I have questions need help please

Halloweenmom31

Hi I'm wondering if anyone can help me?? I'm on medication for various problems. Therefore I'm not hungry during the day. I can't eat . I wait until I put the kids to bed then make my dinner. I eat about 1000 calories a day. But I eat in the evening. I've tried to eat during the day but honestly I can't afford to feed the kids and feed myself too. Therefore it's a blessing that I only eat once. I make homemade pizza usually everyday. I eat the same things. I'm a vegetarian. Anyone out there only eat once a day too?

TavistockToad

You need to eat more than 1000 cals

Halloweenmom31

I'm trying to loose weight too. I walked all summer and lost 8 lbs in 2 months but now I'm going to put my bike on the trainer so I can ride to loose the rest of the weight. I have 25-30 to go

TavistockToad

Halloweenmom31 wrote: »

I'm trying to loose weight too. I walked all summer and lost 8 lbs in 2 months but now I'm going to put my bike on the trainer so I can ride to loose the rest of the weight. I have 25-30 to go

You still need to eat more than 1000 cals unless your tiny and sedentary?

TheSpanishUlises

hi, my advice is my advice is to eat food not solid, for example fruit or something in milkshake

sorry for my english i dont speak english very well

jgnatca

Eating once a day is OK. Not getting enough calories is a big deal. Can you have a glass of milk while your children eat?

Eating the same thing every day might run you in to deficiencies. You may want to add a multivitamin.

Does MFP show that you are getting enough protein?

Even if your medications leave you with no appetite you still have to eat enough. Food is life. If you have to, treat that glass of whole milk as another necessary medication.

kommodevaran

You have to eat more than 1000 calories per day. Meal timing is not very important. Some people eat one meal a day; you should eat in a way that works for you. But if you are overweight and don't lose weight, you are eating way more than 1000 calories. Correct logging of intake (in your food diary) can give you useful information.

You have to have money for your whole family to eat enough. It's very healthy to eat a varied diet and to eat together as a family. Meal planning, grocery shopping based on meal plan, looking for good bargains, and cooking from scratch allows you to buy cheap ingredients and make balanced and tasty meals.

Halloweenmom31

I'm somewhat lactose intolerant. Some cheeses are fine but I can't drink milk. I usually change up my toppings on pizza. I use fruit and different veggies. My protein is ok according to mfp. My kid is horrible to feed and is very picky. So if I eat more than 1000 calories I won't gain weight? I was doing 1200 but hit a plateau and didn't loose anything more. I'm very frustrated.

Halloweenmom31

I'm a single mom by the way. It's just my son and I. He is 9

Halloweenmom31

My spell check added the s on kids lol

kommodevaran

Halloweenmom31 wrote: »

I'm somewhat lactose intolerant. Some cheeses are fine but I can't drink milk. I usually change up my toppings on pizza. I use fruit and different veggies. My protein is ok according to mfp. My kid is horrible to feed and is very picky.

Pizza can be a lot of different things, but it's unnecessarily restrictive to eat nothing but pizza. Parts of the reasons for your son's pickyness may lay here - we need to be exposed to and get used to a range of different foods and flavors and textures and shapes in order to want and like it. Another part is that he needs you as a role model - if you eat together, that will be normal for him and he will be inclined to trust that he can eat what you are eating, when you show him that it's safe and enjoyable.

So if I eat more than 1000 calories I won't gain weight? I was doing 1200 but hit a plateau and didn't loose anything more. I'm very frustrated.

Your maintenance level is most likely somewhere around 1700-2100 calories - depends on height, weight, age, sex, activity level - MFP calculates it for you. If you want to lose weight, you need to consistently eat less than whatever is your maintenance level. Plateaus don't really exist - your (total body) weight naturally fluctuates so it can mask (fat) weight loss. You have to keep eating at a calorie deficit - MFP calculates this for you too; or, it really gives you the amount of calories you should eat to lose weight and stay healthy. If you "give up" and just eat whatever when it looks like you aren't losing, you're not having a consistent calorie deficit. And if you don't log correctly, as in: logging everything, in the exact amounts, of the right item, every time, and hit your calorie goal every day, you aren't using the food diary properly, and then it "won't work".

Of course you get frustrated when you work so hard for little payoff. Stop exercising to lose weight; instead, focus on food logging, do it like I outlined, and you will lose weight.

SueSueDio

OP, you might find this thread helpful:

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

Many of those foods are not too expensive, and you may be able to get your son to eat them too. Using some of those foods might help you to raise your calories to a healthy level without too much expense.

Also, do a search on the forums for threads with "cheap" or "budget" in the title... there have been a number of threads over the past few months or so about shopping on a tight budget, and you might find some good suggestions there. (I'm unemployed and have found those suggestions very helpful.)

And check out the Budget Bytes website too!