I can't reach my calorie count of 1200
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Leaz947
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me figure this out.
My SW was 146
My CW is 140
And My GW is about 125
I'm 5'8" and I put my goal on MFP as 135 I think, or something along the lines of that.
Anyway, my daily intake is of 1200cal as I'm very sedentary. First couple of days I was really hungry and now, not even two weeks after I'm barely able to eat 1200 calories, I've done for the day today and I haven't even hit a 1000. Am I supposed to force myself to eat?
All I really did for my "diet" is replace snacks with healthy things, try not to binge eat when I'm stressed, etc.
Anyway, why can't I hit my calorie goal? I'm happy that I'm losing weight but doesn't my body need more food? I didn't even want to have my dinner today, I had to force myself to have it.
Also, does anyone know how long it will take me to lose this much weight? I have started exercising recently but I don't really log it on MFP because it just makes my calorie count look pathetic...
My SW was 146
My CW is 140
And My GW is about 125
I'm 5'8" and I put my goal on MFP as 135 I think, or something along the lines of that.
Anyway, my daily intake is of 1200cal as I'm very sedentary. First couple of days I was really hungry and now, not even two weeks after I'm barely able to eat 1200 calories, I've done for the day today and I haven't even hit a 1000. Am I supposed to force myself to eat?
All I really did for my "diet" is replace snacks with healthy things, try not to binge eat when I'm stressed, etc.
Anyway, why can't I hit my calorie goal? I'm happy that I'm losing weight but doesn't my body need more food? I didn't even want to have my dinner today, I had to force myself to have it.
Also, does anyone know how long it will take me to lose this much weight? I have started exercising recently but I don't really log it on MFP because it just makes my calorie count look pathetic...
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Hello!
Are you using a food scale? Can you open your diary?0 -
If you are at the place of needing to lose weight, you were eating way more than 1200 calories...so add some of that stuff back into your diet. Also, many people cut out a bunch of dietary fat because they don't understand that fat is actually healthy and necessary to a proper diet...so if you did that, stop.13
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cwolfman13 wrote: »If you are at the place of needing to lose weight, you were eating way more than 1200 calories...so add some of that stuff back into your diet. Also, many people cut out a bunch of dietary fat because they don't understand that fat is actually healthy and necessary to a proper diet...so if you did that, stop.
I still eat some things but my diet consisted of chocolate bars, crisps, ice cream, pies, fizzy drinks and sausage rolls mainly.
I would eat a whole big bar of chocolate which in itself would have about 1000 calories. Now if I have some it's two cubes, I still have fat in my diet, I just have a normal diet now, you can check out my diary if you want and spot if anything is wrong.
Thanks!0 -
diary isn't open0
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You are already at a healthy weight..Your goal weight would put you in the underweight category.
Aren't you the one with the horrible boyfriend who is forcing you to lose weight?25 -
Im guessing your maintenance is 1500-1700 kcal per day. 1200 kcal is 300-500 daily deficit and 2100-3500 per week. This is generally thought to be about .75-1 pound fat loss per week if things work right. If you are not hungry don't eat unless you are not getting the nutrition - a variety of whole foods. A greater deficit is more loss and if you are not active your system will down regulate to try and accommodate the deficit so it is a moving target. Exercise helps and I suggest resistance training to maintain muscle mass and prioritize fat loss. Im no expert but this is general mainstream approach.0
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I still don't understand these kind of posts. How are people "barely able" to eat 1200 calories and must force themselves. Then how did you get overweight in the first place?27
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cerise_noir wrote: »You are already at a healthy weight..Your goal weight would put you in the underweight category.
Aren't you the one with the horrible boyfriend who is forcing you to lose weight?
Hey, I'm the one with the boyfriend who made quite a few comments about my weight but I want to lose weight too, I have been wanting to do for a while on my own accord. But yes, he does want me to lose weight.0 -
I still don't understand these kind of posts. How are people "barely able" to eat 1200 calories and must force themselves. Then how did you get overweight in the first place?
My BMI says that I'm on the 55th percentile at the moment of healthy weight. I'm slightly chubby, not overweight.
And I got chubby when I was about 14.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »diary isn't open
Just opened it, sorry.0 -
timmcelyea64 wrote: »Im guessing your maintenance is 1500-1700 kcal per day. 1200 kcal is 300-500 daily deficit and 2100-3500 per week. This is generally thought to be about .75-1 pound fat loss per week if things work right. If you are not hungry don't eat unless you are not getting the nutrition - a variety of whole foods. A greater deficit is more loss and if you are not active your system will down regulate to try and accommodate the deficit so it is a moving target. Exercise helps and I suggest resistance training to maintain muscle mass and prioritize fat loss. Im no expert but this is general mainstream approach.
Resistance training? I'm new to all of this so I don't really know what type of training that is, sorry.
Thanks for the comment by the way!
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timmcelyea64 wrote: »Im guessing your maintenance is 1500-1700 kcal per day. 1200 kcal is 300-500 daily deficit and 2100-3500 per week. This is generally thought to be about .75-1 pound fat loss per week if things work right. If you are not hungry don't eat unless you are not getting the nutrition - a variety of whole foods. A greater deficit is more loss and if you are not active your system will down regulate to try and accommodate the deficit so it is a moving target. Exercise helps and I suggest resistance training to maintain muscle mass and prioritize fat loss. Im no expert but this is general mainstream approach.
Resistance training? I'm new to all of this so I don't really know what type of training that is, sorry.
Thanks for the comment by the way!
Strength training.0 -
cerise_noir wrote: »You are already at a healthy weight..Your goal weight would put you in the underweight category.
Aren't you the one with the horrible boyfriend who is forcing you to lose weight?
Hey, I'm the one with the boyfriend who made quite a few comments about my weight but I want to lose weight too, I have been wanting to do for a while on my own accord. But yes, he does want me to lose weight.
You're already at a healthy weight, though. Why not eat at maintenance and lift heavy? That will lean you out, but the number on the scale won't really down (and shouldn't really matter). You look beautiful.12 -
I still don't understand these kind of posts. How are people "barely able" to eat 1200 calories and must force themselves. Then how did you get overweight in the first place?
Many people like myself start eating more protein, fiber and drink more water. so foods that are more filling. I can't explain it but it seems my appetite went down when I started eating 1250 calories as well.
I'm sure if I return to eating my old way I wouldn't be satisfied at 1250.
ETA I still eat old foods but I make sure to have protein, fat and fiber each meal now.6 -
I still don't understand these kind of posts. How are people "barely able" to eat 1200 calories and must force themselves. Then how did you get overweight in the first place?
Many people like myself start eating more protein, fiber and drink more water. so foods that are more filling. I can't explain it but it seems my appetite went down when I started eating 1250 calories.
Me too...but I have zero problem eating 3,000ish calories. Personally, I think a lot of this is mental.24 -
So you started logging it looks like on November 1st. That is 12 days. Great job. However, if you want to be in this for the long haul you need to sustain your body or you are most likely going to go craving crazy one day.
It really isn't difficult to eat 1200 calories. Grab a handful of almonds theirs (160 calories) Or 2 Tbsp. of Peanut butter (thats 200) or have a snickers or a latte...really the possibilities are endless . Like others have said, "If you are overweight, you must have had no problem eating over 1200 calories at one time."
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cerise_noir wrote: »You are already at a healthy weight..Your goal weight would put you in the underweight category.
Aren't you the one with the horrible boyfriend who is forcing you to lose weight?
This.
Op, have you looked into body recomp. If done correctly, you weigh the same or more but be smaller.9 -
cerise_noir wrote: »You are already at a healthy weight..Your goal weight would put you in the underweight category.
Aren't you the one with the horrible boyfriend who is forcing you to lose weight?
Hey, I'm the one with the boyfriend who made quite a few comments about my weight but I want to lose weight too, I have been wanting to do for a while on my own accord. But yes, he does want me to lose weight.
So......you are trying to lose weight for your boyfriend? Because he wants you to?
You're not overweight yourself, but you are loaded down with the weight of that boyfriend.25 -
Have a Snickers and you'll hit the 1200. Surely you can eat one Snickers?14
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