I'm starving... Not really, but I'm starving.

pcastagner

Looking at your dairy today I would highly recommend you eat more. Breakfast needs to be way more than just coffee. Are you working out? At what level? Protein/ Carbs/ Fats need to be balanced for your body size to stabilize. If you do not eat enough your body will begin to eat your muscle and I would guess that isn't your goal. Please feel free to check out my food diary for ideas or look at others for ideas. Exercise, food and you must up your water intake to at least 8 glasses a day ,but work your way up double that will help you bring you to your goals and feel full.

I have not eaten what you call "breakfast" in six months. It does not "need" to be anything. If not eating in the morning helps, do it. These days I start eating at 4pm and stop at midnight.

GonzalesLJ

Looking at your dairy today I would highly recommend you eat more. Breakfast needs to be way more than just coffee. Are you working out? At what level? Protein/ Carbs/ Fats need to be balanced for your body size to stabilize. If you do not eat enough your body will begin to eat your muscle and I would guess that isn't your goal. Please feel free to check out my food diary for ideas or look at others for ideas. Exercise, food and you must up your water intake to at least 8 glasses a day ,but work your way up double that will help you bring you to your goals and feel full.

Thanks, I'll take a look at your Diary. I kinda hate the dairy stuff, but I agree that I need more than coffee for b-fast.,..

Water has only been my friend on deployments; I know I need to drink more of it.

onwarddownward

I just crashed and burned after weeks and months of eating less and less and working out more and more ...

I got some good advice and doubled my caloric intake. I am hopeful that this will help keep me healthy and active while I work on my changes that I want to see in my body.

I got so sick. I was just starving and didn't even realize it.

krazyforyou

I am glad your listening to these fine peeps. You must eat at least 1700 a day and you really should look at what your macros should be and hit that mark. Protein, fat, fiber and carbs. Be extra careful not to loose lean muscle mass, try a protein drink with almond milk in the am with your coffee. 30 grams of protein to start your day is a great way to begin. Good luck

Sarauk2sf

I was trying to lose the weight fast Sara. I thought, I'd try to just tough it out.

Common thing to happen.

The issue is that you run the risk of loss of muscle mass, cause hormonal imbalance (including low testosterone if you go low fat), have a greater risk of adherence issues (binging) and risk micronutrient deficiencies among other things. Context is relevant but as you do not have that much to lose, I would advise against a large deficit.

MyChocolateDiet

Ohai! I know someone who dresses up like you. I also know someone who is from your beautiful state. I also know a man who lost weight safely and not too fast and who has to always be within weight limits for work. I wish you luck on getting to the weight you'd like to be in a safe and controlled way that allows you to eat. When losing weight one really shouldn't be battling "hungry" feelings all that much.

I saw another man's profile today and he seemed to think weight loss was a simple matter of math. Except he added for himself the idea that the bigger the gap between the calories burned versus the calories consumed the better. This is not actually the case. The body needs energy to survive and if that discrepancy is too high that means the body is not getting what it needs.

I hope anything anyone here said makes sense. I also hope that doing the maths as per them allows you to make room for those freaking awesome Green Chile New Mexico cheeseburgers. Don't forget to saute the chile's first to warm them up before putting them on your burger and use a little garlic salt at that time.

Check out words like TDEE, scooby and just basically anything that helps you calculate your cals but I'm pretty sure everyone here helped you figure it out. Watch a beautiful NM sunset for me. Good luck on your goals.:flowerforyou:

mockchoc

Looking at your dairy today I would highly recommend you eat more. Breakfast needs to be way more than just coffee. Are you working out? At what level? Protein/ Carbs/ Fats need to be balanced for your body size to stabilize. If you do not eat enough your body will begin to eat your muscle and I would guess that isn't your goal. Please feel free to check out my food diary for ideas or look at others for ideas. Exercise, food and you must up your water intake to at least 8 glasses a day ,but work your way up double that will help you bring you to your goals and feel full.

Thanks, I'll take a look at your Diary. I kinda hate the dairy stuff, but I agree that I need more than coffee for b-fast.,..

Water has only been my friend on deployments; I know I need to drink more of it.

No you don't need to eat breakfast if you aren't really interested in eating it. You can eat those calories later in the day instead. Many of us on here do IF and skip breakfast. It won't affect your metabolism. It's an old myth you have to have it.

cebreisch

I get Special K Pink Lemonade Protein Water Mix - it has a little protein and a little fiber, and will usually curb the cravings just enough to get past them. It's only 30 calories.

The other thing I'll use are chocolite protein bars (www.healthsmartfoods.com). I like the triple chocolate fudge, hubby likes cashew caramel, and we both like the cookies and cream. They're about 100 calories, and have around 9-10 grams of protein and 10-ish grams of fiber, and are gluten-free/sugar-free.

megalin9

So glad you're listening to folks about eating more! Good luck!

JoRocka

I am trying to be aggressive and cut as much weight as I can. I am 5'10.5" and 195 lbs...

so you answered your own question.


If you cut aggressively - guess what- you're going to be hungry.

Like that's just how it is. facepalm.

rockinchick221976

Adding small amounts of healthy fats (like nuts, a little bit of olive oil, avocados) in place of unhealthy fats, like saturated fats, with every meal will keep you satiated longer, as will high fiber foods and proteins. My calories are set at 1,200 by MFP because first of all, I'm very short, I have a lot to lose, I want to lose about 2 lbs a week and I'm not extremely active. You, on the other hand, only have 15lbs to lose, it looks like. So, you can set it at a half a lb or a1lb a week. I wouldn't go over 1lb a week. In any case your calories should be somewhere between 1,800 and 2,000. I get full off of 1,200 calories because I eat at least one of these items at every meal. Sometimes, I have to force myself to eat even though I'm not hungry just so I can reach 1,200 because people keep saying if I go under it's going to cause damage and cause my body to go into starvation mode, lowering my metabolism. I think if you incorporate some nuts, seeds, avocados, and olive oil in your diet you will not EVER be hungry. Eat 3 meals a day at 400 calories each, and 2 snacks at 300 calories each, include one serving of these items in each meal and snack and I think you'll be all set. That's about 1,800 calories. My Diary is open to friends, you are welcome to friend me if you want to take a peek.

luckynky

Don't be too aggressive or you will fail. And you may damage your metabolism over time. I also do agree with cottage cheese, or tuna is another lean protein. Remember, the more you exercise, the more you can eat.