Having trouble eating enough.

Vegplotter

Do others have this problem? It seems mad. Today I'm trying a bigger milkshake at breakfast with banana, yogurt and strawberry.

KateTii

How are you logging your calories? A lot of people think they are struggling with their calorie goal but then when they start logging accurately (with a scale and accurate entries) they realise they are actually on or above their calories.

I don't mean to be rude, but it's just such a common occurrence.

RodaRose

Check you logging accuracy. Otherwise, add some oil or nuts or chia seeds or flax to the milkshake to increase calories.

adoette

On very rare occassions I'll have this problem even with good logging. I'm just tired of eating and I get fed up and go to bed with about 800 calories intake.

If that sounds like your problem, and it just happens every now and then (mine tends to be a prelude to shark week for whatever reason) don't fret it too much. If, on the other hand, you are consistently eating less than 1200 calories (and remember to log/count all the things and weigh all the stuff) you need to talk to a doctor of some kind to figure out why. There can be any number of reasons, not all of them ED related.

Phrick

I hate to be rude but you did not end up with weight to lose by not being able to eat enough... just saying, as long as you eat less than you were before, even if you eat all the same stuff, you'll still lose weight so there really shouldn't be a problem there. My guess is you're trying to eat all/mostly "healthy" stuff and having trouble getting as many calories because the volume of food is more for fewer calories; if that's the case, put some treats back in! Peanut butter, cooking oils, full fat salad dressings (esp. since several vitamins commonly found in salad greens are fat soluble so if you don't eat fat with them the absorption is poor). Etc.

WBB55

The easiest thing to do is switch to full fat versions of the things you're already eating. Heartier bread, dark meat instead of white, 4% yogurt instead of skim.

Vegplotter

Thanks for some really helpful ideas. I don't eat any slimming products and I never go for low fat alternatives as I'm suspicious of the factory processes they go through. I use raw full fat Jersey milk and make my own yogurt from that. I'm not sure that I should view high fat items as 'treats'. Might that not be counterproductive?

WBB55

Vegplotter wrote: »

I'm not sure that I should view high fat items as 'treats'. Might that not be counterproductive?

Not at all. Especially if it's full of a good mix of fats and fits in your calorie goals. Fat isn't the enemy (too many calories is).

kimdawnhayden

Peanut butter.

SideSteel

A legitimate question --- is this situation problematic?

sashayoung72

When you first start logging and see the amount of calories things contain, it might seem like you aren't going to be able to actually eat "all that" but I think this is just "beginners phenomenon", otherwise no one would ever be overweight, you had to be eating more than that before or you wouldn't have any to lose. Your body will adjust and you will get hungry and eat your calories, let the process work and don't worry to much and over think it.