1200 calorie a day diet
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MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Honestly I don't get how women are eating these massive amounts of calories every day and still losing weight. Even with moderate exercise (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes yoga) I get allocated like 1500 per day. I have been here for months and lost 0 pounds because I almost always go over. I suck at moderating, and a couple of days over kills my progress for the entire week if my deficit it that small. I have to go back to the restrictive diet I was going to start with or I literally will not lose the weight.
Good on everyone who is eating 1800 - 2000 calories per day and losing weight. I literally do not know how you do it.
Like try2again said, different stats. I'm currently losing on 2070cal, but I'm 5'6, 219lbs currently and lightly active. I hear you on the struggle to moderate though. What worked for me was a lot of meal prep, portioning out ahead of time as many things as I can and lots of protein. And apples, they help in a pinch when I want something to snack on that's also sweet. Just got to find what will work for you.
Thanks. I am 5'10" and 195 so I would think that I should be losing on what I am eating. I guess my over calorie days are probably more than I think they are.
I have heard that about protein, but I don't eat meat so protein is a bit of a struggle. I never hit the target with just food, so have added a shake in every day, but that isn't particularly satiating, and uses up calories.
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My goal is 1200 calories. I'm one of those people @try2again is talking about. I'm 5 feet tall, 44 years old, 10 pound goal loss, work at a desk and I have lupus. Some days 1200 is easy breezy. Other days I want to eat everything that will not eat me.
I've been trying to work more with my diet for my autoimmune to see what helps and what makes it worse. I have to listen to my body1 -
Honestly I don't get how women are eating these massive amounts of calories every day and still losing weight. Even with moderate exercise (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes yoga) I get allocated like 1500 per day. I have been here for months and lost 0 pounds because I almost always go over. I suck at moderating, and a couple of days over kills my progress for the entire week if my deficit it that small. I have to go back to the restrictive diet I was going to start with or I literally will not lose the weight.
Good on everyone who is eating 1800 - 2000 calories per day and losing weight. I literally do not know how you do it.
Those numbers just represent a calorie deficit for them based on their stats & activity level. They won't for everyone, particularly women who are very short, sedentary, and/or have relatively little to lose.
It's an unfortunate truth that, for those women who are very short, sedentary, or have little to lose, weight loss requires real determination and is a test of patience. Often, the losses experienced are small enough to be hidden by normal water weight fluctuations, and unless a person sticks with it for many weeks, they may not be able to see the real progress on the scale. However, sometimes it is a question of accuracy- not using a food scale, choosing inaccurate database entries, and/or over-estimated calorie burns- and a person may not think it's possible to lose on X number of calories, but it's just an issue of the data being skewed.
Yours sounds like a good example of what I mentioned earlier when people over-restrict and it leads to over-eating on other days. Does this look familiar?
<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5021879/uploads/editor/p5/0kjju2outt0d.png" alt="0kjju2outt0d.png"/>
In this case, the key is accepting a slower rate of loss and being really consistent & committed (while trying to minimize the hair loss experienced from pulling it out
).
Yep - that is me. I know I go over regularly. I am terrible at moderating and the message here of not "denying" yourself anything sure makes it easy to do that. I guess I figure if I went down to 1200 my deficit would be that much larger on the days I do stick to it - so my "overages" wouldn't totally kill my week? Maybe it would balance out better? haha
But I am neither short, sedentary nor do I have very little weight to lose. I am 5'10", 195, and want to lose at least 40 lbs (hoping for 50). My base calories from MFP at 1 lb per week are 1460. I do what I would consider moderate work outs 4 days per week.
Anyway - enough whining. I just need to suck it up and figure it out how to succeed at this somehow. Thanks all for taking the time to reply.
I'm 5ft 8 183lbs and on a sedentary day I burn 1900 cals so I would get 1400 your 2inches taller and just over 10lbs heavier so your base calories should be more
So are you saying you are losing at 1900 calories per day? My logging must be terrible. I have a food scale maybe I will start weighing every single thing for a while and try to be more accurate and see if that helps.
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Honestly I don't get how women are eating these massive amounts of calories every day and still losing weight. Even with moderate exercise (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes yoga) I get allocated like 1500 per day. I have been here for months and lost 0 pounds because I almost always go over. I suck at moderating, and a couple of days over kills my progress for the entire week if my deficit it that small. I have to go back to the restrictive diet I was going to start with or I literally will not lose the weight.
Good on everyone who is eating 1800 - 2000 calories per day and losing weight. I literally do not know how you do it.
Those numbers just represent a calorie deficit for them based on their stats & activity level. They won't for everyone, particularly women who are very short, sedentary, and/or have relatively little to lose.
It's an unfortunate truth that, for those women who are very short, sedentary, or have little to lose, weight loss requires real determination and is a test of patience. Often, the losses experienced are small enough to be hidden by normal water weight fluctuations, and unless a person sticks with it for many weeks, they may not be able to see the real progress on the scale. However, sometimes it is a question of accuracy- not using a food scale, choosing inaccurate database entries, and/or over-estimated calorie burns- and a person may not think it's possible to lose on X number of calories, but it's just an issue of the data being skewed.
Yours sounds like a good example of what I mentioned earlier when people over-restrict and it leads to over-eating on other days. Does this look familiar?
<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5021879/uploads/editor/p5/0kjju2outt0d.png" alt="0kjju2outt0d.png"/>
In this case, the key is accepting a slower rate of loss and being really consistent & committed (while trying to minimize the hair loss experienced from pulling it out ).
Yep - that is me. I know I go over regularly. I am terrible at moderating and the message here of not "denying" yourself anything sure makes it easy to do that. I guess I figure if I went down to 1200 my deficit would be that much larger on the days I do stick to it - so my "overages" wouldn't totally kill my week? Maybe it would balance out better? haha
But I am neither short, sedentary nor do I have very little weight to lose. I am 5'10", 195, and want to lose at least 40 lbs (hoping for 50). My base calories from MFP at 1 lb per week are 1460. I do what I would consider moderate work outs 4 days per week.
Anyway - enough whining. I just need to suck it up and figure it out how to succeed at this somehow. Thanks all for taking the time to reply.
I'm 5ft 8 183lbs and on a sedentary day I burn 1900 cals so I would get 1400 your 2inches taller and just over 10lbs heavier so your base calories should be more
So are you saying you are losing at 1900 calories per day? My logging must be terrible. I have a food scale maybe I will start weighing every single thing for a while and try to be more accurate and see if that helps.
Not weighing everything is probably what's holding you up. I weighed out some sunflower seeds for snacks - 50g was 330 calories. I can only imagine how much I was actually eating because I could snack on that literally all day. There is a spreadsheet somewhere on the site that lists foods by their protein values, that might help you with protein sources.2 -
sweetchick8989 wrote: »My doctor told me to get on this site and start with 12,000 calories
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Honestly I don't get how women are eating these massive amounts of calories every day and still losing weight. Even with moderate exercise (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes yoga) I get allocated like 1500 per day. I have been here for months and lost 0 pounds because I almost always go over. I suck at moderating, and a couple of days over kills my progress for the entire week if my deficit it that small. I have to go back to the restrictive diet I was going to start with or I literally will not lose the weight.
Good on everyone who is eating 1800 - 2000 calories per day and losing weight. I literally do not know how you do it.
Those numbers just represent a calorie deficit for them based on their stats & activity level. They won't for everyone, particularly women who are very short, sedentary, and/or have relatively little to lose.
It's an unfortunate truth that, for those women who are very short, sedentary, or have little to lose, weight loss requires real determination and is a test of patience. Often, the losses experienced are small enough to be hidden by normal water weight fluctuations, and unless a person sticks with it for many weeks, they may not be able to see the real progress on the scale. However, sometimes it is a question of accuracy- not using a food scale, choosing inaccurate database entries, and/or over-estimated calorie burns- and a person may not think it's possible to lose on X number of calories, but it's just an issue of the data being skewed.
Yours sounds like a good example of what I mentioned earlier when people over-restrict and it leads to over-eating on other days. Does this look familiar?
<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5021879/uploads/editor/p5/0kjju2outt0d.png" alt="0kjju2outt0d.png"/>
In this case, the key is accepting a slower rate of loss and being really consistent & committed (while trying to minimize the hair loss experienced from pulling it out ).
Yep - that is me. I know I go over regularly. I am terrible at moderating and the message here of not "denying" yourself anything sure makes it easy to do that. I guess I figure if I went down to 1200 my deficit would be that much larger on the days I do stick to it - so my "overages" wouldn't totally kill my week? Maybe it would balance out better? haha
But I am neither short, sedentary nor do I have very little weight to lose. I am 5'10", 195, and want to lose at least 40 lbs (hoping for 50). My base calories from MFP at 1 lb per week are 1460. I do what I would consider moderate work outs 4 days per week.
Anyway - enough whining. I just need to suck it up and figure it out how to succeed at this somehow. Thanks all for taking the time to reply.
People often ask, "Is it true I can eat anything I want and lose weight?", and the answer is yes. But it's true a person can't eat anything they want, as much as they want, as often as they want and lose weight This is why you see people say, "figure out what works best for you". You may do best essentially eliminating certain foods that you cannot control, or at least greatly limiting your access to them. Some people don't keep ice cream in their house, and force themselves to go out for a single serving if that's what they're craving. But sometimes we tell ourselves we "can't control" ourselves, and it just becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
At any rate, as a previous poster mentioned, it's a perfectly reasonable strategy to go a little lower on some days to make room for others where we might want more of an indulgence. The key is, you still have to view it as part of your plan and track meticulously. And yes, macros can make a huge difference. Getting enough protein at a meal is a big one for me. If you don't eat meat, you might want to consider things like Greek yogurt, eggs, beans, quinoa, low-fat milk, soy products, etc. Not all protein powders are calorie-intensive (don't confuse them with "meal replacement" products).1 -
Honestly I don't get how women are eating these massive amounts of calories every day and still losing weight. Even with moderate exercise (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes yoga) I get allocated like 1500 per day. I have been here for months and lost 0 pounds because I almost always go over. I suck at moderating, and a couple of days over kills my progress for the entire week if my deficit it that small. I have to go back to the restrictive diet I was going to start with or I literally will not lose the weight.
Good on everyone who is eating 1800 - 2000 calories per day and losing weight. I literally do not know how you do it.
Those numbers just represent a calorie deficit for them based on their stats & activity level. They won't for everyone, particularly women who are very short, sedentary, and/or have relatively little to lose.
It's an unfortunate truth that, for those women who are very short, sedentary, or have little to lose, weight loss requires real determination and is a test of patience. Often, the losses experienced are small enough to be hidden by normal water weight fluctuations, and unless a person sticks with it for many weeks, they may not be able to see the real progress on the scale. However, sometimes it is a question of accuracy- not using a food scale, choosing inaccurate database entries, and/or over-estimated calorie burns- and a person may not think it's possible to lose on X number of calories, but it's just an issue of the data being skewed.
Yours sounds like a good example of what I mentioned earlier when people over-restrict and it leads to over-eating on other days. Does this look familiar?
<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5021879/uploads/editor/p5/0kjju2outt0d.png" alt="0kjju2outt0d.png"/>
In this case, the key is accepting a slower rate of loss and being really consistent & committed (while trying to minimize the hair loss experienced from pulling it out ).
Yep - that is me. I know I go over regularly. I am terrible at moderating and the message here of not "denying" yourself anything sure makes it easy to do that. I guess I figure if I went down to 1200 my deficit would be that much larger on the days I do stick to it - so my "overages" wouldn't totally kill my week? Maybe it would balance out better? haha
But I am neither short, sedentary nor do I have very little weight to lose. I am 5'10", 195, and want to lose at least 40 lbs (hoping for 50). My base calories from MFP at 1 lb per week are 1460. I do what I would consider moderate work outs 4 days per week.
Anyway - enough whining. I just need to suck it up and figure it out how to succeed at this somehow. Thanks all for taking the time to reply.
I'm 5ft 8 183lbs and on a sedentary day I burn 1900 cals so I would get 1400 your 2inches taller and just over 10lbs heavier so your base calories should be more
So are you saying you are losing at 1900 calories per day? My logging must be terrible. I have a food scale maybe I will start weighing every single thing for a while and try to be more accurate and see if that helps.
I'm pretty sure she means she maintains on 1900 and to lose 1 lb/week it gives her 1400.
But still, the food scale is a great idea!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10697068/how-i-stopped-kidding-myself/p10 -
I'm going 1200 too, did it before as well! Lost 30 pounds before (that I've gained back this pass 2 years). But it worked best for me when I set my goal for 1200 because I often would end up jusssssst above that number. I was never great with my last meal, I'd always misjudge the numbers and go over, but with a number set a little lower I still lost weight at a healthy rate!0
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i'm on 1200 a day. feel free to add me 1
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I am unsure as to why WHAT you eat has anything to do with 1200? You can eat anything you want. But I get it, unfortunately the 1200 it's giving you isn't really sustainable long term. Some days it can work, and it's important to not get stuck into a rut or think it has to be a specific deficit like that. Your body will at some point rebel, the taller you are the harder you will fall because your TDEE is higher than a short person.
Learn what your TDEE is and learn to trust that is what your body always needs, and that a deficit for fat loss is actually ANYTHING under that, so every day doesn't have to be the same. Think of it more like any day under is a deficit, any day AT TDEE you can't possible gain weight (something chronic dieters seem to forget), and that any deficit is corrective action to be taken in doses that some days your body is not able to handle and other days it is.0 -
MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Honestly I don't get how women are eating these massive amounts of calories every day and still losing weight. Even with moderate exercise (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes yoga) I get allocated like 1500 per day. I have been here for months and lost 0 pounds because I almost always go over. I suck at moderating, and a couple of days over kills my progress for the entire week if my deficit it that small. I have to go back to the restrictive diet I was going to start with or I literally will not lose the weight.
Good on everyone who is eating 1800 - 2000 calories per day and losing weight. I literally do not know how you do it.
Those numbers just represent a calorie deficit for them based on their stats & activity level. They won't for everyone, particularly women who are very short, sedentary, and/or have relatively little to lose.
It's an unfortunate truth that, for those women who are very short, sedentary, or have little to lose, weight loss requires real determination and is a test of patience. Often, the losses experienced are small enough to be hidden by normal water weight fluctuations, and unless a person sticks with it for many weeks, they may not be able to see the real progress on the scale. However, sometimes it is a question of accuracy- not using a food scale, choosing inaccurate database entries, and/or over-estimated calorie burns- and a person may not think it's possible to lose on X number of calories, but it's just an issue of the data being skewed.
Yours sounds like a good example of what I mentioned earlier when people over-restrict and it leads to over-eating on other days. Does this look familiar?
<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5021879/uploads/editor/p5/0kjju2outt0d.png" alt="0kjju2outt0d.png"/>
In this case, the key is accepting a slower rate of loss and being really consistent & committed (while trying to minimize the hair loss experienced from pulling it out ).
Yep - that is me. I know I go over regularly. I am terrible at moderating and the message here of not "denying" yourself anything sure makes it easy to do that. I guess I figure if I went down to 1200 my deficit would be that much larger on the days I do stick to it - so my "overages" wouldn't totally kill my week? Maybe it would balance out better? haha
But I am neither short, sedentary nor do I have very little weight to lose. I am 5'10", 195, and want to lose at least 40 lbs (hoping for 50). My base calories from MFP at 1 lb per week are 1460. I do what I would consider moderate work outs 4 days per week.
Anyway - enough whining. I just need to suck it up and figure it out how to succeed at this somehow. Thanks all for taking the time to reply.
I'm 5ft 8 183lbs and on a sedentary day I burn 1900 cals so I would get 1400 your 2inches taller and just over 10lbs heavier so your base calories should be more
So are you saying you are losing at 1900 calories per day? My logging must be terrible. I have a food scale maybe I will start weighing every single thing for a while and try to be more accurate and see if that helps.
Not weighing everything is probably what's holding you up. I weighed out some sunflower seeds for snacks - 50g was 330 calories. I can only imagine how much I was actually eating because I could snack on that literally all day. There is a spreadsheet somewhere on the site that lists foods by their protein values, that might help you with protein sources.
I weigh/measure everything ... until I go "over" for the day. Then I tell myself that my base is set low enough that a couple small "indulgences" won't hurt. So my guess is that I am probably grossly underestimating how much those "few" extra calories are adding up to. Otherwise I should be losing weight. 1 -
I’m using a scale 😊 I’m just surprised at how much food weighsSorry I hadn’t read the comments after this, don’t know what to believe now. Il just carry on what I’m doing and maybe just have a cheat meal a week does anyone else do this?
The problem with eating a bit too little isn't "starvation mode". It's that your body needs a certain amount of fuel (calories) to do what it does. If you are slightly undereating, you may "feel" fine. But many women who insist on starting low do great for the first couple of months and then start to suffer from feeling deprived, and feeling like a failure because they aren't fine anymore with the lowest calories. Eating a bit too little can also affect your energy a little - not enough so you notice it, but enough that you move a little less and burn a few less calories.
And let me tell you a little secret - many people who insist they are full and happy on 1200 cals aren't using a food scale, are choosing not-so-accurate entries in the database, and are actually eating more like 1500 calories anyway! When I first started, I would've sworn on a Bible that I was barely eating 1400 cals and not losing weight. Then I got a food scale and realized I was eating more like 1700 calories.
Set a realistic weekly weight loss goal, log accurately and consistently, log your exercise and eat back at least some of those calories, and give it at least 4-6 weeks to really start clicking and moving. A wise MFPer once said, the one who eats the most to lose weight wins. No one gets bonus points for being satisfied with less.
Check out these posts when you get a chance, and good luck :drinker:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
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MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Honestly I don't get how women are eating these massive amounts of calories every day and still losing weight. Even with moderate exercise (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes yoga) I get allocated like 1500 per day. I have been here for months and lost 0 pounds because I almost always go over. I suck at moderating, and a couple of days over kills my progress for the entire week if my deficit it that small. I have to go back to the restrictive diet I was going to start with or I literally will not lose the weight.
Good on everyone who is eating 1800 - 2000 calories per day and losing weight. I literally do not know how you do it.
Like try2again said, different stats. I'm currently losing on 2070cal, but I'm 5'6, 219lbs currently and lightly active. I hear you on the struggle to moderate though. What worked for me was a lot of meal prep, portioning out ahead of time as many things as I can and lots of protein. And apples, they help in a pinch when I want something to snack on that's also sweet. Just got to find what will work for you.
Thanks. I am 5'10" and 195 so I would think that I should be losing on what I am eating. I guess my over calorie days are probably more than I think they are.
I have heard that about protein, but I don't eat meat so protein is a bit of a struggle. I never hit the target with just food, so have added a shake in every day, but that isn't particularly satiating, and uses up calories.
I don’t eat much meat only chicken, sausage and abit of fish, the rest of the time I’d have quorn as substitute think that has a lot of protein in0 -
Honestly I don't get how women are eating these massive amounts of calories every day and still losing weight. Even with moderate exercise (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes yoga) I get allocated like 1500 per day. I have been here for months and lost 0 pounds because I almost always go over. I suck at moderating, and a couple of days over kills my progress for the entire week if my deficit it that small. I have to go back to the restrictive diet I was going to start with or I literally will not lose the weight.
Good on everyone who is eating 1800 - 2000 calories per day and losing weight. I literally do not know how you do it.
Those numbers just represent a calorie deficit for them based on their stats & activity level. They won't for everyone, particularly women who are very short, sedentary, and/or have relatively little to lose.
It's an unfortunate truth that, for those women who are very short, sedentary, or have little to lose, weight loss requires real determination and is a test of patience. Often, the losses experienced are small enough to be hidden by normal water weight fluctuations, and unless a person sticks with it for many weeks, they may not be able to see the real progress on the scale. However, sometimes it is a question of accuracy- not using a food scale, choosing inaccurate database entries, and/or over-estimated calorie burns- and a person may not think it's possible to lose on X number of calories, but it's just an issue of the data being skewed.
Yours sounds like a good example of what I mentioned earlier when people over-restrict and it leads to over-eating on other days. Does this look familiar?
<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5021879/uploads/editor/p5/0kjju2outt0d.png" alt="0kjju2outt0d.png"/>
In this case, the key is accepting a slower rate of loss and being really consistent & committed (while trying to minimize the hair loss experienced from pulling it out ).
Yep - that is me. I know I go over regularly. I am terrible at moderating and the message here of not "denying" yourself anything sure makes it easy to do that. I guess I figure if I went down to 1200 my deficit would be that much larger on the days I do stick to it - so my "overages" wouldn't totally kill my week? Maybe it would balance out better? haha
But I am neither short, sedentary nor do I have very little weight to lose. I am 5'10", 195, and want to lose at least 40 lbs (hoping for 50). My base calories from MFP at 1 lb per week are 1460. I do what I would consider moderate work outs 4 days per week.
Anyway - enough whining. I just need to suck it up and figure it out how to succeed at this somehow. Thanks all for taking the time to reply.
I'm 5ft 8 183lbs and on a sedentary day I burn 1900 cals so I would get 1400 your 2inches taller and just over 10lbs heavier so your base calories should be more
So are you saying you are losing at 1900 calories per day? My logging must be terrible. I have a food scale maybe I will start weighing every single thing for a while and try to be more accurate and see if that helps.
I'm pretty sure she means she maintains on 1900 and to lose 1 lb/week it gives her 1400.
But still, the food scale is a great idea!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10697068/how-i-stopped-kidding-myself/p1
Yes that is what I meant on sedentary days I would only be allowed 1400 to lose 1lb a week 1900 to maintain but on exercise days I can eat around 2k calories and still be losing0 -
MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Honestly I don't get how women are eating these massive amounts of calories every day and still losing weight. Even with moderate exercise (30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes yoga) I get allocated like 1500 per day. I have been here for months and lost 0 pounds because I almost always go over. I suck at moderating, and a couple of days over kills my progress for the entire week if my deficit it that small. I have to go back to the restrictive diet I was going to start with or I literally will not lose the weight.
Good on everyone who is eating 1800 - 2000 calories per day and losing weight. I literally do not know how you do it.
Like try2again said, different stats. I'm currently losing on 2070cal, but I'm 5'6, 219lbs currently and lightly active. I hear you on the struggle to moderate though. What worked for me was a lot of meal prep, portioning out ahead of time as many things as I can and lots of protein. And apples, they help in a pinch when I want something to snack on that's also sweet. Just got to find what will work for you.
Thanks. I am 5'10" and 195 so I would think that I should be losing on what I am eating. I guess my over calorie days are probably more than I think they are.
I have heard that about protein, but I don't eat meat so protein is a bit of a struggle. I never hit the target with just food, so have added a shake in every day, but that isn't particularly satiating, and uses up calories.
I don’t eat much meat only chicken, sausage and abit of fish, the rest of the time I’d have quorn as substitute think that has a lot of protein in
I don't think quorn is available here in Canada. Something about the manufacturing process and it not technically being food so it isn't approved here. Unless that has changed, last time I checked. I do eat tofu and tempeh though, and occasionally fish (so technically pescatarian if I was gonna label it.) I feel dieting would be so much easier as an omnivore ....0 -
@try2again Sorry I don't know how to put the other comment here. I wasn't saying it would cause distress. I was saying I was on 1200 because physician put me on a 1200 calorie diet, due to the health issues experienced. When eating way to much it did affect the way I felt. This is just my experience not everyone else.0
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I've been put on a low carb 1200 call diet by a NP and I really struggle. When I stick to it, I'm ALWAYS hungry, grumpy and tired. Then I turn around and fall off the proverbial wagon...which leads to self loathing. Ugh!0
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mmjeremian8377 wrote: »I've been put on a low carb 1200 call diet by a NP and I really struggle. When I stick to it, I'm ALWAYS hungry, grumpy and tired. Then I turn around and fall off the proverbial wagon...which leads to self loathing. Ugh!
I think it’s important to choose foods you really like. I do little things that I look forward to. I use the ultra filtered whole milk that I put into my capresso to make it foamy. I eat protein with every meal and make sure I get fat at every meal. I also drink a glass of Metamucil in the morning for the extra fiber. Finally, at night I have one Hershey kiss. ;-)2 -
Feel free to friend me IF you ALSO post your diary to friends.0
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I am only 4'11" and I have a desk job, so 1,200 calories per day has been fine for me. Choose healthy, nutrient dense foods, every calorie is really not the same.0
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Kodiak Cakes or Nutrigrain waffles with sugar free syrup are good for breakfast if you get tired of eating eggs. I use the Schmidt 647 bread for turkey or peanut butter sandwiches. Dinner can be some kind of meat and vegetables. Snacks can be slices or chunks of fruit, vegetables, almonds, or popcorn. Don't drink any beverages with calories, just water, unless it is a meal replacement. Good Luck!0
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Sorry I hadn’t read the comments after this, don’t know what to believe now. Il just carry on what I’m doing and maybe just have a cheat meal a week does anyone else do this?
I don’t specifically plan for a cheat meal but I do go out to dinner. I try and pick something that keeps me close to my calories but I don’t worry too much about it. I try and think of it as a lifestyle not a diet.
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