Gaining weight on 1200cal a day, how?

greenegoddess1 wrote: »

Have you had your thyroid checked? And have you considered you could be building muscle? Just 2 things I thought of that I didn't see mentioned.

No one mentioned building muscle because it isn’t that easy to put on. With the exception of noobie gains, you need to be in a surplus to add muscle. It also requires a strength training program with progressive overload.

Op is only strength training once a week and doing heavy cardio. Muscle gain is not likely. Even people who are specifically trying to gain muscle and doing everything right don’t put it on that fast.

I’d cut more fats out of my diet. While healthy fats are essential, when you’re trying to cut weight eliminating fats and increasing veggies and maintaining enough protein helps. Sometimes it’s more of what you’re eating vs how much. Plus towards the end losing 2 lbs a week might be difficult to do. 0.5-1 lb a week might be more accurate. Plus if you’re lifting weights and gaining muscle the scale might not budge as much. I only have about 20 pounds to lose and in a month I’ve lost 5, also at a 1,200 calorie limit. Just try different things and see what works best for you. You got this 💪🏼

agatka_the_witch wrote: »

It's not about calories. Cut your carbs below 50 grams a day and you will be losing weight even with 2000kcal a day. People on keto diets lose weight even with 3000kcal or more - but it must come from fat, never carbs.

um no! keto is not magic. Anyone eating less calories than they burn will lose, no need to cut out or reduce one particular macro or another.

mistypoison wrote: »

I'm 5ft 3" and 1200 calories is too much for me.

I am 4'11 and was losing on 1200 calories. I am now walking around two hours a day though but maintain on around 2000 calories which is about 1500 calories before intentional exercise.

Just shows that everyone is different, even with similar stats.