Low Calorie Diet?
 

ok so in the past ive tried the southbeach diet (which does cause you to lose weight its just a very hard diet for me to stick to)

So that didnt go well.

Now Im trying to do a Low Calorie diet
im age 22 weight 207 height 5'0"

Low calorie seems easy maybe too easy or maybe im not doing it right, Ive been counting my calories with a calorie tracker for the last few days but im only avg. about 1200 calories a day when I heard Im supposed to have more than that.

Ive been taking a diet pill (Green Tea Fat Burner) im also taking a Womens One a Day vitaman (weightsmart) which really helps curve my appitiete so I dont snack on anything between meals

I try to eat a big breakfast, a small lunch, and a big dinner
I tend to stay away from sweets now (however occasionaly will have one)
I also try to get some good exercize in, I will try to do some walking on my work breaks and everynight I try to walk the dog (if its not raining) around my block which is nearly a mile, then sometimes I use my workout bike for about 20 minutes

Ive lost about 5 lbs in a month, am I on the right track? Or could you give me some tips plz.

Congratulations on the 5lb loss!!

If you do want to change things up a little, I wouldnt be surprised if you'd drop even more by eating a few more calories..you could try 2 snacks, at around 80 cals each, like an apple and a plum.

You might think its a waste of cals if you aren't hungry, but 2 weeks ago was only my second week on plan..and I didn't have my snacks as I wasn't hungry, and actually gained a lb that week! AnD I worked out 3 times!
SO I was really disillusioned, but when I chatted with my weight loss coach he said I wasn't eating enough and to eat 5x/day..add the snacks no matter what..so I thought I would be up again, but I listened to him and lost 3 lbs. So there really may be a reason they say to eat 5 small meals a day..lol

Thanks, I will eat some apples in between... or some sunflowers or something. However I was told the weight gain may be caused by muscle increase during workouts because muscle weighs 3x fat

I think you are doing great! I have been on just about every diet out there and have come to the conclusion that counting calories is the best for me.

Can someone give me an example of what I should eat during the day to meet the amount of calories I should be meeting?

Before I went back on weight watchers I was losing weight on about 1600 calories a day. One thing you could do is vary your calories. For example maybe do 1200 one day, 1600 another and 1400 another. Also be sure you are getting some protein at each meal.
Judy

Wow! According to this thing, I should be eating about 2,000/day. I'm trying to keep it under 1400. To tell you the truth, I was kinda beating myself up for not staying close to 1200. However, some days I'm hungrier than others. Also, since Lent is over, boobalah is pushing beef every chance he gets. I had to tell him no more for a while last night. So, what do I do today? I forget my lunch and went for a bowl of chili at Chili's. They post their menu and all nutritional values online, so you can decide before you go.

Tomorrow night we are going to this steakhouse that we got into a fight about because boobalah miscalculated when Lent would start. :p

Thank you for this link. The numbers I got were very similar to the ones I got when I did the calculation from F Factor.

I agree with Jilly that you should concentrate on eating whole foods. Stay away from any foods that contain the following words in the list of ingredients: Enriched, partially hydrogenated (or hydrogenated) and high fructose. Make better choices (whole wheat rather than white bread, brown rice rather than white rice). Eat a fruit rather than drink its juice. Try to keep your fat intake low while keeping your protein and fiber intake high. Use FitDay to track your food and nutrients.

Thanks I will play with that a bit! Thanks everyone for the input so far

We have an entire section of the forum here devoted to calorie counters-please visit! :)

Thanks everyone who replied and has been helping me out here, I decided to go ahead and try WeightWatchers because I also feel like I need some real life motovation to stay on trac and so far it dont look like such a bad plan!

Aphil- Could you please link that forum on here? Pretty please?

Thanks

Just click up top on the purple link for the weight loss community that is right under the cute little chicks-and it will take you to the general community page which outlines the entire forum and all of the groups and categories. :)

I could link the calorie counter area directly, but then you might miss out on some other areas that may be of interest to you! ;)