Having trouble eating back exercise calories

helpmelose2011

Ever since I've started watching what I eat - or how much I eat. I have got to where I can barely eat all my food. If you look at yesterday's diary - I barely had 898 calories for the whole day - I burned way more than that at the gym. At dinner I tried to push myself to eat all my food but I just couldnt without feeling like I would be sick. I know I missed breakfest yesterday and didnt have any healthy snacks at work so I just had 3 peanut m & ms. How can I better manage how I eat. The 5 or 6 small meals isnt realistic for me at work. (I'm always on the phone or infront of a customer so I cant be eating and I dont get to leave my desk for breaks -- guess they are TRUE breaks) Any advice?

lizard053

Look for ways to incorporate healthy fats into what you already eat. It will give you a calorie boost, so you're not so short on calories!

tabi26

Try almonds if you're not allergic to nuts. One ounce has over 100 calories Or a glass of milk or two instead of water.

Water is important, I'm not telling you to cut it out, BUT eating is WAY more important for overall health. Find a way to get some more calories in!

Yellerie

Adding nuts, Peanut butter & dairy products things like that should help you. Also if you cant eat at you desk how about a drink like a smoothie that has decent calories. I do a chocolate banana pb shake/smoothie sometimes with added protein powder if I am super low on calories that is really good & helps me meet my calorie goal. Awesome in the am especially cuz I am so not a breakfast person.

leftoverprattf

I've been having issues too, but yesterday I managed to eat all my fats.

What I do is I snack all through out the day. I take a handful of cereal to school, an orange, and maybe celery sticks. I'm just constantly nibbling. I know it's not much, but it does add up. I love snacking because it keeps me from eating bad foods too--I'm never super hungry so I don't eat the bad stuff!

Also, try an avocado. Tons of (good) fat. Or nuts. (Sometimes I'll go over my limit by 3 or so because of healthy fats)


and rest assured--I like exercising (Zumba & TurboKick don't really seem like exercise to me), so I burn a LOT. I don't eat it all back because it usually requires me to eat 2,300 cals per day, which is MORE than what I ate BEFORE my diet. I read somewhere that humans are horrible at accurately counting calories and portions, so you probably eat more than what you record. So I don't freak out when I have about 300 cals left for the day--I assume some of it I just didn't record correctly.

Either way, just try to eat more. Just try not to leave such a gap
Good luck!

frugalmomsrock

avocado, nuts, protein shakes, peanut butter (natural, no sugar is best), olives... just don't turn to junk. There are plenty of higher cal alternatives that are good for you.

helpmelose2011

I generally only have about 500 or so left over or less a day. This was my first time not making it to 1000 and it startled me! I was lying in bed at 11pm going "what can i do to add calories". DIDNT even think about having a glass of milk!!

Cindym82

Part of the reason why I drink protein shakes at work....calories, protein, vitamins, fiber etc

Zichu

Could try Scrambled Egg? It's quick, high in protein and it's at least 200 calories if you use 3 whole eggs. Whisk it up with a fork and stick in the microwave

Add some bits of chicken to it if you have any left?