Am I eating enough?

MinyMinnie

You need to eat those exercise calories or at lest half of them. And try and increase your protein intake, especially with lots of exercise.

That sounds like a great idea, but I'm unsure what I'll do because I exercise at night due to classes. Is eating at night okay?

MinyMinnie

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day so far.

So here's what I'm looking at,
I am 19 years old, 5'4, and about 160lbs? I've changing my eating habits for a few months and I was wondering if I was on track. So, according to my fitnesspal my goal is to eat 1260 calories. I've been eating a vegetable filled omelet for breakfast(Usually if not, it's oatmeal) and a cereal with fruit for the other two meals.(Either that or a soup or salad) I easily eat about 1100 calories everyday but exercise on a elliptical for an hour and it comes and burn about 600 calories.

i usually have 700 calories left over I don't use. Is this a bad thing? Should I exercise less or eat more? Or should I keep doing what I have been doing?

Any help would be wonderful.

UPDATE**

I'm not sure if I lost weight in the course of these few months but I'm actually a 148 pounds!(I haven't weighed myself in months!) I will do as everyone says and eat more and exercise it off.

psuLemon

I might of missed it but if you didnt start weight training, you should. It will help with cutting fat and maintain your muscle mass.

MinyMinnie

I might of missed it but if you didnt start weight training, you should. It will help with cutting fat and maintain your muscle mass.

I have bad upper body strength but I will give it a go! I have been hearing that it helps. I guess I just needed to hear it again to get me motivated.

Thank you!

CassieReannan

So should I do what I'm doing by eating healthy but eat a lot more calories? Like for example, with a light salad I add lean protein such as chicken? Or when I eat oatmeal eat a banana? Should I give up on omelets all together? In the cafeteria, the omelet bar allows us to get all sorts of vegetables. I get my daily vegetables this way without forcing myself to include spinach and other vegetables in everything I eat the rest of the day. What about eating soup? I heard soup was good for you as well or perhaps a sandwich with tomatoes, cheese, and turkey?

If I ate about 1500 calories per day with an 1 hour exercise that burns 600 calories? Is that still too little?

Again, thank you everyone for your help. I'm truly grateful.

If your net goal was 1500 and you burned 600 calories, you need to eat those back otherwise your net will be 900 which is way too low! You should be eating AT LEAST your BMR which i told you was 1500. Please take our advice and eat more to fuel your body!! Exercise may be "pointless" but it's not, it helps you feel good and burn fat (especially if you weight train more). Plus you can have a flexible day and eat more! Reap the rewards!

MinyMinnie

So should I do what I'm doing by eating healthy but eat a lot more calories? Like for example, with a light salad I add lean protein such as chicken? Or when I eat oatmeal eat a banana? Should I give up on omelets all together? In the cafeteria, the omelet bar allows us to get all sorts of vegetables. I get my daily vegetables this way without forcing myself to include spinach and other vegetables in everything I eat the rest of the day. What about eating soup? I heard soup was good for you as well or perhaps a sandwich with tomatoes, cheese, and turkey?

If I ate about 1500 calories per day with an 1 hour exercise that burns 600 calories? Is that still too little?

Again, thank you everyone for your help. I'm truly grateful.

If your net goal was 1500 and you burned 600 calories, you need to eat those back otherwise your net will be 900 which is way too low! You should be eating AT LEAST your BMR which i told you was 1500. Please take our advice and eat more to fuel your body!! Exercise may be "pointless" but it's not, it helps you feel good and burn fat (especially if you weight train more). Plus you can have a flexible day and eat more! Reap the rewards!

Thank you so much! I appreciate the advice!

Firefox7275

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day so far.

So here's what I'm looking at,
I am 19 years old, 5'4, and about 160lbs? I've changing my eating habits for a few months and I was wondering if I was on track. So, according to my fitnesspal my goal is to eat 1260 calories. I've been eating a vegetable filled omelet for breakfast(Usually if not, it's oatmeal) and a cereal with fruit for the other two meals.(Either that or a soup or salad) I easily eat about 1100 calories everyday but exercise on a elliptical for an hour and it comes and burn about 600 calories.

i usually have 700 calories left over I don't use. Is this a bad thing? Should I exercise less or eat more? Or should I keep doing what I have been doing?

Any help would be wonderful.

Est a proper diet containing a balance of ALL the food groups and therefore ALL the nutrients your body needs for health. If you are a vegetarian eat more plants, if you are not eat more plants meat and fish. Most cereals contain added sugars so count towards your 10% of daily calories on processed/ refined/ sugary/ junk that means you can't eat them twice a day.

laddyboy

If you have to ask then you know you're not eating enough.

Thy this. Take the calories you eat then subtract the exercise calories you burn and it that doesn't equate to at least 1200 then you're not eating enough. You need to find you caloric level for maintenance and work from there.
Also, hit the complete this entry at the bottom of your food log and read the warning at the bottom.

april_mesk

Agreed. You should not be eating less than 1200 calories. Min. 1200 - don't go lower.