1200 calorie diet examples?? Need help

split it among 5-6 meals and balance protein, carbs, and fat and eat every 2-3 hours

I have a 1260 calorie diet. I do my visalus shakes for breakfast and lunch and for my afternoon snack some fresh veggies and that usually leaves me a good amount of calories to work with for supper. Good luck!

Check my food diary, I almost never go over (unless it's planned) and I believe I have a public diary.

I love high fiber oatmeal, granola bars, yogurt, Kashi cereal, etc..

Hello I eat around that a day. I am on a strict budget so I eat alot of the same foods.

Breakfast 2 tbs peanut butter on whole wheat english muffin-300 calories

Snack: granola bar-90 calories or apple- 100 calories or banana- 110 calories
lunch - 3 egg whites w/ 1/2 slice american cheese and 2 tbs salsa 100 calories, veggies, and fruit
snack- pretzels - 110 calloriesor fruit( i only have 2 fruits per day)
dinner grilled chicken120 calories. veggies- 40 calories and a plain baked skinless sweet potato 180 calories

I hope this helps

I'm also on 1200. You can friend me and see my diary.

feel free to check out my diary.. (it's public and i am set for 1200 cals net per day)
i rarely go over, and always have lots of snacks and plenty to eat *S*
(and yes indeed, i DO eat back most of my exercise calories *S*)

lots and lots of exercise. Seriously. Eat at least half of your exercise calories.

Now, with that being said, if I cook at home, it is easy to do. Oatmeal and turkey sausage for breakfast, I generally eat a turkey & cheese wrap for lunch, with a side of rice snacks if I am especially hungry, or a veggie. I can have like a 90 cal Special K bar for a mid-afternoon snack. If I make spaghetti or chicken noodle soup for supper, it is easy to stay under 1200, and I usually have room for an evening snack--even without exercise. Another meal idea is baked chicken with a side of some steamed veggie (or 2), I almost always have a slice of bread, or something, i am a carb-girl, I can't help myself. Really, this format of a meal will work with almost any grilled / baked lean meat.

If you can't exercise enough to earn extra calories, look for raw (or steamed) veggies as a snack, drink green tea mid-afternoon. You just have to figure out what works for you. GL!

I eat a 1200 calorie diet, though I exercise most days (at least for a bit) and I do eat my exercise calories.

I do better when I eat a fair amount of protein earlier on in the day. I also do better if I lower my sugar intake (hard for me!!).

I like to sometimes eat a little more, though, because it's more sustainable that way, and I tend to stagnate in weight loss if I keep it at 1200 for too long. Every now and then I'll eat just under, as well.

I'm incredibly boring....here's what I do:

Breakfast: 2 options: Oatmeal with 1/2 cup frozen berries or whole wheat high fiber bread, 1 full egg, 1 wedge laughing cow w/ left over veggies (both are about 300 calories)

Snack: Green Smoothie (about 150 calories)

Lunch: Tuna or left over lean meat from supper w/ at least 2 servings of frozen veggies, 1 small piece of fruit (peaches right now) (300 calories)

Snack 1: Greek Yogurt - fat free (140 calories)

Snack 2: Raw Veggies (50 calories)

Supper: Same as lunch (lean meat = about anything that isn't really marbled beef. You can get more sides if you stick to fish) (300 calories)

It varies by day between 1200-1300 calories. If I have a leaner meat (i.e. fish) - I can normally fit in 1/2 a potato or something.

I just follow 300 for meals (if I have to load one up - it would be breakfast even though I'm not hungry then a good breakfast keeps going throughout the whole day without being hungry). And then 300 split throughout the day for snacks.

With 1200-1300 calories there is no room for "fluff" unfortunately

Been doing it for months
Breakfast (6:30am) is 300 cal
Lunch (11:30am) is 300 cal
snack before the gym(3:00) is 200 cal
dinner is 400 cal

anything else I make up in exercise.

I used to do
breakfast 250
am snack 150
lunch 250
pm snack 150
dinner 400

but my new job makes me take a lunch at 11:30, i wish i could do a morning snack to eat more often but then it takes away from my afternoon where I tend to be hungry-er.

Friend me if you wanna see my diary.

Focus on fibrous veggies (mass volume for minimal cals) and lean proteins (required for workout recovery). Include some healthy fats for satiety also (and necessary for a lot of bodily functions).

IT IS EASY AS HELL.

eggs veggies meat english muffin for breakfast.
salad. chicken. or a sandwich for lunch.

90 calorie fiber one bars as snacks.

dinner, soup, salad, main dish. etc.

eat chicken, fish, beans... SO easy.

exercise helps also