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Not eating enough calories!!

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  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    shadowfax_c11 wrote: »
    You need to stop fooling yourself. I'm sorry you feel like you are being slammed but no one here is going to blow smoke up your rear and tell you that you are one of those special people (that don't exist) who gets fat on air. People here actually want you to succeed and that means telling you the truth, even when the truth might hurt a little. You are not, no way no how, only eating 900 calories. Since you are not ready to hear and face the truth, you are not ready to lose weight.

    The truth is. You are not being honest. You are not weighing and logging ALL of your food. Therefore you have no idea exactly how much you really are eating.

    Now you can stomp your feet and complain and whine and decide that everyone here is mean and you can quit. Or you can listen to the advice of people who are having success and make changes and do the things people suggest and lose the weight.

    Your choice.

    This ^^^

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    SergeantSausage wrote: »
    shadowfax_c11 wrote: »
    You need to stop fooling yourself. I'm sorry you feel like you are being slammed but no one here is going to blow smoke up your rear and tell you that you are one of those special people (that don't exist) who gets fat on air. People here actually want you to succeed and that means telling you the truth, even when the truth might hurt a little. You are not, no way no how, only eating 900 calories. Since you are not ready to hear and face the truth, you are not ready to lose weight.

    The truth is. You are not being honest. You are not weighing and logging ALL of your food. Therefore you have no idea exactly how much you really are eating.

    Now you can stomp your feet and complain and whine and decide that everyone here is mean and you can quit. Or you can listen to the advice of people who are having success and make changes and do the things people suggest and lose the weight.

    Your choice.

    This ^^^

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    But I didn't see her complain that she's not losing. Am I missing something?

    OP - what's the problem? Did you stop losing? Are you losing too fast? There's a lack of context in your post.
  • justrollme
    justrollme Posts: 802 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    But I didn't see her complain that she's not losing. Am I missing something?

    OP - what's the problem? Did you stop losing? Are you losing too fast? There's a lack of context in your post.

    You're right, she never said that she isn't losing. She said she's concerned that she's not eating enough calories. A valid concern. Hopefully she'll reply. I am guessing that she asked for suggestions to increase calories, but not with poor nutritional foods. Someone suggested peanut-butter and someone else suggested nuts, both great ideas. (I'm in love with adding pepitas to my soups, lately, yummm.) Legumes, too, would be another option.
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    I realize that she hasn't complained about not losing. But I still wonder how someone who managed to become overweight, all of sudden can't figure out how to eat enough.

    And my question stands about weighing/measuring food. Perhaps she really is eating enough. If she's not weighing her food, how would she know?
  • jaqcan
    jaqcan Posts: 498 Member
    I had this "problem" when I first started. If you are trying to change the way you are eating, and have the flawed mentality of "bad" foods, then you are left with very little you think you can eat. Also the volume of some of the healthy foods really does fill you up more. Salads, with some protein and veggies doesn't result in a huge caloric lunch, but you are full.
    I say take the "diet adrenaline" while it's there. Because life will smack you upside the face eventually and you'll cave. The key is not going on full binge mode and keep measuring and weigh and LOG everything you eat. Even the "bad" foods, and even on days you go over.
  • ki4eld
    ki4eld Posts: 1,213 Member
    chinny88 wrote: »
    Hi i can't seem to eat enough calories. I don't eat breakfast and never have so won't start. I drink water all day and have a low 300/400 calorie balanced lunch including a salad and a fruit salad and I have a healthy 500 calorie dinner followed by a yoghurt or two. I don't like snacking and never have but I am of a heavy weight. Can anyone suggest help or advice please.

    I'm not sure what you're asking, because the diet you've described doesn't sound quite right. Let me be honest... you're going to lose like crazy on 900-1000 calories a day, which is what you've described. Unless you're under a doctor's care for a specific issue, that's also incredibly dangerous and unhealthy.

    I'll ask some standard questions...

    Do you own a digital food scale?
    Do you weigh every single thing that goes into your mouth?
    Do you log every single thing every day?

    If the answer to those is "yes" then there are some other questions. If the answer isn't a 100% yes, then that's where you should start. Also, how long have you been logging? If it's less than 2 weeks, keep going and keep logging honestly. After 2-4 weeks, you can start seeing where you're making mistakes.

    Unless I missed it, your diary isn't open. Can you open it, please? That could provide more details for better advice.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    booksandchocolate12 wrote: »
    I realize that she hasn't complained about not losing. But I still wonder how someone who managed to become overweight, all of sudden can't figure out how to eat enough.

    And my question stands about weighing/measuring food. Perhaps she really is eating enough. If she's not weighing her food, how would she know?

    Yeah but why are people jumping on her and asking if she's sure she's not eating more? It's not really the point. If she was saying that she's not losing while eating too little, then yeah, she'd be pretty much asking for it... but she was only asking for advice on how to eat more calories (although yeah, typically my answer to those questions is 'ice cream'.

    I concede that it's a bit odd to have to tell people who were obese how to eat more calories however.
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    OK, so we don't tell her to weigh and measure her food. We assume she's actually eating too little.

    And then her next thread is, "I'm doing everything right and I just can't lose!!!"

    Better to know from the start if she's eating the amount that she says she is.
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