A day in your 1200 calorie intake

Bodhizephyr
Bodhizephyr Posts: 48 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
This thread is in response to another forum user who is struggling to fill up with 1200 calories. I thought it would be a good idea for people to post what they ate in a day for 1200-1300 calories.
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  • taxidermist15
    taxidermist15 Posts: 677 Member
    i recently upped my calories to 1700 and im struggling gettign that, this was my once 1200 cal day

    breakfast
    - 0% chobani or fage yoghurt (one container)
    1/4 quakers old fashioned oats

    snack- apple maybe some almonds (like 6)

    lunch
    2 cup spinach
    5 medium mushrooms
    1/3 can corn
    3 oz chicken breast
    7 baby carrots
    one tomato
    2 tsp salsa
    2tsp cottage cheese (2%)

    chuck it all in a frying pan and have a warm salad... yummo!! super filling)

    snack- whatever leftover meat i could find int he fridge, about 3-4oz, and a mandarin

    dinner- 4-5 oz grilled chicken and as many veggies as i wanted that fit into my leftover cals

    dessert (every night)- sugar free jelly or some baked apples in the microwave using stevia or a "Muffin in a minute"(great recipe! use the search button, found it here!)

    drink one glass of water before every meal and it gives yu a nice full feeling.. like super full... btu i needed mroe cals so i switched from no fat to full fat stuff to reach my 1500 cal goal
  • seebeachrun
    seebeachrun Posts: 221 Member
    You can look at my diary. It skips around a bit but for the most part it's 1200-1300 calories a day.
  • PamelaGailJacobucci
    PamelaGailJacobucci Posts: 39 Member
    I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!
  • Edestiny7
    Edestiny7 Posts: 730 Member
    Breakfast - Blended together in a smoothie:
    Bananas - Raw, 127 g
    Pears - Raw, 195 g
    Apples - Raw, with skin, 85 g
    Celery - Raw, 85 g
    Spinach - Raw, 85 g
    Lemon juice - Raw, 1 fl oz
    Natures Place - All Natural Spring Water, 8 fl. oz. (240mL)
    Lettuce - Cos or romaine, raw, 85 g
    Seeds - Chia seeds, dried, 15 g

    Lunch - Steamed & blended in to a soup:
    Broccoli - Flower clusters, raw, 218.29 g
    Nuts - Brazilnuts, dried, unblanched, 13 g
    Natures Place - All Natural Spring Water, 8 fl. oz. (240mL)
    Kale - Raw, 218.29 g

    Dinner - Salad followed by beans/rice/salsa bowl:
    Annie's Naturals - Fat Free Raspberry Balsamic Vinaigrette, 1 Tbsp (33g)
    Carrots - Raw, 49 g
    Celery - Raw, 49 g
    Lettuce - Cos or romaine, raw, 85 g
    Rice - Brown, long-grain, cooked, 195 g
    Beans - Black, cooked, boiled, without salt, 174 g
    Green Mountain Gringo - Sauce Salsa Medium, 8 tbsp
    Stash - Chai Green Tea, 1 Tea Bag
  • nmlt13
    nmlt13 Posts: 9 Member
    1/2 cup silk vanilla soy milk - 50 cal
    1 small banana - 90 cal
    1 cup special k choc delight cereal- 160 cal
    total breakfast- 295 cal

    3 oz baby carrots- 35
    1 cup strawberries- 44
    1 fit and active cheese stick- 50
    1 red bull- 110
    lunch total- 239 cal

    6oz tilapia- 106
    2 cup spinach- 14
    1 cup pinto bean soup-157
    dinner total- 277 cal

    1 nature valley oats and honey bar- 190
    1 dark choc bar- 142
    1 strawberry and banana smoothie- 100
    2 starburst- 40
    snacks total- 472 cal

    water- 9 cups

    TOTAL INTAKE: 1, 283 calories!
    I felt full and was still able to eat my fave foods, but in moderation :)
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    I don't eat a lot of regular meals. I try to be an "intuitive eater", so my diary is set up by times, rather than meals, and it's open.

    Most days end up being similar to this, though:

    coffee and/or tea
    a protein bar
    some fruit
    something unhealthy but small
    a salad
    a small vegetarian dinner
    some chocolate.
  • strawberrie_milk
    strawberrie_milk Posts: 381 Member
    Breakfast
    1/2 cup oats with cocoa powder, cinnamon, Splenda, and sometimes protein powder
    1 cup full fat cottage cheese

    Lunch
    4 large scrambled eggs (using evoo)
    veggie stir fry (with evoo and any veggies I can find)

    Dinner
    3 cups broccoli
    7 oz. chicken breast - may sprinkle with cheese
    3/4 cup greek yogurt
  • krystina_letitia9
    krystina_letitia9 Posts: 697 Member
    I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!

    Me too. I also plateaued when I was on 1200 cals/day, even with eating my cals back. When I upped my cals (set it for 0.5lb/week), I magically started losing weight. MORE than 0.5lb/week, too. Hmmm.
  • Amber50lbsDown
    Amber50lbsDown Posts: 255 Member
    Yesterday I was at 1237. (although this goes up and down daily.)
    I ate
    Breaskfast
    2 coffees no sugar 2tbls spoons 2%milk
    2 cups Special K vanilla almond cereal with 2 cups 2%milk

    Lunch
    half can of tuna mixed with 1 cup of fresh spinich, half tbls of Mayo, 1/4 cup of red kidney beans

    Snack
    40g of Chocolate covered raisins

    Dinner
    Baked chicken breast with a little olive oil, garlic and pepper
    1 cup of spinich
    1 baked potato with a little butter, garlic and cheddar cheese on top


    and alot of water.
  • Always824
    Always824 Posts: 111 Member
    Breakfast
    1 Cup Fruity Pebbles
    1/2 Cup Almond Milk

    Lunch
    Apple or 2

    Dinner
    1 or 2 cups of rice (Im a big rice eater, most people from Guam are hehe)
    &
    Pork chops
    or
    Turkey Burgers
    or
    Chicken

    I normally go to the gym 5 days a week so I log what Im going to eat for the day in the morning & burn off any calories that I might go over on from the food. I normally burn 600-650 calories in an hours time but if I feel like Im going to be hungry & want more I'll log it in so I know what I need to burn & stay an extra hour, hour and a half to burn as much as I can if not all so I don't exceed the calories I can eat for the day... The more you exercise the more you can eat right? :)
  • VirginiaWoof
    VirginiaWoof Posts: 147 Member
    my diet fluctuates between 1200-1400 calories a day at the moment...check my food diary if anyone wants to be nosy, it's public.
  • TinnedTuna
    TinnedTuna Posts: 208 Member
    Bump.
  • angelashay42
    angelashay42 Posts: 286 Member
    Breakfast
    2% Chobani Greek Yogurt
    1/4 cup blueberries
    Large coffee w/ milk & splenda

    Snack
    1/4 cup dried edamame
    homemade 100 calorie blueberry/oatmeal muffin
    8 baby carrots

    Lunch
    200g watermelon
    5 strawberries
    1 serving Cheddar Soy Chips

    Dinner
    Vegetarian Chik'n Patty
    1 cup broccoli

    Dessert
    plain rice cake
    2 tbsp natural peanut butter
    1 cube dark chocolate
  • babygurl48
    babygurl48 Posts: 1,237 Member
    Bumping for meal ideas!!!:happy:
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    you can check my food diary but this is a pretty typical day
    \breakfast
    oatfit oatmeal....100 cals

    lunch
    lean cuisine and a tangerine
    or
    a sandwich on bagel thin with a tangerine

    dinner
    grilled chicken
    baked sweet potatoe
    broccoli

    snacks
    popcorn and fiber one bar

    approx 1100= 1300 cals
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976 Member
    Mine is high protein low carbs and this is 1207 cals. I eat more for my exercise cals adding to a little more protein and some fruit

    Egg (Medium) - Boiled, 1 egg
    Warburtons Weightwatchers - Danish Brown, 20.4 g
    Flora - Light , 8 g


    Lunch

    Kerry - Lowlow Grated Mature Cheese, 15 g
    Closed Cup Mushrooms, 50 g
    Baked Beans In Reduced Sugar & Salt Tomato Sauce, 50 g
    Smoked Back Bacon, 4 rashers


    Dinner

    Cauiflower - Raw Cauiflower, 0.5 CUP
    Pork Loin Chops - Grilled, 100 g
    Carrots, Steamed, 50 g


    afternoon Snacks
    Walkers Sunbites Wholegrain Snacks - Sour Cream & Cracked Black Pepper, 25 g pack
    Strawberries - Raw, 1 cup, halves
    Dried Fruit and Nut Mix, 20 g


    supper
    Lambrini - Low Cal Wine, 250 ml
    Thin Sliced Ham, 50 g
    Kerry - Low Low Cheese Slices for Toasties*, 2 slice (20g)


    Your Daily Goal

    1,200
  • Kiewilbfit
    Kiewilbfit Posts: 13 Member
    It's hard at times to make it to 1200 calories especially when I doont exercise, but when I do exercise it's a little harder because I gain calories when I exercise and log it in. Like today I gained almost 350 calories from walking and I only ate so far about 480 calories I don't know how I am going to get to 1200 but I will try since I'm back at this diet fully
  • purple_orchid
    purple_orchid Posts: 129 Member
    Thank!!!
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976 Member
    1/2 cup silk vanilla soy milk - 50 cal
    1 small banana - 90 cal
    1 cup special k choc delight cereal- 160 cal
    total breakfast- 295 cal

    3 oz baby carrots- 35
    1 cup strawberries- 44
    1 fit and active cheese stick- 50
    1 red bull- 110
    lunch total- 239 cal

    6oz tilapia- 106
    2 cup spinach- 14
    1 cup pinto bean soup-157
    dinner total- 277 cal

    1 nature valley oats and honey bar- 190
    1 dark choc bar- 142
    1 strawberry and banana smoothie- 100
    2 starburst- 40
    snacks total- 472 cal

    water- 9 cups

    TOTAL INTAKE: 1, 283 calories!
    I felt full and was still able to eat my fave foods, but in moderation :)


    wow this is a bad intake hun, I would seriously look at overhauling your daily foodstuffs...its not necessarily about eating your fave foods but feeding your body nutrients to be healthy also x
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976 Member
    It's hard at times to make it to 1200 calories especially when I doont exercise, but when I do exercise it's a little harder because I gain calories when I exercise and log it in. Like today I gained almost 350 calories from walking and I only ate so far about 480 calories I don't know how I am going to get to 1200 but I will try since I'm back at this diet fully

    Your body and organs (brain/liver/kdiney/skin etc)...need at the very least 800 cals a day to function so 1200 cals is really a minimum for you to lose weight and be healthy I only walk as an exercise but always eat my exercise cals back... My advice don`t try to to take it to extremes cos you won`t lose weight long term...don`t see it as a diet but a change of lifestyle.

    good luck x
  • banannie127
    banannie127 Posts: 11 Member
    bump!
  • yuliyax
    yuliyax Posts: 288 Member
    The answer to “I can’t eat more than I am already eating” - Coconut oil, butter, eggs, avocado, salmon, olives, nuts, nut butters and full fat yogurt, full fat milk is actually good for you, and a great way to increase your calories without having to eat tons more food in a day. Sugar is NOT a good way to increase your daily calories
  • Oplesandbanonos
    Oplesandbanonos Posts: 99 Member
    breakfast:
    2 eggs
    2 slices of bacon

    lunch:
    low carb tortilla
    2% cheese slice
    1 can of either tuna or chicken
    1 tblsp mayo
    salt and pepper

    Dinner:
    2 chicken breast baked at 450 in a tin foil packet with:
    3 tbsp rotel or diced tomatoes
    3/4 cup of fresh broccoli
    2 tbsp butter

    and if i haven't made my calories or my fats by then, i will have a cup of hot tea with heavy whipping cream in it (50g fat per tbsp, so however many i'm off, thats how many i'll have) and a packet of stevia
  • estelle74uk
    estelle74uk Posts: 465 Member
    bumping for ideas :)
  • Picola1984
    Picola1984 Posts: 1,133 Member
    I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!

    Ditto

    But I also hold a bit of envy for people that can get by on that much...or little should I say.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!

    Ditto. And I did for a while.
  • kbnax
    kbnax Posts: 5 Member
    Good thread! I needed some ideas myself.
  • mixedfeelings
    mixedfeelings Posts: 904 Member
    My goal is 1380 although most days I eat more as I exercise 6 days a week, sometimes 7. Tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day so food is already planned out;

    Breakfast
    Generic - Granny Smith Apple, Medium (138g), 1 medium
    Waitrose Love Life - Peach & Nectarine Probiotic Yoghurt, 1 pot
    Weetabix - Crunchy Bran, 25 g Serving
    Cravendale - Skimmed Milk, 75 ml
    Total cals: 274 carbs: 33 Fat: 1

    Lunch
    Egg - Free Range - Medium, 1 egg
    Warburton's - Seeded Batch 800g Five Seeds, 1 SLICE
    Yeo Valley Organic - Butter, 0.5 g
    Waitrose - Garden Side Salad (Exc Sour Cream Dip), 1 Pack exc Sour Cream & Chive Dressing
    Waitrose - Soured Cream and Chive Dip, 10 g
    Total cals: 294 Carbs: 23 Fat: 16

    Tea
    Napolina - Penne Rigate, Bronze Die Pasta, 75 g
    Essential Waitrose - British Creme Fraiche Half Fat, 60 ml
    Generic - Portobello Mushroom, 84 g
    Waitrose - Brocolli (Florets Steam Cooked), 80 g
    Essential Waitrose - Petits Pois - Frozen, 80 g
    Gia - Garlic Puree, 10 g
    Total cals: 496 Carbs: 71 Fat: 15

    Snacks
    Krispy Kreme - Classic Glazed Ring Doughnut, 52 g
    Total cals: 220 Carbs: 22 Fat :13


    Totals 1,284 (cals) 149 (carbs) 45 (fat)

    Sometimes I change things around, add more fruit but I leave it until the day to just see how I feel.
  • patricia909
    patricia909 Posts: 205 Member
    bumping
  • Lisseth03
    Lisseth03 Posts: 518 Member
    I would starve on only 1200 calories a day!

    ditto.
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