Who has only 1200 calories per day?

Mine is set at 1200 and I find myself under my calories everyday and I track everything even sweeteners!!

You can get by on 1200 a day you just have to make the right choices to make you feel fuller for longer because we all know a bit of chocolate will not fill us up!

I normally have a green tea in the morning to start the day with no breakfast as I cant stomach eating at that time of the morning.

Lunch is a cupa soup with a frozen ww meal which takes me up to around the 600 marks leaving another 600 for snacks and dinner!

I have my dinner and fill up on loads of veg carrots, broccoli, cauliflower etc.

So it is possible!

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Natz xx

I have mine set there but it goes up when I exercise. I feel great being just a little bit hungry instead of overly full. Out of the two I am more comfortable feeling a little hungry than bloated!
I am finding nutrition packed foods that fill me up instead of empty calories. So at 1200 every bite I take has to be considered carefully. I have been reading allot on nutrition and I am finding what works best for me. It is some adjustment at first but I found that if I try to keep myself busy with something I enjoy and drink water when a craving hits then after about 3 days the body adjusts quickly.However, then the same goes for the reverse. If I eat a heavy meal then my body adjusts to that and I am back trying to cut down again.

I have an allowance of 1200 but if I actually ate that much regularly and ate my exercise calories too I would gain weight. My BMR is only around the 1200 mark

I eat 1050-1150 generally, sometimes slightly under, sometimes slightly over.

I actually think 1200 is a hell of a lot of food, I don't feel deprived in terms of amount at all (just in terms of choices!)

I am set at 1200 calories a day to lose 1 lb. a week. I am losing about 1/2 lb a week most weeks, but some weeks 1 lb. It does depend on what you eat. I can eat a fritata (kind of like an open omelet) made with Kirkland carton eggs, which is 99.99% egg whites (very low in cal.) ,sliced mushrooms, sliced tomato, spring mix, sliced mini bell peppers, 2% shredded cheese and it will keep me full longer than most anything I eat and it is about 200 calories. You get your protein and fiber, which are important for staying full longer. I do eat a lot of veggies and some fruit. If I don't work out it can sometimes be hard not to go over the 1200 mark.

I do work out 4 or 5 days a week. Some exercises that can burn calories are so easy, so I don't understand those who do not work out. I burn many calories just doing the elyptical machine, but you can stair step or jump rope and burn a lot of calories without expensive equipment. You can lift weights with a jug of water. Even if you slowly build muscle the more muscle you can build the more calories you will burn. Try to burn some calories each day so you can eat more. Even if you burn 200 calories that is 1400 calories you can eat and still lose weight. It is not easy, for sure. It was a routine I had to push myself into, with the help of my daughter and husband. I am not overweight much. Maybe need to lose about 10 lbs. more and have lost 8 so far. Good luck and hang in there. I was at a stand still for weeks until recently and finally lost another pound. Also, remember it may not always be weight, but the inches that make a difference. Happy eating healthy.

So true. My husband and I have a splurge day once a week. Sometimes we really over do it, but many times we still stay within our calorie limit because we are beginning to just lean toward the better foods. If we go over it is just for one day anyway. If you don't have that splurge day I believe it is easier to fall off the wagon. Also, it helps to do it with others. My husband and I were out yesterday and all I could think of was ice cream (my weakness), but he helped me get through it . Before you know it we were at home eating turkey on sara lee 45 cal bread and I had 400 calories left by bed time.

Walk, jump rope, stair step or something. Even if it only burns a couple hundred calories that is a couple hundred more you can eat and stay within the limit and lose weight. Some could try jumping jax for 1 minute rest for 1 minute and do that for 15 minutes and burn enough calories to eat that extra turkey sandwich. It is amazing what we can think of doing to burn calories so we can eat more. My son told me he and his wife wanted to go out one night and he new he would go way over his calorie limit. His fix was to work out a second time that day and he was able to eat what he expected he would that night and have a couple of beers. Keep going and stay strong. Best of luck to you.

So true. My husband and I have a splurge day once a week. Sometimes we really over do it, but many times we still stay within our calorie limit because we are beginning to just lean toward the better foods. If we go over it is just for one day anyway. If you don't have that splurge day I believe it is easier to fall off the wagon. Also, it helps to do it with others. My husband and I were out yesterday and all I could think of was ice cream (my weakness), but he helped me get through it . Before you know it we were at home eating turkey on sara lee 45 cal bread and I had 400 calories left by bed time.

Walk, jump rope, stair step or something. Even if it only burns a couple hundred calories that is a couple hundred more you can eat and stay within the limit and lose weight. Some could try jumping jax for 1 minute rest for 1 minute and do that for 15 minutes and burn enough calories to eat that extra turkey sandwich. It is amazing what we can think of doing to burn calories so we can eat more. My son told me he and his wife wanted to go out one night and he new he would go way over his calorie limit. His fix was to work out a second time that day and he was able to eat what he expected he would that night and have a couple of beers. Keep going and stay strong. Best of luck to you.

This is really the key for me. My calories are set at 1200, but because I eat back my calories, I know it is within my control to up that limit if I want. I find that it is the motivation that I need to get myslef moving everyday. Even if it is just to take the dogs out to play, or push myself away from my desk at lunchtime and go for a walk. Because of this, in actuality, I rarely eat only 1200 calories a day.

I have mine set at 1200 a day. The nutritionist I see told me to take in 1000 calories and do 90 minutes of cardio per day. I cant set it to 1000. And she also told me not to eat back my exercise calories. I have a whole lot of weight to lose though and started off very heavy with some serious health concerns (prediabetic, seriously high blood pressure, PCOS). My physician and nutrtionist are walking me through this. And they are in agreement with my calorie intake and exercise. However, they are the only two who feel this is how it should be for me

MFP set me at 1200 calories for the day, it is a challenge but I feel like it motivates me to exercise because I am a big eater and getting the exercise calories prevents me from giving up and eating crap. Most days I find that i dont even use that many of the exercise calories. So far it has been working for me, but it has only been a week.

I am on th 1200 calorie per day on MFP. I am 5' 8.5" tall and I'm doing just fine. In fact, I'm usually a few calories under. It all depends on the foods you eat throughout the day. I'm happy and satisfied at 1200 calories a day. Feel free to look at my diary. I'm moderately active. :happy:

I had metabolic testing done and I was prescribed 1200 cals per day to lose 1.5 lbs per week. I think every person's metabolism is different and obviously mine is on the slower side right now. Keeping at around 1200 is tough and it takes my full attention, but I get by if meals average 300 + small snacks in between. Large salads with a modest amount of turkey or chicken & a reduced cal dressing is VERY filling and this is becoming my staple. I also now drink lots of water. Portion control and careful logging is critical at any cal level.

I had mine set to 1200 and found that I usually awsn't meeting it, because I was scared to go over. I eat between 1200-1400 cals now. For me, it's not hard and I'm never hungry. It's making the right food choices that allows you to eat more. If you eat tons of salad (lettuce has very few calories as well as any other vegetable), you find yourself full with minimal calories.

I had mine at 1200 before and it didn't help me lose weight. I've been on here since Oct 210 and only down 16 pounds, granted thats with taking June/July/Nov/Dec off. In those 2 months breaks I only gained a few pounds each time.Right now I have mine set at 1495 b/c that's what it says to lose a pound a week. The whole time I've been on MFP the most I have lose in a month is 6 pounds and that was last Feb when I went from Curves to Gold's. Now I'm just focused on clean eating and Jamie Eason's 12 week program.

The slower you lose weight the better chance you have to keep it off. Yes this frustrates me when everyone is at there goal weights a year later and I'm not. By this Oct I hope to be down the last at least 16 pounds.

Mine is 1200, but I'm really short. 4'11".

I do...I have 1275...and its brutal...but if this is how I can do it with feeling hungry...I am going to try...

i have a 1600 calories and i take less.. because i drink minimun 2 lts of water not incl.. my coffe milk, or tea.. and honestly i am not hungry at all.. i always under 1600 i take 1200 because water is helping me a lot..

I eat around 1000 to 1200 calories a day and exercise with P90X cardio and kenpo workouts every day. I seem to be fine if I fill up on low calorie fruits and vegetables. I think that this is at least possible for me since I used to have an eating disorder at eat around 400-500 cals a day. So this most certainly is a step up for me. I would try to slowly lower your calorie intake. Like start at 2000, then 1800, then 1600, and so on until you feel you are ready for around 1200 a day. Good luck!