not eating enough
tarnz157
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Hi I am new to this calorie counting business. I have decided to loose some weight and change my eating habits. However I seem to be struggling to eat more than 1000 calories a day I am eating fruit which seems to send my sugar intake through the roof but I have been good at watching added suagrs I dont know if I am doing this right and weather it is going to be effective b help pleaee
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Eat more: lean protein, healthy fats and nuts. An oz of nuts a day easily adds calories and is great for you. Drink a glass or 2 of milk instead of water...adds calories and calcium/vitamin/protein.0
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Struggling to eat over 1k why? Full? Poor? No appetite?
I find fruit to be high in calories.
Also what are your height weight gender etc
Are you meant to be eating 1200 where 1k is a little low or meant to be eating 1600 where 1k is very low.0 -
Don't worry about going over sugar, excess sugar does not equal weight gain, excess calories do.
If there is a sugar hell I have got a one way ticket because i go over mfp's sugar recommendations most every day, purely because of milk and fruit, not sugary cakes etc etc
Also if you are struggling to eat over 1000 calories, how did you become overweight in the first place? Obviously at some stage you were consuming a lot more than that....0 -
Same thing happened to me at the beginning. It will pass! Just make sure you are logging accurately and peanut butter will be your best friend in the meantime
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I suggest sustagen in milk. Milk, chocolate, vitamins and minerals, how could you pass that up.
Or maybe some Greek yogurt with blue berries.
Maybe some cheese cubes.
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First things first, are you tracking accurately? That means you use a food scale for most if not all solid foods and measuring cups for liquids, and that you get everything you eat into the log.0
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Calorie dense foods are your friend (nuts, nut butters, full-fat dairy, avocados, oils...)0
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I suggest sustagen in milk. Milk, chocolate, vitamins and minerals, how could you pass that up.
Or maybe some Greek yogurt with blue berries.
Maybe some cheese cubes.
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Sustagen gold is the bomb!! So yummy
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I get too full thats why I struggle to eat over 1000 some days I do. I had really bad eating habits before I wouldnt eat all day and then come dinner time I would be starving I also drank alot of sugary drinks like coke. So even eating 3 meals a day is alot for me. I have almonds and brazil nuts which I will use as snacks or ill have some fruit. I find the mfp's recommendations for fats a bit hard to stick to well not the total fat but the fats that r in the nuts there no allowance for them. Im always under that total fat allowance my the mono and poly and trans fats always over because I will have the nuts and avocado.
I dont have snacks every day especially on dayswhen I'm busy I end up forgetting because not hungry. Im starting to look at different dinner ideas. But r also cautious if dinner because apparently its only meamt to be a small meal.
I have never dieted before and at the moment what im eating I enjoy and find nice so it doesnt seem like dieting and I dont no how effective it will be.0 -
I just posted that I'm having difficulty eating the 1200 calories, though am over weight. I was told I shut down my metabolism by not eating often enough and therefore my sugar isn't at a consistent level. My question is why does my project weight lose change day by day?0
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lauradrach wrote: »My question is why does my project weight lose change day by day?
Projected weight is based on that one day. Are your days identical? Are your net calories at the end of the day the same or are you under and over by different amounts?
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Different - thanks0
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Just eat more of the stuff you used to eat and you'll have no trouble reaching your goal.0
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Do you use a food scale for anything not liquid?0
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I can eat 1000 in a meal lol0
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You don't have to have 3 meals or snacks. If you'd rather eat lightly most of the day and then eat one large meal, then you can do that. If you want two large meals and no/1 snack, then do that. Whatever works with your hunger signals.
I would recommend eating whole foods if possible for better nutrients, but you know what you can reasonably do with your lifestyle. I eat higher fat and sometimes still only get 1200. Some days you aren't that hungry. A day or two later I make it up because my activity has upped my appetite.
Maybe not concentrate on "dieting" or "diet food", but on eating a variety of yummy things - mostly good for you - and staying within your calorie goal. Did you eat a bunch of fruit every day before? If not, why are you doing that now? Think variety and don't shy away from fat. Fat is necessary for metabolic processes, brain function, and vitamin absorption...to name a few. 0 -
DaniCanadian wrote: »Do you use a food scale for anything not liquid?
That's hilarious.0 -
onyxgirl17 wrote: »I can eat 1000 in a meal lol
I ate a pack of snickers pods last night for 800ish calories. Shame, shame, shame
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TimothyFish wrote: »DaniCanadian wrote: »Do you use a food scale for anything not liquid?
That's hilarious.
Why?0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »DaniCanadian wrote: »Do you use a food scale for anything not liquid?
That's hilarious.
I didn't quite get the question to begin with... Is she saying "do you use a food scale for solids/food"??
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I get too full thats why I struggle to eat over 1000 some days I do. I had really bad eating habits before I wouldnt eat all day and then come dinner time I would be starving I also drank alot of sugary drinks like coke. So even eating 3 meals a day is alot for me. I have almonds and brazil nuts which I will use as snacks or ill have some fruit. I find the mfp's recommendations for fats a bit hard to stick to well not the total fat but the fats that r in the nuts there no allowance for them. Im always under that total fat allowance my the mono and poly and trans fats always over because I will have the nuts and avocado.
I dont have snacks every day especially on dayswhen I'm busy I end up forgetting because not hungry. Im starting to look at different dinner ideas. But r also cautious if dinner because apparently its only meamt to be a small meal.
I have never dieted before and at the moment what im eating I enjoy and find nice so it doesnt seem like dieting and I dont no how effective it will be.
First thing, you can go into the customize goals option under your goal settings and alter those carb/fat/protein ratios to be more in line with what you want to eat. If it's easier for you to eat more carbs and less fat, take a little off the fat and put it on carbs. If it's easier for you to eat more fat, do the opposite. Those aren't set in stone numbers.
Next, add some more calorie dense foods - real butter, use full fat versions of things instead of fat free, regular bread instead of wraps. Until you get up to the calories you're supposed to be eating, don't even worry about the breakdowns like sugar or mono/poly fats. Look at calories, then look to make sure you're getting enough protein, and do whatever until you get a feel for if you want a total balance, more carbs, or more fats overall.
If you've been drinking your calories for a very long time, it's going to take a while for your stomach to get used to getting real food all the time.0 -
Unless you have a health condition, the only thing you need to worry about for weight loss is calories. Try adding a few calorie-dense foods to your menu. For instance, butter, honey, peanut butter, and Nutella all clock in at 100 cals a tbsp, so it doesn't take much to add pretty significantly to your daily intake.0
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Yes, any food that's not a liquid.0
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1200 is the recommended minimum to provide you with enough nutrition. unless you are under medical supervision then eat that amount. As said above if you really are finding it hard then eat calorie dense foods.
The one thing I always find puzzling is thatoverweight people suddenly find it difficult to eat a fraction of what they were previously eating?0 -
1200 is the recommended minimum to provide you with enough nutrition. unless you are under medical supervision then eat that amount. As said above if you really are finding it hard then eat calorie dense foods.
The one thing I always find puzzling is thatoverweight people suddenly find it difficult to eat a fraction of what they were previously eating?
Same here. It's a hell of a lot easier and much more satisfying to add calories then it is to restrict them....
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1200 is the recommended minimum to provide you with enough nutrition. unless you are under medical supervision then eat that amount. As said above if you really are finding it hard then eat calorie dense foods.
The one thing I always find puzzling is thatoverweight people suddenly find it difficult to eat a fraction of what they were previously eating?
Because it may be a fraction of the calories, but triple the volume. That's not even including the factor OP mentioned of drinking tons of high calorie drinks all day. 200 calories of broccoli or carrots take up a lot more room than 200 calories of pizza or Pepsi.0 -
Hey I'm a low calorie burner too! and i have been struggling to lose weight over the years.-2
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1200 is the recommended minimum to provide you with enough nutrition. unless you are under medical supervision then eat that amount. As said above if you really are finding it hard then eat calorie dense foods.
The one thing I always find puzzling is thatoverweight people suddenly find it difficult to eat a fraction of what they were previously eating?
Because it may be a fraction of the calories, but triple the volume. That's not even including the factor OP mentioned of drinking tons of high calorie drinks all day. 200 calories of broccoli or carrots take up a lot more room than 200 calories of pizza or Pepsi.
True, true. I suppose it would be easier to go over drinking a ton of coke and downing pizza. It's not going to hurt OP incorporating these things into her diet to get her calories up, even though personally I refuse to drink soda, diet or regular!
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If you up your exercise intensity, I almost guarantee you will not have this problem in a couple of weeks when your metabolism speeds up and demands more food. I found that was the case for myself. When you just start eating healthy, whole foods they seem so filling. But with strength-training and endurance exercise, when done at the appropriate challenging levels to change your body and your health, you will become hungry after a while. And that's good. Eat more often with smaller portions of good-for-you whole foods!0
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