I can't do this!

Just eat normal foods and all the nurtritional info falls into place, you are over thinking it, just eat.. if I go over on sugar or sodium who cares, I am within my calories.. I have gone over my calories a few times this week and still losing weight this week

Wow, you have done so fantastic already, 66lbs!!! Is this just a bad day or is it a habit stressing over calories? Just curious...

I always go for peanut butter or almonds when I need to boost the calories...but I usually have the opposite problem cause I love to eat. I am interested to see what responses you get.

Keep up the great work - and try not to stress so much.

Girly, I have been there! Be strong. Don't STRESS. It leads to weight gain. BREATHE and just make something close in the range worry more about nutritional value not calories. Remember FOOD=FUEL that is all it is. MUAH

I was like that when I started - having to eat more at the end of the day.

Rather than stressing out, just eat what you can and then check out some of the food and nutrition and recipe threads and find things you know you will eat, and plan accordingly. If you find a few things, even if they're low calorie, start on those first as
staple dinner items and then look to add in more calories earlier on in the day. Also have some healthier, higher calorie snack
options in that you can eat if you need to up your calories.. type high calorie snacks into the search to find some threads.

Stop right where you are and breath! I have never cared at all about anything other than calories and it has worked for me. Also while I was in my "loosing" phase I very rarely got to right at 1200 cals. (like once) More like 1125-1250. If you think too much into this you will fail. If you stick to only counting calories you will not go over much on anything else. If you do.... so what? You are not going to impede your weight loss. Good luck Chin up
Tiff

Just eat normal foods and all the nurtritional info falls into place, you are over thinking it, just eat.. if I go over on sugar or sodium who cares, I am within my calories.. I have gone over my calories a few times this week and still losing weight this week

That's true, all the advice I heard when I hit a platueu was to mix it up....very good advice, cause I finally started losing again by mixing up the exercise and food intake (I think they refered to it as "tricking the brain/body) RELAX!! RELAX!!

the two dogs seem to love you so you can't be too bad. keep at it.

You're not at 1200 calories?
Have an apple with 2 tbsp of peanut butter. Sprinkle raisens on top.

Stricken the words "I can't" from your vocabulary. Substitute them with "How can I."

You can do it. If you drink milk, use 2% or whole instead of skim. Share your diary and we'd be glad to help more.

I'm tearing my hair out, seriously. I'm trying to eat at least 1200 calories from now on because I was eating too little ( around 1000) for months. But, I just can't. I have 484 calories left for dinner and I don't what to do! I'm so d*mn stressed about getting to 1200, I don't even WANT to eat anything. I'm crying right now... over calories. That's how stressed I am. It's KILLING me even thinking about eating more than 1100. I've spent the past hour trying to find something to get me to 1200 calories. Everything I pick up in my pantry has something wrong with it; too few calories, too much sugar, too much sodium, too much fat. I don't know what to do. Please help me.

Hi Emily:flowerforyou: Do you meditate or do Yoga? That can often really help calm your mind, body and spirit and help ease the stress from your body. Sometimes we just need to not worry about the food so much, I remember your post from yesterday, I believe.

You were terribly worried and stressed out from all this then, a number of other members suggesting perhaps going to talk to someone, did you think abit more on that? This is a bit more than a simple obsession, it can happen to many of us but it's not healthy to keep going this way, you'll only end up eating less and less and make yourself feel crazier.

Your body needs fuel, for your mind to think clearly, this includes fats, healthy carbs, protein etc.
Please think of talking to someone, a counselor that deals with this type of thing all the time, we can help you only so much here. We can all give you advice but it might not be exactly quite what you need.

I wish I could help you more Hon xo
{{{{{{Emily}}}}}}}}

Hugs,
Becca:flowerforyou:

I've been having the same issue, so your not alone. I try to eat some fruit or veggies to up my calories. Also look at greek yogurt or cottage cheese. I never thought I've have to worry about eating enough calories and I'm sure you can relate. Hang in there and GL. I'm sure you'll find a good balance for yourself.

deep breath and do a search for dinners around 500 calories, eatingwell.com is one of my favorite sites, allrecipies.com, even shape has healthy recipies.

sweetie, not everybody can boost up in a day. takes a few days of tweaking to find what works. on your profile check your diary settings and pick public if you need folks to see your food selections and give more specific advice. you will get there--many of us are finding our way thru this--i'm not the greatest math person for example.

forgive yourself, every day is a new opportunity. a banana is good--dab peanut butter on it. or cream cheese on a mini bagel.
you ARE going to get the hang of it! please know we're all rooting for you!!

If we say we "Can't" and believe we "Can't" then chances are we Can't & Won't ! As another poster shared swap those words around and make it I CAN DO IT! Makes it far more simple if we learn to believe in ourselves and along the way in the meantime, just put one foot in front of the other, just like many of us have had to do to get where we are today.

We're on a path on the journey, none of us have arrived, it's not a race, so if you're racing, it's with nonone but yourself which can get oooooh so frustrating & simply overwhelm us:ohwell:

I wish you well, so much good advice had been given on this thread and several other threads you began on about this topic. I think the best advice thus far is to seek a professional, perhaps one that specialized in EDs.

It's your turn to take the next step toward wellness and a balanced life..

Becca:flowerforyou: