If you eat around 1200 cals/day please share…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1200 calories is too little for anyone. There’s a reason you’re hungry.

This. Just because an app tells you to do something doesn't mean it's safe.

Of course it's safe. That is more than a "safe" amount of calories. It's just unpleasant.

Exactly. 1200 is more than enough to support a healthy thriving life! And it's perfectly safe.

Yeah, except it’s not. Very hard to get adequate nutrients, protein, etc on just 1200 calories for anyone over 5 feet.

Have you met peri/menopause yet?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1200 calories is too little for anyone. There’s a reason you’re hungry.

This. Just because an app tells you to do something doesn't mean it's safe.

Not if you are sedentary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1200 calories is too little for anyone. There’s a reason you’re hungry.

This. Just because an app tells you to do something doesn't mean it's safe.

Of course it's safe. That is more than a "safe" amount of calories. It's just unpleasant.

Exactly. 1200 is more than enough to support a healthy thriving life! And it's perfectly safe.

Yeah, except it’s not. Very hard to get adequate nutrients, protein, etc on just 1200 calories for anyone over 5 feet.

No it's not. It IS If you are eating junk. If you eat healthy foods - salads with salmon or chicken etc you will meet 100$ + of your nutritional needs very very easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1200 calories per day is disordered eating.

Absolutely not.
It's perfectly fine. Pick healthy, satisfying foods and you will be just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:breakfast: 3/4c nonfat vanilla greek yogurt, 1 c strawberries, trader joes high fiber cereal: 300 cal

Lunch: homemade turkey chili with 2 tbsp cheddar cheese: 345 cal

snack: 1/2 c cottage cheese with 1oz pretzel slims:200 cal

dinner: salad (lettuce, cucumber, red onion, red bell pepper) grilled chicken, boathous ranch dressing (4 tbsp): 350 cal

Sounds perfect! This is almost exactly what I eat very often. More than satisfying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1200 calories per day is disordered eating.

Absolutely not.
It's perfectly fine. Pick healthy, satisfying foods and you will be just fine.

Uh huh. This place is full of nutcase who have no qualifications to be providing any advice.

[Anonymous]

After losing a lot of weight several years ago, I weigh 113 (I'm 5'3") -- it's a BMI of 20, so normal, albeit lower end. I like the way I look and feel at this weight -- as part of my (successful-for-years) maintenance plan, I eat only 1200 calories a day on Tuesdays and Thursdays (more the other weekdays, and quite a bit more on weekend). On my 1200 calorie days and I have black coffee for breakfast, a sort of "snack plate" kind of lunch -- so some combination of things like hard boiled eggs, cheese cubes, plain greek yogurt, nuts, popcorn, etc. Then for dinner I have a NICE and BIG salad with a protein like grilled chicken or salmon, tons of veggies, and a good portion of dressing. No snacking on these days and no calories from drinks of any kind. It's only two days of the week, so it's fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1200 calories is too little for anyone. There’s a reason you’re hungry.

I disagree, some of us are short and 1200 is what’s required in order to lose. It’s not that drastic. 600 cals at dinner. 400 at lunch. 200 cals for breakfast or small snack mid day.

Sorry, but no. I’m sorry you’ve been lied to. You will understand in 20 years when your bones are brittle.

Not. I do weight bearing exercises and you can only eat so much at 5'1".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1200 calories per day is disordered eating.

Absolutely not.
It's perfectly fine. Pick healthy, satisfying foods and you will be just fine.

Uh huh. This place is full of nutcase who have no qualifications to be providing any advice.

Nutrition is a notoriously slippery topic. What was true 5 years ago is no longer true today and what we believe today probably won't be true in 5 years. It is legitimately a bull-shirt topic full of misinformation and poorly understood information.

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Ugh I have no idea why any of you would want to eat only 1200 cal/day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh I have no idea why any of you would want to eat only 1200 cal/day.

no one wants to eat 1200 cal/day. I want to eat double that. Sadly, for some of us, that is what it takes to lose weight,

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh I have no idea why any of you would want to eat only 1200 cal/day.

Because it’s the only way I have ever managed to lose weight.

I gain weight if I go above 1500 calories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1200 calories per day is disordered eating.

Absolutely not.
It's perfectly fine. Pick healthy, satisfying foods and you will be just fine.

Uh huh. This place is full of nutcase who have no qualifications to be providing any advice.

With you being one.

[Anonymous]

Stop counting calories!

The time you spent counting, meal prep and cook from scratch instead.

I'm a 5 foot short middle age woman who lost 10% of my weight by not counting cals.

I eat three meals a day and no snacks. I cook absolutely everything from scratch and severely restrict processed food. I make my own salad dressing etc. I'm not low carb but I limit white flour and eat rolled oats, einkorn, buckwheat etc.

The only drawback is it took nearly a year but it's slow and sustainable. I've kept all that weight off for five years. Am 50 now and BMI is 19. Exercise is a couple miles a day. More on weekend. Strength I do old fashioned pushups etc at home.

Don't eat anything in a box with lots of ingredients. Like 4-5 or more. Make every yourself. Eat real food. You don't need to be a gourmet cook. Dress some veggies with olive oil and saute them. Grill some fish. Eat real things. It is quicker to cook than it is to do takeout or eat out. And yes, this whole time I do work full time with teenage children and a commute. Yes, a commute even now. If I can do it, you can too. If you absolutely have to have a snack, limit to Fri nights say and pop your own popcorn and drizzle with real butter. Avoid microwave popcorn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop counting calories!

The time you spent counting, meal prep and cook from scratch instead.

I'm a 5 foot short middle age woman who lost 10% of my weight by not counting cals.

I eat three meals a day and no snacks. I cook absolutely everything from scratch and severely restrict processed food. I make my own salad dressing etc. I'm not low carb but I limit white flour and eat rolled oats, einkorn, buckwheat etc.

The only drawback is it took nearly a year but it's slow and sustainable. I've kept all that weight off for five years. Am 50 now and BMI is 19. Exercise is a couple miles a day. More on weekend. Strength I do old fashioned pushups etc at home.

Don't eat anything in a box with lots of ingredients. Like 4-5 or more. Make every yourself. Eat real food. You don't need to be a gourmet cook. Dress some veggies with olive oil and saute them. Grill some fish. Eat real things. It is quicker to cook than it is to do takeout or eat out. And yes, this whole time I do work full time with teenage children and a commute. Yes, a commute even now. If I can do it, you can too. If you absolutely have to have a snack, limit to Fri nights say and pop your own popcorn and drizzle with real butter. Avoid microwave popcorn.

You’ve lost weight bc you’ve eliminated certain foods, not because you cook from scratch. I make most everything homemade as well, and you can eat as gluttonous or as lean as you want if you’re a good cook.