Question for those on 1200 calories

Try porridge in the morning, its a slow releasing carb so fills you up for longer! I manager a decent portion for about 200 cals and thats with a teaspoon of suagr too! Plus porridge oats are really cheap to buy, about £1 for homebrand for a huge bag!!

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I budget with my calories and eat whatever i want. cant be doing with low fat crap and fad diets i eat real food, because you need fatty food and real food to burn off the calories. in the past 4 week i've lost 9lb in weight and i dont see why i should cut out my favourite foods out, just eat in moderation, measure weigh foods and equal portions out. it's worked for me. Whatever Calories I have burnt i have eaten back and left some.

I split mine up as follows most days:

Breakfast- 230 calories - 8:00 AM
Snack- 90 calories - 10:00 AM
Snack- 100 calories - noon
Lunch- 200 calories or under - 1:00 PM
Snack- 100 caloires - 3:30ish PM
Supper- 450, plus whatever extra calories I need for my 1200 for the day, calories - 5:30ish PM

I walk 25 mins a day- taking my dog walking, plus do a cardio 10 min workout on youtube- I don't always eat back my workout calories, but some nights I do.

My Supper almost always has lots of protein which keeps me from getting hungry or wanting to snack in the evenings.

This I have found works for me- good luck!

I am trying to work on more cals at breakfast based on the Eat Clean principles. It's tough, but I'm finding it helpful and easier to stick to my limits. So all I'd do is reverse it-more cals during the day, fewer in the evening/dinner time.

I find that when I eat whole, real food I am full faster and stay that way longer than when I eat processed stuff.

I also aim to have a glass of water or tea before I eat, when I first feel hungry. Sometimes, I'm thirsty. Sometimes, I'm hungry, then I go ahead and eat, but at least I've "checked it out" first. I'm having to re-learn to trust my body and it's signals, after I've ignored them for so long.

It's a process-and I think you are on the right track.

Be kind to yourself.

Ditto, you really should eat more often and taper your cals down throughout the day, not eat more at the end of the day, IMO.

100 snacks under 100 calories . . .

½ cup fresh blueberries 45
1 sesame breadstick 42
3 cups plain popcorn 23
1 whole ripe tomato or ½ cup cherry or grape tomatoes 33
1 small banana 81
5 saltine crackers 60
1 medium apple 80
½ plain bagel (small 2 oz) 83
celery sticks (10 small) 20
frozen juice bar 75
1 large dill pickle 15
1 medium orange 77
1 cup puffed wheat cereal 43
1 hard boiled egg 81
½ medium grapefruit 38
1 cucumber 10
1 cup vegetable juice 50
½ English muffin, with 1 tsp. Peanut butter 95
1 ¼ cups whole strawberries 60
2 oz. water packed tuna 70
1 string cheese stick 72
1 medium ear corn on cob, dusted with Creole seasoning 80
1 small baked potato 80
½ cup stewed tomatoes 36
1 whole fresh peach 37
1 slice whole grain toast 85
1 cup skim milk 90
6 oz. non fat, sugar free yogurt 86
7 medium fresh shrimp 70
½ cup fruit cocktail, in own juice 60
½ cup red raspberries 41
8 dried apricot halves 60
½ cup raw cauliflower 14
1 medium tangerine or 2 small clementines 37
1 cup green tea with 2 tsp. sugar 30
17 fresh grapes (frozen for a hot weather treat) 52
10 almonds 70
½ cup apple cider 58
1 cup cantaloupe cubes 48
2 Tbsp. dried cranberries (Craisins) 45
2 cups watermelon cubes 84
50 small pretzel sticks 60
½ cup pineapple chunks, in own juice 64
1 cup fresh cherries 65
3 dried, orange flavored prunes 60
½ cup Corn Bran cereal 82
1 cup grapefruit juice 65
½ cup gelatin 82
1 cup gelatin (sugar free) 16
½ cinnamon raisin English muffin 75
1 cup minestrone soup 83
8 baked tortilla chips with 3 Tbsp. salsa 93
20 peanuts 90
½ cup raw baby carrots 25
½ cup low fat cottage cheese 70
3 graham cracker squares 80
3 oz., "kiddie size" frozen yogurt (96% fat free) 78
1 cup Cheerios 88
1/3 cup vegetarian baked beans 78
6 pieces Melba toast 75
1 ounce honey turkey 32
4 Hershey kisses 98
3 dried whole dates 68
½ cup sugar free pudding made with skim milk 80
½ cup fat free refried beans 80
8 animal crackers 90
1 cup tossed salad (mixed lettuce greens,cucumbers,carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, etc.) with 1 Tbs. dressing 83
1/2 cup split pea soup 67
2 small plums 60
15 Teddy Graham crackers 82
2 Tbs. hummus spread on 1/4 pita pocket bread 93
½ large red, yellow or green bell pepper, cut into strips 20
5 Saltine crackers 60
1 small banana 60
2 Tbsp. Sunflower seeds 90
1 small baked sweet potato 59
2 Tbsp. raisins 60
1 fig bar 53
4 Brazil nuts 93
2 pieces Wasa crispbread 50
1 medium pear 98
6 oz. calcium fortified orange juice 84
½ cup three bean salad 90
1 sugar free Popsicle 20
20 pistachio nuts 70
3 gingersnaps 89
2 Tbs. light cream cheese, on 2 medium celery sticks 67
½ cup corn flakes with ½ cup skim milk 98
½ cup oatmeal, 73
30 Goldfish crackers 70
½ cup vanilla ice milk 92
sugar free hot cocoa mix, made with 4 oz. skim milk plus water 95
1 medium kiwi fruit 46
1 oz. jalapeno jack cheese 90
1 frozen pudding bar, not chocolate covered 80
½ cup Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal 80
1 oz. Canadian bacon 40
2 Tbsp. soybean nuts 97
½ grapefruit 37

Something that helps is drinking tons of water, when I get hungry between meals I make sure I drink a glass of water first, and the hunger goes away.. I don't even snack anymore, I burn around 230 cals, so I have more calories for my bigger meal (In my case it's lunch).
A great snack are fruit, they keep me full and are so low in calories.

Completely agree on all points. I was having the same problem with being hungry most of the day. I increased my water intake(which also increases metabolism and weight loss) to 8 8 oz cups per day and the hunger almost disappeared. I now only eat my three meals and a snack of fruit in the afternoon. I usually snack on grape tomatoes or grapes with an occasional apple or orange sometimes I'll bring in some raw broccoli with some low fat ranch as well.

I do the same thing, sometimes two or three days out, for the same reason. It also helps me make out my grocery shopping list.

For me it's easier, to eat a lighter calorie breakfast. For lunch I have a Lean Cruisine, Michelina's, pizza mini's, whatever I choose, 400 cals or less. But WHATEVER I choose to eat for lunch... I MUST BURN THOSE CALORIES OFF!!! NO MATTER WHAT!!!.. Thinking like that I won't over-load my calorie intake, because I don't want to be on that Treadmill an extended amount of time.
If you burn off your lunch those calories can be added to dinner and snacks, and still be under your 1200 calorie intake.