How Much Should I Be Eating?

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So, I'm trying to eat a well balanced diet, and I decided to use the mypyramid eating plan feature on the mypyramid website. So I typed in my age and height and level of physical activity(30 to 60 minutes of aerobic activity) and this plan came out:

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I hope the link works, if it doesn't, it says:

6 ounces of Grains

2.5 cups of Vegetables

2 cups of Fruit

3 cups of Dairy

5.5 ounces of Protein Foods

Not sure if I'm stupid or what, but am I supposed to be eating ALL of that in 1 day? Because, I kind of need to keep my calorie intake less than 1,200 a day lol and that would go well beyond 1,200.

Or is that the amount of servings I should get per week overall?

WeaponZero · Accepted Answer

That's healthy.  As an active person you need more calorie intake than someone who is sedentary to fuel your body, especially if you're doing HIIT.  1200 calories is more for someone who is trying to lose weight through diet alone and isn't active.  As an active person you really should be eating a lot more.  That's why the diet/nutrition guides that come with programs like P90X and Insanity have you eating meals that average 400-500 calories 5 times a day.  Any less on a program that intensive would be counterproductive as it would actually slow your results.

Belgie · Accepted Answer

That's a well balanced diet, but not "DIET" in the sense of calorie restriction.

1200 calories a day is quite a diet in the sense of calorie restriction, since a girl usually takes about 2000 calories in a day.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

since your a girl you can lower your calorie intake to 800-1200 calories if your trying to lose weight but what I recommend doing is eating a vegetable salad and fruit salad for each meal but add protein to them. like for breakfast make a spinach salad with boiled eggs and other vegetables then have a fruit salad and for dinner make another salad not made of iceberg lettuce and put tuna or salmon in it or even grilled chicken. and snack on fruits and vegetables and once a week let yourself have pasta

Voltaire · Answer

What happened to people eating when they were hungry and stopping when they weren't? I miss those days.

irykiryk · Answer

You should be eating when you get hungry and only as much so as to relieve the hungry feeling, not more so as to feel bloated. Eat what your body craves at the moment and you should do fine.

Anonymous · Answer

It seems a lot less than you are suppose to be eating, women are mean't to be eating between 1800 to 2000, I am assuming at the rate you eat, your body may even assume its in famine and start reserving any source of food as fat

Anonymous · Answer

eat when you are hungry

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