SOOOO Hungry!

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  • Nicolecopperboom
    Nicolecopperboom Posts: 11
    The passed couple days, no matter what I do, including drinking water, I just feel like I am starving! I don't want to just snack, what can I eat that is low cal but filling? My cal limit is 1300 cals a day, I walk 2 miles every day. I also don't understand how MFP comes up with calories lost, or any app does for that matter.. For example, I use MapMyWalk for my walks and my 2 miles takes me about 36-38 mins and the app says I lose 373 cals (somewhere in that area) but when I put my walk into MFP, 38 min only equals about 200 something cals burned.. how do I know which one to use? Bleh so lost!

    snack on veggies (baby carrots, cucumber, etc) they are low-cal

    I read somewhere that 1 mile = approximately 100 calories. You can run, walk, skip or jump it. The faster you complete the mile - the faster you burn 100 calories. Of course this will fluctuate depending on your body size but it's a good guessing point.

    Seems to be a good average between all the calorie calculating apps! ( I run with Nike+, walk/climb stairs etc with MapMyFitness, and log exercise in MFP. I will usually pick the lower # or average the two)



    If you weigh 150 lbs, you can burn approximately 90 calories per mile.
    If you weigh 200 lbs, you can burn approximately 120 calories per mile.
    If you weigh 250 lbs, you can burn approximately 150 calories per mile.
    If you weigh 300 lbs, you can burn approximately 180 calories per mile.
    If you weigh 350 lbs, you can burn approximately 210 calories per mile.
    If you weigh 400 lbs, you can burn approximately 240 calories per mile.
  • NaturallyandProperly
    NaturallyandProperly Posts: 138 Member
    I have been eating back my exercise calories. I am pretty sure I need to just go shopping and fill the house with healthy foods, like veggies and fruits. IDK, maybe my body just needs to get used to the lower calories? I just don't like feeling hungry all the time.

    Yes, fill your house up with healthy foods. From what I've been told, if you are hungry all of the time it's because your metabolism is speeding up which is good! Since I cut out wheat from my diet, I don't get as hungry as I used to.
  • NaturallyandProperly
    NaturallyandProperly Posts: 138 Member
    also, 1300 calories really isn't that much. Eat! :)
  • SadKitty27
    SadKitty27 Posts: 416 Member
    I can't see what you're eating, but try eating more satiating foods which have a good balance of both fat and protein to keep you full longer. For example, a steak, burger, or piece of chicken will keep you full longer than a bowl of spaghetti.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    OP, what goal did you tell MFP? 2 Lbs per week? Your gross calorie goal per the scooby workshop makes sense if you're currently grossing 1600 with exercise calories per MFP and your goal is 2 Lbs per week. If you did TDEE - 20% on Scooby, that would equate to about 1 Lb per week on average so you'd get about 500 more calories per day than what MFP gives you..

    You may want to consider adjusting your calorie goal to something more reasonable and something you can stick with. Two Lbs per week is really a pretty aggressive approach and many people just can't sustain that kind of deficit long enough to take the weight off and keep it off. Better to go a little slower but have it be bearable IMHO.

    Also, look to up your protein and healthy fats to keep you feeling fuller. Lots of carbs just are going to give you a lot of calories but leave you hungry sooner. Case in point, a serving of these whole grain chips I like is pretty small...but it's about 120 calories...something like 10 chips; conversely, 4 oz of chicken breast also has 120 calories...which one do you think is going to leave me satisfied longer?
  • nannukka
    nannukka Posts: 52
    OP, what goal did you tell MFP? 2 Lbs per week? Your gross calorie goal per the scooby workshop makes sense if you're currently grossing 1600 with exercise calories per MFP and your goal is 2 Lbs per week. If you did TDEE - 20% on Scooby, that would equate to about 1 Lb per week on average so you'd get about 500 more calories per day than what MFP gives you..

    You may want to consider adjusting your calorie goal to something more reasonable and something you can stick with. Two Lbs per week is really a pretty aggressive approach and many people just can't sustain that kind of deficit long enough to take the weight off and keep it off. Better to go a little slower but have it be bearable IMHO.

    Also, look to up your protein and healthy fats to keep you feeling fuller. Lots of carbs just are going to give you a lot of calories but leave you hungry sooner. Case in point, a serving of these whole grain chips I like is pretty small...but it's about 120 calories...something like 10 chips; conversely, 4 oz of chicken breast also has 120 calories...which one do you think is going to leave me satisfied longer?

    I like this!

    When I started I did the calculations through MFP too. Even though I put for the goal to loose only 0.5 lb/week the calories were still too low for the amount of exercise. And you are right, trying to figure out the exercise calories is pain, so I chose this method instead: eat more to loose more. I follow advice from the two guys bellow (two good threads). Both haybales and PU know what they are doing. It makes sense to me, I can eat and not be hungry, I loose weight healthy way (steady if little slow) and I can keep doing this forever compared to diet. Check them out if you have time. So when people are talking about TDEE-20% it means you do not log your calorie or eat them back since it is already calculated in. When people use MFP the eat back their calories.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/943139-weight-loss-cheat-sheet-ipoarm

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/750920-spreadsheet-for-bmr-tdee-deficit-macro-calcs-hrm-zones

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