Not eating enough?

kshaw09

Hello Everyone,
I just have a quick question I have been on MFP for almost a month now, my last weeks weight in was only .2lbs and this week I am up 2lbs. It is not TOM so I'm thinking maybe I;m not eating enough? I have 1200 calories and I usually eat between 1000-1100, plus I work out with my Kinect and on average burn 200 calories, i usally have a small snack afterwards but not enough to make up the calories I burned. I also don't know who accurate the the kintect is as far as telling calories burned. I put my weight in and it takes all your measurement.
So am I not eating enough, or am I not burning as much calories as my Kintect says I am, and I;m eating to much?
Sorry not such a quick question. Any feedback is greatly aprpeciated.

jetlag

At 1200 calories, you are NOT eating too much.

Remember that weight gained/lost is not all fat. To put on 2 lbs of fat, you'd need to overconsume by 7000 calories. Not likely in your case. It can be anything like too much salt leading to water retention. Also, people on low carb diets can see significant water gain when they start eating carbs again.


I would suggest eating more AND exercising more. Even getting out for a 30 minute walk is great exercise.

Your Kinect can only guess because you need to know your heart rate, at the very least, to know how many calories you've burned.

FemininGuns

Hey girl! Could you make your diary public so we can have a peak?

If you would like 100% accuracy on cals burned - I would recommend a HR monitor. I would also try to hit the 1200 (unless you've always eaten less than this - everyone is different). You need to keep in mind that you may be building muscle which will take a while to level out losing the fat while building muscle - this is the patience part.

Are you drinking LOTS of water? Any other comments I would have would be by viewing your diary. If you don't want to make it public, you can friend me and I can take a look.

:drinker:

Carly68

Hi Girls, Im new to this, only been using MFP for a week and im really struggling to also eat all of my calories which are 1200, some days having in excess of 700 left over after i have exercised as i gain back 364.

I just dont know what to eat!!!! can anyone help?????

meggonkgonk

Carly- look for calorie dense foods - nuts like almonds, oils like EVOO, avacados, milk, yogurt, even cheese. If you make your diary public or friend me I can make more specific recommendations based on your meals, but these are the generic ones. After workouts for example, I have chocolate milk.