High calorie/low carb meals??

choyt8109
choyt8109 Posts: 19
in Food and Nutrition
Hi MFP peeps - I'm on a journey to lose a good portion of weight. I'm being told that I'm not eating enough (I'm not hungry which is why I'm not making my goal) so I need some ideas for meals or snacks that have a little more punch without a huge carb load. I'm starting week 3 today and can see that I'm a little heavy on the carb side and could use something higher in fiber. Whatcha think?

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  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    You can easily add extra calories without a lot of carbs by cooking in healthy oils (olive, walnut, etc.), snacking on nuts or seeds or adding them to salads, peanut butter (200 calories for 2 tablespoons), avocados...basically anything with a high fat content will pack the calories.
  • andersonjo0306
    andersonjo0306 Posts: 304 Member
    I had the same issue with not meeting the 1270 calorie recommendation so I have added nuts and seeds. I am full on 1100 calories so the 50g of nuts and seeds is not enough to put me over the top but puts my calories in the range it is supposed to be.
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    Eat avocados on your salad, cook with fat (animal fat, butter, olive oil), eat some nuts, cheese or nut butter.
  • choyt8109
    choyt8109 Posts: 19
    Great suggestions! Will give it a try this week. I am still trying to get the concept of "need to eat more to lose weight". I've always assumed the old equation "burn more than you take in" would work but it's just not.
  • Edwardo27
    Edwardo27 Posts: 34 Member
    Woah! What do you eat at the minute? I struggle to stay under my cals!
  • Qbaimee
    Qbaimee Posts: 158 Member
    WOW I could have written this post. I struggle to eat 1200 calories and I am suppose to have close to 1600. I will take everyones suggestions though.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Great suggestions! Will give it a try this week. I am still trying to get the concept of "need to eat more to lose weight". I've always assumed the old equation "burn more than you take in" would work but it's just not.

    You must burn more than you take in to lose fat. The difference is that you don't want to create a deficit so large that you lower your RMR.
  • aelunyu
    aelunyu Posts: 486 Member
    The advice is probably solid. 1200 sounds way to low. I adamantly disagree about subbing carb calories for fats or proteins. But I suppose to each their own.

    the reasoning behind the advice is completely warped though. they want you to eat more so your RMR will not drop. don't worry, this will not happen to you. the hormones that cause this to happen only trigger in when you're already really really low bodyfat. That is, it's only an effective tool for those that have experience dieting and have been on a diet for a very long time. Usually the cheat meal will ramp up metabolism....I must assume you are not at the point where this has any real benefit to you.

    the reason you personally should eat a bit more (1600?) is because you'll just feel better. If you're having problems eating that much, you really...and i mean reallllllly should not have problems losing weight.

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