too much to eat?

wannabeeskinny
wannabeeskinny Posts: 93
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
first week,,,i flew solo and just ate Total cereal for breakfast
soup for lunch some days
and light dinner

i have a weight loss boo(old one by dr phil)
and this was a sample breakfast


cereal(for me will be shredded wheat)--167
milk(soy for me)
81
fruit(sliced peaches)----68
2 turkey sausage links---129



ok now all together,,,decently lower in sodium...fat..cholesterol...
decent amount of fiber
but cals are 445
thats a lilttle high sounding when Im only in the second week

i was aming for 1200 a day
which three meals is 400 each
less if i have snacks

sorry its so much to read,,but does anyone think this has too many calories?

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  • wannabeeskinny
    wannabeeskinny Posts: 93
    first week,,,i flew solo and just ate Total cereal for breakfast
    soup for lunch some days
    and light dinner

    i have a weight loss boo(old one by dr phil)
    and this was a sample breakfast


    cereal(for me will be shredded wheat)--167
    milk(soy for me)
    81
    fruit(sliced peaches)----68
    2 turkey sausage links---129



    ok now all together,,,decently lower in sodium...fat..cholesterol...
    decent amount of fiber
    but cals are 445
    thats a lilttle high sounding when Im only in the second week

    i was aming for 1200 a day
    which three meals is 400 each
    less if i have snacks

    sorry its so much to read,,but does anyone think this has too many calories?
  • eyescatchfire
    eyescatchfire Posts: 257 Member
    Please, please, please read the links found on this post:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/23912-links-in-mfp-you-want-to-read-again-and-again

    You don't have to eat 1200 calories a day to lose weight! Based on your goals, you could probably eat 1600 a day or something and still lose 2 pounds a week. (I only wanted to lose about 60, and I ate around 1500 when I first started, and lost almost two pounds a week for the first 2 months.)

    Best of luck!
  • wannabeeskinny
    wannabeeskinny Posts: 93
    thanks
    I may up the ante
    I have 150 to lose
    i was going to do 1200 a week for 2 weeks for a blast off thing
  • DjBliss05
    DjBliss05 Posts: 682
    Just going to echo what wewereundone is saying.

    1200 is way too low with the amount you want to lose. I have about 50 left to lose and I eat over 1600 calories a day. That breakfast seems like a good one! Pretty balanced and will get you going for the day. You will have to eat more if you want to lose. Check out the links page!
  • allaboutme
    allaboutme Posts: 391 Member
    thanks
    I may up the ante
    I have 150 to lose
    i was going to do 1200 a week for 2 weeks for a blast off thing

    Make sure you go to the tools section and calculate your BMR, that will give you your minimum amount of calories you need to consume daily just to exist. For the amount of weight you are trying to lose, 1200 is to low and you aren't feeding your body enough. I agree read the posts in the link for newbies, they hold a wealth of information that will open your eyes. I know, increasing the amount you eat, seems to go against everything we were ever taught about how to lose weight, but maybe, since it never worked for us before, they were wrong and we don't need to starve ourselves skinny :smile: Once you aren't starving yourself every day, you actually start to look forward to doing this and really enjoy the control you will have over your body :bigsmile:
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