STARVING!!!! Not always, just today.......

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  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    1.5 pounds per week is a lot. It may not be sustainable for you; you might want to aim for a more realistic 1 or 0.8 pounds per week. After all, your body can't lose weight if it doesn't have enough fuel to keep it going.

    1200 calories also sounds like your net goal, not your total goal. So you should be compensating for exercise.

    And, of course, 1200 calories are not all created equal. If you eat 1200 calories worth of chocolate chip cookies and nothing else, you'll be *starving* all the time. If you eat 1200 calories worth of whole grains, vegetables, high-fibre, nutritional food, you can eat lots more food for the same number of calories and feel much fuller.
  • ars1300
    ars1300 Posts: 159 Member
    1200 calories is pretty low if you are fairly active. Try using an online calculator to figure what your actual calorie needs are. It will take into consideration your stats. www.iifym.com has alot of calculators. You can also set your calories on custom yourself on here. I have learned to listen to my body also!
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    So eat.
  • clsalmon
    clsalmon Posts: 22 Member
    kbmnurse wrote: »
    So eat.

    And, I did! Thanks! ;-) I definitely was treating the 1,200 as my gross calories and wasn't eating the calories that I burned off from exercise. I won't make that mistake again!

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