eating enough calories

elainerye
elainerye Posts: 1 Member
edited November 17 in Food and Nutrition
after adding exercise and adding more calories, I find myself with way more calories than I can possibly consume, any suggestions? I dont want to just eat if I*m not hungry then when you finish logging they send a message that your not eating enough for a healthy weight loss help

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Calorie burns for exercise are said to be massively inflated, and most people recommend only eating some back. You also don't need to close your diary
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  • coryfisher180
    coryfisher180 Posts: 7 Member
    When cutting I typically do not add exercise since it is never accurately reflected. I also never eat the maximum allotted calories. This basically guarantees success regardless of any variables.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    edited April 2017
    elainerye wrote: »
    after adding exercise and adding more calories, I find myself with way more calories than I can possibly consume, any suggestions? I dont want to just eat if I*m not hungry then when you finish logging they send a message that your not eating enough for a healthy weight loss help

    Mfp only won't post a message if you're eating under 1000 cals. You shouldn't struggle eating that amount.

    Peanut butter is your friend.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    elainerye wrote: »
    after adding exercise and adding more calories, I find myself with way more calories than I can possibly consume, any suggestions? I dont want to just eat if I*m not hungry then when you finish logging they send a message that your not eating enough for a healthy weight loss help

    Mfp only won't post a message if you're eating under 1000 cals. You shouldn't struggle eating that amount.

    Peanut butter is your friend.

    This.

    Sometimes calories are inflated -- you can eat back half of the added calories (on top of your 1200 or whatever) or eat them later in the week. Or post what they are and where from for a reality check -- if you are running 8 miles and get an additional 600, that's different than if you log an hour of heavy cleaning (because it felt heavy when you were doing it) and get an additional 600. But that's a separate issue from MFP's message which comes because you ate less than 1000 (total, I believe, not net).

    If 1000 calories seems like a huge amount you can't imagine eating, talk to a doctor.
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