It's pretty low calorie, msbelle. My gut says too low, but that's just me.
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Nora Deirdre - Apr 30, 2008 11:27:24 am PDT #4341 of 10001
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Steph L. - Apr 30, 2008 11:29:06 am PDT #4342 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Is a 1200 cal/day diet in a healthy range?
No. Aim for 1500-1800, depending on how much activity you get in a day. (Caveat: that's a general recommendation for msbelle-sized people ONLY. Bigger people get to eat more and still maintain their weight.)
beth b - Apr 30, 2008 11:29:29 am PDT #4343 of 10001
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on the low side for a female adult, msbelle. Some weight loss plans put women on that amount, but it is risking slowing your metabolism way down.
Jesse - Apr 30, 2008 11:30:34 am PDT #4344 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
To me it sounds like a diet, but what do I know. (Nothing.)
Typo Boy - Apr 30, 2008 11:30:44 am PDT #4345 of 10001
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msbelle - Apr 30, 2008 11:31:18 am PDT #4346 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
thanks. that was my gut reaction also, but it seemed an easier solution than increasing exercise. I always want the easier fix.
megan walker - Apr 30, 2008 11:32:06 am PDT #4347 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's pretty low calorie, msbelle. My gut says too low, but that's just me.
For goodness sake msbelle, that's only 3 Starbucks cookies!!
Jesse - Apr 30, 2008 11:33:17 am PDT #4348 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle - Apr 30, 2008 11:36:26 am PDT #4349 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I feel like I have been eating way more than that 1600 cal/day diet and yet FitDay tells me no.
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2008 11:48:33 am PDT #4350 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The UN's hunger-fighting organization, the World Food Programme, generally cites anything below 2350 calories/day as below the "food security" line (aka, not adequate intake, or, what used to be called HUNGER). (Here's an article that cites that amount: [link]
However, I'm assuming that's a very general number, applied globally to all adults (men and women). And, frankly, American women don't have to do 14 hours of hard physical labor a day the way men in developing countries do t edit (I'm making an assumption here that men in developing countries who don't have cars or public transportation and elevators, etc., and who probably don't work 9-to-5 desk jobs, expend more energy than the average American), so a small-to-average American woman like msbelle wouldn't need 2350 calories a day unless she was doing some serious triathalon training.
I've often read that, to maintain weight, multiply your weight x 10. If you engage in light activity it's weight x 12, moderate activity is weight x 13, and strenuous activity is weight x 15.
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