Have any of you ever tried the 1,200-calorie diet? It’s something I never heard of until I read this essay by Scaachi Koul at BuzzFeed News, but apparently it’s quite popular as a method for losing weight. Koul writes that she and every woman in her family has tried it at one point or another, usually at multiple points. “For years,” she writes, “my mom strictly ate 1,200 calories daily to her utter detriment: She was always hungry, and.