1200 calories per day goal, who else?

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davehogg1990 wrote: »

I'd,like to however what low calorie foods could I eat? Thanks

Eat that fish you're holding Is that a fish? I eat tuna, sardines, shrimp, trout, eggs, cottage cheese, cold cuts, lamb and other kinds of meat, nuts, avocado. I don't eat as many carbs as I used to and I actually don't eat as many salads - between the dressing and other add ons I like it's too caloric and low protein. The trick to lower calories is portion size, lots of protein and avoiding empty calories. If I eat chips or something I try to have a few - literally 2-4 chips - get the flavor but not blowing my calories for the day. Olives are my go to for a salt fix.

My goal is 1200 but I actually try to stay around 1000 calories a day. I'm not super healthy a lot of time in my food choices so a few times a week I save up calories to have an ice cream sundae or other dessert item. When I find myself wanting to go off the rails I reach for the protein to get back on track.

Hi there!
I have 1200 calories as my daily intake.
I'd like to lose 32lbs. I lead a sedentary lifestyle as I'm basically indoors due to poor lung issues. I just wanted to be less bloated, feel energetic and become healthier in order to live a long life with my husband.
I have many allergies to many good options of food as in salmon, other good fish, nuts, mushrooms and so I opt to eat foods that never posed an allergic problem for me. My food choices vary and may not be optimum but I need to be eating smaller portions and not graze as often on empty calories.
My only drink of choice is water so drinking at least 8 glasses on a daily basis seems to be easy.
I'd like to plan meals that are proper portions and not too high in cholesterol. My numbers were on the rise and although not horrible, they are slightly elevated and I want to get that under control without medication.
Looking forward to meeting others here where we may motivate one another to achieve success.
Together we achieve more so good luck everyone.

1200 is my goal right now too. I do aim to eat back at least some of my exercise calories. You can do it! It had taken some self-training (learned through consistent logging) what foods are "worth the calories" in terms of what fills you up and doesn't leave you starving or binging.

I am supposed to be allowed 1200 calories a day to lose 2 pounds a week given my current weight. I also use the hunger scale to verify my daily diet choices combined with intermittent fasting. I was at a good weight in two Thursdays ago then starched up carbed up on that day. I gained some water weight since then. Just trying to make the best of it for the rest of the month then hit it hard again for June. I tried adding everyone on this post, feel free to add me as well.

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I just dropped my goal to 1200 and am now struggling to ignore the "hunger" signals that my body is screaming out. Looking for support and motivation.

I am on the hunt for delicious food a lot of it for least amount of calories! Lol any advice?

davehogg1990 wrote: »

I'd,like to however what low calorie foods could I eat? Thanks

My goal is higher but I find that I'm mostly consuming around 1200 calories a day. I take cereal in the morning (120 cals an average bowl). For lunch, I eat homemade food. Rice or whole wheat bread and some sort of gravy, preferably of lean meat or vegetables. I cut down the quantity there though. At night, it's usually boiled egg with homemade wholewheat bread again, and tea. But this is still not really 1200 if your quantities are low. So, I can enjoy a biscuit or tea rusk or a slice of jam or some other snacks. Low calorie homemade juices are also really effective, and pretty necessary if you live in a hot country.

davehogg1990 wrote: »

I'd,like to however what low calorie foods could I eat? Thanks

Take a look here for some low calorie meal ideas http://skinnybitch.wordpress.com

Also the way i went about keeping to 1200 was thinking about what lower calorie options i could use as substitutions for my usual foods. E.g. i switched to weetabix and cornflakes instead of sugary cereal and skimmed milk not semi skimmed. I got light bread not ordinary and more or less had to cut out pasta but i did experiment a little with zoodles.

I have been on a 1200 calories for 2 years. At first is seemed so small and hard, now some days I can't eat 1200 calories. However when I first started off I found that when I thought I was hungry but wasn't hot tea, black coffee, or flavored water helped those cravings or just wanting food out of boredom. Veggies and proteins will help keep you filling fuller longer. I found having a "plan" helped. I aimed to have 3, 300 calories meals and 3,100 calories snacks. Just keep with it during the hard times, it will get easier!

i'm on 1000cal a day due to my height.most of the days it's really easy to achieve. lost 23 kgs since october and have 15 to go.i also have hypothyroidism.

I'm having a hard time sticking to 1200 calories... Anyone want to share exactly what they are eating??

Just started today and you've guessed it 1200 a day. Feel free to add me. Aiming to lose 44lbs.