How to eat full caloric goal when not hungry?

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lckystr1984
lckystr1984 Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I’m having issues and would love advice!!

My calorie goal is 1200/day, I’m eating healthy meals but can’t seem to eat up to my full goal. I know that not eating enough can be harmful to my health however, I’m not always hungry.

Today I ate:
Breakfast- 3 eggs scrambled, 2 sausage links, 5 strawberries
Lunch- 4oz. grilled salmon, 2/3c. mushrooms, 3 oz. broccoli
Dinner- 4oz. grilled chicken breast, 1c. romaine, 2tbls green goddess dressing
Snack- 5 strawberries

Please help! I forced myself to eat dinner even though I wasn’t hungry

I wasn’t drinking very much water before today and I drank 70oz, and I’m on day 1 of no soda 😊

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  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
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    Prepare the chicken breast another way.

    Add avocado.

    Have nuts instead of fruit for snack.

    Add grains back into your diet.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,293 Member
    edited June 2019
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    peanut butter, oil, ice cream, all add a calorie punch without much volume.
    avoid light and diet versions of foods and opt for full fat (milk products, salad dressings, etc.)
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,293 Member
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    concordancia wrote: »
    Prepare the chicken breast another way.

    Add avocado.

    Have nuts instead of fruit for snack.

    Add grains back into your diet.

    or skip the chicken breast and use a fattier cut of meat (pork chop, steak, chicken thigh)
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    edited June 2019
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    it's pretty easy to add some high calorie low quantity food.
    - Use a higher fat dressing.*
    - Add nuts or peanut butter with your apple snack.
    - add oil to cook your chicken/eggs/salmon (even just coconut oil).
    - Marinate your chicken.
    - Use a higher fat cut of protein.
    - add cheese or butter or whatever to your vegetables/salad.
    - add nuts/seeds/cheese to your salad.
    - are you using egg whites only? if so use full eggs.

    none of the above will add much if any bulk to your stomach.


    here is a more detailed list and meal ideas for calorie dense food
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    Justin_7272 wrote: »
    Weigh your foods; you first need to have a realistic understanding of your intake. Your measurements above are too precise and are indicative you're not weighing your food.

    That^^ I suspect you aren't actually eating the amount of calories you think you are, OP.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10697068/how-i-stopped-kidding-myself/p1
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
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    Agree I was sorta wondering how accurate your loggin was and wanted to mention using a food scale to confirm that first as well.
  • whitpauly
    whitpauly Posts: 1,483 Member
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    Yea to me that seems like a decent amount of calories for the day? Similar to what I eat in a day and I'm at 1550 calories for .5 loss a week

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