am i starving even though i eat when hungry!

Dianakrugle
Dianakrugle Posts: 21 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I eat 800-1000 calories a day but burn around 1,000-1700 calories a day. I eat when I am hungry and stop when full. I have ibs so have to eat healthy. Can't do processed stuff and I crave healthy foods. Feel free to look at my diary. Feel good but can't get below 220 but no ibs problems in 6 months.

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  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    You are burning more than you eat. That alone is not good. I'm all for the dont eat unless you are hungry, but there is a point where it's going to harm you more by not even making NET every day. Hell you are not even making 0 calories every day.
  • callas444
    callas444 Posts: 261 Member
    Try adding more lean protein and low fat dairy to your diet. Whole grain carbs are also very filling. Eating too little can slow your weight loss. Sounds like your body is trying to tell you that.
  • Minnie2361
    Minnie2361 Posts: 281 Member
    Daisy, you are missing the most important meal of the day. Breakfast. try some rolled oats in the morning. I cook up a big pot of the 15 minute steel cut or rolled oats. Then refrigerate the rest , covered so it doesn`t cake on top. Pop into a bowl and reheat with a dash of added water to moiston in the microwave for a minute. I have some fruit, A cup of tea. This keeps me full for four hours so I don`t eat as much at lunch.
    Also it is a complex carb, it breaks down slowly hence keeps you fuller longer and provides a more stable energy release.
    You can look at my food diary by clicking on my name

    Also check out the Food Values and hidden additives not so good for you at
    fooducate , A great web page put in your product and you get the skinny on the goodsl.

    Just google it.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    You aren't exercising off that much, you're counting the fact that you live as exercise. That's already been factored into your budget. Exercise is dedicated doing something that requires effort, not living, sleeping or having sex. Figure out your BMR and eat somewhere around there. No one at 220 lbs is not losing anything eating at 800 calories a day. Just isn't physically possible regardless of all the starvation mode theories out there.
  • Dianakrugle
    Dianakrugle Posts: 21 Member
    I always feel full or not hungry. We eat mainly chicken, no hamburger, and steak and seafood once in awhile. I love salads and stirfrys. Need easy to grab foods for lunch as work out of town and only get 30 min. I drink 120+oz of water. I am always thirsty ( no diabetes). So what should I add specifically. I do have protein shakes some times for breakfast but usually just coffee.
  • Dianakrugle
    Dianakrugle Posts: 21 Member
    I have an online calorie counter I use. Most days I work 8 hrs a day and work is very physical. On days off I have to catch up with house. I have gained 32 lbs of lean muscle mass according to Dr. Was sedetary for 6 years before.
  • Minnie2361
    Minnie2361 Posts: 281 Member
    how forgoing the shakes and having some baby biel lo fat cheese and have some zero fat greek yogurt some tuna on a slice of bread.
  • j6o4
    j6o4 Posts: 871 Member
    1) You are not sappose to net a negative number. Your calories goal is to net 1330 and say you burn 300 calories from wokring out, you have to eat 1630 to net 1330 calories. MFP already has a deficit built into it and by exercising you create a larger deficit which can be more harmful than helpful if you dont eat back your exercise calories. Too much of anything is not good, including too large of a deficit.

    2) I looked at your diary and I think your numbers of calories burned are off, 1700+ calories burned from exercise is a lot to burn. Suggest in buying an HRM.
  • TribeHokie
    TribeHokie Posts: 711 Member
    Disregarding the fact that you are incorrectly counting daily basic living calories as "exercise", you just aren't eating enough. There is no reason for you to be eating below 1200 a day, and there are plenty of people on here who would say even that is too low. No ifs, ands, or buts, you need to up your daily intake. I personally am between 1200-1400 most days and keep a basic schedule:

    Morning: 200 calorie breakfast
    Noon: 300 calorie lunch
    Afternoon: 100 calorie snack
    Evening: 400-500 calorie dinner
    8-9 p.m.: 200-300 calorie treat

    And I am never overly hungry. Just normal hungry. And even then I am only hungry right before I eat.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Are you set to sedentary? If you work an active job why not set MFP to the appropriate job activity. It would keep you from having to log your daily activities which is inflating your calories. Just log and eat back exercise calories after you activity level is appropriate.
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    1) You are not sappose to net a negative number. Your calories goal is to net 1330 and say you burn 300 calories from wokring out, you have to eat 1630 to net 1330 calories. MFP already has a deficit built into it and by exercising you create a larger deficit which can be more harmful than helpful if you dont eat back your exercise calories. Too much of anything is not good, including too large of a deficit.

    2) I looked at your diary and I think your numbers of calories burned are off, 1700+ calories burned from exercise is a lot to burn. Suggest in buying an HRM.

    It's not impossible though. Look at mine by the time it's 4:30 pm *You've earned 1,234 extra calories from exercise today
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    1) You are not sappose to net a negative number. Your calories goal is to net 1330 and say you burn 300 calories from wokring out, you have to eat 1630 to net 1330 calories. MFP already has a deficit built into it and by exercising you create a larger deficit which can be more harmful than helpful if you dont eat back your exercise calories. Too much of anything is not good, including too large of a deficit.

    2) I looked at your diary and I think your numbers of calories burned are off, 1700+ calories burned from exercise is a lot to burn. Suggest in buying an HRM.

    It's not impossible though. Look at mine by the time it's 4:30 pm *You've earned 1,234 extra calories from exercise today

    It's not impossible at all but if you look at what she logs as exercise it isn't real. She's logging her whole TDEE as exercise including sleeping time. It gives a huge number of calories for exercise that are actually just existing numbers and have already been included. In actual fact she's just eating under 1200 calories most days not really netting into huge negative numbers due to exercise.

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