is 1200 really healthy??
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1200 is fine, and you don't have to eat back your calories from exercise every day. You might want to "bank" them for a meal out on the weekend. I am 5'4 office job consuming 1200 calories gross. After several years of gaining/losing weight, I have learned that if I eat back all my exercise calories, my weight won't change and I usually gain weight.
This ^^ I also find being in an office job I dont lose any weight by "eating back the calories" that everyone tells you to do.
Yes! I agree with this too! Not all solutions work for all people.0 -
Hi there I am 5 ft 2 and my weight is around where u are now. I started at 260 few months back. If u like a friend/supporter and see what perhaps I'm doing u can add me. I am steadily losing 2 pounds a week and I am eating over 1200 and working out daily 45-60 min .0
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1200 net worked for me - I set myself at sedentary because my job is sitting alot of the time but then when I do exercise eg walking the kids to school or a gym session I log it as exercise and eat back the all the calories. It meant most days I ate between 1400 and 1500 calories. I have now lost 30lbs and have moved to maintainance - at the moment I have set it at 1650 but MFP reckons 1730 and I still eat back exercise calories therefore am eating about 1900 a day now and appear to still be losing slightly (approx 1lb a month).
As someone else said on this thread you can eat a lot of food for 1200 calories if you make wise choices - loads of vegetables and fruit and lean meat. If you eat chocolate bars and burgers 1200 will not seem a lot of food and you will be tempted to eat more than your 1200 calories. Remember this a lifestyle change not just a quick fix.0
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