low carb high protein?

Try upping your calories, honestly, 1200 is NOT enough to sustain you. Especially if you exercise as long as you do; you're essentially running on nothing. Because of that, your body is holding onto everything you give it and not allowing you to lose weight. Aside from hindering weight loss, eating that little can be dangerous.

I've been low carbing, high proteining since Oct 11. I'm down 54 lbs!!!

I am also on a 1200 calorie a day, low carb and high protein. It is enough for me. I can do this easily with about 45 mins to an hour exercise. I am a vegetarian though so my food choices are usually lower in calories. I never paid much attention to them until I joined MFP. I would eat grilled cheese, pasta, lots of pasta and sauces that were really high in calories. Once I started to log these things the 1200 calories are hard to hit now. I guess it depends on what you eat.

I've been doing low carbs, 1200 calories, and have lost 44 pounds in 4 months. Some days I eat more carbs....then eat none....then try a day or two at 1000 calorie, then a few at 1400.....I think you hav to mess with your routine or it gets stagnant.

I started my low carbs diet in January 12 (8 weeks ago) so far I have lost 10 Kilos and I have reduced my BMI from 32% to 26.1%. I basically cut the bad carbs(bread, pasta, etc), sugars, junk food, alcohol and increasing my protein intake. Now I just eat lean meat, chickem fish tuna, salmon with veggies. Is very important that you eat at least 5-6 times per day every 2 to 3 hours to speed up your metabolism. In regards of training I do cardio for 25 min before and after my weight routine and I have one rest day per week.

I do not count calories to be honest, I just measure the meat and the poultry according with the size of my fist and the Carbs (oats, gluten free pasta, the brocoli/coliflower and the brown rice) one small cup.

I hope this can give some ideas and all the best with your training.

I don't know how you or anyone else on here feels about Protein shakes but if your going to do that much cardio i highly recomend you taking a WPI protein shake after each cardio workout to minimise muscle loss. Being in liquid form it will be easy to digest and will give your body the key ingrediants it needs to repair the muscle without breaking down or burning off your existing muscle to do so. Don't buy into fancy shakes, just find a WPI (Whey Protein Isolate) that tastes ok and mix it with water. eat a solid meal within 90 mins or your workout too.

Also, your body can only store protein for 3 hours at a time before it empties it into your er.. waste.. system so eating frequent meals on this kind of diet is best or you will slow down your metabolism.

My final piece of advice is to do with your training. If you want to maximise your workouts the best way to lose fat is to do a combined weights/cardio session. do a 5 min warm up of cardio. nothing too hard. Then 30 mins of weights. go for heavier weights. 3 sets per exercise or 8 - 12 reps. If you find your doing 8 reps for all 3 sets then your weight is too heavy. If your doing 12 reps for each or your 3 sets then your weight is too light. after 30 mins go back to your cardio for 20 mins of slow cardio. You want to keep your heart rate around 130BPM. this will allow your body to run off fat rather than the food you ate during the day.

I hope this makes sense. feel free to ask me any questions. Good Luck with reaching your goals.