1,500 calories??

If you switch your goal to "Maintain your current weight" on MFP, what amount of calories do you get? Anything below that and you'll lose weight.

I lost eating around 1700-1800 but it depends on your starting weight, activity level and how much you want to lose per week.
Sounds perfectly reasonable to lose on 1500 but depends on the individual.

Shellymarie604 wrote: »

Eat 1500 and workout you will lose.

Basically, it's this. But your initial post didn't explain what you are unable to do. Are you unable to limit your intake to 1200 calories, or unable to lose weight? Does your mfp goal for weight loss put your required calories at 1200? What is your mfp goal for weight loss? Are you desiring to lose 10 lb to reach bikini-perfect with a 2/lb per week goal? That is so unlikely as to be an irrational goal. Adjust your goal to lose 0.5 lb per week. That will make your success both possible and easy.

I lose at 1560 (age 21, height 5'5.5", weight 153 lbs, treadmill almost daily, lifting every other day). So it's possible. But without knowing anything about you, no one can really say.

http://www.iifym.com/tdee-calculator/#
Try this TDEE calculator. Eat below your TDEE, you should lose weight. I believe every 250 is half a pound. You can also just go to your settings on here and change your goal from what is probably 2 pounds a week (with 1200 calories) to something else.

Is it possible? Yes.
Is it possible for you? No clue. I don't know enough about you to guess.

You can put your stats in here and see what it says:

http://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html

sarsather wrote: »

I have a very hard time eating just 1200 and I wish I could. Usually end up at around 1600 for the day

IIRC, you are 5'5" and at a healthy weight/slightly underweight. You should be eating more than 1200 anyway. Remember than undereating can trigger binges.

Suzuki4life7 wrote: »

Hey guys! Is it possible to lose weight while consuming 1,500 calories? I been at 1,200 calories and lately i haven't been able to do it. I get to hungry at a certain time. What should I do? Thanks in advance! God bless.

I'm 38 5'4" 127 lbs and my "sedentary " maintaince calories is 1,550. I don't know your stats but since my Fitbit shows I burn an average of 1,900 a day I could lose at 1,500 calories, not a lb a week but I could lose. If you don't have a Fitbit try a TDEE calculator online.

I'm very impressed with everyone's weight losses.

I am 67 years young, 5'2", weigh 218 lbs. (Never weighed over 100 lbs. until I was 21, stayed around 110-115 lbs. until my late 30's after I had my 3rd son. I am diabetic, so I can't exist on 1200 calories a day, my blood sugar would drop like a rock. I also have arthritis in both knees, so doing step aerobics, yoga, pilates and walking a lot like I use to do is out of the question. I just joined Pacer Steps about a month ago, so I'm working at doing more and more steps each day.

Speaking of which, does anyone know how to connect My Fitness Plan to Pacer Steps? I have it on my iPhone. I found out about My Fitness Plan via Pacer Steps.

Good luck to everyone and be safe! :-)

I do 1540 I believe. I didn't no how much I was suppose to actually be consuming so I was doing 1250 at first and I always felt so hungry. I couldn't do it. And when I got my calculations right it gave me 1540 and so I was pretty much starving myself for like 2 months. And now I do goo not all that hungry and I usually eat aroun 1400 now

Suzuki4life7 wrote: »

Wow thanks guys. I started my weight loss on May 2015 and since then I have lost 50 pounds going buy what my fitness pal suggests as I lose weight but lately its been to hard. I started at 271 now i am at 220 but doing this 1,200 gets me stressed. I am 5'3 and weigh 220 age 26 what do you guys think?

I'm around 180 5'6" and to lose a pound a week I'm at around 1600. Most days I actually eat 1450-1500.