r/1500isplenty

I'm 5'4ft (163cm) and weighed 178lbs (80.7kg) to now being 140lbs (63.5kg) after 1 year and 1 month of dieting ONLY. No work out. I haven't seen that number in 8+ years.

I went at this because I was categorized as obese in the BMI scale, and at this weight, I was almost not qualified for a medically necessary surgery. I was at the upper limit and barely managed to qualify. That was a wake up call for me.

Right after surgery, I went on this calorie deficit whereas typically weight gain was common (because mobility would be temporarily limited months later). But I didn't want that to happen. I will admit that I wasn't always reaching my daily calorie deficit, but I still remained mindful of what I ate throughout the week(s).

I thank the app MyFitnessPal for tracking, this subreddit, 1200isplenty, and volumeeating for all the support/recipes. I will still continue on this diet but now focus on gaining muscle since weight isn't a problem for me anymore.

Thank you, again! And good luck to everyone else on your own weight loss journey!

I would pref it to be a high protein as I’m trying to just get leaner and have it be under 400 cal as I cant control most other meals cause I still live with my family lol so give me some ingredient recommendations and meal recommendation. as of now I have eggs, egg whites, Greek yogurt, sliced turkey and ham, that’s about all I know that are somewhat breakfast related lol so thanks in advance

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For context the other day I poured a skim milk protein shake over ice and added a some oat milk and cinnamon to it. It was so yummy. But the shake itself is 190 calories. I want to recreate that drink but lower calorie.

Googling creamy drink recipes yields a lot of coffee recipes. Do any of you have a fave creamy drink you make that has the general structure of what I made but low calorie?

The drink doesn’t have to be super creamy but I do want a kind round mouth feel if you know what i mean. I do drink tea already but want some diversity.

I did post this on another sub as well. So you may have seen this. Or maybe not.

The protien shake was from aldi.

I recently lowered my calories to 1500 because I wasn’t losing on 1700. I work out 5-6 days a week. Usually 2 strength training and 3 mixed stuff like hot yoga, Pilates, conditioning etc. since I went down I start feeling really weak during my workouts and this morning I even felt dizzy. Is it just a matter of getting used to 1500 cal or should I adjust something. Right now my split is 110p, 50f and 153 c. I will admit that sometimes I don’t meet my protein and I’m at more like 95ish. I never go lower than 90. I pulled my charts for the last 2 weeks and my average was 95 so maybe I really need to try to get 110.

Hello all,
My current goal is to stay at or under 1,588 calories. I’m still fairly new to the diet, but it’s working out so far. I was already a meal prepper, so breakfast and lunch come pretty easy to me.
What I’m really struggling with is dinner.
I’ve never really been one to cook a full dinner, I only have about 2 hours between getting home and having to go to bed if I want a good nights sleep. So historically, I’ve always done something akin to a “girl dinner”, just eating a bunch of snacks. Pastries, chips, that sort of thing. But I’ve now mostly cut those things out of my diet and I’m struggling to find foods that satisfy me enough without having to cook something elaborate for under 400ish cals.
Any other girl dinner havers out there have any advice for me?

Sorry I don’t have any pictures but I recently started making a meal with:

- 300g egg whites
- about 100g spinach
- about 50g onions
- about 75g mixed peppers
- about 10g mushrooms

I throw veggies in first until the spinach is small, then scramble the eggs in with it, then to serve I put about 100g of salsa on top.

Regularly comes out to about 350ish calories. Super filling