Do you consume all of your allotted calories?

MrFatLegs

i eat all of my calories, and if my friends have some leftover on their journals i'll eat those too!!!

cgrout78

i eat all of my calories, and if my friends have some leftover on their journals i'll eat those too!!!

so long as it's in the form of cheez its, cheap beer, or pizza?

FleekTastic

I also have struggled with eating all of my calories, but you have to do it. Think of your body like your checking account. What if you lost your job and had only a $100 left...would you spend it freely or would you save it for an emergency? Chances are you'd save it for an emergency as it is hard to phathom spending your last dollar when you don't have an income.

Your body "spends" calories in the same way, its not going to let go of anything until it trusts that there is going to be more coming into replace the ones you burn off. Otherwise it just holds on to everything until you "get an income". Starvation mode.

Set your calorie goal to 1 pound per week, eat your calories back....slowly youll get there. But it won't happen any faster if you starve yourself.

Smuterella

I'm trying really hard to eat healthy low calorie foods, so it feels like I'm always eating and not getting enough calories!

You can have healthy high calorie foods too! A handful of almonds, peanut butter on an apple, an egg. Your body needs that fat and those calories to function.

Kamalka

You should not eat back your calories...I mean I try to eat every day like I should eat for the rest of my life. I am therefore never hungry. Sometimes I spend 4000 calories running a long distance followed by a bike ride...imagine if I ate 6000 cal, I would look like Stalone! I mean eat normally and what is important is your net cal to be above 0.

I easily spend 1000-2000 cal/day thanks to exercise, and my only way to get them in extra to my 5 meals would be to eat french fries, really! I could if I follow the figures, but honestly would I lose weight if I did?

If you have to eat 1800 cal/day, learn how to eat that every day for the rest of your life...this is how you change habits. Otherwise you keep your bad habits and walk one hour with the dog to cover them...and no change!

Now, of course I get hungry when I exercise...but banana, carrot, proteins just after sport are my extra cal (200) I would not get if I did not train.


Good luck!

Kamalka

You should not eat back your calories...I mean I try to eat every day like I should eat for the rest of my life. I am therefore never hungry. Sometimes I spend 4000 calories running a long distance followed by a bike ride...imagine if I ate 6000 cal, I would look like Stalone! I mean eat normally and what is important is your net cal to be above 0.

I easily spend 1000-2000 cal/day thanks to exercise, and my only way to get them in extra to my 5 meals would be to eat french fries, really! I could if I follow the figures, but honestly would I lose weight if I did?

If you have to eat 1800 cal/day, learn how to eat that every day for the rest of your life...this is how you change habits. Otherwise you keep your bad habits and walk one hour with the dog to cover them...and no change!

Now, of course I get hungry when I exercise...but banana, carrot, proteins just after sport are my extra cal (200) I would not get if I did not train.


Good luck!

I forgot to mention that on "rest days", I might not train and go for 4000 cal food intake...so I sometimes get back cals I lost for weeks

engineman312

Lizzy_Sunflower

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/477176-when-1200-calories-a-day-equal-0

fakeplastictree

I don't. But I try to. I don't know how many calories I have left over until really late at night since my workouts are generally done at 9-10pm. So I usually end up with 200-400 calories left. But you should eat most of them.

erickirb

Hi! I'm new too. I also find it hard to eat all the calories I'm supposed to! My goal is 1200 a day, plus all the extra that come from exercising. I'm trying really hard to eat healthy low calorie foods, so it feels like I'm always eating and not getting enough calories!

There is an easy solution for this, don't eat low cal food. Opt for calorie dense foods and avoid diet and lite foods.

karenwill2

The concept of not eating all the calories I'm allowed doesn't even occur to me. The only reason I leave <5 on the table is because I haven't found anything that's 1 calorie.

However, in the interest of full disclosure, I'm a pig.

AGREED I likes to eat. That is my motivation to work out. I certainly did not get fat by not eating. Some days I don't eat them all but that is pretty rare.

L00py_T0ucan

NIIICE!

therealangd

Yep. I'm an oinker. I eat every last glorious one of them.

RichNice

I tend to leave about 1300 to 1500 calories on the table during the week....this is after I eat my exercise calories back....the weekend on the other hand a another story all together...

cheeksv

I am usually under. It is hard sometimes to find something that is low calorie and wont make you go over on anything else, especially in the evening. Also if I am not hungry I try not to force myself to eat. For someone who used to over eat, even when full, promoting that for the sake of hitting a certain number is not a road I am willing to go down. so If I am full and have some left I probably won't eat them.

DatEpicChick

i definitely do not eat all my calories.... but i have been eating so healthily, and so i dont feel the NEED to eat alot, but it wasnt always like that, i used to eat nonstop. It takes time to adjust to only fresh natural foods and a fair amount, but you feel awesome after a while. and i spend ALOT of time exercising, so that distracts me from food too

jankleberry

If Im not hungry I wont eat all my calories but if I am hungry I will eat them all and ever go over a bit if I have to!

Nickieg3

I wouldn't have a problem meeting my calories goals... but where I get stuck is on the protein/sugar/ etc part... it seems like every time I try and meet my caloric goal, my protein is way higher... I read somewhere that your body can't do much with more than like 40-50 grams of protein a day (atleast my size I should say) any suggestions? :ohwell:

allison_joan

Not to sound rude but it says on your ticker you are looking to lose 50 pounds, maybe more? If you were having trouble eating 1200 calories in the first place you probably wouldn't have joined this site. To answer your question though: yes, I always eat my 1200 calories that are given to me at the start of the day (before working out). I usually only work out for about 30 minutes a day which is usually gives me about 350 extra calories a day. These extra 350 calories I sometimes eat and sometimes do not eat based on how I am feeling that day.

emmasmum07

i eat all of my calories, and if my friends have some leftover on their journals i'll eat those too!!!

Crystal_Pistol

The concept of not eating all the calories I'm allowed doesn't even occur to me. The only reason I leave <5 on the table is because I haven't found anything that's 1 calorie.

However, in the interest of full disclosure, I'm a pig.

He just sang a line from my song!

mgmlap

I ate all my alloted calories when I was trying to lose weight. I am now on maintenance and doing a Primal diet...so if I dont eath them all..I make sure to hit my macros..

wildkatt7

eat if you are hungry... if you aren't don't stress too much as long as you are getting what your body needs to not put you in starvation mode....

sandhen

I'm new too and I also am finding it difficult to eat all my calories. I don't touch my exercise calories. In fact I often have to snack in order to get closer to the alotted amount. I'm never sure what to do with the red warning when I post at the end of the day.

1WorkoutAtATime

I usually don't eat back all the cals I have left over from after I workout..

DatEpicChick

i have also been exercising an average of 900 calories a day, so do what you have to do, but i tell you what, i'm on Day 12 of like exercising and eating AWESOME, i've gone from 155 to 144 (THIS MORNING). I'm so stoked, and i've been doing weights and firming my flab! It feels so awesome, and i cant wait to see 13*, i havent seen 144 since before i was pregnant in 2010. if you need help, talks, or motivation, add me!

bergsangel

I try not to eat back my exercise calories because I am 5'1" and have only a few more pounds to lose which are sticking. it is def different for everyone, but i will say it is DAMN HARD WORK to stay under 1200. On the days I just can't, I sure am glad to have those exercise cals to use!
I honestly cannot imagine not using my cals. I'm pretty much hungry all the time...

MissMarcia79

Yes...I am always mystified by people who find it hard to eat 1200, 1500, even 2000 calories. I eat all my exercise calories back and I still want more. 1200 is nothing!

tigersword

Hi! I'm new too. I also find it hard to eat all the calories I'm supposed to! My goal is 1200 a day, plus all the extra that come from exercising. I'm trying really hard to eat healthy low calorie foods, so it feels like I'm always eating and not getting enough calories!

Healthy does not mean low calorie, any more than low calorie means healthy. There are plenty of high calorie healthy foods, and low calories unhealthy foods. Balance your diet, and stop thinking that lower = better, because it's simply not true.

lazyspice

Yup, every single one I can get my greedy little hands on - including the 600-700 I burn each day!