Difficulties hitting my recomended daily calories

I am having a bit of difficulty actually hitting my goals. This would be an exaggeration of what I eat

and the recipes for the spicy salad and taco lasagna

I have been using Slim fast for 2 meals a day and keep ending up 1100 - 1500 shy so today I decided to see what would happen if I just ate what I wanted to. so Imagine my surprise when I still came up nearly a 1000 shy of my goals.

Can someone offer any suggestions, or is it ok to be that far off?

Note: I stand 6,3 weight 385lbs and not even the doctors believe it and insist on reweighing me to make sure at every visit, as they are certain I cant possibly weight over 300-325.

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FunkyTobias

crap it doesn't fit in to my macros. oh yeah i don't follow that silly stuff. (cough cough)

... says the guy who lost 60lbs of lbm.

According to picture wonder less... I think you mean "Says the guy who go really sick and lost a lot of LBM, now who is bulking back up. Without keeping track of macros and who eats a lot of carbs."

why do you even say anything to me?? each time you do I just prove you wrong... stop wasting your time.

Amazing transformation.

You went from a sweatshirt to a t-shirt. And this is supposed to prove what, exactly?

FunkyTobias

crap it doesn't fit in to my macros. oh yeah i don't follow that silly stuff. (cough cough)

... says the guy who lost 60lbs of lbm.

According to picture wonder less... I think you mean "Says the guy who go really sick and lost a lot of LBM, now who is bulking back up. Without keeping track of macros and who eats a lot of carbs."

why do you even say anything to me?? each time you do I just prove you wrong... stop wasting your time.

Amazing transformation.

You went from a sweatshirt to a t-shirt. And this is supposed to prove what, exactly?

I am obviously wider in the chest and shoulders. Obviously you don't see that. You just don't want to see it. My cousin 2 days ago saw me 3 weeks ago he said. "Damn you're putting on weight." I said "yeah" I went back and said, "You mean like getting fatter or more muscular?" he said "more muscular." Just wait a few more months, pics will be out. I only been back in the gym 3 weeks, so be patient. Talk to me when you get a pic, or can back up anything you say with results... thanks for stopping.

Your cousin might be blind or just plainly stupid

LOL @ thinking you can have visible results in 3 weeks.

FunkyTobias

How much mass do you think you can gain in 3 weeks? Honestly?

(not talking about water fluctuation).

You don't track macros (cough) and you've lost a ton of lean mass.

What, exactly, is this supposed to prove?

mazdauk

Anyway, back to the plot.....

OP, bypassing the spat above, as others have said ditch the slimfast shakes. You'd be better off with a glass of 2% milk and some proper food - a chicken salad, some houmous and veggies, whatever you like but make sure it has protein and healthy fats as well as carbs. Making your own will help you control excess sodium, otherwise check the labels and actually avoid things marked "low fat" - they often have hidden sugar, or they are stupidly small portions to fit within the calories.

Anyone who says "I feel too full to eat all my calories" 1) - lucky you, I always can fit in an extra square of chocolate :ohwell: and 2) reduce the leafy veg and instead eat a banana, some nuts, some cheese - anything along those lines which is higher in calories but does have some nutritional benefit.

bostonwolf

I am having a bit of difficulty actually hitting my goals. This would be an exaggeration of what I eat

and the recipes for the spicy salad and taco lasagna

I have been using Slim fast for 2 meals a day and keep ending up 1100 - 1500 shy so today I decided to see what would happen if I just ate what I wanted to. so Imagine my surprise when I still came up nearly a 1000 shy of my goals.

Can someone offer any suggestions, or is it ok to be that far off?

Note: I stand 6,3 weight 385lbs and not even the doctors believe it and insist on reweighing me to make sure at every visit, as they are certain I cant possibly weight over 300-325.

I'm roughly your size though was never as heavy. I started my weight loss journey at about 320, I'm currently about 290. I can tell you what worked for me, though this doesn't mean it will work for you.

One, I started eating mostly Primal (80% of the time, I usually allow myself a cheat meal or two on the weekends.) Eliminating grains and sugar will go a long way towards priming you up for fat loss. This includes eliminating a lot of the crap you seem to be eating now. If it comes prepackaged and has more than four ingredients, throw it away. The closer to its natural state you can eat your food the better. Go to www.marksdailyapple.com for more info on Primal.

Two, your goal is set to 2350 calories and you say you are regularly 1000 calories short of that? Simply put you are starving yourself. If I ate 1300 calories a day I'd chew off my wife's leg while she slept. I imputed your numbers (guessed your age at 40 and left body fat blank into the BMR calculator here:

http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

And your BMR (the amount of calories you need to survive on a daily basis) is 3145. So even if you were eating to your 2350 goal, you would STILL be starving yourself. If you want to lose weight in a controlled manner you probably need to be around 2500 minimum, and this takes no account of exercise.

Three, exercise. If you aren't doing any you need to start. Just start off walking, that's what I did. Go as far as you can at whatever pace you can. Then do a bit more the next day, etc etc. Then we get you started with the weights

Four. Be accountable. I decided in December that I was sick of being this overweight. I figured out what foods triggered me to overeat and eliminated them completely. Same with people (if possible) or certain restaurants. You need to know exactly what is going into your body and in what ratios (fat/carbs/protein)

Just from a calorie intake standpoint you can still eat like crap and lose weight as long as you are eating under your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure.) However, you have two kids. I assume you want to be able to play with them and want to be around for them as long as possible. That would be my motivation to clean up my diet (and theirs.) You need to find yours.

Hope this helps.

ncmedic201

One way I've really improved my eating is to creep on other peoples diary

It gives me great ideas. I've been working on calories, potassium and sodium. Almonds are a great snack. Hummus with crackers or veggies, cottage cheese. You can try making your own shake for breakfast. I started using ultramet and mix in coconut water, plain yogurt, a banana and sometimes a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter. This will increase your calories and give you some more nutrients too. Also, by bulking up your calories like that it will be easy to replace the shake with a real meal. On days that I want to actually cook my breakfast I have no problem making a big omelet and staying within my calories. Good luck!