Breakfast calories

They say a good guideline is a maximum of 400 calories per meal. If your goal is 1200 though, you might need to try and keep it in the 300-350 range to allow for snacks.

I usually eat between 200-300 for breakfast.. usually multi grain cheerios or egg whites on whole wheat and some fruit...

It depends on your likes and eating habits. You need to add your foods for a few days and then make the changes where you need to. If you don't learn where you need to cut you won't learn what works for you. Add foods before you eat them and see if it works for your goals. If not put something else. Its the best way to create your own plan. No one can do it for you because you won't stick with it.
Also it's not just about calories. you need to stay within all goals.

well I consume more calories than that...maybe you should too. 1200 is the absolute LOWEST you can go! I try and get more protein things in the morning so I can have energy and stay full longer. I usually have a hard boiled egg and a homemade latte with skim milk. I then try and break the rest of the calories down so I have about 400 for lunch, 100-200 for an afternoon snack and then I save the rest for a bigger dinner, usually 600 +...but that almost always includes a glass of red wine or two! Now this way will not completely work for you as it will be over 1200 but its something to think about!

I am also on the 1200 per day goal... I usually have yogurt, toast or oatmeal, and/or fresh fruit (blackberries, bananas, nectarine, blueberries, etc.) and I aim for about 250-300 calories. I don't like eggs, so I stick with the fruit, grains and yogurt.

Leftymac is right... it's gonna take some experimenting until you figure out exactly what's enough to get you satisfied.

I usually break my calories as follows:
300 Breakfast
150 Snack
300 Lunch
100 Snack
... that puts me at 850 by the time I usually workout in the evenings, then I have about 350 left for dinner (plus whatever I worked off in exercises).

Of course, the balance gets thrown off sometimes, but you'll get into a rhythm pretty easily. Good luck!

I shoot for 1200 a day and for breakfast I have around 200. Its hard for me to keep the lunch cals down especially if I want a sandwich, so I shoot for the low cal breakfast. But, my breakfast is very filling. I have 1/2 cup of egg beaters (60 cals) cooked into an omelet, 2 slices of Butterball turkey bacon (50 cals) and a Nature's Own 100 cal multigrain english muffin (100 cals). I have "I can't believe its not butter" spray and I usually spray a few sprays on the english muffin. Its a total of about 210 and it keeps you full for a while. I don't even need a mid morning snack. This way I can have more cals at lunch and/or a mid afternoon snack and dessert. Also, Kashi Go Lean cereal is filling too, and its really pretty tasty if you have the low calorie wal mart brand maple and brown sugar oatmeal with a half a cup of that cereal on top. Again, really filling, and that one is only 170 cals total. So really, just look for low calorie, FILLING options. Breakfast is one of the easier meals to keep really low I think. :-)

I usually eat 250 to 300, love my honey nut cheerios or oatmeal for breakfast. I could easily eat more but with my snacks and my love of eating later I save a bit more calories for those times. Look at what times of day you may need a snack or if you like lunch or dinner to be your higher calorie meal. It took me a bit to figure out what worked best for me. I would start around 300 see how it goes and adjust from there. When I ate 1200 and exercised I found I dropped the pounds way to slowly, because I wasn't eating enough now that I have adjusted my calories to a bit more on exercise day I am dropping at a good rate.