Tofu/veg/avo breakfast scramble

Roasted veg over farro

Bean salad

Chickpea and quinoa

Spaghetti squash boats

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5' tall and weight 133 lbs. The dietician put me on a 1200 calorie a day diet. I objected and she was not budging.

There is no way that someone 8 inches taller than me should be at the same calorie level. Just no way.

I wonder how many dieteicians and nutritionists have succsesfully followed a 1200 calorie plan?

Also re: 1200 calories to lose 10 lbs in 3 months. If you eat a little more, is it the end of the world if you lose 10 lbs in 6 months? Can it be OK to have a long term goal? Especially when it's just 10 lbs, could you focus instead on some other metric--like strength/exercise, or feeling more energetic/less sluggish, and sleeping better, rather than the number on the scale?

high protein veggie burger with light melted cheese on top

I'd sign up for weight watchers to get a better sense of how much you can eat to lose weight. I'm also vegetarian and don't eat eggs. I usually eat:

B: 0% fage with a little honey and lots of berries
L: big salad with lots of veggies, 1/4 c beans (chickpeas, lentils, black beans, etc), maybe avocado or nuts, 1 tbsp dressing; soups
S: fruit, pretzels, air popped popcorn, string cheese, hummus and veggies
D: tofu stir fry with 1 c rice, bean tacos with low carb tortilla, some kind of bean-green-grain bowl.

I like to follow Happy Herbivore and used to get her weekly meal plans for food ideas. I just make the rest of my family eat what I make for dinner and if they don't like it, they can make their own thing.

I don't count calories, but I do do Weight Watchers. Two meals that are super filling for me are: 1 C oatmeal with PB2 powder a banana, and a tsp of syrup. This holds me until lunch. For lunch, there are 3 things I love to eat:

1. Whole wheat pita with 1 TBS cream cheese, Everything but the Bagel seasoning, and a ton of spinach
2. Tuna salad, made with relish, fat free greek yogurt, and mustard, in the pita with spinach
3. A gigantic buddha bowl, with greens, broccoli slaw, sweet potatoes or chick peas, tofu, and a peanut sauce made with that PB2.

Another snack I eat regularly is an apple with fat free greek yogurt mixed with, you guessed it, PB2 powder. Delicious and filling.

Girl! You gotta eat more calories in a day. Move more, go on a walk so you can up your calories!
Eat beans too.

Anonymous wrote:NP, I just did a calorie calculator and it said to lose 10 pounds in 3 months, I'd have to go to 1216 calories. 5'4 and 140 lbs. Sad face. I brought my age down 20 years and it gave me an extra 100 calories a day! Second sad face.

Are you sedentary?

NP, I just did a calorie calculator and it said to lose 10 pounds in 3 months, I'd have to go to 1216 calories. 5'4 and 140 lbs. Sad face. I brought my age down 20 years and it gave me an extra 100 calories a day! Second sad face.

I do a smoothie with plant based protein powder, a couple handfuls of spinach, and frozen berries with water and a splash of cranberry juice every day. Filling and delicious! You can add lots of other good stuff too like chia or flax seeds.

OP here. Thanks for all the feedback. Even Noom put me at 1200 cal/day! Not sustainable for me. Going to try 1500 and see how that goes for a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5' tall and weight 133 lbs. The dietician put me on a 1200 calorie a day diet. I objected and she was not budging.

There is no way that someone 8 inches taller than me should be at the same calorie level. Just no way.

Dr Now puts 600 pound patients on a 1200 calorie diet, no matter what.

I'm the PP. I should know that! Dr. Now is my secret shame tv show to watch.

???? Why would anyone be ashamed to watch that show? Dr. Now is the best.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5' tall and weight 133 lbs. The dietician put me on a 1200 calorie a day diet. I objected and she was not budging.

There is no way that someone 8 inches taller than me should be at the same calorie level. Just no way.

Dr Now puts 600 pound patients on a 1200 calorie diet, no matter what.

I'm the PP. I should know that! Dr. Now is my secret shame tv show to watch.

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5' tall and weight 133 lbs. The dietician put me on a 1200 calorie a day diet. I objected and she was not budging.

There is no way that someone 8 inches taller than me should be at the same calorie level. Just no way.

Dr Now puts 600 pound patients on a 1200 calorie diet, no matter what.

I'm 5' tall and weight 133 lbs. The dietician put me on a 1200 calorie a day diet. I objected and she was not budging.

There is no way that someone 8 inches taller than me should be at the same calorie level. Just no way.