A Week st 1200

[Anonymous]

I am in my early 40s, about 5'2 and 143lbs and I am tired of the weight gain. I lift weights twice a week and do intense cardio once at week (at least) plus walking. I decided to take a week and basically stay at around 1200 calories to see if I am really over-eating a crazy amount or if it is hormonal fro. Peri-menopause. So far I was at 1330 yesterday and I am at 1225 today. Anyone interested in joining me for the week?

[Anonymous]

I will!

About a year postpartum and looking to lose the last 10lbs. I’m already normal weight on the BMI scale, and I’ve been stuck at this weight for about 2 months. It’s becoming very clear that I need to stick to low calories every single day - no weekend cheats. It’s so hard. But I need to stop feeling sorry for myself and just do it!

[Anonymous]

I will join. 5'2, 40 and 10 to 15 lbs to lose. Do we report back here each day?

[Anonymous]

I'll join. I started last week at 1200 a day and lost 4 lbs. I assume it was mostly water weight, but I'll take it. Happy to continue on this week too. I am 57 and need to lose 35 more lbs.

[Anonymous]

Sure I’ll join too.

[Anonymous]

Op here. I like the idea of reporting back each day! It will help keep momentum.

[Anonymous]

Can someone suggest a good daily menu?

[Anonymous]

I'll join. Perimenopausal, too, and weigh too much for my height. Need to lose about 10-12 lbs. I've been focusing on protein but today ate way too many calories even though everything was healthy.

I've already decided that tomorrow I will have a spinach and mushroom omelette for either lunch or dinner, maybe I will do 2 egg whites, 1 full egg.

[Anonymous]

I’m also peri and looking to lose 10 pounds and will follow along. I’m not sure how to count calories or if I have time. For now, I’m cutting out alcohol, dessert/chips and any liquid calories beyond my 1 morning cup of coffee. I’m also trying to increase my water consumption. No snacks.

[Anonymous]

Op here. For menus I am trying to eat a lot of the same foods to make it easier.

So breakfast tomorrow will be a corn tortilla, 1 egg, a pepper jack cheese square, and half a banana with black coffee. That is about 210 calories.

Lunch is an egg, greens, cauliflower hashbrowns, a square of cheddar. That is about 270.

Plain yogurt with the other half of the banana and a tsp of honey. 175 calories.

Dinner will be a steamed bun and some steamed dumplings. That calorie count is about 380. And a 100 calorie cookie for dessert with plain herbal tea.

I am going to buy some mushrooms, peppers, and more mixed greens to add to the mix this week along with a bunch of fruit. I found out a cup of grapes is only 100 calories and that is a lot of grapes. I am writing everything out on my phone the night before and thinking ahead about days when I am at the gym.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. For menus I am trying to eat a lot of the same foods to make it easier.

So breakfast tomorrow will be a corn tortilla, 1 egg, a pepper jack cheese square, and half a banana with black coffee. That is about 210 calories.

Lunch is an egg, greens, cauliflower hashbrowns, a square of cheddar. That is about 270.

Plain yogurt with the other half of the banana and a tsp of honey. 175 calories.

Dinner will be a steamed bun and some steamed dumplings. That calorie count is about 380. And a 100 calorie cookie for dessert with plain herbal tea.

I am going to buy some mushrooms, peppers, and more mixed greens to add to the mix this week along with a bunch of fruit. I found out a cup of grapes is only 100 calories and that is a lot of grapes. I am writing everything out on my phone the night before and thinking ahead about days when I am at the gym.

All the people I sadly follow would say this is nowhere near the protein you need. But I don’t know that they’re right. I can’t lose any weight and I upped my protein. Will watch the posts! Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I am 51 and 5’4 and using the Lose It app. It has me on a diet of 1253 per day. I have lost 4 pounds the last 3 weeks. I am 138 pounds now. It is hard, I exercise a lot and am hungry most of the day. Going to stick with it though! For me, it is all about portion control. I have 2 eggs for breakfast, a lower calorie Sweet Greens salad (420 calories), popcorn for snack and a healthy dinner. For dinner, I just keep the portions small and measure everything. I will follow, good luck!

[Anonymous]

Good luck today everyone! Is anyone here doing intermittent fasting as a way to control calories? I find it so hard to eat 400 calorie meals. I plan to do one big meal and then one smaller meal within a 6 hour window.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. For menus I am trying to eat a lot of the same foods to make it easier.

So breakfast tomorrow will be a corn tortilla, 1 egg, a pepper jack cheese square, and half a banana with black coffee. That is about 210 calories.

Lunch is an egg, greens, cauliflower hashbrowns, a square of cheddar. That is about 270.

Plain yogurt with the other half of the banana and a tsp of honey. 175 calories.

Dinner will be a steamed bun and some steamed dumplings. That calorie count is about 380. And a 100 calorie cookie for dessert with plain herbal tea.

I am going to buy some mushrooms, peppers, and more mixed greens to add to the mix this week along with a bunch of fruit. I found out a cup of grapes is only 100 calories and that is a lot of grapes. I am writing everything out on my phone the night before and thinking ahead about days when I am at the gym.

All the people I sadly follow would say this is nowhere near the protein you need. But I don’t know that they’re right. I can’t lose any weight and I upped my protein. Will watch the posts! Good luck!

Op here. Thanks for this pbservation because I tried the 30grams a meal type protien route and gained weight. It was just too many calories. I also tried it on conjuction with intermittent fasting and it worked for a bit but then I just gained weight. Hence one of the exact reasons for this experiment!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 51 and 5’4 and using the Lose It app. It has me on a diet of 1253 per day. I have lost 4 pounds the last 3 weeks. I am 138 pounds now. It is hard, I exercise a lot and am hungry most of the day. Going to stick with it though! For me, it is all about portion control. I have 2 eggs for breakfast, a lower calorie Sweet Greens salad (420 calories), popcorn for snack and a healthy dinner. For dinner, I just keep the portions small and measure everything. I will follow, good luck!

138 such a good weight.