i cant get enough calories

So you get annoyed that people ask the same "dumb" questions over and over again, yet you answer them. Stop!

There are plenty of other people on this website that will respond to them. You don't need to....

Newsflash: I know what a carb is and what turns into sugar and sugar gets stored as fat. I drink very little alcohol.

2nd newsflash: not true about eat less=lose. eat too little and lose nothing.

is that even you in the picture?

threads like this always baffle my mind...

How did you end up obese if you cannot consume more than 1200 calories a day? I assume in your over-eating days that you were eating 2000+ a day, which is how you put on the weight, yes?

i never claimed to be obese. just 15-20lbs fluffy!
I can honestly answer that question. At my heaviest, I was 325 lbs. I NEVER exercised, never ate breakfast and I ate high fat, high carb foods. When I started MFP, I logged what I normally ate in a day for about 3 weeks. I wanted to know exactly what I was doing wrong. I didn't feel like I was eating that bad and I was only eating two meals per day... Well, I learned that I typically ate only 700 - 800 calories per day but they weren't healthy calories. It was all garbage. Imagine my surprise when I learned the "salad" I chose to eat for lunch was packed with more fat than a Whopper and none of the protein!

Believe me when I say that not all obese people eat a lot of food... we just choose the wrong foods and we don't move consistently to burn off the calories we are consuming. For many years, I tried every fad diet out there and convinced myself that I either couldn't lose weight or had some kind of medical issue. It wasn't until this little diary slapped me in the face and taught me about my mistakes.

I still struggle to lose... over the last few years, I have lost 110lbs... recently gaining a few more back than I like. I never give up, I just keep logging and moving.

Please try to understand that those of us that are "obese" are not always over eaters... just highly misinformed about what healthy eating looks like. Thankfully, we are capable of educating ourselves and making changes. It's a long hard road... but definitely worth the journey.

I am sorry, but there is no way you were consuming 700 to 800 calories a day and you were obese. Did you have a food scale? Did you weigh, measure, log every single bit of food you ate? If one could only consume 700 calories a day and be obese then most of Africa would not be dying of starvation, and those people in the concentration camps would have been obese rather then all skin and bone...

ever heard of the "Twinkie diet"..? Look it up ...

Trust me, it really is as simple as calories in vs calories out...

This may not help in the calorie dept but I eat special K protein cereal (it has a sweetner on it so it actually tastes good, not like normal special k). The cereal is about 120 calories for a serving but has 10 grams of protein in it and I think 4 grams of fiber (not 100% sure) so this may help you reach your macros goals at least, which tends to suffer if you eat below 1200.

Better to have a Kind bar than this, Special K bars are full of chemicals/processed nonsense and probably not the healthiest thing to add when trying to get more calories (or, really ever)- cook with olive oil, use almond butter, eat some nuts or cheese....healthier/less proceessed is the better option more times than not.

It seems I'm in the minority here with not weighing my food. I get why people do it, but I use balances all day at work, I think I would lose it if I had to weigh more stuff just in order to be able to eat when I get home.

How is it that this board is packed with so many of us who are/were very overweight to obese, but suddenly, when calorie counting, there is an endless amount of people who now can't get enough calories in?

This.

I for one, became obese on 1201 calories a day.

Doubtful

How is it that this board is packed with so many of us who are/were very overweight to obese, but suddenly, when calorie counting, there is an endless amount of people who now can't get enough calories in?

This.
And this:

My eyes are bleeding from the overwhelming amount of BS in this thread.

I think it's some twisted novelty thing. Like "I used to over-eat, but now that I'm eating healthy, I just caaaaan't get my required calories, isn't that so cool that an overweight person can, like, have this problem? Isn't this AWESOME?"

The answer is simple: How do you eat more? Find food. Open mouth. Insert. Chew. Swallow. Later, poop. Rinse, repeat.

To those who are saying we're being "rude" - stick around. I'm sure you'll be shocked when the next thread about this subject rolls around. Here's hoping the shock wears off by the time the 30th thread like this pops up.

*high five*

So you get annoyed that people ask the same "dumb" questions over and over again, yet you answer them. Stop!

There are plenty of other people on this website that will respond to them. You don't need to....

How is it that this board is packed with so many of us who are/were very overweight to obese, but suddenly, when calorie counting, there is an endless amount of people who now can't get enough calories in?

This.
And this:

My eyes are bleeding from the overwhelming amount of BS in this thread.

I think it's some twisted novelty thing. Like "I used to over-eat, but now that I'm eating healthy, I just caaaaan't get my required calories, isn't that so cool that an overweight person can, like, have this problem? Isn't this AWESOME?"

The answer is simple: How do you eat more? Find food. Open mouth. Insert. Chew. Swallow. Later, poop. Rinse, repeat.

To those who are saying we're being "rude" - stick around. I'm sure you'll be shocked when the next thread about this subject rolls around. Here's hoping the shock wears off by the time the 30th thread like this pops up.

*high five*

So you get annoyed that people ask the same "dumb" questions over and over again, yet you answer them. Stop!

There are plenty of other people on this website that will respond to them. You don't need to....

I take the time to answer them because I hope someone that is stalking the forums like I used to, reads it and understands it even when the OP or others think they are special snowflakes and even though they are doing everything perfectly they aren't losing.

So as a thank you to all those mean people that took time out of their lives to answer the same questions over and over again, and helped me.

Newsflash: I know what a carb is and what turns into sugar and sugar gets stored as fat. I drink very little alcohol.

2nd newsflash: not true about eat less=lose. eat too little and lose nothing.

is that even you in the picture?