I agree that 1000 cals is a bit low--in reality I always go a little over my limit whatever kind of a diet I'm on, so I've found that by shooting for 1000 cals I have a much better chance of actually finishing the day at 1200 cals. If I shoot for 1200 I end up eating more like 1600.
Right now I average about 200 cals for breakfast (usually oatmeal...more filling than cold cereal for some reason) 400 for lunch (veggie burger, etc) 400 for dinner (little bit of pasta, some dairy, mostly protein) and 150-200 for snacks (fruit, lowfat snack foods, and those evil little weight watchers eclaires that make you want to eat about 500 of them).
I do about 20 minutes of calisthenics a day, 100 minutes of running per week, and I ride my horse most days for 30 minutes or so. So by the most reliable calculations I could find I'm burning 1500 cals for basal body operations and 700 cals for activities every day...which gives me like a 1000 calorie debt. phew!
Something else that REALLY works--I got out of the habit of oversnacking at night (pre-diet I probably put away about 600 calories between dinner and bedtime...eeek!) by using tooth-whitening strips in the evening. It takes 30 minutes for each strip (top and bottom) so you physically cannot put anything in your mouth for that hour, which used to be my big post-dinner TV pig-out hour. After a couple of weeks you have white teeth and you don't feel like you have to snack all night anymore!
Right now I average about 200 cals for breakfast (usually oatmeal...more filling than cold cereal for some reason) 400 for lunch (veggie burger, etc) 400 for dinner (little bit of pasta, some dairy, mostly protein) and 150-200 for snacks (fruit, lowfat snack foods, and those evil little weight watchers eclaires that make you want to eat about 500 of them).
I do about 20 minutes of calisthenics a day, 100 minutes of running per week, and I ride my horse most days for 30 minutes or so. So by the most reliable calculations I could find I'm burning 1500 cals for basal body operations and 700 cals for activities every day...which gives me like a 1000 calorie debt. phew!
Something else that REALLY works--I got out of the habit of oversnacking at night (pre-diet I probably put away about 600 calories between dinner and bedtime...eeek!) by using tooth-whitening strips in the evening. It takes 30 minutes for each strip (top and bottom) so you physically cannot put anything in your mouth for that hour, which used to be my big post-dinner TV pig-out hour. After a couple of weeks you have white teeth and you don't feel like you have to snack all night anymore!
