I don't get it... "hard to make calories"?

my problem is I burn so much and I have to eat that back...I've already consumed a ton of food, but I have to eat back at least half my calories burned right? the past two days I've been at 800-some odd calories Net, but I ate 2000 calories worth of food, I just worked it off...I feel like I'm eating constantly and my calorie goal is 1320

It goes both ways for me. Mine's set at 1500. Some days, I can have as much as 300-400 calories left and have absolutely NO desire to eat them back, and some days I'm like, but I waaaaaant this or that, and I only have 2 calories left. haha
When the latter happens, all you gotta do is workout so you can eat more!

I guess I just have to do this for longer to have the feeling of "oh I am so full on my ever-so-healthy food... I don't know if I can make it to 1,200 today!". --- This is only day 8 for me. Maybe it's too soon to be able to enjoy that feeling (I still crave chocolate... mmmmmm chocolate...)

LOL! I'm with you on this, I'm hungry ALOT of the time, about an hour after a meal i'll start thinking how long it will be before I can eat again! Wish i could feel full up on these measely calories i've been allocated.

i couldnt agree more.....i fond myslef constantly thinking about food!!

If I get organised enough, and eat healthily with lots of vegetables for every meal, then yes it's hard to get through my calories.

Doesn't happen that often though, and very occasionally, like today, nothing I eat seems to satisfy my hunger.

I guess I just have to do this for longer to have the feeling of "oh I am so full on my ever-so-healthy food... I don't know if I can make it to 1,200 today!".

Haha, well in fairness to me at least (maybe it's not the same for others), my calorie goal is set to about 1500 a day, and on the days when I find I have to work at meeting my goal are the days when I burn 500 or 600 calories during exercise. I try to eat my exercise calories, because it seems to work for me, so it's more the days when I'm trying to eat 2000 calories of salad and lentils. I'm also vegan, which probably makes a difference. If cheese was still an option for me, I would have NO issues meeting my goals. I used to be a huge cheese fiend.

In all honesty... over eating may be what got alot of the people on here plump but now what kept them that way. We would like starve ourselves and then binge like crazy and then our body would hold on to all the fat. People who are fat because of that are the ones most likely to have issues with eating all their cals because they need to adjust to eating normally all the time instead of eating like a bird and then spending an entire saturday eating like food was going extinct.

I am finding myself to be one of those annoying people that have a hard time getting their calories. I am set at 1210 and I have at least 30 pounds to lose. If I do not exercise, then yes, 1210 goes REALLY quick. But when we exercise (depending on which theory of thought you are part of), we get those calories we burned back. So, I get my 1210 plus anywhere from 400-700 more. So, I get 1610 to 1910. I try to shoot for three four hundred calories meals, and then 400 in snacks.
For me, the problems sometimes comes in the breakdown. For example today, I am over in fat and protein, and still have calories to eat. Yesterday, I had over 300 calories left to play with......but they had to be all carbs, no fat or protein. What the hell is that food???
So, for me, it is not 1200 per se, but getting it sometimes twice, and then trying to figure out what to eat to meet my goal when the rest of the categories are used up. Extra lettuce/fruits/veggies will only get you so far.

I think most of us have problems knowing what real hunger is sometimes. I know I scoff at people saying they can't eat their 1200 calorie goal sometimes, but really I think I eat a lot more out of boredom than true hunger.

Hmmm..... these are alll interesting thoughts. Thanks everyone!

I am not a big fan of working out though, and when I do I usually burn about 300 and I am sweating buckets. So maybe that's where it is hard for me. I don't have a lot of exercise calories to "eat back", if any.

I am also flabergasted at some people's calorie burning ability! 700 - 1000 calorie workouts?? What are you doing? How do you get such a high calorie burn??

The heavier you are the more calories you can burn. And there are some programs that are calorie burners like TurboFire, 30 Day Shred, Zumba, etc.
For example I do a alternating cardio/wt training program and I can burn 400 calories in an hour. And if I go for a power walk on top of that, well there's another 500 burned in an hour. Then I have a hard time eating back all of my calories.

Hmmm..... these are alll interesting thoughts. Thanks everyone!

I am not a big fan of working out though, and when I do I usually burn about 300 and I am sweating buckets. So maybe that's where it is hard for me. I don't have a lot of exercise calories to "eat back", if any.

I am also flabergasted at some people's calorie burning ability! 700 - 1000 calorie workouts?? What are you doing? How do you get such a high calorie burn??

I used to think my 450 cal burns were good. At least until I saw the cyborgs on here.
My advice; heart rate monitor, determination, and patience.

I recommend Zumba and 30 day shred. Both burn a lot in a short amount of time. Plus, Zumba is a lot more fun than hanging out on a treadmill half the day.

i pretty much Sike my mind by increasing my calories to about 1400-something on the mfp profile.. and now i'm always closer to the 1200 range...it's worth a try

lol I'm at 1500ish and its so easy to hit! but sometimes, especially eating back exercise calories, I find it hard to reach the full 1500

I always question those posts... if you find it hard to eat 1200 calories, why are needing to lose weight anyway? If you ate like that all the time (provided it was healthy food) you'd be skinny as a rail!

But I guess if they're exercising a TOOOOON - like 800 calories - it'd be a bit hard to eat that all back. I guess. I can eat 2000 cals pretty easily.