewhat picky so I was surprised when he wanted to buy more sugar free fudgsicles (he'd found mine and tried it), said he couldn't tell any real difference!
Its little things like this that can add up to a lot of saved calories!
I did splurge today...I rarely have fast food fries anymore and when I do, its usually just a few off my husbands food but most of the time I am good about the temptation.
I remember not too long ago not having a care in the world and not even thinking about what I was eating, or how much of it.
Long gone are the days of endless, nonstop, not a care in the world of what I eat attitude.
No, Im not perfect...today I had something I haven't had for a long time.
Raleys/Checkers Fry Lovers Burger...if you don't know what that is...use your imagination...burger & fries all in 1!
Oh for only 600 calories....yes I was in shock!
For breakfast I had 1 cup of sugar free jello which was 10 calories and 2 pieces of 35 cal toasted bread w/ 1/2 Tbsp of sugar free jelly on each which was 85 calories so a total of 95 calories
Then for dinner I had 1 small grilled chicken thigh 95 calories and 1 stuffed green pepper which was 190 so a total of 285.
That brings it to 980 calories and since I did have to work at keeping up w/ my husband (daddy long legs), I know I burned some calories when we were out today.
I still have 220 left (of the 1200) which isn't as good as the 1 day I had last week but that's ok...no ones perfect!
The 2 kinds of people that I get shocked at are 1's that say "add me as a friend, I do 1200, check my food diary" and theyre like consistently over...which doesn't really say that theyre on that calorie goal.
Or people that say that and when you do view what they eat, its junk, things I cant pronounce or a lot of liquid drinks that I would be so hungry on.
Sure I could eat 2 of these burgers but that would #1 max out my 1200.
#2 I would have nothing extra to fall back on for when I do get hungry...again!
Ill send you some low calorie suggestions!

I'm just curious, but what does someone else's diet have to do with you selecting them as part of your circle of friends here?

I would guess that as social creatures we like to hang out with people who have similar values. People who smoke feel comfortable with people who smoke and that behaviour is normalised. I think the same could go for other aspects of lifestyle, so it makes sense if you are exercising to get fit and eating to get healthy you would like to hang out with that crowd.

I'm just curious, but what does someone else's diet have to do with you selecting them as part of your circle of friends here?

I would guess that as social creatures we like to hang out with people who have similar values. People who smoke feel comfortable with people who smoke and that behaviour is normalised. I think the same could go for other aspects of lifestyle, so it makes sense if you are exercising to get fit and eating to get healthy you would like to hang out with that crowd.

Plus it's also super annoying to listen to people ***** and moan that they went over or that they aren't losing or that they are so hungry when they just aren't eating enough. I'm sorry, but if you're 300 lbs, you need more than 1200 calories to fuel your body.

I shoot for 2040 per day, but end up eating more because of all of the exercise I do. I am still working on tweaking my diet... just can't seem to get enough carbs. Feel free to browse... fair warning, sometimes I "forget" to log weekends.

1600 is my daily limit.But I exercise a lot so I can cheat a little Feel free to add me