On behalf of 1200 calorie-ers ... let me try to explain why I do this.
Firstly let me say that while I
say 1200 cals, life happens. My average over time is more than 1200 cals. In fact, I'm pretty happy to have a monthly average under 1600.
I have actually asked a doctor about this ... he will tell you 1200 cals and to be active 40 minutes five times a week because he knows you will not. You'll over shoot your calories and under shoot your exercise BUT you will be eating less and moving more. And I am living proof that folks in general are underacheivers
I think I got off track there ...
#2 I'm little. Tiny shoulders, little hips ... it doesn't take many calories to support this body.
#3 I'm sedentary. I like to read, be on the internet, knit ... these activities do not use many calories.
#4 I'm shorter than you.
#5 My plan is the result of many years of practice. I know my body and my brain and know what they are capable of sustaining. I
might be able to use 2400 cals in one day but ... not every day and certainly not on a sustained basis forever.
You have been given an amazing machine. It's yours and yours alone. No other is quite like it. It lives in your environment and no one elses environment is quite like yours either.
Read and listen all you want. Take some and discard some. You will develope a plan (not today, not tomorrow, maybe not even this year) that is as beautifully unique as you are ... and that grows and changes like you do.