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Jbarnes1210
Jbarnes1210 Posts: 308 Member
edited November 19 in Social Groups
Since I started tracking on MFP I've become more active and lost a decent amount of weight. I cannot seem to get full with my new caloric goal(which i follow loosely, main focus is net carbs). I went from not working out to working out at least 5 times a week. Im also on my feet all day at work, so I increased my activity level from lightly active to active. These changes added almost 400 calories to my caloric goal, should I continue with my old calories(I'd have to get used to being hungry again) or just eat until I'm full?ca

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  • GSD_Mama
    GSD_Mama Posts: 629 Member
    I'll say eat till you full, I should add eat food that is satiating so you don't feel hungry
  • Jbarnes1210
    Jbarnes1210 Posts: 308 Member
    My appetite was so under control, I don't know what happened....
  • KarlaYP
    KarlaYP Posts: 4,436 Member
    You will still have days where you feel you could eat everything in sight. Keep water within reach and keep drinking. Eat until satiated on low carb foods. The longer you stick with it the less frequently they occur! I haven't had a true hangry day in several weeks now!
  • AngInCanada
    AngInCanada Posts: 947 Member
    Personally I'd add in some more fat. Extra dollop of butter on my veggies. More sour cream on my taco salad. More coconut oil in my coffee.
  • greenautumn17
    greenautumn17 Posts: 322 Member
    AngInCanada wrote: »
    Personally I'd add in some more fat. Extra dollop of butter on my veggies. More sour cream on my taco salad. More coconut oil in my coffee.

    Yep!
  • sweetteadrinker2
    sweetteadrinker2 Posts: 1,026 Member
    ^yup. More butter and hwc as well. I also recommend getting a fitness tracker(i use an up move that I love) and wearing that. I'm generally more active than originally thought, but I have one day a week where I'm on my feet all day, but barely rack up 2000 steps. Being on your feet all day isn't much difference to sitting all day unless youre moving.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    As long as I stay off the carbs (< 50 grams daily), keep protein down to 80-100 grams daily I can eat all of the fat I want and maintain based on a 90 day test I just completed.
  • Jbarnes1210
    Jbarnes1210 Posts: 308 Member
    @sweetteadrinker2 ...... I'm definitely moving, I'm a registered nurse at a dialysis clinic, so I'm going from one end of the unit to the other for about 12 hrs, I get to sit on my break, and at the end of the day when I chart....
  • totaloblivia
    totaloblivia Posts: 1,164 Member
    Listen to your body. Sometimes we need to eat more (especially more fat) for a bit and then the hunGerman will settle down again.
  • Jbarnes1210
    Jbarnes1210 Posts: 308 Member
    Lol....thanks, I'm going to try to eat to I'm full for a few days, then check the scale to make sure I'm not over doing it.
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,021 Member
    I'm going to be the odd-chick-out here and say that I started to get the rabid hungries when I worked out more. What worked better for me was to keep the cals and carbs the same, but decrease fat and increase protein. I tried upping my fat instead and it wasn't helping. We are all different and sometimes it takes experimenting. So if the extra fat doesn't help, try switching the protein and fat around. I'm not saying go low-fat and high protein. I'm saying 10-15 more grams protein and decreasing the fat by that. My 2 cents on the matter. :wink:
  • Jbarnes1210
    Jbarnes1210 Posts: 308 Member
    Thanks.....so far today I haven't been as hungry as I've been the past 2 days, BPC when I first woke up, then bacon and eggs for breakfast....
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