Not able to reach calorie goal

madelinecamille

kimny72 wrote: »

madelinecamille wrote: »

TeaBea wrote: »

madelinecamille wrote: »

TeaBea wrote: »

madelinecamille wrote: »

If you're not hungry, why force yourself to eat more? 1200-1300 is still enough calories in a day.

Enough for who? We are not all the same height, weight, age, activity level, etc. 1200 is a default minimum. Perhaps maintaining existing lean muscle mass is more important than just a number on the scale....for some people.

I get that everyone's different. I said what I did so OP could know that it's ok if the daily goal isn't always met. Obviously I know nothing of what OP's trying to accomplish; just thought I'd add in another option. If your body isn't hungry and it's had good nutrients, why force yourself to eat?

Of course it's okay (once in a while) to go under on goal. But OP indicated this was more of a regular thing.

We don't know what kind of nutrients OP has had. But hunger is not a good indicator of adequate nutrition anyway. Hunger isn't the thing that tells us our bodies are using existing lean muscle mass for fuel. If OP is average height or taller, if OP is young, if OP is active.....1200 is not a good fit. 100% of weight loss is not fat loss.

vingogly wrote: »

madelinecamille wrote: »

If you're not hungry, why force yourself to eat more? 1200-1300 is still enough calories in a day.

Seriously? It depends on things like your current weight, build, gender, level of activity, and age. About the only one you can guess at is gender (and these days that's not always a sure thing). So why are you giving MaeDahlia a "one size fits all" number?

MaeDahlia: As others have pointed out, there are plenty of ways to pump up your calorie count without getting nauseated. If you're eating mostly low fat veggies and low fat dairy, for example, it's going to be difficult choking down enough to make 1600 calories. Good fats is one way, eating denser carbs and protein is another way. A protein powder shake with some frozen fruit and soy milk (full fat) and maybe a big spoonful of nut butter if you're not allergic as a snack will give you an extra 300 calories right there. If you're getting nauseated and the reason isn't apparent, you might want to get a physical to rule out anything going on health wise rather than getting medical advice here.

Try putting your data in here -- it's a good way to cross check MFP's recommendations:

http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html

Ok, I guess I'm the a*hole then. My bad.

Nobody was putting you down. They just didn't want advice that could be harmful to sit unchallenged. Sometimes in an open forum, people will point out if your wrong. It's happened to me. I'd rather be corrected than risk my innocently offered post putting someone else in a bad situation.

Thanks, and you're right. Which is why I said my bad. Tongue in cheek doesn't really translate well over text.

kimny72

madelinecamille wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

madelinecamille wrote: »

TeaBea wrote: »

madelinecamille wrote: »

TeaBea wrote: »

madelinecamille wrote: »

If you're not hungry, why force yourself to eat more? 1200-1300 is still enough calories in a day.

Enough for who? We are not all the same height, weight, age, activity level, etc. 1200 is a default minimum. Perhaps maintaining existing lean muscle mass is more important than just a number on the scale....for some people.

I get that everyone's different. I said what I did so OP could know that it's ok if the daily goal isn't always met. Obviously I know nothing of what OP's trying to accomplish; just thought I'd add in another option. If your body isn't hungry and it's had good nutrients, why force yourself to eat?

Of course it's okay (once in a while) to go under on goal. But OP indicated this was more of a regular thing.

We don't know what kind of nutrients OP has had. But hunger is not a good indicator of adequate nutrition anyway. Hunger isn't the thing that tells us our bodies are using existing lean muscle mass for fuel. If OP is average height or taller, if OP is young, if OP is active.....1200 is not a good fit. 100% of weight loss is not fat loss.

vingogly wrote: »

madelinecamille wrote: »

If you're not hungry, why force yourself to eat more? 1200-1300 is still enough calories in a day.

Seriously? It depends on things like your current weight, build, gender, level of activity, and age. About the only one you can guess at is gender (and these days that's not always a sure thing). So why are you giving MaeDahlia a "one size fits all" number?

MaeDahlia: As others have pointed out, there are plenty of ways to pump up your calorie count without getting nauseated. If you're eating mostly low fat veggies and low fat dairy, for example, it's going to be difficult choking down enough to make 1600 calories. Good fats is one way, eating denser carbs and protein is another way. A protein powder shake with some frozen fruit and soy milk (full fat) and maybe a big spoonful of nut butter if you're not allergic as a snack will give you an extra 300 calories right there. If you're getting nauseated and the reason isn't apparent, you might want to get a physical to rule out anything going on health wise rather than getting medical advice here.

Try putting your data in here -- it's a good way to cross check MFP's recommendations:

http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html

Ok, I guess I'm the a*hole then. My bad.

Nobody was putting you down. They just didn't want advice that could be harmful to sit unchallenged. Sometimes in an open forum, people will point out if your wrong. It's happened to me. I'd rather be corrected than risk my innocently offered post putting someone else in a bad situation.

Thanks, and you're right. Which is why I said my bad. Tongue in cheek doesn't really translate well over text.

:drinker:

MaeDahlia

Ok you for your fast and many answers!!
To me and my diet plans:
I'm 5'6 and 160 160 Pounds.
II try to eat "real" foods, kinda like the paleo way. I mostly eat greek yoghurt with fruit and chia in the morning. For lunch I have mostly quinoa or sweet potato or rice with meats and veggies. For snacks I'll have granola bars and fruit. For dinner it's salad or whatever I didn't get to eat for lunch or omelettes.
I work in a factory where it gets very very hot which drops my hunger even more because I try to keep up with my sweating and drink 4 liters. I also walk my dog every morning for an hour, three times of that we run which makes my calorie goal even higher!

I'll try the nut butters and more calorie dense foods!! And I'll read the links you send me thank you so much!

MaeDahlia

Yes I pre cook my foods for the day and mostly enter the calories and nutrients myself as I already saw a lot of wrong entered foods. I mostly go by cups.
Thanks for that great advice!

kimny72 wrote: »

MaeDahlia wrote: »

HEy peeps!

I don't know what to do. I have a calorie goal of 1600 and I'm always 300-400 calories short. If I try to eat more I'll get nauseas cause I'm just too full then... How can I reach my goal???

Are you using a food scale? Often when people say they can't possibly eat more than 1200 calories, they are actually eating more than they think. If you are eye-balling, using measuring cups, or just assuming that if the package says there are two servings in the box, you can log two servings without measuring - pick up a food scale in Walmart or off Amazon and verify your serving sizes. Also double check the database entries you are using - many are user entered and way off.

It's hard to give any more specific advise without any info about you - what is your goal? what are your stats? how long have you been eating at this level? - and without seeing your food diary. But 1200 cals is not a lot of calories. While it might be enough for some people, there is no reason you should be physically incapable of eating more than that.

If on the other hand your goal is to gain weight and you need to hit your target in order to do that, the previous posts have given you great advice already.

Best of luck!