I need some HELP from some 1200 cal a day pals

I'm at 1310. I'll add you. The trick is to burn calories exercising so you can gain more calories

Can we become a 1200 cal pal?:flowerforyou: Please add me.... I need some gal pals with similar cal goals, to rummage thru your food diary, so I can see how/what others are eating to stay within their calorie limits :drinker: ..... Because honestly I am so jealous :noway: when I look thru my other pals who are allotted higher cals!!!!!!! LOL, but im serious (smiling).

HELLLLLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!)))))))))) Add me please.

My diary is open, and I'd love another MFP friend! We're all here to support each other. NOTE: I sometimes mess up, so some days I'm not good, but there are some good days on there, too. I log everything, even when I screw up. Weigh in Friday, and I promised I'd log it whether it went up or down or stayed the same, so I am hoping that I was more good than bad of late...

I eat small meals all day so that I'm seldom hungry. Some nights - especially if my husband opens a bottle of wine for dinner - I have a harder time than others, and my interview for a new job put me under more stress than normal - eek! But, my normal routine is to eat something every few hours to keep my metabolism working hard and keep me feeling full.


~Maffy

I am just starting and am on a 1200 a day also. Need help, because although these first few days have been great, I know I will soon struggle with my will power. Need to learn to spread it out, and eat healthy foods!

i'm at 1200 and happy to add you & compare diaries )

I tend to graze throughout the day on small nibbles and then have a big meal in the evening.

I enjoy take away or a meal out once a week, and I do drink although I limit my alcohol intake to the weekends. I work out every day apart from Sundays. I usually eat my extra exercise calories, although i've seen mixed messages on MFP about this.

OMG just looked through my food diary! I *thought* i had done really well at limiting my booze to the weekends but looking through my diary i realise how much i drink! I am a lush!

is it ok to add all of you! lol im need some ideas for 1200/day as well...

I'm pretty new and thought I was doing okay keeping around 1200 (apart from some complete drunken blowouts) until someone pointed out I was deluding myself, so now I'm hunting for ideas too!!

I tend to cook everything from scratch and don't do processed stuff- which actually makes it easier to have a more varied diet.

I have come to the conclusion that the only real way to get by on 1200 cals is to do more exercise!!!

I'll add you!! and others too

Sparking wine at 200 cals for the whole bottle?! Where can I buy?!

I also do 1200 cals a day- I don't include the little exercise I do everyday which consists of crunches, leg lifts, and pushups. I try to get cardio in as often as I can, but was much better at that about a month ago. I am hoping to restart my C25K training...

Lost 30 lbs before joining MFP and am hoping to lose about 15 more. I'm 5'5" and my last official weigh-in was 150lbs although this morning I was 148.6 Skeptical to record that officially since I had a really light day yesterday (not planned).

add me!!! However, I'm not sure how to make my food diary public. I'm 1200 a day

add me...no problem...always nice to get food ideas....look back before last Friday since I went to Vegas this past weekend and didn't log anything from Friday afternoon to Monday night.

I hate to say it but 1200 kcal per day long term is not going to see you get to your goals. You will plateau. I found that exercising and eating those calories back resulting in a net consumption of 1200 kcals made this a LOT easier. You also have the energy. Eating 1200 kcal long term will lower your metabolism and you'll have to eat less and less to lose more weight.

I know its been said before but the calculator for BMR is not correct on here. It has me losing 1 lb a week at 1200 kcals when in actual fact I maintain on 2500 kcals so I've manually upped my calories to 2000 kcal (I'm 5'6) and am losing that 1lb per week.

Calorie counting does only so much. My advice, small planned meals throughout the day, carb / protein balance, and get outside and do some cardio or weight training. It does wonders!

You'll reach your goal. One lunch I really enjoyed was honey roasted salmon (1 fillet @ 150 kcal), small baked sweet potato (150g @ 120 kcal) and mixed leaf garden salad (85g @ 20kcal) with lemon juice and mustard dressing (20 kcal), total 310 kcal. And VERY tasty.

My diary is public, feel free! I go between 1200 and 1400, and do use some exercise cals. Pretty boring stuff M-F, it gets changed up on the weekends though.

add me:) I am at 1200 and i find it hard to stay at that. I am an afternoon snacker.....i could live without dinner but find myself have cocktails at night..not a good thing...that always brings me over:(..you are not alone!

1200 calories is doable if you eat plenty of veg and cut out the crappy foods. Also, watch portion size with meats and carbs. I was shocked when I weighed the amount of meat I am supposed to be eating - basically one standard sized chicken breast was giving me all my meat allowance for both lunch and dinner, whereas before i'd have a full chicken breast for just one meal. I have my food plan as given to me by my trainer up at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/180420-is-there-a-correct-order-for-eating-food-types-in and that might be helpful for you. That plan is for 1500 calories a day. I'm burning 500-600 calories 3 times a week though so once that's taken into account I should be averaging out at just above 1200 actual calories a day. I find it difficult to eat all my calories allowance for the 1500 calories, so defo if you're finding things a struggle I think the key is to eat more good healthy food and exercise to burn the extra calories you have eaten.

feel free to add me!