1200 calorie diet using Herbalife need buddies!

Either you have an iron-will, an unrealistic expectation of what you should be eating for the rest of your life, or are treating this as a temporary fix. 1200 calories is misery incarnate in the long run, and you can still lose weight without eating nothing but broth and cottage cheese. I eat 1600 and have been steadily dropping for a while now, and I'm a "average" sized woman.

I've never tried the herbalife shakes, I'm sure they're like any other shake though. There's probably nothing wrong with them at all. I use shakes in lieu of snacks almost daily. Kommodevaran wasn't trying to talk you out of the shakes. They're trying to talk you out of eating so little, like me.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/931670/bmr-and-tdee-explained-for-those-needing-a-guide/p1

^This was a very useful post. I suggest you read it, because you can and probably should eat more than 1200 for sustainable weight loss. Don't get scared by the math involved. It has helped me strike a balance between eating for fuel and getting frustrated with my low calorie diet, saying "screw it" and using doritos to shovel mac and cheese into my mouth rather than a fork.

I was on 1300 calories because I was in a hurry and doing heavy exercise, and it was burning me out after a few months. That isn't worth it in a world with oreos. (Edited for the oreo comment. IT NEEDED to be said.)

AmeliaTyson2016 wrote: »

kommodevaran wrote: »

Why are you doing that to yourself? You have found myfitnesspal, use the tools available. Pick weight loss goal according to this:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15-25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.
Eat food you like and log it. You will lose weight if you do this correctly and consistently.

What's wrong with supplementing my protien with herbalife shakes? I'm still eating 3 meals a day or more. I'm confused. I've lost about 2 lbs or less per week. This past week I gained lean muscle and lost a few percentage points of fat.

Other than it's expensive, unnecessary and doesn't teach you how to eat properly to sustain your weight loss forever, nothing.

With that said, I do use a protein drink for lunch but I make my own with inexpensive powder and fruit and I use it during a time of day when it can fill me up and keep me satisfied until evenings when I am the most hungry and like to eat most of my calories. This is sustainable for me and I've been doing this for over a year now. I think there are far better and cheaper ways to achieve what you are doing than an expensive MLM product, but if you have the money and it can be sustainable for you for a long time, go for it.

Oh, and to your gaining lean muscle comment-- if you're eating at a deficit and losing weight, you're probably not gaining muscle. Protein doesn't make you gain muscle in a caloric deficit, it only helps you preserve what you already have.

ETA: Lean muscle comets could be cool, if they were a thing but they're not. Silly typos.

AmeliaTyson2016 wrote: »

kommodevaran wrote: »

Why are you doing that to yourself? You have found myfitnesspal, use the tools available. Pick weight loss goal according to this:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15-25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.
Eat food you like and log it. You will lose weight if you do this correctly and consistently.

What's wrong with supplementing my protien with herbalife shakes? I'm still eating 3 meals a day or more. I'm confused. I've lost about 2 lbs or less per week. This past week I gained lean muscle and lost a few percentage points of fat.

How do you know you gained muscle and lost fat last week.

It's pretty contradictory to be eating as little as 1200 calories, losing 2ish lbs per week and still be able to gain any mass.

Herbalife isn't protein powder, it's a MRP. If you want to just supplement your protein you can get a much better protein supplement for a fraction of the cost.

AmeliaTyson2016 wrote: »

No desire to argue about products that are helping me or my calorie choice. Might as well connect with people who you agree with and who are using similar approaches. #DramaFreeZone

There was a lady in this forum yesterday who was also angry at the coments she got, like you. She was looking for friends to drink pregnant women piss with.
Apparently the hormone inside it was helping her weight loss too.

AmeliaTyson2016 wrote: »

I'm sure a few people responding on this post have great intentions with informing me. However a few others are commenting abusive, insulting comments and I would like to know how to just delete this whole post.

I have not found this forum to be either welcoming or helpful. I don't appreciate insults. I don't believe we are here for that. We are all here for a positive goal.

Anyone know how to delete a discussion?

I am new to MFP and no my vision or intellect has not been affected by a protien powder I use as a snack in addition to a fully balanced diet including over 30 grams of fiber daily and 100 grams of protein daily.

My goal is 1200 calories, but I often go over and I'm still losing weight. I came here for encouragement and support not insults from complete strangers.

It's cool to offer advice, but not usually when someone didn't ask for it and conveys that they do not agree.

Funny how when you post a public forum, you get opinions of others.

What most of these people have been attempting to do is help before it's too late. No one is arguing your intake at this point. We are telling you the misinformation you are receiving. I would do some research for yourself, especially on body fat measurements and building muscle. Because what you are claiming is happening in regards to building muscle, is not. Unlike Herbalife, there's science to back up our comments.

AmeliaTyson2016 wrote: »

I'm not against looking at other research. I just don't like the sarcastic, insulting tone in some of these comments.

You mean the honest truth? That company has gotten soooooo many people in debt. Everybody I've known that does stuff with that company all have the same aggressive attitude as you do about needing to defend it but it screws everybody over in the end, whether it's health wise or from losing. Is it because you've already spent a large sum of money on it?

kommodevaran wrote: »

Why are you doing that to yourself? You have found myfitnesspal, use the tools available. Pick weight loss goal according to this:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15-25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.
Eat food you like and log it. You will lose weight if you do this correctly and consistently.

curlyblue21 wrote: »

Thanks this was useful...I've been on 1200 cal for about a year and lost 63 lbs, still need to loose about 21 lbs, my weight is really stressing me out not really loosing as I will loose one week and gain the next, I'm sticking to cals and weighing everything, but I haven't actually lost weight since the beginning of Feb, everytime I up calories I put on

Possibly you should take a break & just eat at maintenance, for a couple; of weeks & then try losing again after.