Calorie consumption

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Tjs8819
Tjs8819 Posts: 33 Member
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Is it better to be under my calories or eat something that's not "healthy" to hit my goal ? I'm sometimes about 1100 calories at the end of the day. I could easily eat a few cookies to hit my caloric goal but is that silly? Also, should I exercise on days that I don't eat enough calories. It's hard for me to eat enough because I'm trying to eat "healthy" and I don't have much variation in the foods I eat.



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  • IGbnat24
    IGbnat24 Posts: 520 Member
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    So...vary the foods you eat? Get yourself a jar of peanut butter and hit those goals.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
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    IGbnat24 wrote: »
    So...vary the foods you eat? Get yourself a jar of peanut butter and hit those goals.

    This^

    Won't your foods be varied during maintenance? Incorporating some of those foods now, lets you know the portion sizes for those too.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
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    Can you open your diary so we can make suggestions?

    You might want to read this:
    http://www.iifym.com/what-is-iifym/


    That said, you don't have to have a cookie if you don't want it. If you do want it, you don't have to avoid it either.
    I made the mistake of being too restrictive when I first started losing weight and I did okay for awhile (6-7 months to be exact). Eventually though it became boring, repetitive and I did fall off track.

    Are you eating a lot of low fat foods? Adding in foods with fat (nuts, oils, nut spreads, cheese) will help you get a few more calories in as well as help you get the dietary fat your body needs. (just a guess, since I can't see what your currently eating)

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