1200 cal/day girls! Let's share our diaries!

This thread is for those who do need to eat only 1200 calories or thereabouts.
These would usually be older, shorter, not so active women.
I cannot see your statistics but your photo doesn't look very old to me.

Ugh, I'm all confused now.
I *am* an older ( 45 ), shorter ( 5'7" ), not-so-active ( home desk job ) woman... Yet my TDEE minus 20% is coming out at 1404...

This thread is for those who do need to eat only 1200 calories or thereabouts.
These would usually be older, shorter, not so active women.
I cannot see your statistics but your photo doesn't look very old to me.

Ugh, I'm all confused now.
I *am* an older ( 45 ), shorter ( 5'7" ), not-so-active ( home desk job ) woman... Yet my TDEE minus 20% is coming out at 1404...

5'7 really isn't short for a woman, it's about average. Your TDEE depends a lot on how much you exercise and how active you are, so if you don't exercise much or have an inactive lifestyle, your TDEE would be on the lower side.

5'7 really isn't short for a woman, it's about average.

It is..? Hmm.. I don't feel like average. But then I moved to the Netherlands and the women around here are all Amazons lol

Hi, feel free to add me. I'm 5'7ish, 170lbs (lost 70 or so already) and I actually eat to my BMR (1620) because I know what my TDEE is (2200ish) so I lose 1-1.5lbs a week without starving myself of nutrients and losing a ton of lean body mass.

Feel free to friend me if you'd like to learn how to lose weight healthily, keep it off, and not end up lacking lean muscle mass when you finish, or losing your hair or finger nails from malnutrition!



For real though, if you calculate your BMR and TDEE and your BMR is actually 1200, all the more power to you, but the majority of the people who posted here should actually be eating anywhere from 1400-2000 calories a day to lose weight healthy, sustainably and without causing long term damage to their internal organs.

Move somewhere else http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/height-chart.shtml

P.s.: you don't look like 45. No way, not at all!

But I've only just moved here! lol Interesting chart though, I would have put them as much taller.

And thank you, my new best friend

I mean this in the most friendly way possible, but do any of you 5'7" women realize how funny it sounds that you're calling yourselves short to those of us who never hit 5 feet tall?? 4'11"?? Now THAT'S short. :-) (Sorry, just had to add my 2 cents)

I could have sworn I posted in this thread before. It must have been another one with a similar topic.

My diary is open, anyone can view it or add me. My current calorie goal is 1300, but I usually aim for 1200. When I was exercising more I set it to 1400 but I'm not much for exercise in this heat.

I don't skip meals, I don't feel hungry all the time or want to snack all day. I just eat less caloric food or if I want something that is caloric I eat a small portion of it. I eat chocolate a lot but I eat like one or two squares, it's been weeks since I've had a whole bar. I have also changed my cooking to use a lot of low calorie seasonings like mustards, vinegars, worcestershire sauce and hot sauce along with more herbs and spices. Recently I started using the nonfat greek yogurt as a substitute for sour cream and I also use it to bulk up things like salad dressings and hummus. I also drink a lot of unsweetened tea throughout the day which can help keep away the hunger pains.

I'm 5'7 and I started off weighing quite a bit, but I found that I wasn't loosing at the higher calorie levels. I think it is due to some medications I am on because when I was younger the weight came off a lot quicker when I ate around 1400-1500 calories. Some people need to be on a lower calorie diet than you.

Feel free to add me! I've been on 1200 calories a day for almost 5 weeks and already dropped a pants size.

Oh - btw I'm 5'8 and 41 years old. I want to be in my sexypants (size 6 or 8) by the holidays. I'm currrently a 10.

I think I might have posted before, but I'm at 1200, eating back exercise calories. I am actually one of those short older folks -- 55 and 5'1.5". My diary is open. I usually eat 3 meals a day and 2 snacks.

Hey ladies! Add me so we can compare food diaries! I also do 1200 but eat back some of my exercise calories each day so I usually end up doing closer to 1400.

I'd love some support too! I'm in the 1200 calorie range

Not to be a mood killer, but the reason you "can't control" your snacking is because 1200 calories isn't nearly enough for you. At your height and weight, you could eat 1460 calories per day and lose a pound a week - and that's if you don't exercise. If you do some exercise, you could bump that up to 1650 and still lose a pound a week. If you work out a lot, it would be even more.

^ Exactly this. If you're working out, you need energy to fuel your body and eating so little won't be able to do that for you and may even have the opposite results you are hoping to achieve.

Everyone feel free to add me as well! I'm trying to stay between 1200 and 1600 (closer to 1200 hopefully :P)

You can add me! I shoot for 1200 a day, but use that more as a guideline and eat more when I train/exercise more. I tend to eat the same things to keep me in the "safe" zone and am always on the lookout for meal ideas that are low in calorie, but lean towards the natural/paleo side. Note that I am not perfect either and am easily tempted when outside of the home

Anyone feel free to add me. I need all the help I can get to get the whole calorie/balance thing. All help is welcome and appreciated.