Any one else doing 1000-1200 kcal/day?

I usually try to stay between 1100 and 1200, but on days that I exercise a lot, I'll allow myself to go over 1200, but not too much. So far that has been working for me.

I don't usually make myself eat my exercise calories, but it gives me a little leeway when I do burn 300 or more extra calories.

I figure it's good practice because when I get in maintenance mode, I will need to be controlling my calories. Generally speaking, my calorie breakdown is:

Breakfast: ~ 200-250 cals
Lunch ~ 250-400 cals
Dinner & Snacks - 700 cals or the balance from 1200 after subtracting breakfast and lunch.

I am on the 1200 calorie diet. I am finding it easier than I thought. I am paying close attention to foods that are filling but light in calories - like oatmeal for breakfast, slice of turkey on a tortilla (with lowfat yogurt mixed with spices as a spread) for lunch and a dinner containing mostly veggies and a small portion of meat. I cook a lot so it is probably easier for me than some, to incorporate vegetables in place of starches. I do miss the snacking, though! I exercise on a treadmill which according to the machine does not burn much in the way of calories. After a week I have lost 3 pounds, so I'm happy about that!

I'm on 1250 a day and my diary is open. I actually find it hard to hit 1200 a day without feeling too full. :blushing:

I don't think 1200 is too low for me but I'm fairly short and don't have much left to loose. :flowerforyou:

Im at 1200 also.

I've set my goal for 1200 calories/day, but end up around the 1000 mark usually, sometimes lower. What works best for me is intermittent fasting: I eat between 4PM and 8PM and eat all of my food then. That means I usually have something to break the fast at 4 PM and then dinner after at around 6PM. Additionally I eat fairly low-carb

I've found that fasting belies the many theories about "starvation mode".

And before anyone asks: there is quite convincing statistical data to suggest that brain tumors respond well to calorie restriction of the low carb kind: tumors use glucose to grow, depriving them of that affects their growth. This is the reason I use MFP to track food. I don't find fasting difficult: no hunger during the day, as then my blood sugar and insulin are stable, and easy on the carbohydrates during the eating phase, finishing off with a good deal of protein.

I do walk everywhere (I don't own a car, but I live in a very walkable European city), but no exercise except from the pranayama I do before meditation