I can't meet my net calorie goal!

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  • artsygrandma
    artsygrandma Posts: 5 Member
    I can't either unless I exercise (which I hate), but I found an exercise that I can do that I half-way enjoy. Try different things until you find what is right for you. Also, drink two liters of water a day. Do it today and you will see a positive difference tomorrow.
  • elisabeisme
    elisabeisme Posts: 308 Member
    What were you eating before you decided that you needed to lose weigh? Eat some of that.
    Oh, the logic! I can barely stand it!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    I can see your stuff.
    Question..
    Instead of the Multigrain English Muffin and the single slice of cheese, and Land O'frost - Smoked Ham & Oven Roasted Turkey Sub Sandwich Kit, 5 slices 57 gramswhy not eat 1 cup of oatmeal ??
    Instead of the Popcorn Chicken, 20 pieces, why not a full chicken breast w/salad or pasta?
    Also consider eating Rice cakes, there very good
    And...Instead of the egg white EAT AN EGG.
    OP: You are NOT fueling your body. you're hurting your body. Some days are very low. Please eat. Eat some FOOD. Ignore the comments to eat more snack food. EAT SOME FOOD.

    exactly. screw a rice cake, eat some FOOD.. eggs, avocadoes, lentils, salmon, nuts and nut butters, quinoa, etc.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I can see your stuff.
    Question..
    Instead of the Multigrain English Muffin and the single slice of cheese, and Land O'frost - Smoked Ham & Oven Roasted Turkey Sub Sandwich Kit, 5 slices 57 gramswhy not eat 1 cup of oatmeal ??
    Instead of the Popcorn Chicken, 20 pieces, why not a full chicken breast w/salad or pasta?
    Also consider eating Rice cakes, there very good
    And...Instead of the egg white EAT AN EGG.
    OP: You are NOT fueling your body. you're hurting your body. Some days are very low. Please eat. Eat some FOOD. Ignore the comments to eat more snack food. EAT SOME FOOD.

    exactly. screw a rice cake, eat some FOOD.. eggs, avocadoes, lentils, salmon, nuts and nut butters, quinoa, etc.
    All of the above. yes.
  • TigerBite
    TigerBite Posts: 611 Member
    Walnuts, Almonds, Pistachios ... Full Fat dairy (FAGE Total Classic (The blue one, pink is 0%, green is 2%) it's delicious, and a great source of protein, and can be use in both sweet or savory applications or just eaten plain (YUM!) ... Bananas and peanut butter ... And BACON, nitrate-free (of course) ...
  • cstigs84
    cstigs84 Posts: 15 Member
    Don't bother tracking sugar, a carb is a carb.

    That is not entirely true. There are important health benefits to eating fibrous and complex carb foods. One needs to consider the disproportionate insulin response(vs. glycemic load) that happens when eating refined carb sources. Totally disregarding that can help promote diabetes and dyslipidemia.
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    It doesn't bother me, If I were eating terrible things and still losing weight then it wouldn't matter what anyone said lol

    Cool, thanks for opening that. So I see a couple times you have logged chicken and fish as sort of a generic "1 piece" or "4 oz" - do you have a food scale and are you weighing this out? How about measuring things like milk? Do you eyeball things like butter and salad dressing?

    If you are being super accurate with your logging and it is not a possibility that you are taking in more calories than you intend, keep your yolks in your eggs, add some more butter, eat cheese and nuts. If you really are stuffed and can't possibly eat more, calorie dense is your friend. Good luck!

    Eta: as for questioning your accuracy, it is not my intention to offend you at all, I just speak from experience. Before I got a food scale I was underestimating my intake quite a bit and it's completely normal to do so. :smile:

    I like you. Where were you about a week ago? LOL I recently weighed out four onces of turkey and was shocked at how much it was. I wondered why I was so hungry and now I know it's because I was under rating but over logging. I'm not hungry anymore. Love my scale..
  • rgugs13
    rgugs13 Posts: 197 Member
    I can see your stuff.
    Question..
    Instead of the Multigrain English Muffin and the single slice of cheese, and Land O'frost - Smoked Ham & Oven Roasted Turkey Sub Sandwich Kit, 5 slices 57 gramswhy not eat 1 cup of oatmeal ??
    Instead of the Popcorn Chicken, 20 pieces, why not a full chicken breast w/salad or pasta?
    Also consider eating Rice cakes, there very good
    And...Instead of the egg white EAT AN EGG.
    OP: You are NOT fueling your body. you're hurting your body. Some days are very low. Please eat. Eat some FOOD. Ignore the comments to eat more snack food. EAT SOME FOOD.

    exactly. screw a rice cake, eat some FOOD.. eggs, avocadoes, lentils, salmon, nuts and nut butters, quinoa, etc.
    All of the above. yes.


    +1 to all above. You can eat full fat, yummy foods and still stay within your goal and still lose weight. Mix calorie dense foods with fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables. If you aren't lactose intolerant, dairy is a great way to get calories and protein. And steak! Yummy yummy marbled steak!
  • laurenc2008
    laurenc2008 Posts: 10
    I appreciate everyone's advice. I do have a problem with restricting because two years ago I used to only eat 500 cal and it continued to now. my body will in no way let me eat quantities of food, and in my brain I am thinking that if something is calories dense, then its junk food. I wont eat nutella because of all the calories, I wont eat peanut butter a lot... I think I have a problem, if I enjoy food, then there must be something terribly wrong with it..... im starting to believe it is all mental. all my life I have been told to not eat so much, always eat less, skip meals! and when it actually started to work for a little while, I believed it. now, I know its not healthy.

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