Feel like I'm starving

mbuckallew9
mbuckallew9 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So I have been on a steady normal diet of 1200 calories a day and I have lost 12lbs so far and I currently weigh 254lbs I still have a way to go but I have been doing good I do about an hour at the gym everynight but it seems like on the weekends I am just starving and tips on how to deal with this so I don't go crazy and over eat :/

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  • myheartsabattleground
    myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
    That's one long sentence.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Bump your calories up a little bit, your weekly weight loss goal is too aggressive. Do you eat your calorie burns back?
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    Do you eat any exercise cals back?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I'm sorry but 1200 calories with your stats, and with going to the gym every night, it is not enough food. Eat your exercise calories back.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    Switch out some foods for others that will leave you feeling full longer. Satiety is important, because it leads to success. You will stick to your calorie deficit if you don't feel like you're starving.
    many people feel fuller longer when eating more protein and fats.
    Try: nuts, nut butters, eggs, avocado, lean meats (chicken or fish), etc.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I'm sorry but 1200 calories with your stats, and with going to the gym every night, it is not enough food. Eat your exercise calories back.

    This.
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    Yep- no reason for someone at 254 to be eating 1200. Adjust your weight loss goal to 1-1.5 lbs/week. You may well lose more than that anyway and it will be a more sustainable reduction in calories.
  • windee52
    windee52 Posts: 1,690 Member
    Your calorie deficit really only needs to be 500 a day. Eat back some of your exercise calories, being overly aggressive on the deficit could backfire and you may not be able to maintain once you hit your goal. Slow and steady. It sucks but it works.
  • mbuckallew9
    mbuckallew9 Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you everybody
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I'm sorry but 1200 calories with your stats, and with going to the gym every night, it is not enough food. Eat your exercise calories back.

    Eesh, yes. I missed that. Misread the weight as 154. I thought she was closer to goal weight.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I'm sorry but 1200 calories with your stats, and with going to the gym every night, it is not enough food. Eat your exercise calories back.

    Eesh, yes. I missed that. Misread the weight as 154. I thought she was closer to goal weight.
    :p

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