500 calories spare?

Hiya =]

So I'm supposed to be eating 1400 calories, which I'm not finding too difficult - occasionally I'm over or under by 50 calories or so but it tends to even itself out over the course of the week, so I don't worry too much. However, today, I find myself with 534 calories spare. I've eaten a sensible breakfast, lunch and dinner, and I don't feel too hungry, but I know that eating so few calories isn't good for me.

So, any ideas what I could eat to bring me back up to speed? Although I'd love to, I don't want to sabotage my efforts by resorting to biscuits and coffee!!!

If it helps, so far today I have eaten:

porridge (made with milk) and jam
minestrone soup
lemon chicken and rice & salad

Thanks!

Going under 1200 calories can put your body into starvation mode = storing fat. Your body needs fuel to do it's work, and 900 calories a day is very little, especially if you're exercising as well. Try having an apple, or something like cottage cheese, or yogurt as a snack.

This only happens after a prolonged period (days or weeks) of under eating, not from one day.

"You're fine. In this perticular case if you aren't hungry, don't eat. If most days you eat right around your goal, going low every now and then won't hurt you at all, and won't have a negative affect on your metabolism."



It isn't quoting the above, but this is my reply to that comment.

No, no, no. This could cause your body to take in extra fat. Your body burns cals on it's own without any help with exercise so it does need these to function and you don't want to send your body into that starvation mode and want to hold on to that fat the next time around. You should start adding more fruit and veg to your diet. Even a high fiber cereal with milk. That is my treat at the end of the nights when I don't go over. Someone said nuts and yogurt-very good option. Nuts have a great healthy fat and you should be getting fat in your diet-your body needs it-the healthy kind:)!