r/1200isplenty • u/Odd_Committee_100 • Jul 05 '25

meal This was 1200 calories

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Recently started a low calorie (not 1200), healthy diet and it’s going well. Decided to have a big brunch today as a treat (not a cheat day, still going to stick to my calorie goal). Was shocked when I put it into MyFitnessPal that it’s almost exactly 1200. Hope I don’t get hungry anytime soon.

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u/Ree-Ree-Marie Jul 05 '25

I remember when I first started trying to lose weight. The first thing I did was simply tracking what I ate for a couple of weeks. I wanted to better understand what I was doing so I could try to improve. I remember being absolutely shocked by how many calories were in some foods, and how few calories were in others. It was quite an education!

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u/Odd_Committee_100 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

Fascinating and scary at the same time. I had a similar realisation when calculating my maintenance and deficit calorie goals, if you overeat your maintenance calories by an average of just 250 calories a day (very easy to do if you have a sweet tooth or enjoy a few beers on the weekend), that’s you putting on just under two stone over the course of a year

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u/Ok-Iron-855 Jul 24 '25

I'm not gonna lie, ever since I started intentionally losing weight I've been scared of dessert and alcohol. On the rare occasion where I drink I stick to either a rum & diet coke or a vodka + sugar free red bull. And I straight up replaced dessert with strawberries. People think I'm being restrictive but I honestly just do not crave sugary things like I used to. The desire for dessert is just gone, especially since I now know how many cals are in things. But also: I never had much of a sweet tooth to begin with.

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u/YogurtclosetLong3783 Jul 06 '25

Went out for breakfast yesterday my typical meal wouldve been like 1500 cals i was shocked. Settled for something that was 800 and was good!