Having a hard time eating 1200 calories

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  • ivery28
    ivery28 Posts: 15 Member
    It really bothers me when people say "I ate more than 1200 calories in chocolate and ice cream last night. *shrug* I don't see the problem. " Thats not the point! The point is we are trying to eat healthy, we know we have to eat, we know that its not "Hard" to eat 2000 calories its just "Hard" to eat 2000 healthy calories! IMO I think people should start giving helpful advice on these forums and not put down people because we are trying to do the right thing with limited resources. And MFP only gives you basic information. Telling someone to eat Doritos and ice cream and pizza is not helping. Telling me to eat advocado, a table spoon of peanut butter in between snacking, bring a bag of veggies with you where ever you go... now thats helpful.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    It really bothers me when people say "I ate more than 1200 calories in chocolate and ice cream last night. *shrug* I don't see the problem. " Thats not the point! The point is we are trying to eat healthy, we know we have to eat, we know that its not "Hard" to eat 2000 calories its just "Hard" to eat 2000 healthy calories! IMO I think people should start giving helpful advice on these forums and not put down people because we are trying to do the right thing with limited resources. And MFP only gives you basic information. Telling someone to eat Doritos and ice cream and pizza is not helping. Telling me to eat advocado, a table spoon of peanut butter in between snacking, bring a bag of veggies with you where ever you go... now thats helpful.
    Assuming the protein macros are met, why is eating a bag of Doritos to increase calorie count - as well as carbohydrate and fat macros - a bad thing? It's my general observation that those who are the most restrictive in the foods they're 'allowed' to eat upon embarking on calorie-counting at MFP are the ones who have the hardest time sustaining any success.
  • ashgrins
    ashgrins Posts: 1 Member
    I agree to try to incorporate nuts. I think it's a good idea to add more fuel to a meal you are already eating such as the avocado, sour cream, etc. However, Sour cream should still be light. Avacado is good for you, but don't eat too much. It is not a power food. be careful, jsut because you need more calories doesn't mean you need more carbs, protein, salt etc. I have made that mistake. when you are taking in less calories your body stores fat which is probably why you have hit a plateau. if you start getting all of the calories you need then you will probably start losing again :)
  • rebeccagoddard
    rebeccagoddard Posts: 9 Member
    floersh21 wrote: »
    I'm always curious about these kinds of posts. Presumably once you ate way over 1200 calories per day?
    Someone says this every time these threads pop up (though I must say yours is the most polite I've seen). The reason that people manage to get overweight and then have difficulty hitting even 1000 calories is that not everyone eats a lot of food in terms of volume when gaining weight. If you eat very calorie-dense foods, then you don't need to eat a lot to gain weight; if you switch to low-calorie options but don't increase the amount of food, then you can end up eating next to no calories.

    To use myself as an example, I've never been a big eater. I gained a lot of weight by living entirely on Doritos, fast food, soda, and booze. When I switched to fresh, whole foods and prepared them myself, I wasn't any hungrier in terms of how much I wanted to consume, so I went from eating food at 300 calories/ounce to foods with a tenth of that amount. At the end of the day, I was seeing totals like 600 calories but wasn't at all hungry. I had to learn how to incorporate high-calorie foods into a healthy diet.

    This is literally EXACTLY what I'm dealing with. I couldn't explain it better myself.

    I am finding this problem too, I wasnt a huge eater but was awfully fond of cake and costa (freaking hell have you seen the calorie content on those) so was probably quite happily packing away about 3000 calories a day. Now I am eating healthier (no less in quantity but better quality) and despite still eating 3 filling meals a day and snacks I get stuck somewhere between 900 and 1050 calories a day. I dont feel hungry at all, dont feel like eating just to get my calories up when I'm not actually hungry.. Its just because I am eating healthier foods rather than cake and chocolate.
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