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How to eat for maintenance w/o going over goals?

libs3091
libs3091 Posts: 50 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So for the first time in about 4 months i ate enough calories to maintain my body weight and not lose weight, which has been something ive been struggling to do lately.

The thing is, i went over my fat, sugar AND protein goals. I'm POSITIVE i ate only the most healthy foods, and i know all of the extra grams of fat sugar and protein came from good sources, but i only JUST got enough calories from all of the food i ate.

What is the miracle food that i'm missing out on in my diet that i should be eating to give me the calories i need without the excess in all of those goals?

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  • dannylives
    dannylives Posts: 611
    Is 1,042 calories enough? I thought women were supposed to eat at least 1200? Oatmeal?
  • libs3091
    libs3091 Posts: 50 Member
    Is 1,042 calories enough? I thought women were supposed to eat at least 1200? Oatmeal?

    That was yesterday, today i got 1400
  • dannylives
    dannylives Posts: 611
    Sorry about that. We must live in different time zones, or continents. Congratulations on meeting your goal!
  • dannylives
    dannylives Posts: 611
    By the way, I dont think you did as bad as you might think you did. All this stuff takes practice and patience. You did fine.
  • libs3091
    libs3091 Posts: 50 Member
    By the way, I dont think you did as bad as you might think you did. All this stuff takes practice and patience. You did fine.

    It's just that I have no idea what I would change in my diet to be on the fat protein and sugar goals without being under my calorie goal
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