Anyone else on 1200 a day?

Are you exercising? I have been on my diet, 1200 cal. now for 5 full days and have lost 3 pounds. I never exercised before on other diets I did, but this time I wanted to try it. It truly works. I feel better in just 5 days. I can't wait to see how I feel in 2 weeks.
Don't give up, and don't cut your calories. You need to feed your body for you to lose. Good luck!

1200 calories isn't low? I barely manage to hit that target everyday & I eat loads.

A messed up metabolism would indeed cause that.

I said I eat loads of food & barely manage to reach 1200 calories, that has nothing to do with my metabolism, it has to do with the kind of food I eat, I eat low calorie filling food.

And a messed up metabolism would make that low calorie filling food feel like enough.

If metabolism is moving along at a good clip, you can eat the most fluffy stomach stuffing items that are low calorie, and as soon as it empties and your body realizes it needs more calories to feed muscle, grow hair/nails, fight off infections, ect, you'd be hungry again.

It's exactly why you'll see the comments from time to time, "I'm eating what you are eating and can't get buy below 1400/1600 without feeling starving" and the other info is about the same.

A normal day for me is something like this: a yoghurt & a piece of toast with butter for breakfast at 235cals, a large Chicken salad with dressing for lunch at 206cals, a bag of snack a jacks at 108cals & an apple at 45cals for snack then a large plate of veggies & Chicken for 270, that's all filling & all under 1200cals.
If you eat the right foods you can have bigger portions & stay full without going over your 1200 calorie goal, it's not rocket science.
Also, what is the whole point in complaining about the 1200 calorie limit? It's called a diet for a reason.
I've been on here for a week eating approx 1115 calories a day & I've lost 9lbs, you might think 1200 is too few calories, but it'[s a diet & it works, it isn't starvation, starvation diets are anything below 700 calories.

A normal day for me is something like this: a yoghurt & a piece of toast with butter for breakfast at 235cals, a large Chicken salad with dressing for lunch at 206cals, a bag of snack a jacks at 108cals & an apple at 45cals for snack then a large plate of veggies & Chicken for 270, that's all filling & all under 1200cals.
If you eat the right foods you can have bigger portions & stay full without going over your 1200 calorie goal, it's not rocket science.
Also, what is the whole point in complaining about the 1200 calorie limit? It's called a diet for a reason.
I've been on here for a week eating approx 1115 calories a day & I've lost 9lbs, you might think 1200 is too few calories, but it'[s a diet & it works, it isn't starvation, starvation diets are anything below 700 calories.

That is excellent food selection, and indeed can stay full I'm sure.

The warning, which is what several on here are doing that might be viewed as a complaint, is that too many are not aware of what happens on low calorie diets (around or below 1200), and ones speaking from experience share either the lack of continued success, or what happens eventually, or the discouragement that comes when that happens.

For instance, to think after a week that 9lbs is anything but water weight is misinformed, which you may realize. You could very easily be at lessened glucose stores, and as such less water is retained, and you will weigh less. Until you eat that one piece of chocolate cake that ways 10 ounces, and you gain 2 lbs the next day somehow.
And as long as you don't need those limited glucose stores for energy, you may be fine.

The problem comes not from a calorie count below 700 (though that is easy to recognize), but a deficit large enough between eating calories and expenditure calories that your body goes into the same exact mode, slowing down metabolism and sparing the fat for what the body thinks must be happening.
So if you came into the diet with decent metabolism because you haven't been dieting, and make a huge deficit, metabolism is going to lower to match what you are feeding it.
If you came into the diet with a messed up one because of previous dieting attempts, and are now trying to throw in exercise regularly for example, metabolism may slow even more.

Not complaints, warnings and concerns from many that have seen what happens, and the discouragement that undoubtably occurs as things seem to stop working out.

These people; http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/446686-1200-calories

My Net Consumed Calories for a day are 1200 calories also. At first when I say that I was like you. I couldn't fathom how I would only eat 1200 calories, but it says Net, which means that you can eat 1500 calories, as long as your burn 300 calories that day so at the end of the day I had hit 1200 calories for the day. At least that is how I understood the fine print.

I'm on 1200 calorie as well; you get use to it. Just try to fill yourself up with fruits and veggies thats low in calories but high in fullfillment.

I've been on 1400 for 2 months and 1200 for 2months...I only missed 2x. Once on Thanksgiving the other on Xmas. Some days are definitely easier than than others but I generally do ok. I wouldn't say my diet is particularly restricted either....my diary is open.

I'm on 1,200 a day and I like it I always have extra calories left over at the end of the day and I'm not starving. I've been on MFP for a little over a week now and I'm already down about 6lbs. Feel free to add me if you like

I started just over a week ago and I'm also on 1200 a day. I find with burning just over 300 calories in working out, I have been under for the past week...and I have lost almost 4 lbs! I'm not starving, and I feel better knowing exactly what I'm consuming. At first I thought it was too little, but my body adjusted rather quickly...though I don't think I was too much above that anyway before starting. Everyone is different...do what works for you, whether it's 1200 or more. If you're losing what you want to lose and staying healthy, that's all that matters.

I'm at 1330 a day.. Can't imagine when it gets to 1200!