eating loads but cant use all my calories

One technical suggestion before the suggestions about nutrition start...

Check your goals. I went back a week ago and saw that my height was set to 7ft 3in, which is cool... but not true. When I changed it, I found my number of calories dropped quite a bit.

That sounds good!

Then just roll the calories over to the next day. You should eat 8,400 calories a week. It's better to stagger your calories & keep your metabolism on it's feet. Don't force yourself to eat if you're not hungry.

Try what was suggested to me, eating 50% of your calories(Im assuming because of your workout calories you aren't able to eat them all?)I wasn't losing weight and dragged me down eating ALL the exercise calories I was earning. Forget it, I now stop when I am full and lots of water. The gals and guys I follow on here do it that way. Some will tell you they eat all their calories and that works for them. It just didn't for me is all:happy:

i have the exact same problem i have 400 left, and ive eaten so much i think im about to explode, i dont understand why it doesnt add up:flowerforyou:

Try what was suggested to me, eating 50% of your calories(Im assuming because of your workout calories you aren't able to eat them all?)I wasn't losing weight and dragged me down eating ALL the exercise calories I was earning. Forget it, I now stop when I am full and lots of water. The gals and guys I follow on here do it that way. Some will tell you they eat all their calories and that works for them. It just didn't for me is all:happy:

i have the exact same problem i have 400 left, and ive eaten so much i think im about to explode, i dont understand why it doesnt add up:flowerforyou:

I did add in 100% of the workout cals for awhile and I found it's now simply just TOO MUCH food for me in a day!! (I'm sure it's because I've gotten smaller and need much less now) I'm all for healthy but no way will I force feed myself anymore as I too believe when I'm done I'm done. I've been successful with both methods but was forcing myself to do all the extra cals because same reason Denise was... baaa baaa...I was a sheep! Reading others opinions....vital info is shared on here on threads...BUT look for the date of the person that joined and make sure you're careful listening to someone that may have joined 2 days ago....this is a learning process! The folks that know their stuff through trial and error are the folks to flip your ears up too! But if it doesn't sound right to you...it's ok to question it and do you own research...that how we ALL learn, to make the information our own, not simply follow like sheep. I've learned this from being on MFP... it's an individual walk each of our bodies has different needs

It DOES work for some very true to eat back all the cals...but for others it's just plain to much food for our bodies.:noway: Check with folks that have stayed true to healthy eating and have losses to show for it...healthy losses, and you'll see each of us is on our own journey. Which may or may not work exactly the same for you.:bigsmile:

I AM talking about the addition of the excercise cals on top of our regular daily cals allotted by MFP up above3...NOT talking about not eating all your regular cals each day. It's important to at least get in 1200 on non-workout days (check what MFP suggests for your height,age,current weight, activity level). Workout days? I go for 1/2 or so of my cals added back depending on my needs that day...when I workout I expend between 2200-2700 cals burned on my heavier workout days.....so even though my body is burning them I still find it tough to eat them sometimes:sad:

But this is all part of the process of making OUR journey individual... Denise found that out the hard way as did I.:grumble: :laugh: Plan your meals and eat healthy drinking plenty of water, most especially on workoout days..PLEASE!! DO NOT SKIMP on water on workout days...so vital to replenish our fluids.

Forgot my water bottle when I headed to the gym earlier in the week,:sad: :sad: :sad: I seriously thought my life was over as I knew it:noway: ....my water bottle is now my best friend (in the land of workout toys..:laugh:) a water fountain at the gym just doesn't kick it for me!!:sad:

My body was cryin out big time for waaaater:sad:

Just sayin is all:laugh: :drinker: