Feels impossible to eat only 1200 calories!!
ChristieJourney
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It feels nearly impossible to only eat 1240 calories a day! I am getting frustrated and have hit a plateau for a couple months. My BMR is 1656 calories and this app tells me that if I want to lose 20 lbs, than I only can eat approx 1200 cals a day. What do I eat?! Please help
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Do you have your weight loss set at .5 lbs a week?
Are you using a food scale and weighing everything that you eat?4 -
I'm finding a hard time too! I drink 2 slimfast shakes a day and have small snacks to keep hunger at bay, then i eat a meal for dinner.1
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I have it set at 1 pound a week. And I have never weighed my food...do you literally weigh your food? I am really new to this1
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christiemuzzio wrote: »I have it set at 1 pound a week. And I have never weighed my food...do you literally weigh your food? I am really new to this
Healthy weight loss would be .5 lbs a week. It might help to change your goal. To be honest I don't use a scale, but using one does help you to know a more accurate look into how much you are eating.3 -
christiemuzzio wrote: »I have it set at 1 pound a week. And I have never weighed my food...do you literally weigh your food? I am really new to this
Healthy weight loss would be .5 lbs a week. It might help to change your goal. To be honest I don't use a scale, but using one does help you to know a more accurate look into how much you are eating.
Thanks for your advice!
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Do you have your weight loss set at .5 lbs a week?
Are you using a food scale and weighing everything that you eat?
^^^This. If your deficit is too aggressive it will make you crazy. Get all notions of doing any of this in a hurry out of your head. People are usually concerned about how long it takes because they are trying to suffer through it. If that’s you, try to find the place where you can lose without the suffering.
The best plan is one we will actually follow.
My approach to calorie counting was different from a lot of folks. I carefully weighed, measured and tracked everything to make sure I was eat as much as my plan allowed. But if your numbers and tracking
are tight the only other place to go is food selection. Get enough dietary fat and enough protein. Fill in the rest with fresh veggies and some fruit. My best weight loss friends have been, egg whites, apples, broccoli and cabbage.
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Do you have your weight loss set at .5 lbs a week?
Are you using a food scale and weighing everything that you eat?
^^^This. If your deficit is too aggressive it will make you crazy. Get all notions of doing any of this in a hurry out of your head. People are usually concerned about how long it takes because they are trying to suffer through it. If that’s you, try to find the place where you can lose without the suffering.
The best plan is one we will actually follow.
My approach to calorie counting was different from a lot of folks. I carefully weighed, measured and tracked everything to make sure I was eat as much as my plan allowed. But if your numbers and tracking
are tight the only other place to go is food selection. Get enough dietary fat and enough protein. Fill in the rest with fresh veggies and some fruit. My best weight loss friends have been, egg whites, apples, broccoli and cabbage.
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That'll do it. You can lose the weight, it's hard, but you can. I think the previous suggestion about food choices is key. I use a food scale and it helps.1
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ChristieJourney wrote: »I have it set at 1 pound a week. And I have never weighed my food...do you literally weigh your food? I am really new to this
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yourenotmine wrote: »That'll do it. You can lose the weight, it's hard, but you can. I think the previous suggestion about food choices is key. I use a food scale and it helps.
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ChristieJourney wrote: »It feels nearly impossible to only eat 1240 calories a day! I am getting frustrated and have hit a plateau for a couple months. My BMR is 1656 calories and this app tells me that if I want to lose 20 lbs, than I only can eat approx 1200 cals a day. What do I eat?! Please help
That's why I exercise!1 -
moonangel12 wrote: »ChristieJourney wrote: »I have it set at 1 pound a week. And I have never weighed my food...do you literally weigh your food? I am really new to this
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If IF isn’t working for you, maybe try something else? I usually eat breakfast between 9 and 10 rather than when I first get up, unless I do an early run, then I have two breakfasts set eating times/time frames works for some but not all - experiment and see what works for YOU!3
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ChristieJourney wrote: »It feels nearly impossible to only eat 1240 calories a day! I am getting frustrated and have hit a plateau for a couple months. My BMR is 1656 calories and this app tells me that if I want to lose 20 lbs, than I only can eat approx 1200 cals a day. What do I eat?! Please help
That's why I exercise!
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moonangel12 wrote: »If IF isn’t working for you, maybe try something else? I usually eat breakfast between 9 and 10 rather than when I first get up, unless I do an early run, then I have two breakfasts set eating times/time frames works for some but not all - experiment and see what works for YOU!
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ChristieJourney wrote: »ChristieJourney wrote: »It feels nearly impossible to only eat 1240 calories a day! I am getting frustrated and have hit a plateau for a couple months. My BMR is 1656 calories and this app tells me that if I want to lose 20 lbs, than I only can eat approx 1200 cals a day. What do I eat?! Please help
That's why I exercise!
Even if you walk for half an hour, you should get an extra 100 calories to work with.2 -
Hi Christie;
At the beginning I was measuring everything to know exactly what I was eating and to understand better the portions.. now I kind of know the sizes and measure less.
Also what can help you is eating more fat and protein, you will hit your calorie count faster however you'll feel less hungry.
Hope it helps0 -
I weigh everything (apart from maybe lettuce, cucumber etc - which is unlikely to make my count more than 10kcal off), and also - the rate of weight loss that's sustainable/reasonable changes depending on how much you have left to lose, if you're close-ish to goal weight you could set your rate to 0.5 per week. But seriously, get a food scale, without it you really can't know for sure how much you're eating - either over or under your goal1
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ChristieJourney wrote: »ChristieJourney wrote: »It feels nearly impossible to only eat 1240 calories a day! I am getting frustrated and have hit a plateau for a couple months. My BMR is 1656 calories and this app tells me that if I want to lose 20 lbs, than I only can eat approx 1200 cals a day. What do I eat?! Please help
That's why I exercise!
Even if you walk for half an hour, you should get an extra 100 calories to work with.
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Hi Christie;
At the beginning I was measuring everything to know exactly what I was eating and to understand better the portions.. now I kind of know the sizes and measure less.
Also what can help you is eating more fat and protein, you will hit your calorie count faster however you'll feel less hungry.
Hope it helps
I should look into a food scale! Thanks!1
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