I am never hungry enough to meet my calorie count

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  • x_blackrainbow
    x_blackrainbow Posts: 439 Member
    Cups and spoons are for volumetric liquid measurements. Solids need to be measured by mass, meaning you have to weigh them to know what you're really getting. Here's another video example using oatmeal. A half cup is supposed to be 40 grams, but his half cup holds 53 grams. That is 50 extra calories a serving you would be assuming you had left to eat in your day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpHykP6e_Uk
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited December 2015
    marilynxmonster wrote: »
    Cups and spoons are for volumetric liquid measurements. Solids need to be measured by mass, meaning you have to weigh them to know what you're really getting. Here's another video example using oatmeal. A half cup is supposed to be 40 grams, but his half cup holds 53 grams. That is 50 extra calories a serving you would be assuming you had left to eat in your day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpHykP6e_Uk

    Ooh, this is a good one! I've never seen this one before. Love it!
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    slbean121704 wrote: »
    For the one lady that is just downright being rude you don't need to comment at all.
    Who was rude to you? People are genuinely trying to help and the only rude comment that I've seen in this thread was yours, actually :
    " I don't need to weigh everything. I'm getting a bit annoyed by this, that's not the point. Forget it."



  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    slbean121704 wrote: »
    For the one lady that is just downright being rude you don't need to comment at all.
    Who was rude to you? People are genuinely trying to help and the only rude comment that I've seen in this thread was yours, actually :
    " I don't need to weigh everything. I'm getting a bit annoyed by this, that's not the point. Forget it."



    My guess would be Serah87 when she said "fix it or give up." I understand the tough love thought, not sure it was necessary.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    slbean121704 wrote: »
    Thank you every one for your advise, I do appreciate it. I will try a scale.
    Thanks everyone

    For the one lady that is just downright being rude you don't need to comment at all.

    Actually you gave the attitude when people were trying to help you.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited December 2015
    Serah87 wrote: »
    slbean121704 wrote: »
    Thank you every one for your advise, I do appreciate it. I will try a scale.
    Thanks everyone

    For the one lady that is just downright being rude you don't need to comment at all.

    Actually you gave the attitude when people were trying to help you.

    And you fired back. Two wrongs make a right in your opinion? OP certainly responded better to people who were being polite and explaining, than to you.

    I guess it depends on what your intentions were. Mine were to help. Yours did not appear to be that way.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    slbean121704 wrote: »
    Thank you every one for your advise, I do appreciate it. I will try a scale.
    Thanks everyone

    For the one lady that is just downright being rude you don't need to comment at all.

    I'm not sure who you mean by that final comment, but I assume it's me for posting a link and running rather than a longer comment? This kind of question happens to come up often and posting my list as a separate thread was easier than copy/pasting it each time. I'm sorry that you didn't find it useful, but maybe if you could talk more about why it would help others give you better advice.

    Though I do agree with those suggesting a food scale. Getting one of those was a game changer for my slow weight loss.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    edited December 2015
    Bunch of Meanies! ;)
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    Bunch of Meanies!

    Off to my corner.
  • bullterrierfan
    bullterrierfan Posts: 9 Member
    Wish I didn't have the opposite problem...
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    CHEESE
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    OP, I also think it's very common for people to temporarily experience a reduction in hunger when they first start eating at a deficit just from the boost you get from trying something new. You're all excited and motivated, and you're probably eating more protein and fiber than you were previously (which are both very satiating). My first thought any time someone posts something similar within the first week or two of starting here is that they're in the new diet glow (for lack of a better phrase).

    It'll pass, and you will start to feel hungry again. Probably very hungry, and a couple of weeks of undereating because you weren't hungry aren't going to help. Figure out a way to stick to your 1300 calories now (adding nuts/good fats. etc.), so you're not taken aback when your hunger signals kick in again.
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    OP - Beyond weighing, I'm guessing you aren't choosing proper database entries when logging your food and, when combined with not weighing, you are actually eating more than you think. When you search for something like broccoli, try "broccoli raw" to find the USDA entry. Don't buy into the "verified" foods as they are notoriously inaccurate/inconsistent. I saw a lot of room for improvement with your database choices and, obviously, the weighing/logging thing.
  • kpk54
    kpk54 Posts: 4,474 Member
    dhimaan wrote: »
    kpk54 wrote: »
    Nuts. Seeds. Peanut butter. Other nut butters. Nutritious calorie bombs. No need to even sit down to eat them on those days there is no time for lunch.
    kpk54 wrote: »
    Nuts. Seeds. Peanut butter. Other nut butters. Nutritious calorie bombs. No need to even sit down to eat them on those days there is no time for lunch.

    I thought you quit posting.

    And here I thought (for a split second) I had posted something "quote worthy". OMGosh. I have tears running down my face from laughing. That was one weird thread. I think it was closed by the moderators. :pB)
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited December 2015
    kelisueray wrote: »
    slbean121704 wrote: »
    Yes I understand I am eating very low fat and a lot of veggies and high protein, but come on why would I eat fattening foods if I am making a lifestyle change?

    They aren't "fattening" they are high in good fats which can help you meet your calorie goals. Avacados and Nuts are two great options and you don't have to eat much of them to get to where you need to be.


    This^

    Dietary fat does not make you fat. Too many calories overall, makes you fat.
  • Ioras88
    Ioras88 Posts: 57 Member
    Btw, OP, since you have an open diary:
    Also weight everything the site allows you to add as a 'slice' because the weight here can also vary (as with everything else) :)

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