Trouble eating enough

SLLRunner

This is interesting to me, and I will explain...I recently started the Fuhrman Eat to Live lifestyle. It is very easy to not get in 1200 calories ( my number is 1300 ) when you are eating fruits, veggies, beans, seeds and nuts. 3 Bean chili ( veggie style ) is only 80 calories per cup. Extremely filling, toss in a salad, and fruit for the day. Eating the skin of fruit also packs in fiber, and I use my vitamix a lot. This is the best plan I have ever tried, and I'm losing a pound a day ! Of course, if I sat down and snacked on cheese the calories would go up quickly....which is how I got here. Oh, by the way...I am adding oil to nothing, no "diet" food, or artificial sweeteners. I have not had 1300 calories in a day since I started eating like this...LOVE it !

That's great that you've found a way to keep yourself full and to meet your calorie goal, but please realize that to lose a pound a day you would have to eat 3,500 less than your TDEE total daily energy expenditure) each day. In order to really lose a pound a day, you would have to have a TDEE of at least 4,800 or so, which I doubt you have.

Weight naturally fluctuates from day to day, and any of that quick weight loss when you start changing your eating habits is water.

SLLRunner

I find it hard to believe people who end up here because they want to lose weight, can't eat 1200 calories in a day.

me wondering the same thing...

This is my opinion only, but generally we gain weight because the bulk of our calories come from high calorie foods, such as too much fast food, or too may sweets, perhaps too many chips, etc. The first thought for most people on a diet is to cut out all those "bad" foods and eat "healthy," thus decreasing our calorie consumption. If you're eating low calorie foods it's going to be difficult meeting that calorie goal.

Most operative phrase is too many, which many "dieters" don't realize is the real problem.

To the OP, add some fattier foods in, such as some nuts or peanut butter, bran, barely legumes, beans, etc. These add more calories to your food. Also, don't be afraid to eat a treat now and then, just eat it in moderation.

I don't disagree with your opinion. What's beyond me is I think I know how little food 1200 is about and how hard to feel satisfied with this type of food choice. I am not talking about "feeling full", but a satisfation that makes me want to stay on "diet" (just figure of speech, I know people here hate the word "diet"). But I realized as well that everybody is different. A small person might not need this much calorie to be ok anyway. But to me, it's always a struggle. Many mentioned nuts. To me this is the biggest deal breaker. One serving of nuts is around 200 calories. If I don't count my almonds/measuring my sunflower seeds, I can easily go beyond one or 2 servings without feeling "full" or satisfied.

I understand your struggle.

I tried the 1,200 calories a day and I tried cutting out all fatty foods,-no nuts, no almond butter, nothing that was "fattening," as well as all processed sugar. I didn't last very long. As soon as I realized that I can have what I when I want, I started adding those high fat foods into my diet and started feeling much more energetic. I even have sweets once in awhile now and am okay with it.

The way I put 35 pounds back on was by eating the sugary foods, which generally have way more calories in one serving than the foods I eat now. When I was overweight, my serving was actually two normal servings in one. You know, that "big" piece of cake twice the size of what other people were having? Now I could not do this.

1 ounce of nuts has around 170 calories and is enough to fill me up. I measure, close the package, eat, and move on.

fluffy_fuwa

nuts, eggs, avocadoes, peanut butter, milk, cheese, ice cream, pop tarts, smoothie with banana and frozen fruit, etc

I SURE hope you're just joking about the whole ice cream, and pop tarts recommendation. That's anything but healthy. I will never hear a doctor prescribe to me to eat pop tarts.

OP is more than 200 calories under goal for the day. That's about a poptart or bowl of ice cream's worth. What's wrong with that barring any medical issues witch those foods?

Hmm i can't multi Quote. People are asking me what's wrong with it as long as you have room for it. Because they're empty calories... there's really nothing nutritional about it and its loaded with high amounts of sugar which can be very adverse to your health.

I would think that's pretty obvious... I'm looking at it from a nutritional aspect. Not because, she has room for it. She could eat something that's just as delicious that would benefit her overall a lot more without having to suffer from a overdose of empty sugar calories. I suppose sometimes in a great while is ok... but don't let it be what you do on a daily basis or even consistent basis to meet your calorie goal intake.

britneyy32

I thought I had this problem too, until I realized I wasn't accurately measuring my food intake. Measuring cups are not sufficient enough to measure your foods.. they are only accurate for liquids. You need to weigh your foods, and you will probably realize that you are eating more than you thought you did. But again, if that's not the case, as other people mentioned there are definitely a lot of high calorie foods you can eat to get your calorie intake up.. avocado, nut butters, eggs, dark chocolate, dates, etc.