Calorie Burn- Working at a restaurant?

I'm not intentionally starving myself, I just don't get hungry. So if I'm not hungry, why eat?

So on days that I am more active....should I just suck it up and eat less and face potential dizziness, weakness, etc?

So on days that I am more active....should I just suck it up and eat less and face potential dizziness, weakness, etc?

So on days that I am more active....should I just suck it up and eat less and face potential dizziness, weakness, etc?

So on days that I am more active....should I just suck it up and eat less and face potential dizziness, weakness, etc?

Dizziness and weakness are signs of hunger. You are hungry. Eat more food.

Very few people are sedentary anyway by MFP's definition. When I was a stay at home wife with no kids I still found that I was lightly active.

haha I rarely eat over 3000 calories. I usually net about 800-1000. Just wondering if I should up that a bit after a 5 1/2 hr shift.

thats not enough

how tall are you and what is your weight?

haha I rarely eat over 3000 calories. I usually net about 800-1000. Just wondering if I should up that a bit after a 5 1/2 hr shift.

thats not enough

how tall are you and what is your weight?

6ft. About 128lbs I think.

oh sweetie...and you still want weight to come off?



please get help:flowerforyou:

haha I rarely eat over 3000 calories. I usually net about 800-1000. Just wondering if I should up that a bit after a 5 1/2 hr shift.

thats not enough

how tall are you and what is your weight?

6ft. About 128lbs I think.

based on this new information, i would like to change my original answer. log the 5 hours of working as walking at a slow pace and eat ALL of the exercise calories back. dead serious

It all makes sense now.

I can't set it at lightly active because I'm not always working. So on days where I don't have work, I just do light activities, which I would presume would make me sedentary. If you aren't supposed to count work, then why does MFP give you the option to record the amount of calories you burn cleaning?

You do to count cleaning either, or cooking, or just any normal activity. Count actual exercise only.

Please explain, clearly, how 5 hours of physical exertion from work is not burning calories, while 5 hours of gym time is.

Haha my mom is a house cleaner and she logs all of her house cleaning activities separately. So it made sense to me log it separately. But I don't know. Clearly I'm not an expert.

For the record, I agree with you. I think those who claim that only 'intentional exercise' counts often have a poor understanding of how many calories daily activities can burn, and also tend to unintentionally separate out traditionally gender-divided chores into 'exercise/not exercise' based on which gender traditionally filled those roles.

If your daily activity is set to sedentary, then you would be ok logging activities such as cleaning. But, if you do that for a living or if cleaning is part of your daily activity and you've set your activity level accordingly, then, no, you wouldn't log it since it would be double counting the activity.

OP: Please take the advice of others. You don't need to lose more weight.

my stomach usually feels full though. So though I may feel weak and dizzy, my stomach feels full and satisfied and I don't want to intake the additional food because it will make me feel stuffed.
I don't know if any of you can relate....

Yeah, I can. I intentionally starved myself for a decade, and even though I'm in recovery, I still don't feel hungry very often. I need to swim or rock climb to feel *hungry*... or at least, recognize it.

Hormones are what controls our appetite. Once you reach a point where you're no longer feeling "hungry," your body starts to deteriorate. Dizziness. Lack of energy. Etc. People can go through periods of feeling "fine"... but that's because other things are picking up the slack, like cortisol. These are meant for short periods of time (like a famine, for example), and not for long periods of purposeful undereating... when abused too much, the body starts getting rid of all sorts of things taking up more energy. Muscle. Heart tissue. Hey, what needs the most calories to function...? Oh, our brains. Yup, that can start going too.

With your already low weight and your history of digestive issues (which undereating can contribute to, incidentally!), you should try gradually eating more and see health professionals, stat. A GI doc for your sensitivities and to see if you're malnourished, and perhaps a therapist to help you see what damage you're doing to yourself.

Are you going to call us all meanies for not supporting your obviously unhealthy lifestyle???

Oh wow. I used to get dizzy/weak spells because of hunger.... I was anorexic. I am NOT saying that you are anorexic. However, I am 6 inches shorter than you and 10 pounds heavier and if I lost much more, I would be underweight. Please try to re-evaluate what your goals are.

haha I rarely eat over 3000 calories. I usually net about 800-1000. Just wondering if I should up that a bit after a 5 1/2 hr shift.

thats not enough

how tall are you and what is your weight?

6ft. About 128lbs I think.

oh sweetie...and you still want weight to come off?



please get help:flowerforyou:

No... I just wanted to overcome my binging problem. I've gained 8lbs since coming on here. I used to be 120lbs.
Just trying to find out how much I should be eating to maintain, plus my activities at work. Although, I'm having a hard enough time eating 1000 calories.

Again, you need to seek help. The "feeling" of hunger is not a good indicator of actual hunger. You don't have to eat large meals, but you need to eat more, period. Snack. Have high fat foods. Personally, I've been enjoying ice cream shakes with soy milk. High cal, very flavorful, and decent nutrients.

You need to eat more. You are starving your body and damaging yourself.