People claiming to be full in tiny calorie amounts

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I eat around 1200-1300 a day and don't feel the need to eat any more. I don't get "hungry" after that. But i'm not "so full that I CAN'T eat any more." It's all a matter of if you NEED to

Are you meeting your micro and macro nutrient requirements? Grams of protein? Grams of fat? Iron?

Actually, I am. I usually exceed my protein and meet my fat and everything else. I eat whole food and try to live a healthy lifestyle. Like right now I'm completely full and I'm not even at my goal of 1310 yet. It's all about your own body and what works for it.

Out of curiosity, what is the protein and fat goal in grams per day you are set at?

Protein is at 66 and fat is at 44. I most of the time exceed fat but almost ALWAYS exceed protein (trying to build lean muscle as well). I basically go for foods with high amounts of protein, and I try to go for the healthy fats.

Macros sound okay to me if you are exceeding those values by a good amount (like 90g protein). No way you are building muscle at 1310 cals a day though, muscle building requires an energy surplus and that you don't jave. From what you said I assume you are exercising. Are you exercising on top of of eating 1300 calories and not eating more to sustain your workouts?

I DO eat my calories back after I exercise. No way am I going to burn a thousand calories hiking and NOT eat it back, that's COMPLETELY unhealthy. And I'm not trying to bulk up or anything, but just become more athletic and leaner.

The most efficient way to reach those particular goals is to eat at a moderate deficit and do a progressive resistance program.

And I am I do Abs Monday, Arms Tues, Legs Wed, Rest, then repeat for fri sat and sun. I have resistance bands, dumbbells, new running shoes, a new bike, and a bunch of hiking stuff and etc exercise stuff. Thanks for your concern/help, though!

My net calorie goal is 1300, although with the amount of activity I do I consume somewhere between 1700-2000 calories a day. While I'm never, EVER too full to eat my calories, some days I just get weary of trying to juggle the calories and macros and making good choices. Like today, my goal is 2035 and I have almost 500 calories left to eat, and that's AFTER eating a filling and nutritious lunch AND dinner AND a piece of cake for dessert. It's 9:30 p.m. and I just lack the brain power to figure out what else to eat to fit my macros and that I feel like eating and that isn't full of sugar.

I'll do it... but for once, I sympathize with not wanting to eat any more!

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Great quote on lifestyle, not diet.

Thanks ^_^ It's just that after a diet, things go back to normal. I want a new healthy lifestyle of good foods and exercise to be a LIFESTYLE. Diets don't last.

Perhaps I misjudged you :-). If that is your plan and you are fueling your workouts sounds good. Out of curiosity when you drop the fat are you planning on bringing your calories up by a lot (like to 2000 plus) and continuing to lift?

Of course! I plan on not so much counting calories when I drop the weight and focus more on whole foods, organic, but still meeting my protein macros and all the healthy fats. I love to work out to that'll never stop hah. Thanks ^_^

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. Some people have small appetites, I get it, but it's kind of a slap in the face to those of us who are trying really hard not to overshoot our numbers.

No it is not a slap in the face to you or the OP or anyone else.

If people are having the opposite issue to you, that doesn't mean any such thing.

In order to count calories and hit 800/1000 cals, you would have to intentionally avoid high calorie items. It just seems like the easiest problem on the planet to solve. It would be like complaining that I'm too rich. :sad:

I'm sorry, that's untrue. I had McDonalds for breakfast and pizza for dinner - I came in just at 1100. I get full very quickly. What else would you suggest I do? I ate about 3 hours ago and I'm still very full feeling. If I tried to eat more right now, I'd end up with a belly ache. I suppose that's preferable than............what?

It's not like complaining that you're rich, it's just an issue that's different from your issue. One issue is not more worthy of support and guidance than the other. They are just different.

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. Some people have small appetites, I get it, but it's kind of a slap in the face to those of us who are trying really hard not to overshoot our numbers.

No it is not a slap in the face to you or the OP or anyone else.

If people are having the opposite issue to you, that doesn't mean any such thing.

In order to count calories and hit 800/1000 cals, you would have to intentionally avoid high calorie items. It just seems like the easiest problem on the planet to solve. It would be like complaining that I'm too rich. :sad:

I'm sorry, that's untrue. I had McDonalds for breakfast and pizza for dinner - I came in just at 1100. I get full very quickly. What else would you suggest I do? I ate about 3 hours ago and I'm still very full feeling. If I tried to eat more right now, I'd end up with a belly ache. I suppose that's preferable than............what?

It's not like complaining that you're rich, it's just an issue that's different from your issue. One issue is not more worthy of support and guidance than the other. They are just different.

I had Chick fil a for dinner, which including a chicken sandwich and had a chocolate chip cookie when I got home. My total calories for the day came in at 1199. I had breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snacks today. It is not hard to eat 1200 calories and not starve.

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My net calorie goal is 1300, although with the amount of activity I do I consume somewhere between 1700-2000 calories a day. While I'm never, EVER too full to eat my calories, some days I just get weary of trying to juggle the calories and macros and making good choices. Like today, my goal is 2035 and I have almost 500 calories left to eat, and that's AFTER eating a filling and nutritious lunch AND dinner AND a piece of cake for dessert. It's 9:30 p.m. and I just lack the brain power to figure out what else to eat to fit my macros and that I feel like eating and that isn't full of sugar.

I'll do it... but for once, I sympathize with not wanting to eat any more!

Whole milk. Pistachios.

I wish we had pistachios! Yum. But it's okay, I remembered we had peanut butter. Problem solved.

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. Some people have small appetites, I get it, but it's kind of a slap in the face to those of us who are trying really hard not to overshoot our numbers.

No it is not a slap in the face to you or the OP or anyone else.

If people are having the opposite issue to you, that doesn't mean any such thing.

In order to count calories and hit 800/1000 cals, you would have to intentionally avoid high calorie items. It just seems like the easiest problem on the planet to solve. It would be like complaining that I'm too rich. :sad:

I'm sorry, that's untrue. I had McDonalds for breakfast and pizza for dinner - I came in just at 1100. I get full very quickly. What else would you suggest I do? I ate about 3 hours ago and I'm still very full feeling. If I tried to eat more right now, I'd end up with a belly ache. I suppose that's preferable than............what?

It's not like complaining that you're rich, it's just an issue that's different from your issue. One issue is not more worthy of support and guidance than the other. They are just different.

I had Chick fil a for dinner, which including a chicken sandwich and had a chocolate chip cookie when I got home. My total calories for the day came in at 1199. I had breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snacks today. It is not hard to eat 1200 calories and not starve.

So by "not starve" do you mean met all your nutritional and dietary requirements or do you mean by just not feel hungry.

I did. I can't vouch for the other poster.

I bet they have room for a wafer thin mint... just a tiny little thin one.

*Looks at food log* Yep, 2,426 calories for the day. *Looks at ticker* Yup, lost 30 pounds so far and only 6 left to go. Of course, my favorite game right now is how much food can I stuff in my face and still manage to lose weight. It's highly motivational, very challenging and I've found it works quite well for me, its a diet I recommend to everyone :happy: .

Seriously, eating enough so that you feel happy and healthy but still manage to lose weight doesn't make you a little piggy, that's what we call winning. If you have more to lose and can comfortably manage a larger calorie deficit that still remains healthy then go for it, but there's absolutely no reason to be hungry and miserable if you can eat more, be happy, and still meet your goals.

*Looks at food log* Yep, 2,426 calories for the day. *Looks at ticker* Yup, lost 30 pounds so far and only 6 left to go. Of course, my favorite game right now is how much food can I stuff in my face and still manage to lose weight. It's highly motivational, very challenging and I've found it works quite well for me, its a diet I recommend to everyone :happy: .

Seriously, eating enough so that you feel happy and healthy but still manage to lose weight doesn't make you a little piggy, that's what we call winning. If you have more to lose and can comfortably manage a larger calorie deficit that still remains healthy then go for it, but there's absolutely no reason to be hungry and miserable if you can eat more, be happy, and still meet your goals.

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*Looks at food log* Yep, 2,426 calories for the day. *Looks at ticker* Yup, lost 30 pounds so far and only 6 left to go. Of course, my favorite game right now is how much food can I stuff in my face and still manage to lose weight. It's highly motivational, very challenging and I've found it works quite well for me, its a diet I recommend to everyone :happy: .

Seriously, eating enough so that you feel happy and healthy but still manage to lose weight doesn't make you a little piggy, that's what we call winning. If you have more to lose and can comfortably manage a larger calorie deficit that still remains healthy then go for it, but there's absolutely no reason to be hungry and miserable if you can eat more, be happy, and still meet your goals.

How much do you weigh? How much do you work out? And at what rate are you losing? If you don't mind my asking.

LOL, No I don't mind. I'm 5'8' 166lbs. I've been doing stronglifts 3 days a week since February with some running here and there when I felt like it. Since it's summer and I teach I switched up my routine a bit about a week ago so I'm now lifting 4 days a week for about 30-45 minutes and I started a training program to work towards running a marathon that has me running 4 days a week, 3 runs of about 30-60 minutes and one long run on the weekends 90 minutes and up as the distances get longer.

I use TDEE method so I eat the same amount of calories every day, around 2300 to 2500 and assume I'm getting 3-5 hours a week of moderately intense exercise, but I may actually up that since I'm increasing running time. We'll have to see how that balances with less activity overall because I'm not at work every day now.

My goal is to average around a half pound a week loss.

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See that's the issue. You say you don't know and are basically disregarding the importance of protein and dietary fat. They are both vital to overall health.

Here's the thing. I'm losing weight, which is the entire reason I even went on a diet in the first place. I'm satisfied with the rate I'm losing, and I'm satisfied with how I'm feeling while on this diet. I see no reason to stress over something I wouldn't have paid attention to in the first place.

Also, in case you were referring to me in the second half of your post, in what way am I being a special snowflake?

Losing weight is fine. However, there are 2 sides to the equation, losing weight and overall health. And macronutrients, micros, vitamins and minerals are key to that. Simply losing weight is not a solid indicator of overall health.

And the 2nd part of my post about giving blind advice was not directed at you. It was directed at the other poster that responded to your original post.

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Well, I made a whole batch of stuffed grape leaves yesterday. It came up to 900 calories total. I had it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A whole cauliflower, 1/2 pound of turkey, raisins, and a ton of grape leaves. It was delicious, and, more than that, it was filling. By the time I finished each meal, I could hardly eat another bite. For dessert, I had an apple with a teaspoon of nutella. That brought my total up to 1030 calories, and I decided that the remaining 170 had been spent on the crystal light and coffee I had. 1200 calories, and I didn't go to bed hungry, didn't wake up hungry.

What's wrong with that?

How much protein did you eat?
How much fat did you eat?

People can see the fat and protein totals in their own diary. I'm not sure everyone needs schooling from the faction that believes their macros are the right macros. Their are many beliefs in this area.

You enjoy taking the stance in letting people do whatever makes them happy and the truth is being supportive to everything people want to do is not actually being supportive. Not once did I tell that poster that she had to set her macros how I feel is correct or how I set mine. But completely ignoring them is not wise no matter how you look at it. There may be many beliefs on the right macros, however, one thing that is always the correct position is the that dietary fat and protein are 100% important to overall health. There is no question about that.

Also, yes people can see how much fat and protein they eat in their diary but the question was ask on how much was eaten and the response was I don't know. So don't go getting all sensitive that people don't need schooling. Some do.

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*Looks at food log* Yep, 2,426 calories for the day. *Looks at ticker* Yup, lost 30 pounds so far and only 6 left to go. Of course, my favorite game right now is how much food can I stuff in my face and still manage to lose weight. It's highly motivational, very challenging and I've found it works quite well for me, its a diet I recommend to everyone :happy: .

Seriously, eating enough so that you feel happy and healthy but still manage to lose weight doesn't make you a little piggy, that's what we call winning. If you have more to lose and can comfortably manage a larger calorie deficit that still remains healthy then go for it, but there's absolutely no reason to be hungry and miserable if you can eat more, be happy, and still meet your goals.

How much do you weigh? How much do you work out? And at what rate are you losing? If you don't mind my asking.

LOL, No I don't mind. I'm 5'8' 166lbs. I've been doing stronglifts 3 days a week since February with some running here and there when I felt like it. Since it's summer and I teach I switched up my routine a bit about a week ago so I'm now lifting 4 days a week for about 30-45 minutes and I started a training program to work towards running a marathon that has me running 4 days a week, 3 runs of about 30-60 minutes and one long run on the weekends 90 minutes and up as the distances get longer.

I use TDEE method so I eat the same amount of calories every day, around 2300 to 2500 and assume I'm getting 3-5 hours a week of moderately intense exercise, but I may actually up that since I'm increasing running time. We'll have to see how that balances with less activity overall because I'm not at work every day now.

My goal is to average around a half pound a week loss.