How many calories are your meals?

You have cookies, candy, cake and added white sugar every day. Add sugar to your macros that you are tracking and that will give you a good picture. At 1200 calories, IMHO, you don't really have room for any kind of junk food, at least I didn't feel like I did when I was at that calorie intake. You want protein and nutrients.......not that much processed sugars. Honestly, even yoplait yogurt is really high in sugar and relatively low in protein for what it is.

Oh and you can change your meals on here so that you can better view them....I have mine set up as "breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, other snacks". Breaking it up might help you space your calories out better?

meals around 500-600, snacks around 200 (unless I get into the ice cream).

I eat a bit more than 1200/day.

Hi:) i think you're doing pretty well getting lots of fruit and veg and also decent protein most days.
There's one day you had seven spoons of added sugar and another you got over half your daily calories from coffee and cookie. That's not great, how about you cut out the excessive sugar and replace it with protein dense food like eggs, tuna or nuts, seeds?
I honestly think if you cut down that sugar in drinks even by a half teaspoon a week you'll be free of it in no time and will have more cal spare for nutritious food.
I generally eat 200 breakfast, 400 lunch, 500 dinner and 100 snack on average.
You're doing well, keep up the good work x

I set my diary out as breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner and desert, which is normally a hot drink and a small chocolate treat. I have lower breakfast and lunch calories and leave room for a bit more at dinner.

abt 800 for breakfast, 500-600 for lunch, 500-600 for dinner and 400 or so for snacks.

I'm struggling with eating enough calories personally and I think it could be the reason why it's actually harder to lose weight, after i work out I'm in the negative net rage of 1200 plus calories which personally from what I have been reading could be just as bad as over eating. In the last week my top calorie intake was 900 calories other days can rage from 500-700 cal a day , unwhich I burn over that amount with daily cardio and strength training. I don't feel like I'm starving my self, I eat a light yogurt every morning, then eat lean meat and fresh veggies without any sauce. Has anyone else struggled with this issue and how horrible is this for me?

Difficult to say without knowing your stats (height, current weight, exercise level) but you could be damaging your metabolism by eating this way long term, so it may be difficult for you to return to eating normally and keeping the weight off. It simply shuts down eventually. Short term, we can all manage - if you had food poisoning or an illness for example that meant you couldn't eat so much for a few weeks. But doing this long term is unhealthy.

You are eating around the calorie level that people with eating disorders try to stick to. Not saying you have one, but just saying.....a friend of mine who is a recovering anorexic used to try and ensure her calories never went over 700, and she always claimed she felt full despite hitting the gym every day as well.

She did that for 3 years, and now has a whole host of problems, like osteoporosis, problems regulating her body temperature (which has also resulted in excess hair growth, by the way), no periods, so no fertility, and she has chronic fatigue syndrome and terrible IBS. And that's despite a re-feeding programme, support from a dietitian, antidepressant medication, a team of psychotherapists, and a support group. Costing the NHS a whole load of money to sort her out, and still going.

She started out doing a VLCD for weight loss. I'm not saying that every person who does that will develop an ED, but the problems you may encounter doing VLCD's can set you up for it - simply because as soon as you start to eat a bit more, after doing VLCD for months at a time, you will gain weight, and therefore, you will want to drop to the lower calorie level again because it will seem that you cannot eat more than the very low calorie level without gaining. But here's the thing, you won't lose either, because your body isn't getting enough nutrients, so it's going to hang on to what it's got. I won't call it "starvation mode" because that's a misnomer I think, it's what happens when your metabolism slows right down.

brekkie around 300
lunch 300
dinner 500
snacks 200
....ish

Because I am eating like 2600 calories a day, my main meals can be like 600 to 800 each.

My snacks range from 100 to 300 calories.

I try to average about 400-450 calories per meal give or take. This allows me to have a protein shake for recovery when I want it. I also am a big fan of hardboiled eggs as a quick snack to tie me over until the next meal.

I make sure my meals are filled with fresh vegetables to bulk up the meal where they are naturally light on calories... Like, today for example: I have 12oz of spiral-sliced threads of zucchini and summer squash. Its only 60 calories, 11g of CHO, 4g fiber, 4g protein and 1g of natural fat, but a WHOPPING 892g of potassium! I almost couldnt close the container!!!! I have a TB of butter in it with fresh garlic and herbs, and fresh steak tips on top. A hearty meal, very healthy and well balanced for my current needs.

BTW - my profile pic is exactly what I am talking about!!!! That is 12 oz!!! Alot huh?

I snack loads. Not the best role model I guess though cause I'm not losing either

i average 1300-1500 calories a day. i try to keep my three main meals at about 300-350 and the rest is my in between meal snacks