Eating back exercise calories!??

veganbaum

Everyone has provided you with good answers, and it seems like you're listening.

I would just echo the importance of eating enough to keep breastfeeding. You probably are eating more than you think, as has been pointed out, so I'm not just saying "eat more." But, you really should try to be more accurate with your logging so you can be sure you keep up your nutrition and milk supply. 1200, even with some exercise calories, is really low - breastfeeding actually gives you more calories.

Also, you listed your BMR - in the context of your list, BMR is irrelevant, so I'm not sure why you posted that unless you think that's the base from which to take your deficit, which it's not.

I also noticed that you said you can't make separate meals because you're poor, and also your husband is a picky eater and can eat "whatever he wants." You don't have to make separate meals - you can have a smaller serving of higher calorie dishes and just give yourself a larger serving of vegetables. If you need to buy more vegetables to make this happen, then buy canned or frozen if those are cheaper than fresh. Also, depending on where you live, farmer's markets can often be cheaper (not where I live, but that's a whole other issue).

Finally, you talk about husband eating cakes and you eating "crap" and your family eating whatever they want. Don't eat things you don't like, but you may find that preparing things you think you don't like in different ways may lead to you finding a way you do like them. As I already said, you can also eat some of what they are, just a smaller portion and eat more of less calorie dense foods. Also, I'm wondering if you buy a lot of packaged food ("cakes," or whatever). If you do, that's a budgetary concern you may want to look at, as that may be an area you can cut back on and spend that on other foods.

ShrinkingScientist

I just wanted to point out that you don't have to eat breakfast foods for breakfast. There's no law that you have to have eggs or oatmeal. Have a sandwich, have a salad, eat what you like. This doesn't needs to be a miserable experience.

kshama2001

ShrinkingScientist wrote: »

I just wanted to point out that you don't have to eat breakfast foods for breakfast. There's no law that you have to have eggs or oatmeal. Have a sandwich, have a salad, eat what you like. This doesn't needs to be a miserable experience.

This ^

Also, I don't make separate meals. I just have less of the high calorie stuff and more of the low calorie stuff. He takes more rice and pasta than I do, and I take more veggies.

kshama2001

bbrand975 wrote: »

No I don't usually have time to weigh it

I find it faster to weigh than to use measuring cups, plus there's then no need to wash cups. I write down the weights in a notebook that goes back and forth from the kitchen to my computer.