What happens if I don't eat up to the cal
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depending on how many meals you eat, you could try having smaller, more frequent meals throughout the day. instead of three 500 kcal meals, try six 300 calorie meals
I eat a lot of snacks but when I eat "big meals" it would be around 200-400 calories.
A "big meal" is only 200-400 cals? My snacks are that much!0 -
that's your problem--quite simply 200 calories is a large snack NOT a small meal.depending on how many meals you eat, you could try having smaller, more frequent meals throughout the day. instead of three 500 kcal meals, try six 300 calorie meals
I eat a lot of snacks but when I eat "big meals" it would be around 200-400 calories.
3 eggs = 210 calories, 1 oz cheese = 100 calories, 1 slice toast = 70 w/ 1/2 tbsp butter=50 calories. TOTAL: 430 calories
1 oz pasta = 180, 1 oz olive oil = 120, 1 cup veggies = 30, 4oz chicken/shrimp = 120. TOTAL: 450 calories
1 cup yogurt =120 calories, 1 serving whole grian cereal = 100 calories, 1 cup berries = 75 calories (ish), 1 oz nuts = 160 TOTAL: 455 calories0 -
I would have to ask the same question. If you can eat enough to gain weight, why can't you eat enough to lose the weight?:happy:How did you do it when you gained your weight?0 -
Nothing bad will happen. You won't starve or go into the mythical "starvation mode".
AGREED! There's a great article here on MFP about the starvation myth. I wish I knew the link. But basically it says that even IF you go into "starvation mode" it doesn't mean that you aren't losing weight, it just means your metabolism slows.
Personally, I've learned to "use" them for a treat. I like a glass of wine but I've also learned that wine could be the cause of my headaches so I just started gluten free beer. One a night if I have a few calories left and I WANT it - a treat of sorts, for not going OVER. But it's OK not to eat all your calories. Especially one or two days.
but why would you want to do something which you know will slow your metabolism, make you sluggish and slow your progress when you can eat more, have more energy and loose the same amount of weight ?0 -
Nothing bad will happen. You won't starve or go into the mythical "starvation mode".
AGREED! There's a great article here on MFP about the starvation myth. I wish I knew the link. But basically it says that even IF you go into "starvation mode" it doesn't mean that you aren't losing weight, it just means your metabolism slows.
Personally, I've learned to "use" them for a treat. I like a glass of wine but I've also learned that wine could be the cause of my headaches so I just started gluten free beer. One a night if I have a few calories left and I WANT it - a treat of sorts, for not going OVER. But it's OK not to eat all your calories. Especially one or two days.
but why would you want to do something which you know will slow your metabolism, make you sluggish and slow your progress when you can eat more, have more energy and loose the same amount of weight ?
seriously! SMH. people are just absurd.0 -
Nothing bad will happen. You won't starve or go into the mythical "starvation mode".
AGREED! There's a great article here on MFP about the starvation myth. I wish I knew the link. But basically it says that even IF you go into "starvation mode" it doesn't mean that you aren't losing weight, it just means your metabolism slows.
Personally, I've learned to "use" them for a treat. I like a glass of wine but I've also learned that wine could be the cause of my headaches so I just started gluten free beer. One a night if I have a few calories left and I WANT it - a treat of sorts, for not going OVER. But it's OK not to eat all your calories. Especially one or two days.
but why would you want to do something which you know will slow your metabolism, make you sluggish and slow your progress when you can eat more, have more energy and loose the same amount of weight ?
Well the link explains it much better than I can, but there are studies to prove you won't go into starvation mode for one or two days of not eating all your calories. Anyone know where I got that article?0 -
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Forget starvation mode in the short run. But you should eat enough to keep functioning well. Easy ways to add calories:
Milk and cheese
butter, olive oil, oil
rice, bread, quiona
beans, lentils
figs, dates, nuts
Anything that forms the basis of some culture's diet has lots of calories in it
Toast, butter, and orange juice is a few hundred calories0 -
Nothing bad will happen. You won't starve or go into the mythical "starvation mode".
AGREED! There's a great article here on MFP about the starvation myth. I wish I knew the link. But basically it says that even IF you go into "starvation mode" it doesn't mean that you aren't losing weight, it just means your metabolism slows.
Have you lived it? Have you eaten 1,000 - 1,200 calories a day for years on end and not gained weight? No? Then how can you say, with any knowledge or conviction, that it won't happen? Because you read it somewhere?0 -
So you gained weight eating under 1500 cal? Wow interesting.0
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So you gained weight eating under 1500 cal? Wow interesting.
Yes. I did/do. Until very recently (the last couple of weeks I've made a concerted effort to reach 1,300 cals some days I can, but most fall short) I averaged around 1,100 cals - many days under 1,000 - and I am overweight.0 -
So you gained weight eating under 1500 cal? Wow interesting.
Yes. I did/do. Until very recently (the last couple of weeks I've made a concerted effort to reach 1,300 cals some days I can, but most fall short) I averaged around 1,100 cals - many days under 1,000 - and I am overweight.
Please elaborate.
How long of a time frame are we talking? How much weight did you gain? What did you weight prior? How much were you eating each day? Were you weight/measuring everything? Were you exercising at all? Any health issues?0 -
I hadn't read this one yet, thanks!0 -
You'll be fine, don't eat if you don't want to
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What happens if I don't eat up to the calories I have to eat? Mine is 1500 but how am I to eat 1500 when about 1200-1300 I'm already extremely full.
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Take it for what it is. If you feel full, don't force yourself to eat. You'll just feel miserable.
Listen to your body. That's number one.
And ignore all of the know-it-alls.0 -
Take it for what it is. If you feel full, don't force yourself to eat. You'll just feel miserable.
Listen to your body. That's number one.
And ignore all of the know-it-alls.
Be careful with this... While the notion is a good one, a lot of people "listened to their bodies" and that's why they need a site like this. If I listened to my body I wouldn't be able to fit through the doorway in a month's time.0 -
Have a look at this -
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
It will take 10 minutes to read but It honest and scientifically based advice that you should listen to
Thanks so much for posting this, I was unaware and it is great.Lots of information as well as his tip with Fat 2 Fit Tools!0 -
You'll be fine, don't eat if you don't want to
Doesn't that contradict what you originally said before you edited your post?0
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