Not enough calories.

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  • BluMae
    BluMae Posts: 6 Member
    1200 calories is not enough for you. I gained 65 lbs with my baby and when I began dieting to take it off, I went back to my normal 11-1200 calories/day. I was starving! And did not have enough energy to go for walks, or care for my baby let alone exercise. I upped my calories to 1400 per day and was still losing 2 lbs a week (with an hour walk a day - mainly uphill-) The thing that struck me most about your way of eating is the food you eat is crazy! Half of it is not nutrient dense (puffed wheat) how the hell can that keep you full, and the other sounds awful (boiled broccoli, cabbage etc) My suggestion to you is that you do a little research into clean eating ( 1 cup of brown rice is 150 calories and keeps you full) and find some tasty recipes! There`s a great link on FB called Vegkitchen that is Vegan and has some great recipes. Also there is a magazine called Clean Eating that always has good eats as well. Eating well doesn`t have to taste terrible. And give yourself a break. Talk to your GP and see if she can refer you to a dietician who will help you get a meal plan in place that works for you.

    If you keep eating too few calories you are going to end up binge eating and never be able to stick to your diet. Unfortunately, slow and steady wins the race. This shouldn`t take over your life and leave you miserable, it should make you feel better about yourself and healthier physically.
  • sarafischbach9
    sarafischbach9 Posts: 466 Member
    Even though you had a day at 2098 calories, you will still lose weight. It may have not been your best day, but the food you ate doesn't seem too bad. 2098 calories for an entire day is hardly a binge. You might be too hard on yourself.

    Also 1200-1300 calories seems too low for you. Maybe you should aim for 1600-1700 per day. And get at least a 30 minute work out in.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    I am about 5'7" 205lbs...I am trying my best but web sites say I should be eating 1200-1300 calories a day. That is ludicrous.

    Not really. At that weight you're about 50% body fat, so your BMR is only about 1400. With the amount of excess fat you're carrying, anything you eat above 1000 calories or so is food your head is demanding, not food your body is demanding.

    You don't have to go that low, but you are going to have to get used to eating pretty low, by the standards you have grown accustomed to.

    Good luck!
  • Erinelda
    Erinelda Posts: 96
    I still need help finding staple meat and vegetables but I got a ton of help sorting out my calories and feelings.
    Thank you to everyone who wasn't rude lol. Which was almost everyone. You have given me a better idea of what I should be eating. I have ordered online:

    Liquid Stevia.. I know, I know but if I am changing for life I am not going to eat a bland diet like a nutter lol. I am not "on" a diet.
    Cream of wheat with a super long name xD "Organic Creamy White Wheat Farina Cereal"
    White quinoa
    Steel cut oats
    5L Coconut water
    Brown rice

    All organic with 1 ingredient. I will be throwing out my white flour, cake mix, muffin mix, pasta, sugar, aspartame, and anything else I find with a long ingredient list so I can't binge on it. I will be mindful of the fruit I am eating but I am under the belief that it will just ween my sugar addiction comfortably and I will stop wanting as much.

    I will post an updated meal log with progress in a week or two. I still need help finding cheap staples that are healthy. So if you would like to post what you eat it will still help me. I go shopping and that stuff I ordered online will all be here in a week.
    If not, thanks again and I will create a new post soon.

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