Anonymous wrote:I live for bread. It’s what I look forward to when going out to eat more than anything else. A great croissant makes my day and my comfort food is toast. I’ve put myself on a 1200 calorie diet (I’m 5’2” and want to lose 20 lbs) so to eat real food I need to kick the bread. If you’re a bread lover how did you kick the habit?

Can't say I've kicked bread all together. But I definitely cut down significantly. I started by using only one slice for sandwiches and not having bread in more than one meal in a given day. I suppose I particularly reduced white flour breads, as that one slice is also a multi-grain bread with medium level of fiber; as well as limiting frequency and serving size of pasta and pizza (still have kids at home to feed). I also just don't buy baguettes or rolls or doughnuts (those darned kids again!) nearly as frequently....so they aren't in the house tempting me.

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Anonymous wrote:NO one is going to comment on the unsustainable 1200 calorie diet?

It's ridiculous. OP might lose her 20 lbs doing this, but then she'll eventually start eating normally again and gain it all back. Especially if the diet requires her to give up foods she loves completely. You planning to stop eating bread forever?

She can find new foods to love.

Start with high protein, high fiber bread, with avocado or hummus. Shift from carbs to protein and plant fat

Can you please give an example of a high protein, high fiber bread I can buy at the grocery store?

Ezekiel bread.

Not PP, but this bread is in the freezer section if you go looking for it. I agree that it's delicious. I eat toast with avocado mash (the single servings from Costco) for breakfast and it's great.

I will be the contrarian here and say this stuff is not good (IMO) and definitely not a substitute for bread if you actually like bread. It’s like a “loaf” of some sort. No doubt very healthy, but not like bread in texture or taste.

OP, I would just go cold turkey and give it up except on special occasions if you’re serious about losing weight. Or else work a piece into your calorie budget but stick to just that. I have done 1200 before and ate a smoked salmon tartine on a single slice of white bread (90 calories) for lunch daily. Didn’t prevent me from losing weight.

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Anonymous wrote:NO one is going to comment on the unsustainable 1200 calorie diet?

It's ridiculous. OP might lose her 20 lbs doing this, but then she'll eventually start eating normally again and gain it all back. Especially if the diet requires her to give up foods she loves completely. You planning to stop eating bread forever?

She can find new foods to love.

Start with high protein, high fiber bread, with avocado or hummus. Shift from carbs to protein and plant fat

Can you please give an example of a high protein, high fiber bread I can buy at the grocery store?

Ezekiel bread.

Not PP, but this bread is in the freezer section if you go looking for it. I agree that it's delicious. I eat toast with avocado mash (the single servings from Costco) for breakfast and it's great.

That is an excellent breakfast. To the point about the freezer - when you buy Ezekiel bread it does need to be kept cold. Because it doesn’t have the preservatives and garbage found in regular grocery store “bread,” it does not keep as well outside the fridge or freezer.

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Anonymous wrote:NO one is going to comment on the unsustainable 1200 calorie diet?

It's ridiculous. OP might lose her 20 lbs doing this, but then she'll eventually start eating normally again and gain it all back. Especially if the diet requires her to give up foods she loves completely. You planning to stop eating bread forever?

She can find new foods to love.

Start with high protein, high fiber bread, with avocado or hummus. Shift from carbs to protein and plant fat

Can you please give an example of a high protein, high fiber bread I can buy at the grocery store?

Ezekiel bread.

Not PP, but this bread is in the freezer section if you go looking for it. I agree that it's delicious. I eat toast with avocado mash (the single servings from Costco) for breakfast and it's great.

i bake my own sourdough

Anonymous wrote:NO one is going to comment on the unsustainable 1200 calorie diet?

Not really that unreasonable at 5'2, and wanting to lose 20lbs. At a moderate activity level that is about 1lb per week, that is not extreme at all.

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Anonymous wrote:NO one is going to comment on the unsustainable 1200 calorie diet?

It's ridiculous. OP might lose her 20 lbs doing this, but then she'll eventually start eating normally again and gain it all back. Especially if the diet requires her to give up foods she loves completely. You planning to stop eating bread forever?

She can find new foods to love.

Start with high protein, high fiber bread, with avocado or hummus. Shift from carbs to protein and plant fat

Can you please give an example of a high protein, high fiber bread I can buy at the grocery store?

Ezekiel bread.

Just don't buy it. We aren't sandwich people so don't have bread in the house because it always goes bad. Now chips, chips are my downfall so I rarely buy the kind I like.

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Anonymous wrote:NO one is going to comment on the unsustainable 1200 calorie diet?

It's ridiculous. OP might lose her 20 lbs doing this, but then she'll eventually start eating normally again and gain it all back. Especially if the diet requires her to give up foods she loves completely. You planning to stop eating bread forever?

She can find new foods to love.

Start with high protein, high fiber bread, with avocado or hummus. Shift from carbs to protein and plant fat

Can you please give an example of a high protein, high fiber bread I can buy at the grocery store?

Anonymous wrote:I don’t buy bread that I like, so it’s never in the house to tempt me. Once in a while I stop at a bakery to get a fresh croissant or some such as a treat.

NP. I just had a pbj for lunch made with regular grocery store wheat bread. It was so unsatisfying and now I feel sluggish and queasy. I think I’m going to try to cut out prepackaged bread and have fresh/bakery bread once a week instead. The store bought stuff isn’t worth the calories (and doesn’t make my stomach feel great either).

1200 isn’t necessarily too low or unsustainable. Some people have really low TDEE, especially if they are short or old.

I don’t buy bread that I like, so it’s never in the house to tempt me. Once in a while I stop at a bakery to get a fresh croissant or some such as a treat.

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Anonymous wrote:NO one is going to comment on the unsustainable 1200 calorie diet?

It's ridiculous. OP might lose her 20 lbs doing this, but then she'll eventually start eating normally again and gain it all back. Especially if the diet requires her to give up foods she loves completely. You planning to stop eating bread forever?

She can find new foods to love.

Start with high protein, high fiber bread, with avocado or hummus. Shift from carbs to protein and plant fat

But that's a high caloric meal and if OP insists on trying to calorie restrict, it won't work.

Agree that a greater focus on protein and plant fats is a great idea but OP's 1200 calorie restriction is going to make it hard to sustain.

I usually have bread once a day. I love it so I just make the calories fit for the rest of the day.

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+1. OP will lose a few pounds initially but gain all back (and more) later. Find a way that's sustainable OP.