Can't reach at 1200 calories goal to lose weight
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hi everyone..
if anyone can understand me , plz help
i am trying to lose weight ..MFP set 1220 calories goal.. I am eating healthy but still can't eat more than 1000 cal... i do Zumba for 45 to 60 min 4-5 days a week...
my question is How can i eat 1200 calories? can i eat oat biscuits and this sort of things...
thx
if anyone can understand me , plz help
i am trying to lose weight ..MFP set 1220 calories goal.. I am eating healthy but still can't eat more than 1000 cal... i do Zumba for 45 to 60 min 4-5 days a week...
my question is How can i eat 1200 calories? can i eat oat biscuits and this sort of things...
thx
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You can eat anything that fits into your calories for the day. If you are having trouble reaching your target calories then add some more calorie dense things into your diet.18
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You were eating way more than 1,000 calories if you got to the point of needing to lose weight.
My guess is that you cut out too much fat...dietary fat is an essential macro nutrient and a very easy way to get in more calories.
You can eat anything you want to hit your calorie targets.26 -
thx a lot .. i joined MFP last week .. i will check my weight next week ..Fingers crossed0
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I also have 1200 calorie goal and think it would be very hard to eat much less especially exercising. Make sure you are weighing and logging accurately. I eat regular foods and very little low calorie foods with the exception of one zero calorie drink per day. I try to eat about 200-250 calories in the morning, 300-350 at lunch, 450-500 at dinner, 150-200 for snack, and if I exercise I have about 300 more I can use for something special. For breakfast I rotate eggs, French toast, hot and cold cereals, and smoothies mostly. Lunch I always have some protein and a reasonable side like soup or salad or fruit. For dinner I eat a 3-4 oz. portion of meat/poultry/fish, 1/2 cup carb side dish, and vegetables with butter. My snack depends on what macros I'm high on or short on during the day. You might want to screen print one of those 1000 calorie days and I'm sure lots of people can offer some more suggestions for you. Best of luck to you.9
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How accurate is your logging? I find most people who are stuffed silly on very low calories also are very inaccurate with their logging.
However if you are 100% on with your logging - using your food scale for ALL solids, measuring cups/spoons for ALL liquids, using accurate entries, using the recipe builder, etc... then to up your calories cut out anything "diet"; use full fat dairy; eat things like nuts, nut butters, avocados; and eat whatever you want that ups your calories - don't cut out things you enjoy when you aren't even meeting your calorie goals.12 -
dwilliamca wrote: »I also have 1200 calorie goal and think it would be very hard to eat much less especially exercising. Make sure you are weighing and logging accurately. I eat regular foods and very little low calorie foods with the exception of one zero calorie drink per day. I try to eat about 200-250 calories in the morning, 300-350 at lunch, 450-500 at dinner, 150-200 for snack, and if I exercise I have about 300 more I can use for something special. For breakfast I rotate eggs, French toast, hot and cold cereals, and smoothies mostly. Lunch I always have some protein and a reasonable side like soup or salad or fruit. For dinner I eat a 3-4 oz. portion of meat/poultry/fish, 1/2 cup carb side dish, and vegetables with butter. My snack depends on what macros I'm high on or short on during the day. You might want to screen print one of those 1000 calorie days and I'm sure lots of people can offer some more suggestions for you. Best of luck to you.
thx a lot
my diet is like
breakfast... brown bread 1 slice with 1 or 2sp unsalted butter + mil tea.... 230 cal
snack... greek yogurt or 1 apple.. 70-80cal
lunch... salad or veg fruit juice... 80-100 cal
dinner between 5-6 pm .... Indian Tortila (roti)+ any home made curry ... 300 -400 cal
7-8 pm ...milky tea ...80 cal
thats my almost regular routine ...3 -
How much weight do you want to lose? And if that's your normal diet, how did you become overweight? What changed?9
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Personally I think the roti and curry are higher than that. How did you get to that figure?17
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from what you have posted you need to be adding way more protein than what is suggested you are having.
eating nuts (weighed and logged) will give you protein, fats and up your calories1 -
also you should be weighing your food, not using spoons etc
even the greek yogurt needs to be weighed as every pot will never be the exact same therefore giving you different calories each time1 -
hi everyone..
if anyone can understand me , plz help
i am trying to lose weight ..MFP set 1220 calories goal.. I am eating healthy but still can't eat more than 1000 cal... i do Zumba for 45 to 60 min 4-5 days a week...
my question is How can i eat 1200 calories? can i eat oat biscuits and this sort of things...
thx
It's a concern you think you can't eat 1000 calories! You must be really screwing up the calculations.1 -
dwilliamca wrote: »I also have 1200 calorie goal and think it would be very hard to eat much less especially exercising. Make sure you are weighing and logging accurately. I eat regular foods and very little low calorie foods with the exception of one zero calorie drink per day. I try to eat about 200-250 calories in the morning, 300-350 at lunch, 450-500 at dinner, 150-200 for snack, and if I exercise I have about 300 more I can use for something special. For breakfast I rotate eggs, French toast, hot and cold cereals, and smoothies mostly. Lunch I always have some protein and a reasonable side like soup or salad or fruit. For dinner I eat a 3-4 oz. portion of meat/poultry/fish, 1/2 cup carb side dish, and vegetables with butter. My snack depends on what macros I'm high on or short on during the day. You might want to screen print one of those 1000 calorie days and I'm sure lots of people can offer some more suggestions for you. Best of luck to you.
thx a lot
my diet is like
breakfast... brown bread 1 slice with 1 or 2sp unsalted butter + mil tea.... 230 cal
snack... greek yogurt or 1 apple.. 70-80cal
lunch... salad or veg fruit juice... 80-100 cal
dinner between 5-6 pm .... Indian Tortila (roti)+ any home made curry ... 300 -400 cal
7-8 pm ...milky tea ...80 cal
thats my almost regular routine ...
I'd be very surprised if you're not already at 1200, but you're just not calculating it correctly.
Breakfast -- Brown bread is easily at least 100 calories. Your milky tea on top of that would be 80, based on below, and butter is 110 per tablespoon. So that's already at 300.
What's the recipe for the curry, and what's in the roti? Because I'd be very surprised if any roti is less than 160 calories, depending on size, which leaves you 140 to 240 left for the curry -- which would either be a small portion of curry, or just plain not accurate.
Your apple, juice, and yoghurt are also likely higher than what you're calling it.12 -
I don't know about your question but now I want some Roti and curry. Damn. You. All. To. Hell. I can easily overeat roti with a bit of curry Singapore style...
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I'm going to respectfully disagree here. Based on how the OP is calculating their food now, I think any method or measuring food (even using cups/spoons) would probably make a noticeable difference. I'm not sure it's necessary for this OP to jump right to weighing individual pots of yogurt; I think that might be overkill and could be more discouraging in this case.MoveitlikeManda wrote: »also you should be weighing your food, not using spoons etc
even the greek yogurt needs to be weighed as every pot will never be the exact same therefore giving you different calories each time
OP: If you are interested in learning how to use a food scale, great! It's a wonderful tool. However, if that sounds intimidating, don't worry. You can start with measuring cups and spoons, and by logging every food item into MFP separately. That might be a good place to start for you.
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hi everyone..
if anyone can understand me , plz help
i am trying to lose weight ..MFP set 1220 calories goal.. I am eating healthy but still can't eat more than 1000 cal... i do Zumba for 45 to 60 min 4-5 days a week...
my question is How can i eat 1200 calories? can i eat oat biscuits and this sort of things...
thx
It's a concern you think you can't eat 1000 calories! You must be really screwing up the calculations.
if it is so..then i should not be worry about Less calories... ?
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main reason is its genetic in our family and 2nd is
You can't gain weight because of your genes though. If you have excess weight, it's because at some point you were consistently eating more than your body could use.
That said, before you determine you're eating too little now, I would focus on accurately logging. If you aren't hungry while you think you're eating that little, it's possible that you are eating more than you think you are.9 -
janejellyroll wrote: »
main reason is its genetic in our family and 2nd is
You can't gain weight because of your genes though. If you have excess weight, it's because at some point you were consistently eating more than your body could use.
yes you are right ... i ate bad things too ..but i wanted to say that we gain weight quickly like in days and difficult to lose ...3 -
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Swift and sudden weight gain, especially in small amounts, can possibly be water weight. Any time I have something very high in sodium my scale is up 2-3lbs the next day easily. But I do agree with others, there's a good possibility you're way underestimating how much you're actually consuming. Also if you have a very small amount to lose, like 20lbs or less, the loss is going to take A LOT longer and you will have to be super precise and careful. And you really need to be eating at least a portion of exercise calories back. Exercise is extra demand on your body's daily process, you need to fuel at least some of it. It would be a good idea to give yourself a month with accurate logging of both exercise and food consumed, and see where you are at the end of it.0
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Isn't roti pretty much the same as naan, except cooked in oil? According to the package, a naan the size of my hand and 1/4 inch thick is approx. 150 calories. Add 50-100 calories for the oil. I just made a homemade curry that has 17 calories per ounce, but it had very little oil added, little meat, no coconut milk, so a curry could easily have a lot more calories too. 400-500 calories might be correct, but I doubt it.2
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Roti is my weakness, I usually estimate it to be around 1000 calories.0
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no its different than naan... and home made roti is less in calories ... bcz no processing ..and i dont use oil while making roti.. just flour and little bit water ...
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ISweat4This wrote: »Roti is my weakness, I usually estimate it to be around 1000 calories.
1000 calories??? didnt understand0 -
Have you used the Recipe Builder feature here? It's awesome; it will tell you exactly how many calories are in your homemade recipes. I highly recommend using it for yours.3
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The recipe builder is a great feature. It has helped me a lot to be able to eat what I love and keep my calorie levels on target.2
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You really can't eat 200 more calories?2
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