Struggling to eat my Caloric Goal .....

Thanks, but already doing those pointers but not reaching goal, dont want to go into starvation mode. I guess i just need to add another meal, hungry or not.

Yes, I was eating much fat and caloric dense food daily, probably- I loved loved cheese! pasta, and breads. I also had a serious sweet tooth, i ate chocolate candy every day! Chocolate at my school costs 10 cents, I always had 10 cents, if you get my drift.

@ marieautumn, I do workout, and i also took a weight training and cardio class in the past, and i did eat those calories, but it wasnt with healthy food, so i previously went from the plus size 16 to now a size regular size 14 and medium tops, but my weight only changed 5-10 pounds. I want to see weight move, and not eat all my exercise calories, i do get hungry from working out, but i also wasnt eating right at all back then, i ate two meals a day, and the rest junk, I am eating three healthier meals, and more veggie and fruit snacks, but still eat my treats so i wont binge. But with all the eating more veggies, and fruit I am fuller than eating a candy bar. Know what is bad, i have taken two nutrition classes, but eating healthy food doesnt add up to all those calories, and if i burn an extra 500 calories, i dont want to eat that much added sugar either from fruit, and veggies are hard to eat already, LOL

no offense but i dont understand how people just "can't possibly eat my calorie goal" ...how did you put on weight in the first place? ok that enough of my ranting.
if you really aren't hungry, dont eat. with that being said maybe you aren't burning enough calories. I know after i work out and i burn about 500 -600 cals per my HRM, i am usually starving. Try burning more fuel.

I do workout, and i also took a weight training and cardio class in the past, and i did eat those calories, but it wasnt with healthy food, so i previously went from the plus size 16 to now a size regular size 14 and medium tops, but my weight only changed 5-10 pounds. I want to see weight move, and not eat all my exercise calories, i do get hungry from working out, but i also wasnt eating right at all back then, i ate two meals a day, and the rest junk, I am eating three healthier meals, and more veggie and fruit snacks, but still eat my treats so i wont binge. But with all the eating more veggies, and fruit I am fuller than eating a candy bar. Know what is bad, i have taken two nutrition classes, but eating healthy food doesnt add up to all those calories, and if i burn an extra 500 calories, i dont want to eat that much added sugar either from fruit, and veggies are hard to eat already, LOL Right now im doing Bob Harper Pure Burn with 5, 10, 15 pound weights, and Zumba, belly dancing, use my weighted hula hoop, etc.,

I don't where where you are, and I don't know you at all, so my advice is assuming you don't know this.

Most people do not know how to "listen to their bodies". They don't really know when they are full or when they are hungry. They think they do, but they don't. Otherwise, they would not have a problem. And, they wouldn't be here.

Again, this is assuming that you don't know this.

The second point is to eat when you are not hungry. If you feel hungry, it's too late and you might over eat. This is what most people do...wait until they are hungry. Big mistake. Eat when you are not hungry, but just feel slightly peckish. You will eat less, and you will make better choices.

Once you do this for a while, you will start to tell when you are getting hungry. I normally eat a small something every couple of hours. It seems like I eat constantly. But, I still lose weight and I am learning better to not get to that stage where I'm actually hungry. When I get to that point, I tend to eat a lot in one sitting.

I have stared to eat at set times, so I won't reach hunger, I eat within a hour of rising, and within 2 hours a snack and by the 3rd hour my next meal, the problems are at portion size healthy meals can be low as 250 and it's a good size dish of food. so I am already eating when I'm not hungry per se but at the end of the day i didnt really like another 4th meal, but I might try it and see how it goes, or add more calories to the three meals, thanks I understood what u were meaning, if I wait it's hard not to binge, for me I had to make my meals in advance so I wont go for the processed ready to eat foods around.

no offense but i dont understand how people just "can't possibly eat my calorie goal" ...how did you put on weight in the first place? ok that enough of my ranting.

Because she is now paying attention to what she eats. For her this means consuming lower calorie, yet high volume foods, such as fruit and vegetables. It is really easy to eat thousands of calories, when you could care less where they came from.

For example my favorite cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory is about 1000 calories at least.

yes but i doubt you were ever eating that every day, right?

Not that exactly, but some version of it. I had very poor eating habits. I never ate much "food". I would have brownies, milkshakes and the like-fast food everyday. Then I would say, "I don't eat that much, so why I am getting fat?". So, once you start eating food, the sheer volume of healthy tasty things that you can have is daunting for some. Just my 0.02 :-)

Exactly this! I have been on MFP/eating healthy for about a week now and find it very hard to eat all of the veggies and other foods that would get me to my goal, because although there are much fewer calories, there is much more bulk! Donuts and espresso drinks didn't fill me up at all, but give me some carrots and broccoli and I feel full.

I've been worrying about this since I seem to be ending up at 2-300 under my calories at the end of the night, and started putting peanut butter on whole wheat tortillas before bed to reach my goal, even though I wasn't hungry!

you said it much better! Lol, before I was eating more calories, but I wasn't feeling full like now, candy bars and donuts didnt make me full.