not eating enough

Christianrossall

I met with a dietician to discuss why I wasn't dropping weight. I am fairly active. I do BJJ/Muy Thai 3x a week. The dietician said I wasn't eating enough as I was only consuming 1300 a day and that I should be at 2200 cals a day. I am having trouble eating that much. Does anybody have any suggestions how to meet that goal.

malibu927

Dump your dietician and tighten up your logging. You can't not lose by not eating enough.

TavistockToad

Really?

TeaBea

An adult male should definitely be eating more than 1300 gross calories. That said, if you're not losing it's not because you are eating too little. Do you use a digital food scale to weigh portions? How long have you not been losing? Water weight will fluctuate....that can mask weight loss.

Calorie dense foods - nuts, nut butters, avocado, olive oil, full fat dairy, chocolate.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1

Christianrossall

I haven't purchased a scale yet but i am going to this week. I am really restricting carbohydrates and have eliminated sugar. The dietician said I should have 100 grams of carbohydrates however it seems very high.

TonyB0588

Christianrossall wrote: »

I haven't purchased a scale yet but i am going to this week. I am really restricting carbohydrates and have eliminated sugar. The dietician said I should have 100 grams of carbohydrates however it seems very high.

100g isn't high. Mine is 226g and I am losing weight. Are you only watching carbs, or are you counting calories as well. The main concept behind MFP is calorie deficit, so you need to log your food calories consumed, and your exercise calories burnt, to see where you're going.

Christianrossall

ok thanks. The other thing the dietician mentioned was the fact I wasn't eating enough. I was consuming about 1400 cals a day. She told me I needed to be eating about 2300 in order to lose weight.

c2111

Yeah you need to eat your exercise calories back, your body slows metabolism down as not getting enough fuel, your dieticians right. follow the link from teabear, lots of good information. Eat the right foods too.

Christianrossall

Cool thanks

rileysowner

Christianrossall wrote: »

I met with a dietician to discuss why I wasn't dropping weight. I am fairly active. I do BJJ/Muy Thai 3x a week. The dietician said I wasn't eating enough as I was only consuming 1300 a day and that I should be at 2200 cals a day. I am having trouble eating that much. Does anybody have any suggestions how to meet that goal.

While I agree that eating 1300 calories is way too little for a 37 year old male (1500 is considered the minimum for a man to get the nutrition needed for health, notice minimum so not something you should be eating). At the same time, not losing weight does not happen because of eating way too little. Baring some medical issue, it is far more likely you are eating way more than you think you are. This is very easy to do if you are not measuring your portions carefully. See this video for an example.

https://youtu.be/vjKPIcI51lU

rileysowner

c2111 wrote: »

Yeah you need to eat your exercise calories back, your body slows metabolism down as not getting enough fuel, your dieticians right. follow the link from teabear, lots of good information. Eat the right foods too.

While there is some truth here, your body would not show down your metabolism enough doing the exercise you do to not lose weight if you were actually eating 1400 calories. It is far more likely you are eating more than you think or are logging due to inaccuracies either because of not weighing solids, trusting single servings of food are correct, and/or using the wrong database entries.