not meeting calorie goals anymore...

denveralexis

So I changed my goals in mfp because my mom told me try and go from my gigantic 225 to 150 (which I can't ever remember weighing) so I decided to go for it as my main goal and I am not quite active whether its playing wii games like just dance or others, or doing Jillian Michaels workout for the Wii, the 30 day shred, walking on my treadmill, going for bike rides etc...you get the point im active now. Its telling me to eat over 1900 calories and ive only been netting around 600 - 800 the last two days. I need some serious advice and help. maybe even some recipes?

MelKut

Are you hungry?

denveralexis

nope, if i feel hungry i eat.

TrailRunner61

Me too! I have several to go and I'm stuffed! There is no way I can eat any significant amt. of food to reach my calorie goals for today. Maybe we just need to try and add more throughout the day if it's going to become habit? I added a house fly to my diary though, just in case the starvation mode police show up.

denveralexis

haha, I think tomorrow I'm going to have to just have a bigger breakfast and lunch because I'm going for another bike ride tomorrow with my SO and doing my 30 day shred and anything else we decide to do! So I should probably make a habit of eating more. Or things with more calories.

kleighsamboer

try eating things like avocado, yams/sweet potatoes, or having some dark chocolate at night as your daily treat. it should help with the calories and you will get great nutrition from these foods!

ayamagali

I try to see the goal calorie intake as a guideline. If I'm hungry, I'll eat. but often times I'm under and i'm not hungry. If I'm not hungry, it seems kind of grotesque to stuff myself full of stuff I don't want. I think your body will tell you what you need.
On another note, I've gone the whole anorexia note, and you can convince your mind of lots of things. Take a moment and dissect it to figure out which is which, maybe nibble on a low-cal thing to entice you.

gtunlimited

As said, avos, dark chocolate, nuts and nut spreads etc etc, just get some more calorie dense foods in that aren't super filling to help reach your goals. How many times a day are you eating?

41degsouth

I think your body will tell you what you need.

If this was true for any of us right now, surely we wouldn't be here.

anfmusicgrl

I have 1 or 2 days like that a week...I think it's normal for our bodies to be a little less hungry sometimes.

To make up for it, on my rest days...I am sure that I up my calories with little things like others mentioned (peanut butter, nuts, avocados, cheese, olive oil, etc) so I get a really nice net calories that day.

Sort of a mini-unintentional calorie cycling..

If you net just 800-900 per day for a long time, it could affect your metabolism...where at least if you can come in above that on SOME days, by adding extra 500 calories (or w/e) it will help keep your metabolic rate from slowing down...as well as help even out your net calories for the week.

If you are coming in way under all the time....try cutting back on your cardio? A little less in a day, or an extra day off, with just strength that day?? These are all things I do on and off to help my body out, and almost always seems to make the lbs come off a little faster in the days following.. which you'd think would do the opposite.. I think our bodies just get stressed from constant under-eating, and over-exercising...so you gotta give it a break.

IDK just some ideas...good luck!

MelKut

yeah I would agree go for more calorie dense foods, OR switch to higher fat products. I found when I started trying to lose weight I bought skim milk, fat free cream cheese, cottage cheese and yogurt and overall wasn't getting enough fat... I switched to 1% and even drink 2% because I can afford it. See if you can add calories like that if you'd rather not eat MORE actual food.