NET EFFING CALORIES HELP !!!

Eat more. I don't care if you're stuffed. Just do it.

don't eat them if you aren't hungry. . .but just make sure you are accurately recording calories burned and consumed . .

Have a handful of nuts or a spoonful of peanut butter.

eat at LEAST 1200 calories net. Make it 1400 if you tend to guesstimate certain calorie counts.

Your body is going to hold on to whatever you feed it if you don't eat @ least 1200 NET calories a day.


What are you eating that you are stuffed after only netting 1000 calories>!>!>!>??? I need some of that!

What you (and other who have asked the same thing) need to do is stop thinking of leftover calories as an end of the day surplus of crumbs that must be gobbled up just to reach the net number.

If you find that you have a consistent average of "leftovers" and you're not hungry and you rarely dip into those extras, causing you not to hit your Net Goal, then maybe you should take those calories and divide them into the usual meals you eat.

Let's say you have a net of 1400. You have eaten your meals and snacks, and you have done your workout, and let's say that today you ate 1300 but then you did a workout and burned 350. Oh no! Now it's 9 pm and I'm not hungry and my net is only 950! I don't want to force myself to eat 450 more calories, that's a ton!

This is when you should begin refiguring what you're eating the rest of the day. By the way, this is where I am now stuck - trying to start refiguring meals.

Add a 100 calorie pack of guacamole to your lunchtime wrap.
Add a 3rd egg in with breakfast.
Instead of scrambling up 4-5 egg whites for breakfast, do 1 whole egg plus 3-4 whites. (I do this sometimes, it's fantastic)
Throw 1/4 to 1/2 cup of turkey sausage crumbles into your egg scramble.
Have the dressing you so very much love with your salad (be careful on those high cal ones, just do 1/2 the serving, about 1 tbsp).
Throw in a banana or a pear just for gits and shiggles! They're tasty, healthy, and a quick 100-110 cals.

There are lots of additions and substitutions you can do without having to force yourself to eat more food than you're hungry for at one time.

This is hard for me but I'm trying to do it. My schedule at this time is such that I can ONLY work out at night and I reserve calories all day, and sometimes I end up with a lot left after I workout and I don't always hit my net. At the same time I'm afraid to add more into breakfast lunch and dinner (or snacks) because what if I "run out". It's kind of a tough balance to figure out after spending so much time figuring out my current eating plan. But now that I do work out more, I have to refigure it all over again.

But I do know this, you have to at least try to make your NET number, or as close to it as you can without being too far under. I don't always hit it, but I get pretty close. When I was not hitting net though, I lost NOTHING. I didn't start losing until I started to hit that number more steadily.

Try adding protein powder to pretty much anything you can, the unflavored kind mixes wonderfully into greek yogurt for veggie dips and other snacks. It adds calories without the bulk of food and also helps reach your macros for the day.