1360 calories and exercise?

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  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    You should be eating back your exercise calories. That is how MFP is designed and your targeted weight loss is built into your NET of 1360 calories.

    Are you weighing and measuring everything you eat? Please open your diary so that you can get accurate advice and help.

    I'm trying to eat up to 1360 but that's hard enough let alone eating back my exercise calories. I'm eating healthier choices over processed sugar filled junk and I keep track of the calories and eat 1 serving of whatever I have. Like for breakfast I had 1 serving (3/4 cup) of cereal with 1 serving (1 cup) of whole milk, and it was 250 calories. For lunch I'm having soup and that's just under 200 calories per serving so if I eat the whole can (2 servings) it's still only 380 calories, and I certainly can't fit a whole can of soup in me lol. And then I'd have to eat a huge dinner to even get up to my 1360 calories for the day and that's not even counting eating back exercise calories.

    Because cereal is totally un-processed... :grumble:

    But without getting into a sugar/processed/clean-eating debate, like I and some others said before, there are plenty of nuts and oils that are calorie-dense that would easily fill the calories.

    I'm not going to tell you that you MUST eat 1360 calories a day or you're going to damage your metabolism or some BS like that, though. If you are successful eating less, then by all means, keep doing what you're doing. I just PERSONALLY would find it hard to get enough protein and fats on so few calories.

    I said I'm TRYING to cut out processed sugar filled food but since I haven't gotten to go grocery shopping since making my eating habit changes and I have a 2 1/2 year old son I ended up eating some of his cereal for breakfast since that's all there was at the moment. I would have rather had some eggs and wheat toast or oatmeal but I just don't have it at my disposal at the moment so I'm doing the best with what I have in the house (eating smaller portions of the best foods I can find at the moment) until I can hit the super market on Monday. I figured 1 serving of my sons cereal was better than no breakfast at all lol.

    I don't really care what kind of food you eat, I was merely making a point. You don't have to only eat whole foods or unprocessed foods all the time, and if you happen to eat a candy bar at some point, I hope you enjoy it instead of feeling guilty about it. My last comment would be that since you're eating so few calories and not eating exercise calories, please make sure you're eating enough protein so you don't lose any lean body mass.

    Okay thanks, I'll keep that in mind. My favorite meat to eat is chicken so I hope I'll be good on the protein because I want to build and tone muscle as well as lose fat.

    You can't build muscle on a calorie deficit.

    While generally true, there are exceptions to that rule, one being newbies.

    I'm not acting like I know everything, I'm asking questions and taking in the answers I receive. Just because I'm new to all of this and don't understand everything doesn't give you the right to be rude.

    ? Reread those posts. No one was being rude to you. One poster said you won't gain weight in a deficit (generally true) and next poster pointed out that newbies to exercise are the exception to that.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Add fruits And veggies to your shopping list. Jillian videos don't burn a ton of calories. I would eat a little something extra on days you are going to work out

    Thanks! I don't know why I didn't list that lol. Are the canned and cupped fruits okay?

    No, cause you are trying cut out processed foods, remember?

    Now he is being rude. I can be your own personal 'rudometer' OP.
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    If those werey numbers I would eat back at least 85% of my calories burned.

    Good luck!
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Add fruits And veggies to your shopping list. Jillian videos don't burn a ton of calories. I would eat a little something extra on days you are going to work out

    Thanks! I don't know why I didn't list that lol. Are the canned and cupped fruits okay?

    No, cause you are trying cut out processed foods, remember?

    Now he is being rude. I can be your own personal 'rudometer' OP.

    More sarcastic than rude I would say. No rude intentions :)
  • wilsoje74
    wilsoje74 Posts: 1,720 Member
    Add fruits And veggies to your shopping list. Jillian videos don't burn a ton of calories. I would eat a little something extra on days you are going to work out

    Thanks! I don't know why I didn't list that lol. Are the canned and cupped fruits okay?

    I would try fresh or even frozen as a second choice. Canned/cups sometimes have added sugar and are more "processed".

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