Not enough calories...but not hungry either.

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  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Throughout the day, but I have noticed that I am unable to sleep very well. Could those be linked?

    I guess to summarize my random thoughts.... should I be force feeding myself even if I'm not hungry? Should I be worried about my health? Is it because of my diet that I am unable to sleep?
    The sleep problems could be from overtraining. (Or malnutrition if you're not eating enough.)
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    Ulgh how much am I supposed to eat? I've been on the go today and haven't even been in my own house since yesterday afternoon until about 8:00PM, but I ate 1000 calories of fatty, carby food. Had a burger for protein, but I can't keep this up. If I have to try and stuff myself full of 1000 calorie meals constantly then I don't know if counting calories is my way of doing it.... you're right I am making excuses for myself though.

    Perhaps eggs and toast for breakfast with my (usual) oat cereal would make things better? :S I've never tried to lose weight before, and I never really have put nuts, legumes, eggs, or many meats into my regular diet before. I suppose since I am doing more exercising it is probably more essential to get that protein. Should I just try and add eggs to every meal?

    I'm also still wondering about smoothies and if that would help me at all (though I do have a problem keeping my sugar low :/)
    Can I put nuts in a smoothie? :S does that taste good?

    So tomorrow this is what I am going to try:

    Breakfast:
    2 Eggs sunny side up
    Red river hot cereal (one serving)
    Whole wheat toast with butter
    568 calories - 22 grams of protein

    Lunch
    Chicken Burger in bun
    Fried egg to put on the burger
    Lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mayonnaise on it.
    Root beer to drink
    628 calories - 21 grams of protein

    Dinner
    Unknown :/

    Snacks
    A fruity smoothie with greek yogurt and frozen fruit and milk
    The rest of the snack are unknown
    268 calories - 26 grams of protein
    (at least)

    The amount of exercising I will be doing is at the very least around 1000 calories burned, but I walk everywhere, so it's always more....and I include my strength exercises as Calisthenics as I do them....

    Now at this point I have A LOT of sugar in my body, like I am already over the amount of sugar I want to eat, so I would prefer if any other thing I eat tomorrow is at least LOW in sugar :/ other than that...I don't know what else to put for snacks (I'll enter them as I eat...) or if I should change my lunch...I'd prefer not to drink root beer....it's high in sugar, and not even natural sugar. D: so if you have something else in mind that I could eat/drink that would be great :)

    when you're on the go like that there's nothing wrong with grabbing a protein bar and having that as a snack until you get home. look for ones that are high in protein low in sugar. i can't really help you with smoothies as i don't drink a lot of them. what about adding chia seeds to your oatmeal - they have lots of fiber, are a good source of omega 3s and have protein. you can add them to protein shakes as well. i get mine at trader joes. if you prefer NOT to drink root beer why are you drinking it. drink water. drink water with lemon. if you walk everywhere maybe you could lay off the additional calisthenics.

    i also second/third you're young try new things. even if you have to force yourself - you NEVER know what you might like. when i say force too i don't mean eat an entire portion of something even though you hate it. i'm saying force yourself to take 2 bites of something you would normally say nope i don't like that. as we get older out taste buds change. i used to hate carrots until i turned 20 then i tried them again and well i eat them all the time. i was never a big meat eater until about 10 years ago now i do eat most of it. have you tried making your own hamburgers 93/96% lean meat with whatever seasonings you want, whole wheat roll YUM!

    i do enjoy greek yogurt and i usually will have mine with a banana. right now i like fit and light banana cream and i also like yoplait's 100 calorie greek yogurt in vanilla.

    like you said you've never put nuts, beans, eggs, etc in your meals before so if you've never done it how do you know you don't like them. oh here's an idea. mash up some white beans with garlic and onion powder and a bit of olive oil and use it as spread on your chicken burger. :)

    good luck and while you are too young to know this and you have to be from the Boston, MA area (and from the 80s) it sorta applies and I think it's ADORABLE!

    http://youtu.be/COcR2Erpbx4
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    There's nothing wrong with putting your intellect in the driver's seat ...

    I am in love with this answer.

    You know your body needs a certain amount of food in order to function properly. Just because you aren't receiving or don't recognize hunger signals doesn't mean you shouldn't eat.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    There's nothing wrong with putting your intellect in the driver's seat ...

    I am in love with this answer.

    You know your body needs a certain amount of food in order to function properly. Just because you aren't receiving or don't recognize hunger signals doesn't mean you shouldn't eat.
    ^this
  • ell_v131
    ell_v131 Posts: 349 Member
    I can see you slowly opening your mind up to this whole thing and it's great to see that!

    I agree protein is essential, but not because you track calories, because your body needs it. Even if you stopped tracking tomorrow you should try to get more protein.

    now as for sources, if you don't like something it's fine, but try it every once in a while as tastes change a lot! Fish is a great idea, salmon and tuna and any white fish, just put them in the oven (even a whole fish which you can then portion and freeze for later, obviously not tuna since they're too big haha). Protein powdre you can use on it's own as a shake or part of a smoothie. I prefer it over protein bars, because I feel it's better value for money. When I get 90% isolate, I get more protein from it than so called protein bar, which has maybe 30-40% protein in it.

    Try to eat up to your goal plus your (realistic) calories. Eggs are great! When I travel and can't bring my protein, I eat a lot (6) egg whites and 2 whole eggs for breakfast, and I love it. Sometimes I have eggs with lunch or dinner just for theprotien. And because they are tasty lol.

    Are you not a fan of steak? I can see why someone would not like chicken breast, a lot of people find it boring, but what about thighs?

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