Can't seem to consume all my calories

What exercise are you doing that is burning 1000 calories?

I have this issue too, and just had to work with my dad to add calories to his diet (he is losing weight rapidly from health reasons).

Add some calorie dense, healthy foods to your diet that you like. (All the things I have to drop from my diet.)

Good whole grain bread or tortillas, cheese, brown rice or lentils, beans, potatoes. Dates or figs. A handful of nuts. Even a sausage or two or a slice of bacon.

All these things have nutritional value and a lot of calories. That's why people can live on them.

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Although I have a hard time eating my calories, on those days when I'm hungry it only takes a little bit to add those extra calories - a cheese omelette with a side of potatoes, a grilled cheese sandwich, a sausage on bread, an enchilada, a milkshake. It's how I gained weight in the first place.

Well, first of all, make sure your calories are not being overestimated. Your profile says you have 90lbs to lose, so you could be burning that much, but I would still recommend getting a HRM to track cardio work (You can get a Polar FT4 for $60-70).

If you are not already, I would recommend strength training. It burns less calories than cardio, but has many benefits. This could lower calorie burn while increasing health benefits. (HRMs do not work for strength training. I just use the strength training entry under the cardio section of MFP to estimate calories burned)

Since you still have over 70 lbs to lose, it is fine to net a bit below the 1800 recommended, however strength training is even more important to maintain muscle while losing fat on a larger deficit. I would not recommend netting under 1400 calories.

Otherwise, eat more nuts and nut butters and cook veggies in olive oil.

Breakfast is usually whole grain toast with almond butter and skim milk
Lunch I go for ease ad have a smart one dinner, @300 calories and fruit
Dinner is lean meat and veggies
Snacks are fruit, veggies, cheese, lean jerky, nuts or fiber bars (per doctor since I was not getting enough)

From my calculations, because your diary isn’t open, your three main meals are about 900 calories. So for snacks, I recommend an apple and one serving of peanut butter (100c for apple and 200c for peanut butter – I cut the apple before work and eat with a fork at my desk), two servings of nuts (320 c), two fiber bars (280 c), and some jerky (100c). This is about 1900 calories. If you burn 500 calories, you are netting about 1400, which is a good about for a woman. If you burn more, you can have a protein bar, which will complement the more intense work outs (I like pure protein bars – 180 c for the chocolate one).

You should be eating around 5 servings of veggies a day. If you are still having trouble getting calories in, full fat ranch and veggies go great together.

You may want to check your sum deficit (reduction in food calories + exercise calories). If you are already implementing a moderate deficit from calorie restriction (eating less), then let that do most of the work for you and add a moderate amount of cardio. Simply put, the greater the deficit attributed to calorie restriction, the less cardio you should do.

To read more about too much cardio while on a large deficit, check out this article by Lyle Mcdonald - in fact, he has a lot of research articles that would help you:

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html

Ok, my diary is open now.. thankyou for the instructions.... any help at all is greatly appericated. any ideas or help on what i am doing wrong? or where i can improve my eating??