1200 calories on rest days? How is it possible?

I would try to fill up at the beginning of your meal with healthy veggies, grilled, steamed, a salad and a big glass of water, then cut your portions of the 600 cal meal a bit..

You do not need to to be at 1200 on rest days usually. It is too low for most.

I don't necessarily think 1200 is a good caloric goal for most folks. I know this isn't very scientific, but I once heard that you should take your goal weight and multiply by 10 to get your "deficit" calorie goal... so, for me, my goal weight is 135, so my goal is 1350 per day. Then, add in only HALF of your exercise calories on days you exercise. I know this is not what works for everyone - and I am no nutritionist or doctor... but it seems to be working for me.

Also, I have found that as I've been training myself to eat fewer calories, I actually get pretty full at a meal of about 400 calories (I mean, assuming I'm eating relatively healthy food that allows me to eat quite a bit of volume with only 400 calories). Plus, I drink a lot of water when I eat, so that gives me that full feeling. I've eaten about 1100 calories thus far today (breakfast = greek yogurt; lunch = homemade chili; dinner = asian salad w/ chicken and a grands biscuit - I also had a VERY small piece of chocolate cake and some raspberries at a work party).

I did work out tonight and intend to make some popcorn in a bit for "dessert." It's do-able, and your body is train-able to be satisfied with that amount of food. You can do it! (and maybe re-think the 1200 calorie thing).

So how do you stay at your 1200 calorie goal on days you don't work out. I am always over. How do u meet even just your protein needs? I have a shake and 1 egg white for breakfast and that's already 150 calories, 600 for lunch, and let's say 600 for supper, that's already 1350??? And I haven't even had a snack at all yet. I can't figure it out? Are you guys eating very very tiny meals, if so please in lighten me as to an idea of what I are eating please?...

Why are you eating 1200 calories with only a few pounds left to lose? Change your calorie goals to lose .5 pounds per week and that will be sustainable.

I limit myself to 4-6 ounces of meat and the rest are mostly veggies. I also drink 12 glasses of water a day.

Breakfast: 2 eggs two slices of Turkey Bacon. 200 cal

Lunch: Turkey sandwhich with light Mayo and Sara Lee 45 cal bread. 230

Dinner: Chicken Breast with steamed veggies. 180 cals.

That gives me almost 600 cals to play with on other items.

It's hard, but I try to do it every day. An egg and a slice of bread with some yogurt and apple in the morning helps me stay full. At times, a healthy homemade panini stuffed with veggies helps; you can always make a bowl full of veggies and lentils; rice and fish helps; homemade sushi helps; fruit juices, yogurt, raw meal shakes, coffee, protein rich cereal, almond milk, etc. I eat way more fruits than veggies, but I feel like if you have just one or two slices of bread and rest of the day, focus on veggies and fruits and/or lean fish or tofu, it is do-able.

I eat 1200-1600 net calories per day on workout days....on non workout days I eat at maintenance. I'm losing slowly which kinda sucks, but being hungry sucks more!!!

Spread your calories over the week - so you average a reasonable deficit.

So how do you stay at your 1200 calorie goal on days you don't work out. I am always over. How do u meet even just your protein needs? I have a shake and 1 egg white for breakfast and that's already 150 calories

150 grams of protein (a lot) is but 600 calories which is half of 1200, so there's plenty of space for the protein.

It may be best to avoid drinking your calories - how about some lean meat with salad instead to get your protein in?
A big bowl of chopped lettuce and tomato is "not many" calories (to the point I don't bother counting them - if my weight wasn't still going down I would), add some lean meat, seasoning and a little light dressing.

I can do a sometimes quite strict 1400 on rest days (there aren't that many, to be fair) while always getting at least 1400 protein.

Had you considered some light exercise? For most people (at least those on 1200), walking shouldn't pose an issue to recovery on a rest day I'd expect.

Eat 4 - 300 calories meals throughout the day with lots of water.
Or 3 - 300 calories meals with 3 - 100 calorie snacks if you want to spread it out.

ETA: Low cal yogurt, Chicken, veggies, fruit, nuts

I have never eaten that low and only had a bit to lose. I lost on 1400.

You only have 4lbs left to lose so why not start walking up your calories to make the transition to maintenance easier?

This is very good, Zenia, I'm taking notes of what you said.

I couldn't do it, even on my rest days I can burn 2000+ calories according to my fitbit. That includes a little walking but nothing I'd call exercise. On an 100% rest day (never getting off the coach) I still burn over 1400 calories. On September 4th 2013 I had 527 steps but burnt 1568.

I could never imagine having a plain chicken breast with veg for dinner, how boring does that sound. I'd have to have at least something on the chicken.

I don't eat very 'healthy' though. I've got a thing for wraps at present