I need to Up my calories to loose weight :S

taxidermist15

hey there, 'im only new so i'm sorry if this sort of stuff has been posted before. I was wanting to know some questions regarding balanced eating plans.

I thought I had a good diet, full of healthy foods lots of veggies and fruits and low in saturated fat.
However when I went on a calorie counter, it told me that my body is going into starvation mode, as i am consuming too few calories. My food is generally the same thing everyday (as i am poor and cant afford different options :P)
here is a quick summary.

Breakfast (8am)- Fat free greek yoghut and bran cereal- a normal bowlfull
Snack (11am)- Apple
Lunch (1pm)- garden salad, cottage cheese, lean meats like turkey or ham( decent plateful sized)
Snack-(4pm)- Orange
Dinner-(7-8pm)- Veggies and lean meat, sometimes pasta it all depends
Calcium tablet supplements as i dont drink milk

I usually exercise about an hour a day ( half an hour HIIT cardio, and half an hour body weight exercises for toning)
I thought this would be a healthy balanced diet. Everyone says to eat lots of veggies and cut down pre packaged foods and lessen alcohol (i dont drink either). My job involves a lot of sitting down, so i exercise to keep healthy)

When i input this food plan into a calorie counter it only added up to about 900 calories (without taking off the calories used by exercise), apparently due to age and weight (21, 123 pounds/56kg) that this is too few calories and it should be around the 1200 calorie mark. I'm not exactly fat, but i do have a muffin top i want to get rid of and i cant see my toes unless i suck in my belly. I'd like to shed just a little bit of weight but im unsure on how to do this as apparently im already eating too few calories, i dont want my body to go into starvation mode and slow my metabolism down, but how do i loose those 2-3 extra kg and make my metabolism quicker without cutting my calories. any suggestions?

Thankyou for any advice, much appreciated.

mattquit

new here too so I hope you don't mind me asking you this question. Where do you see that MFP is telling you that your body is going to starvation mode?

Also there was a post like this earlier on what people mostly said is you should pick one. Look at your calories and don't exercise or exercise and eat all of your calories.

taxidermist15

once you update your logged food and excersise it gives you a approximate weight over time frame goal thing, underneath it sas im eating too few calories

sewedo1

add in a couple extra snacks, such as peanutbutter with apple/banana/slice of wheat bread or a handfull of nuts even mixed with another yogurt to boost your calories in a nutritious way.