It's hard to give advice about this because everyone is so different in terms of their needs. You know best whether you can eat three meals of around 400 calories each, or whether eating a bunch of smaller meals, throughout the day, for fewer calories would work best for you. Whatever you decide, remember that fresh fruits and vegetables tend to be very low in calories, so your portions of them can be bigger. They also have a lot of fiber, and food that is higher in fiber will help you feel fuller longer.

I lost 94lbs counting calories.I lost on 1200 calories a day.
I still weigh and measure my food.I am a COE too, so I avoid sugar as I was taught in OA.
I try to eat 3 times a day with a snack in the evening. I never feel stuffed on 300-400 calories a meal.
This really does work...On the 18th I will have maintained this weight loss for 3 years. I am 5'5'.(224 down to 130-135)
( size 22 down to 6)
This is not bragging. This is a miracle in my life and I give God the credit!

1200 is good for most every one at that # u body wont think it's starving and start taking measures to save it's self which is diet sabatoge which method to do that's somthing u will have try out for u self I am a late nite eater nasty habit so I have veggies on hand and fruit and no sugar items in house because try as u will it's there u will cheat this sucessful dieting takes study and planing preparation sounds like u need to put in some time there are some good sight to try spark people is one chin up dig in u can do this and were here for u good luck

for me, what works well is I drink a meal replacement shake for breakfast and lunch, I eat veggies or a granola bar as snacks in between. I eat a well balanced dinner... for example 1/2 plate salad (with fat free italian dressing and just a splash of fat free ranch for flavor but not even a serving size) a grilled chicken breast and some steamed or grilled mushrooms/onions/etc. I was advised to stay away from carbs. Only eating them on days I do Cardio workouts and the only eating a small portion of rice or a potato. and I eat a fruit for dessert.

It doesnt sound all that great, but I do this and dont count calories. i know I am eating enough to be healthy, but no more than my body needs to run. I fill myself up with fiber rich veggies so that I dont over eat. and to stop the "sweets" cravings, I chose the chocolate flavor shake mix and use ALMOND MILK. It has all of the vitamins and calcium of normal milk, plus anti oxidants from the almonds and its only 60 calories! and the cocolate-almond flavor is like dessert twice a day....

works for me, maybe it will work for you too

I've been eating 200 to 300 cal. 5 times a day for 1500 calories, and I've lost 10 pounds so far in 50 days. It's going slow, but at least it's going down. I also have low blood sugar issues, so that's why I have to do 5 meals a day. It keeps a steady level of sugar in your blood throughout the day, and I'm sure that isn't such a bad thing when trying not to store fat.

Hey I have 4 300 calorie meals per day and unlimited veg (as there are hardly any calories!!) Today I had fruit and natural yogurt with some seeds for breakfast for snack I had juice oat cracker and peanut butter on top and a banana for lunch I will have a ham salad roll with cherry tomatos on the side for dinner I will have a prawn stir fry with noodles. I generally just drink water. I plan what I will eat the day before this helps when I have busy days!!