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dollarstitch
dollarstitch Posts: 26 Member
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I have a 1,200 calorie a day limit, and it seems like most days I end up with 800 left over by the end of the day, (but I'm not hungry) I don't want to go into starvation mode, but I don't want to eat when I'm not hungry either. Any solutions? I went from 7 dr peppers a day to 3, (which my gym instructor told me to cut them down to 4 the first week) so I think I'm doing pretty good. I'm just not sure.
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  • kazzsj0urney
    kazzsj0urney Posts: 57
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    The simple answer is eat more. You would be nutrient deficient as 300 of those 800 calories is soda. I am sure you know the general idea of good eating. You simply need to eat more. Some high calorie foods tho are things like full fat dairy, avocados, olive oil, nut butters etc.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
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    You're eating next to nothing to fit in those Dr. Peppers. That can't be healthy. :noway:
  • MaidensAndMonsters
    MaidensAndMonsters Posts: 89
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    The 3 doctor peppers alone have something like 360 calories.....you must be eating almost nothing else.
  • oksanatkachuk
    oksanatkachuk Posts: 149 Member
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    I checked ur diary.
    First: u ve been logging few days only yet, it's too early to judge anything.

    Second: prolly the reason u r not hungry on 800 cal for a few days- coz that's how many days it will last.

    U will get hungry and I hope u will eat than instead of starving urself.

    My only advise will be to make sure u eat a lot of protein per day and keep going. It needs few weeks for body to adapt.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
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    You ate half a blueberry?

    Small steps - cutting down the soda is a very positive step, so well done on your progress there so far, keep it going.

    Your food choices are pretty good, try to add in some calorie dense good stuff like avocado or peanut butteer or a handful of almionds.
  • Cryptonomnomicon
    Cryptonomnomicon Posts: 848 Member
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    Look here is how to set up your calorie allowance properly, what you are doing is neither healthy nor sustainable.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

    Some solid advice on how to approach using mfp if you're new

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1069278-acronyms-and-terms-for-new-mfp-members-v-6

    What you are doing to your body by having such an extreme deficit...

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html

    A real explanation on the controversial subject of "starvation mode"

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1077746-starvation-mode-adaptive-thermogenesis-and-weight-loss

    The links I have provided were created by very knowledgeable people who have and continue to have much success on here, I highly recommend you go over them.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    Your diet is appalling. You need to eat more protein and fats and not try to live off sugar from a bottle.

    Have an omelette for breakfast, not a bottle of sugar water.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,725 Member
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    Your diet is appalling. You need to eat more protein and fats and not try to live off sugar from a bottle.

    Have an omelette for breakfast, not a bottle of sugar water.

    Personally I prefer sugar for breakfast

    OP, read post four here for calorie dense options to add to your diet. You should try to bring up your daily totals to at least the minimum 1200 calories you've setup.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1331494-1200-calories-per-day
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,932 Member
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    Are you actually logging accurately? Everyone starts suggesting eating more in every one of these threads but I'm not seeing evidence of consistent and accurate logging, OP. Weigh and measure. Log everything. Then come back and talk to us about how little you're eating.
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
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    Are you actually logging accurately? Everyone starts suggesting eating more in every one of these threads but I'm not seeing evidence of consistent and accurate logging, OP. Weigh and measure. Log everything. Then come back and talk to us about how little you're eating.

    Agree. Try and get a food scale so that you know more about how much you are really eating (a chicken leg can be small or huge - weighing is the only way to be accurate ). Once you begin weighing more accurately, then go back and read Deliverator's links. Our bodies can tolerate anything for a few days. Nutritionally, we won't notice problems for a while. Take care of the nutrition piece and you'll be able to do this long enough to lose the weight you want to. Sacrificing your health is never smart.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    Hmm... 200 calories for a PB&J seems a little on the light side to me. I'd re-evaluate how you're measuring/weighing/logging.

    I just can't wrap my head around some of your choices, but
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  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,932 Member
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    Look here is how to set up your calorie allowance properly, what you are doing is neither healthy nor sustainable.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

    Some solid advice on how to approach using mfp if you're new

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1069278-acronyms-and-terms-for-new-mfp-members-v-6

    What you are doing to your body by having such an extreme deficit...

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html

    A real explanation on the controversial subject of "starvation mode"

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1077746-starvation-mode-adaptive-thermogenesis-and-weight-loss

    The links I have provided were created by very knowledgeable people who have and continue to have much success on here, I highly recommend you go over them.

    ^ And I agree 100% with all of this, but start by purchasing a food scale
  • _Thriving_
    _Thriving_ Posts: 29
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    You are not logging accurately. Most peanut butter has a minimum of 200 cal a serving. Measure, weigh, log and repeat... simple
  • FisherGT
    FisherGT Posts: 55 Member
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    Your still overweight, give it a few months, wait till you dip into the underweight range and one meal sends you into shark mode and you find it nearly impossible not to eat even when your full because your body is deprived of vitamins and minerals. Trust me :) I got the experiance to back it.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
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    Look here is how to set up your calorie allowance properly, what you are doing is neither healthy nor sustainable.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

    Some solid advice on how to approach using mfp if you're new

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1069278-acronyms-and-terms-for-new-mfp-members-v-6

    What you are doing to your body by having such an extreme deficit...

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html

    A real explanation on the controversial subject of "starvation mode"

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1077746-starvation-mode-adaptive-thermogenesis-and-weight-loss

    The links I have provided were created by very knowledgeable people who have and continue to have much success on here, I highly recommend you go over them.

    ^ And I agree 100% with all of this, but start by purchasing a food scale

    I definitely agree. Get a food scale. Weigh and measure everything. And read ALL of those links. You will benefit a lot from the information that they offer.
  • dollarstitch
    dollarstitch Posts: 26 Member
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    lol, I had to add 2 blue berries because my daughter in law ate a blue berry cheese cake and I stole her blue berries off it LOL...There was only 2 though LOL
  • dollarstitch
    dollarstitch Posts: 26 Member
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    Your diet is appalling. You need to eat more protein and fats and not try to live off sugar from a bottle.

    Have an omelette for breakfast, not a bottle of sugar water.

    I went from 7 to 9 dr peppers a day to 2 or 3, I am still trying to cut them out complely.
  • dollarstitch
    dollarstitch Posts: 26 Member
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    You ate half a blueberry?

    Small steps - cutting down the soda is a very positive step, so well done on your progress there so far, keep it going.

    Your food choices are pretty good, try to add in some calorie dense good stuff like avocado or peanut butteer or a handful of almionds.

    I ate 2 blue berries, stole them off my daughter's cheese cake LOL
  • rileyleigh
    rileyleigh Posts: 106 Member
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    You are almost definitely eating more than you think you are. Everything you have logged is "1 cup" or "1 chicken tender" or "1 serving". Also it appears that you are using data entries that other MFP users have input manually, which likely is not exactly the same as what you are eating.

    For instance, your chicken cordon blue recipe is likely different than the recipe of the user that put that information in there. That means there is a different amount of calories in it.

    To be accurate in your logging, you have to get away from cups, servings, slices, or individual anything. You need a food scale, and you need to weigh everything in grams/ounces. Then find a database entry with a lot of user confirmations for the basic food you are using, and log it with grams/ounces.

    If you make somthing homemade, don't find a "homemade" item in the database to log, you need to log each indivual ingredient and quantity yourself. The recipes function on MFP makes that pretty easy actually.

    Then finally, don't blindly trust the calories that MFP tells you you are burning in your exercise. I tend to believe that i burn about half of what it says i burn, just so that i don't eat more than i should.
  • dollarstitch
    dollarstitch Posts: 26 Member
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    You are almost definitely eating more than you think you are. Everything you have logged is "1 cup" or "1 chicken tender" or "1 serving". Also it appears that you are using data entries that other MFP users have input manually, which likely is not exactly the same as what you are eating.

    For instance, your chicken cordon blue recipe is likely different than the recipe of the user that put that information in there. That means there is a different amount of calories in it.

    To be accurate in your logging, you have to get away from cups, servings, slices, or individual anything. You need a food scale, and you need to weigh everything in grams/ounces. Then find a database entry with a lot of user confirmations for the basic food you are using, and log it with grams/ounces.

    If you make somthing homemade, don't find a "homemade" item in the database to log, you need to log each indivual ingredient and quantity yourself. The recipes function on MFP makes that pretty easy actually.

    Then finally, don't blindly trust the calories that MFP tells you you are burning in your exercise. I tend to believe that i burn about half of what it says i burn, just so that i don't eat more than i should.

    I only log the calories the treadmill says I burn at the gym, I don't go by it on here, but I am going to try doing the stuff suggested on here :)

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