Look at my diary

_jayciemarie_

Yesterday I was so hungry. Since doing LCHF--most days I'm completely satisfied, and then other days I'm starving and will want to eat my arm off. If any of you have time--will you snoop through my diary and tell me what I'm doing wrong? I would appreciate it

wabmester

I don't think you're doing anything wrong. My theory is that sometimes the lack of hunger may cause you to undereat a little too much, so you occasionally compensate with big-hunger days. They should balance out as long as you don't gorge yourself for an entire week.

deksgrl

You are logging big exercise burns. If you are exercising that much, you might need to eat more calories.

Dragonwolf

deksgrl wrote: »

You are logging big exercise burns. If you are exercising that much, you might need to eat more calories.

Agreed. More days than not, you're 500+ calories under. If you're not hungry, that's fine, but if you're hungry, then eat. Don't worry so much about day-to-day deficit and look more at weekly averages. The beauty of this way of eating is that you can listen to your body and hunger signals.

_jayciemarie_

As far as exercise goes--I will be getting back into kickboxing next week. That is what I consider "exercise". The results linked to MFP is from my Fibit Charge HR. I'm getting in between 10k-15k steps a day. I think the number they give me is excessive, so I try not to base my eating decisions off of it. I'm sure I would be fine eating back 1/4 of the number it says I burned in excess.

Dragonwolf

_jayciemarie_ wrote: »

As far as exercise goes--I will be getting back into kickboxing next week. That is what I consider "exercise". The results linked to MFP is from my Fibit Charge HR. I'm getting in between 10k-15k steps a day. I think the number they give me is excessive, so I try not to base my eating decisions off of it. I'm sure I would be fine eating back 1/4 of the number it says I burned in excess.

Actually, Fitbits, especially the ones with the heart rate monitor (ie - the Charge HR) are quite accurate. Make sure you have both set to the same level and same goal weight loss speed (I do sedentary and 1lb/week loss on both, so all activity is additive), to ensure everything's got accurate base input and you're not double-counting your activity with a higher activity level and Fitbit adjustment. Also, I recommend going into MFP's diary settings and turning on negative calorie adjustments, so you can have a record of days where you're not as active and your recorded burn is less, that way you get a more accurate picture on MFP what your intake is compared to your recorded burn.

You don't have to feel obligated to eat back the calories if you're not hungry, but when you are hungry, eat. Even if the Fitbit is overestimating things, you're still burning more than what your base MFP setting is, and have a sort of weekly-scope buffer for your hungry days.

KnitOrMiss

Plus, calories are not a static line thing. Hormonal changes alone throughout the month make you hungrier at some times and not at others. Follow your hunger and you will find it naturally balance out. Plus, maybe your body is adapting and needs that extra boost of calories to finish converting your metabolism, and you are slowing the process because you won't give your body what it is screaming at you that it needs! LOL

_jayciemarie_

Thanks for the information. I do have my info set at sedentary with 1lb loss. I will enable the negative calories. And y'all don't have to tell me twice to eat more! Num Num in my tum tum! lol

DianaElena76

While I prefer to have MFP congratulate me at the end of each day, I try not to stress about calories. If I'm hungry, I eat more; if I'm not so hungry, I eat less. (My husband often cajoles me when I say I'm not going to eat dinner, so I will placate him by having a *very* small meal if he seems distressed about my lack of appetite.) I have my calorie goal set at a 20% deficit from my estimated TDEE, so I know if I go over my goal but am still under my TDEE I'm still winning the calorie game. Also, for me, it took some time to get to the point of not being as hungry. At first I was STARVING. I ate 3 squares and 1-2 snacks a day. I love cheese, so I made sure I always had some with me to nosh on during my commute. I also felt extremely tired for the first couple weeks (even though I stepped down gradually and didn't get "keto flu") and kept the coffee flowing as well as sometimes eating snacks just to stay awake. But over time I've gotten to the point where I have BPC as my breakfast, a reasonable lunch at noon, and then a late dinner around 8 or 9 (depending on how long it takes to get the kids settled). All my meals are substantially smaller than they were before I started this WOE. Even still, though, I have days here and there where I'm hungry as I don't know what, and they usually coincide with either higher stress, higher activity, or hormone fluctuations ("shark week"). Again, if I'm hungry, I eat more; if I'm not as hungry, I eat less.

AreteAndWhimsy

I'm quite heavy and I have quite a lot of muscle, and I am almost completely sedentary right now, and even with all of my programs set to as little physical activity as I can manage, My TDEE is still over 2400 kcals for just slugging around all day. I can't eat that many calories a day unless I'm making a hugely concerted effort. Hunger usually puts me 1200-1600 calories, sometimes I"ll be a bit better about meal planning and hit 1800 pretty consistently, and on the days that I am a ravenous, bottomless pit... what do you know, I eat almost exactly 2400 kcals a day.