It's pretty low calorie, msbelle. My gut says too low, but that's just me.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 30, 2008 11:27:24 am PDT #4341 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2008 11:29:06 am PDT #4342 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
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
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
x-post with people who gave better answers.
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
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.
YCaloricNeedsMV.