A Week st 1200

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No Western Adult needs 1600 calories. Good for you for realizing this. I feel best at around 1300-1200.

You're going to fall and break your hip at age 50.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. I saw 142 on the scale today, so two lbs down after a week, so I answered my initial question: was my weight gain perimenopause or other age related issue or was I just eating that much. I was just eating that much. I found it hard with all the noise about protien and intermittent fasting. I do better when I eat after I wake up unless I am going to the gym that morning. I also eat an early dinner because of an even workout session once or twiceca week, so I am a bit flexible in eating times.

Op here. Correction: 1lb weight loss not 2! But still pleased with the results!

We have similar numbers - was at 141.4 this morning and I have been losing 1 pound a week.
What is your goal weight?
I would like to get to the 130's and leave the 140s behind. I think I will see how I look and feel at 136 or so, hopefully will get there without issue.

I think my goal wieght is in the 120s. I am actually a bit under 5'2, so it will also depend on how the weight settles on my body. I would love to keep losing a pound a week at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

Are you really working out hard (ie lifting heavy, and doing cardio until the limit of exhaustion) like you say? It doesn’t sound you exercise hard. If you did, there is no way you could survive on 1,200 calories to sustain such an effort.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No Western Adult needs 1600 calories. Good for you for realizing this. I feel best at around 1300-1200.

You're going to fall and break your hip at age 50.

NP. People are different. News flash, I know. We've heard from women on this thread who are 5'2" to 5'8". Lots of women are taller but probably didn't click on this thread because 1200 is completely unrealistic for them. Yes, some western adults need 1600 calories a day to maintain. Others are happy on 1200-1300. It depends on the person. Let's not judge by our own standards, but encourage everyone in their own goals, regardless of how they measure up against our own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Other than eating canned tuna, salad Nicoise, every day, do you have any recommendations for food that keeps you reasonably non hungry?

nope, just resigned for hunger to be my new normal.

That just won’t work for me.