Help!!

DanteJones9590
DanteJones9590 Posts: 4 Member
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I’m struggling to keep my calories down had a Dr. appointment she wants me to limit 1,800 a day it’s hard to break old habits i need advice for good meal plan? Any suggestions

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  • ducttapebowtie
    ducttapebowtie Posts: 10 Member
    If It Fits Your Macros helped me by giving me more guidelines of numbers to hit. I would also recommend more high volume foods. It's just hard to overeat certain foods by volume.
  • Danp
    Danp Posts: 1,561 Member
    What are you currently doing and what is/isn't working?
    What diet habits are you trying to break and why do you think you need to break them?

    You've been given a calorie target which I can only assume is an appropriate goal provided by your doctor. How you achieve that goal is largely up to you and your personal preferences. What works for me or others here may not be suitable for you.

    So my advice would be to try stuff and see if it works. Different people find different macros 'filling' so try eating higher protein and see if that keeps you satisfied, if not then try higher fats or higher fibre. Some people tend to be naturally hungry at different points of the day so you can try changing your eating pattern so you're eating fewer (or even no calories) at the time of day when you're not really hungry and save those calories up to be consumed at a time of day when you're genuinely hungry.

    Don't expect to get this thing spot on right out of the gate. Give yourself some time to learn and get things right.
  • ekboh
    ekboh Posts: 53 Member
    See a nutitionist/ dietitian- your doc should be able to refer you, so you can get professional advice and meal plans! I have been really interested in just seeing the stats of the food that I log, how much am I really eating. There are a lot of great recipe blogs out there geared toward any diet you might be trying. One of my favorites is SkinnyTaste, and each recipe there is tagged with what type of diet it fits with (low carb, keto, whole 30 etc).
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    Eat the foods you like to eat in the portions that fit your 1800 calories. There's no right way to eat, so if you prefer meat and potatoes, you can adjust your methods of preparation so you can still have that. Maybe a baked potato instead of fries, things like that.

    The way I learned to do that was to eat the foods I like to eat and log them in the food page here on this site. I adjusted portions so I could stay within calories. Logging them before I ate was the best way to do that.

  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    edited June 2019
    start with eating foods you currently eat but weight and logging them and slowly reducing portions. and you may want to start working on swaps (regular cola for diet, swapping in some lower calorie options here and there, reducing sauces and oils).

    these posts may help get you started:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

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