I personally only have 1200 a day...but i don't work out much...do you???
Anyways, you certainly won't starve yourself by being a little low in cals for one day....I wouldnt' go out of my way to eat more if I wasnt' hungry.
Now, if your only getting 1000 cals a day every day, then you might want to make strides to eat a bit more...but really, one low cal day isnt' going to hurt a thing
oh yea, and i HATE cottage cheese too
noooooo 1200 cals is great me I've read about the 1200 cal diet from alot of different places including the biggest looser book.