1200

It feels like a good amount of food to me. My breakfast is giant, i snack all day long lunch is a decent size and dinner is smaller. But i never feel hungry or deprived.

It's easier than you think or a lot of us wouldn't be here!! :laugh:

Just off the top of my head:

I'd have a toasted bagel with around 3 tablespoons of peanut butter and some jam with a big glass of 2% milk for breakfast. That's around 800 calories. For lunch, I'd either grab a slice of pizza or a burger so another 600 calories. For dinner, I'd have a plate of pasta (which would easily be 3-4 servings) with some meat or cream sauce and lots of parm cheese, which would easuly be around 800 calories. I'd usually have a bowl of ice cream for dessert (another 300 calories) and likely grab a snack during the day -- maybe a chocolate bar or a bag of chips (another 300 calories). That's 2800 and would be a pretty typical day :ohwell: :embarassed:

Hey,

1,200 cals is fine (once you get used to it!!)

I tend to have aprox 350 cals per breakfast and lunch, then maybe 450 for dinner.

The only leaves 50 cals for snacks but I tend to use a yoghurt in my breakfast (or lunch) that I may not actually eat with that meal so I use that as an extra snack later in the day.

CN

i said 2000 because thats what it lists on the back of food packaging. it even says it on the back of my weight watchers food.

i dont think i stated it clearly in my first post, i was just wondering why food packaging says 2000 for women (2500 for men) and MFP has me down for 1200 to lose half a pound a week. and 1400 to maintain current weight.

its just very confusing.

What activity level did you use on MFP? Remember, that does not include your exercise calories (MFP is a big believer in eating them back) whereas Weight Watchers seems to be using an all around general number.

i said 2000 because thats what it lists on the back of food packaging. it even says it on the back of my weight watchers food.

i dont think i stated it clearly in my first post, i was just wondering why food packaging says 2000 for women (2500 for men) and MFP has me down for 1200 to lose half a pound a week. and 1400 to maintain current weight.

its just very confusing.

What activity level did you use on MFP? Remember, that does not include your exercise calories (MFP is a big believer in eating them back) whereas Weight Watchers seems to be using an all around general number.

i dont have any exercise calories!!! lazy me... i work 10-12 hours a day at a computer and never have time to hit up the gym. so i'm generally just cautious about what i eat instead!!!

Ohh! :laugh: I think if you ate 2000 calories on Weight Watchers without exercising, you'd be gaining! I think when they said 2000, they're assuming that you're exercising regularly. If you're not and have a relatively inactive job/lifestyle then MFP takes that into account (along with your height, weight, what you want to lose, etc) so it's a little more intuitive than a general catch-all number on a package. A 4'7" woman should NOT eat the same number of calories as a 5'9" woman and the Weight Watchers package wouldn't know any of your stats ahead of time to determine.

So if you're not exercising and are relatively inactive, depending on your height and what you have to lose, 1200 is a good number for you.

I am having trouble with 1200 as well. I selected lightly active since I work with children. I have a bowl of special K for breakfast, a lean cuisine for lunch and what seems like a reasonable dinner. Keeping dinner under the daily calories is what is difficult. I know I can't keep that up for forever. I have to leave something for a snack in the evening (popcorn or chips and salsa). It just doesn't feel like enough. I am hungry when I go to bed.