Not eating enough?

allanhbmartin
allanhbmartin Posts: 7 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
There are a few days where I watched what I ate and wasn't able to exercise. It's telling me I am not eating enough. Well, I'm not hungry at those moments, so I don't eat. Has anyone else had this?

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  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Nope. My calorie goal is 2000 and I usually come pretty close to it. In any case, I never come in below 1200, unless I'm sick or something, and as a 32 year old guy, you really shouldn't either.

    Snack on raw almonds, bananas, slice up an apple and dip it in peanut butter, have avocado with your eggs in the morning, and fry those eggs in some butter or coconut oil, and don't forget to log those cals too.

    Food is fuel - you may not "feel hungry", but that doesn't mean you're getting all the cals your body needs. You don't want to overeat, but don't sell yourself short and end up undereating either.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    You're a 32 year old man that nets under 1100 calories on a regular basis ... you're eating too little.
  • Dancetherapist
    Dancetherapist Posts: 33 Member
    Yep I've definitely had a few days where I felt totally full and satiated but was under 1000 calories. I feel like you should listen to and respect your body and not stuff yourself just to make MFP happy if you aren't hungry. Then again, I posted something like this on here and people were not very kind.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    You're only 5 days in?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    a few days here and there is not the same as doing this deliberately and consistently. A grown man has no business eating 1000 - 1200 calories on any kind of regular basis. My guess is that you'll crash soon enough.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    cmuzzi617 wrote: »
    Yep I've definitely had a few days where I felt totally full and satiated but was under 1000 calories. I feel like you should listen to and respect your body and not stuff yourself just to make MFP happy if you aren't hungry. Then again, I posted something like this on here and people were not very kind.

    The caloric needs for men differ from those for women. His diary shows a net intake over 1300 once ... under 800 twice. It isn't my lean body mass at risk from his low intake.
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