What if I cant eat all my calories??

klynn_cox

I am at a 1200 calorie per day diet and I exercise at least 45 minutes a day doing high intensity Zumb burning about 450-500 calories per day. So of course I get to add that on to my calories I get to eat. But what if I cant eat them all? I dont want to put my body into "starvation mode" like MFP says if I dont eat them all. But I really dont care to eat much more than what I'm eatting and I still have about 400 cals left every day.

BrittanyLail

The key is to listen to your body...if your not hungry don't eat. You may overeat at a later meal so it will balance out through out the wk.

blleadon

I have the same issue with being under after workouts. I just eat what I can and then maybe eat an "earned" meal later in the week. For instance, I check before hand, bit as long as it is within my ranges, ill order to go from somewhere good. I just go by my weekly net calories

MoreBean13

Plan a little better- just add between 100 and 150 cals per meal- not hard. You can add a little butter, two squares of dark chocolate, an apple, a tbsp of PB, a slice of bread, a couple mozzarella sticks, a handful of nuts. An evening snack of 3TBSP of popcorn and 14g (one pat) of real butter is a favorite of mine for about 230 cals.

geekyjock76

Netting under your BMR isn't a big deal provided that the BMR weekly deficit isn't too outrageous and you do not maintain this behavior chronically. If modest, it will primarily come from fat stores, and you can add that weekly figure to the amount of calories you burn during exercise. So if your weekly BMR deficit is 300 and you do an approximate 3200 calories a week in planned and unplanned exercise, that puts you around 3500 calories or 1 lbs of weight loss.

StormyGal8

Try changing the foods you eat to slightly higher calorie foods, rather than changing the amount you eat. Incorporate avocados, nuts, peanut butter, etc, which are all a little more calorie dense, so help bring up your calories.

hippietofugirl

peanut butter

kingofcrunk

Don't worry about fulfilling your calorie goal just for the sake of it. Eat as much as you need then stop. I wouldn't force myself to eat just to reach a magic number. Some days are higher, some are lower.