Help! It feels like I'm starving right now!

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  • toysbigkid
    toysbigkid Posts: 545 Member
    I haven't read everyone's reply but I would add a 100 calories at a time, till you get a bit satisfied but still watching what you eat, more veggies to get you fuller and fruit to satisfy your sweet tooth if you have one. Keep the carbs down and proteins up. Take a short walk too if you've already ate and are still hungry, things like that. hope this helps, good luck...I look forward to seeing your success story on here down the road!!!!
  • chicadejmu
    chicadejmu Posts: 171 Member
    I don't think you should be eating just 1200 calories. Check your TDEE. MFP says I should be eating just 1460 calories but once I checked my TDEE I found I should actually be eating 2100 per day to lose about 3 pounds a month. I have also started exercising a lot more (got a fitbit and am meeting the daily goals).

    I saw someone else posted a link, not sure if it was this one but you should check this out:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr it completely explains how to figure out how many calories you should actually be eating.

    Hope this helps!
  • jroselive2012
    jroselive2012 Posts: 129
    I don't think you should be eating just 1200 calories. Check your TDEE. MFP says I should be eating just 1460 calories but once I checked my TDEE I found I should actually be eating 2100 per day to lose about 3 pounds a month. I have also started exercising a lot more (got a fitbit and am meeting the daily goals).

    I saw someone else posted a link, not sure if it was this one but you should check this out:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr it completely explains how to figure out how many calories you should actually be eating.

    Hope this helps!

    TY for that link! According to that site my TDEE is 2335... I can't imagine trying to eat that many calories in healthy food! 12 hundred cal when eating completely healthy foods turned out to be hard today. I think what I'll do is track my daily intake of food for a bit and just see what I typically eat for now. The structure of the website makes it really easy to see what our weaknessess are and what our strengths are.
  • fififox
    fififox Posts: 360 Member
    Yes, it gets easier. I found when I started it took a while to know what foods were a better spend - better value in that they filled me more. I also tried to use less calories in the earlier part of the day so that if I really had to have something later in the day I was more likely to have calories remaining (I did have enough though for breakfast and lunch and dinner but left room for an evening snack). Be careful eating all your calories back - I think mfp can be over generous. I use a HRM instead. Also I think a lot of people don't eat back the full amount.
  • paulaviki
    paulaviki Posts: 678 Member
    I was always hungry on 1200 so changed my goal to lose 1lb a week and now eat 1400 - 1600 and have lost 13lbs in 11 weeks. If you are hungry you need to eat!
  • Shimmerockstarify
    Shimmerockstarify Posts: 2
    Dont worry it'll take sometime for your body to get used 2 it... if u still feel hungry try eating fruits especially watermelon will help cause u feel full after eatin those watery fruits :) gud luck!
  • susanfrancis40
    susanfrancis40 Posts: 55 Member
    My calorie intake is set at 1220 per day. Sometimes that is fine but sometimes I want to eat more. If I want more then I exercise to earn extra calories. I always eat them back and have lost every week since starting in July (except holiday week when I stayed the same).
    So if you want more food - earn more calories and eat, eat, eat!
  • jroselive2012
    jroselive2012 Posts: 129
    Good advice ty!
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