No it really isn't easy eating daily calories

lovebrittnie

yeah, i can see the problem of trying to make it to 2500 or so....

lovebrittnie

I have the same problem. Although, my goal is 1200 right now, because I don't work out. And by the end of the day, I am usually only at 800 or 900 calories. And I'm also eating 3 meal meals, and 3 snacks. I find it hard to increase calories. Veggies don't have a lot of calories and I'm already eating a cup or two cups each plate, I can't eat ALL this meat (usually 8oz at dinner, chew, chew, chew, chew... I dunno), I don't want to add bread or sugars.

I think I'm going to add more oil and butter to things, but then that skyrockets my fats (good fats). They are easy calories. lol

Edit: And yes, I am constantly FULL.

hmmm... ususlly if i'm not working out or not working out that much i would eat a 100 cal snack (yogurt, banana ect.) but if you are having problems reaching 1200, try to add more to your snack, like to 100 cals, or throwing in nuts or gronola that can help to boost you up a few hundred without having to add the butter or oil... you want to feed you body good things, and enough of it.

PoeRaven

Simon, thank you so much for posting this!

You have taken the words right out of my mouth. I am nowhere near your calorie deficit but still most days I am finding myself with anywhere from 300 to 500 calories extra at the end of a day and I am not hungry in the least bit. I too have completely changed my lifestyle of eating and love, love, love my early morning run. I simply refuse to eat 300 - 500 more calories at the end of the day or eat unhealthy, fat & calorie laden foods just to make the numbers work.
I tend to retire early in the evening to get some reading time in and the last thing I want is to have a full stomach when I hit the haystack...(causes me unrestful sleep)

I like the idea of upping my intake of calories at breakfast. It is my favorite meal anyway and I can always use the extra energy/protein after my morning jog. I think I will try that strategy starting tomorrow.

Again, thank you for posting this and many thanks to all who have given their thougths and ideas. :glasses:

PoeRaven

I just have to add something else to this...

For instance:
Today is my husband and I's "lunch date" day. We usually go somewhere nicer on lunch date than the norm. Well today it was Chinese....I had the steamed broccoli and chicken, mushrooms & water chestnuts, and a couple of crab rangoon (Can't help myself) I have all this plugged into my food diary.
Anyway, I am totally and completely full. On lunch date day I just don't want a large dinner. I have a couple of snacks here at work with me...chopped celery and an energy bar..that I have already accounted for and I don't know if I will eat them . Right now I have over 700 calories to use up. There is no way I will be able to eat 700 calories before this day is over.

You are so right in calling this a dilemma ...:ohwell:

misslizz6958

Yeah I hear ya, they put me at 1200 n after exersize it goes to 2500 and I typically don't eat anywhere close to the 1200 let alone the 2500. It blows my mind when people r like " I ate under my goal so I had some cheeseand chocolate to reach the goal" and to me that's just nuts

abricklin

In the past, maybe 2 years ago, doing weight watchers, I faced the same problem- I could not get enough food into each day but still eat healthfully.

I do not know if anyone made these recommendations but I looked at a few days of your food diary and did not notice any healthy oil. Can you drizzle 2 tsp of olive oil on veggies/salad, can you eat some peanut butter on whole wheat toast, what about some almonds/soy nuts for protein and healthy fat AND healthy calories. If you add a manly handful of almonds to a fruit as a snack, you add 200 calories of HEALTHY food.

What about dairy. Can you increase dairy consumption, switch to 1% (don't recall what you use now). Etc?

No one says you HAVE TO EAT X number of calories, it takes time to figure otu what works to maintain just as it does to lose, as you know.

girlruns

Simon, Thank you!! I've been wanting to put up a post about this but I had your same reservations of attack! I too have seen the hundreds of posts from people "full" after 700 calories. I just kept wondering how this could be a problem for people who haven't majorly slowed their metabolism! But, summer has finally arrived and after I hit up some miles in the hot sun--I am quite a bit over what I could eat. Last night I had put in 6 miles and by the time I had my salad and tuna helper, I had to force the watermelon in me just to get a little closer to goal. A healthy day just won't hit 2200 calories for me!! But as the other posters said, there are ways to add extra calories without really adding extra food, but if it's currently working for you--keep it up! Awesome job at hit goal and best of luck on continuing to maintain!