Eating enough?

ahaughton12
ahaughton12 Posts: 3 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I've been noticing that I'm really not eating enough food. Sometimes I'm under 1000 calories, and it's not intentional. I'm just legitimately not hungry, and this is why i am not losing any weight. Is anyone el
se ever like this?

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  • DaniCanadian
    DaniCanadian Posts: 261 Member
    No, you're not losing weight cause you're eating more than you think. Do you use a food scale to weigh out any foods that aren't a liquid?
  • hollyrayburn
    hollyrayburn Posts: 905 Member
    You're eating more than 1,000 calories a day.
  • ahaughton12
    ahaughton12 Posts: 3 Member
    Not on the majority of days. I don't usually eat meat so I don't use a scale, but measure out my food with measuring cups
  • DaniCanadian
    DaniCanadian Posts: 261 Member
    ahaughton12 wrote: »
    Not on the majority of days. I don't usually eat meat so I don't use a scale, but measure out my food with measuring cups

    Ya that'd be why, a scale isn't just for meat. Use it for every food except liquids and you'll be surprised how much you're over eating.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,117 Member
    Not eating enough food will not lead to your not losing weight.
    It just won't.
    Are you logging all your food? Are you using a food scale? Are you checking the database entries you're using.
  • ahaughton12
    ahaughton12 Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks I'll try using a scale
  • nixxthirteen
    nixxthirteen Posts: 280 Member
    Starvation mode (as it's thrown around on these forums) is a myth.

    Unless you have a medical condition that hinders weight loss (thyroid issues etc) you WILL lose weight eating at a deficit.

    Definitely agree that you need a food scale. There are some foods that are so rich in calories (granola, peanut butter, cooking oils, nuts, avocado, bananas...) that even a single gram makes a difference. Spoons and cups are for liquids only. Condiments and fats should be treated as non-liquids.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Honestly, if you were truly not eating enough you would be losing weight.
    You need to get your food logging on point, which means weighing all your food and using measuring cups for liquid only.

    Do this for a solid month to see how much you're actually eating.
  • JoshuaMcAllister
    JoshuaMcAllister Posts: 500 Member
    edited May 2016
    DaniCanadian wrote: »
    ahaughton12 wrote: »
    Not on the majority of days. I don't usually eat meat so I don't use a scale, but measure out my food with measuring cups

    Ya that'd be why, a scale isn't just for meat. Use it for every food except liquids and you'll be surprised how much you're over eating.

    Why except liquids? If you're consuming it you should be measuring it regardless of whether its solid or liquid. Weigh in millilitres rather than grams.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,117 Member
    JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »
    DaniCanadian wrote: »
    ahaughton12 wrote: »
    Not on the majority of days. I don't usually eat meat so I don't use a scale, but measure out my food with measuring cups

    Ya that'd be why, a scale isn't just for meat. Use it for every food except liquids and you'll be surprised how much you're over eating.

    Why except liquids? If you're consuming it you should be measuring it regardless of whether its solid or liquid. Weigh in millilitres rather than grams.

    Weighing in milliliters is impossible, as milliliters are a measure of volume, not a measure of weight. If your scale has a milliliter setting, it is only valid for liquids with a specific gravity of 1 (i.e., water, and anything with the same density as water).

    Otherwise, you're almost certainly saying the same thing as the person you're trying to disagree with: Use a scale to weigh all your food, except liquids (which can be measured by volume).

    Also, there's nothing wrong with using a scale to weigh liquids, as well, if the package label or some other valid source (such as the USDA database) provides nutritional information based on weight.
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