1,200 Calorie Diets for Obese Women

For nutrition’s sake, the lower limit of calories women should consume in a day is 1,200. Below this amount, you should be under a doctor’s supervision, according to the Harvard health publication “HEALTHbeat.” A safe rate of weight loss is 1 to 2 lbs. per week. Depending on your weight, this may mean eating more than 1,200 calories. For example, if you are 5 feet 5 inches tall and weigh 200 pounds, your calorie intake to lose 2 lbs. a week should be about 1,280. But if you are the same height and weigh 50 pounds more, your calorie intake for the same amount of weight loss would be about 1,580.

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