Somedays I'm Just Not that Hungry

ballardf

Ok. So here's my delima. I am on a 1710- calorie a day plan. Somedays I fall way short of my goal. Since im diabetic I have to also watch my carbs and sugar intake. Sometimes I'm as much as 400-500 calories short. I can't load up on carbs and thats a heck of alot of veggies and lean protien to try and fit in. I have been excercising daily and it seems the more I work out the less hungry I am. I know I need to eat to lose weight but some days I just can't. Any suggestions?

jillmarie125

are you weighing everything? you might be hitting your goals and not know it. If you are positive you are not netting 1700, then i would add some higher calorie foods to your meals. Nuts, Nut Butters, Oils....

I am hungry all the time... but if I wasnt, i would just eat spoonfuls on peanut butter

xcalygrl

Agree that you should be weighing and measuring everything to make sure you are truly eating what you are recording. Often we underestimate what we're eating (we assume we're eating a cup of rice when it's actually 1.5 cups), so you may actually be closer to your goal than you think.

If you are weighing everything, you could look into adding nuts, nut butters, protein shakes, and/or full fat dairy.

madeleineld

I've had a similar issue--was finding myself having a bunch of 1000 calorie days and was mystified. Here's what helped me a little:
- Planning ahead--some people here really like prelogging. I haven't gotten that far, but having some food in mind that you'll eat the next day can help (especially if you're the kind of person who "forgets to eat" and realizes lunchtime has slipped away)
- I had to start forcing myself to eat more earlier on in the day. I realized that earlier in the day, I was so enthusiastically trying to eat healthy that I'd get home and still have 1,000+ calories to get through. I never felt comfortable cramming that much in one meal right before bed. So now I make sure I'm hitting a good number before 3 PM or so, I feel better about cramming in an afternoon snack than I do about eating two dinners.


I don't know if you can relate to this, but I'm sure I RARELY ate this much before this go on My Fitness Pal. I think I tried so hard to switch my brain into healthy eating mode that it went overboard. I'd be sitting there like "ugh, I need 400 more calories"--meanwhile the Madeleine of two months ago is like "WHAT did you try ordering another DOMINOS PIZZA?". I've been working on eating more without feeling weird about it.

But yeah, one of my go-to low carb snacks is a big portion of roasted vegetables with vegetable oil or coconut oil--the oil is a good calorie booster.

likitisplit

Here are some ideas for adding healthy calories:

Chicken with the skin
Steak
Cheese
Whole eggs (including deviled eggs, egg salad)
Full fat dairy (including cottage cheese, yogurt)
Fruit
Peanut butter or other nut butters
Nuts
Avocado
Dried fruit (raisins, apricots, apples)
Dark chocolate
Salmon
Add Chia seeds to salads or yogurt
Olive oil
Smoothies
Granola/sports nutrition bars
Whole grains or whole grain products (like brown rice, Quinoa, oatmeal)
Beans and legumes

MistressPi

Can't see a downside to not being hungry. If you do get hungry and you're low on calories, I suggest adding some good fats - adding more butter or ghee, coconut oil, animal fat to your cooking, eating macadamia nuts, adding cream to your soups, shakes or coffee - these should not spike your blood sugar.

likitisplit wrote: »

Here are some ideas for adding healthy calories:

Chicken with the skin
Steak
Cheese
Whole eggs (including deviled eggs, egg salad)
Full fat dairy (including cottage cheese, yogurt)
low sugar Fruit
Peanut butter or other nut butters
Nuts
Avocado
Dried fruit (raisins, apricots, apples)
Dark chocolate
Salmon
Add Chia seeds to salads or yogurt
Olive oil
Smoothies
Granola/sports nutrition bars
Whole grains or whole grain products (like brown rice, Quinoa, oatmeal)
Beans and legumes

lovelayla

If you are not hungry then don't eat,trust your body and its signals,as long as you are not eating too low too often,then I don't see a problem with it.

lolly715

Add healthy fats, definitely. As an example, if you have oatmeal in the morning, stirring in a tablespoon of nut butter won't really add any bulk but does add nearly 100 calories. If you have salads, add avocado and/or use an oil based dressing rather than a lower calorie one. Again, there could be nearly 100 calories for a tablespoon of full fat dressing. Same with dinner - dress your veggies, add a cream sauce to your proteins, etc.

20yearsyounger

lovelayla wrote: »

If you are not hungry then don't eat,trust your body and its signals,as long as you are not eating too low too often,then I don't see a problem with it.

+1

Kalikel

Some days I'm over the goal and some days I'm under it. If it all balances out in the end, I don't care. Days I work out more, I'm less hungry. Then the next day, I'm way hungrier.

I'm just not equally hungry every single day and refuse to force-feed myself on Tuesday and then go to bed hungry on Wednesday, KWIM?

kbmnurse

Poor you.

ballardf

Thanks jillMarie125. The peanut butter suggestion is a great idea. I am weighing and measuring everything. I had thought about adding something like Glucerna.

ballardf

Thanks everyone for all the wonderful advice. I guess I wasn't prepared to not be hungry some days. I've gotten to the point where I can now have a little of this or a little of that and not want to eat the whole darn thing so I guess I can start adding some healthy variety. THANKS!!!!!

CdnRower

I'd like to mention something else to give some thought... From a biochem point of view, it seems your body isn't producing ghrelin in correct levels assuming your body needs the amount of calories you are ingesting during the day. The reasons for that are beyond the appropriate length of a post here but I encourage you to go do some reading and perhaps a visit to the doc as well to cover all bases. Good luck.

MsHarryWinston

I have a goal of 1410 but have had a lot of 1,000 days these last 2 weeks. Sometimes enough is just enough. I've been able to work out, not be hungry, focus and be super happy. I don't think it's that big a deal. Some days your body just DOESNT want it.

MelodyandBarbells

kbmnurse wrote: »

Poor you.

I ain't mad about it (yet) but I desperately wish I could have this problem. Me and a jar of cashew nuts. Problem solved