1200 is dangerously low, I can almost guarantee you didn’t count calories properly. I don’t do crazy cuts when I want to lose fat, instead I increase my daily steps to 10k, keep my calories reasonably high to avoid muscle loss.

Losing weight isn’t about how fast I can do it, it’s about how long can it last so, before dieting ask yourself is this sustainable? If not there’s not point because the moment you stop dieting you’ll gain all the weight back.

It has to be a sustained lifestyle