Can't seem to keep calories low

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  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Eat less food, eat less calorie dense food, plan your meals so you have calories left for dinner, exercise more. There are is a plethora of solutions for you.
  • happycauseIride
    happycauseIride Posts: 536 Member
    Another thought you could try is skipping breakfast to save those calories for later. Some people can do it, others can not. It's called intermittent fasting if you want to look into it.
  • kaaaayla
    kaaaayla Posts: 91 Member
    The one thing that keeps me on track is prelogging. I log my breakfast, lunch and dinner the night before. That way I know exactly how much wiggle room I have for snacks. Also, I'm an evening snacker, so I plan on saving a couple hundred calories for night time because I know I'll want them. Plan ahead!
  • godlikepoetyes
    godlikepoetyes Posts: 442 Member
    I do better if I eat more often. Staples--Weight Watchers lite string cheese, Stacy's bagel chips, Pecan crackers, saltines, bagels, Laughing Cow cheese wedges, loaf bread, breakfast strips, bacon, eggs, nonfat milk, nonfat Greek yogurt, Luna Protein bars. Shaved turkey breast and ham, tuna. Bananas. Guacamole 100 calorie cups.

    I eat crackers often because they have about the same calories as bread but take so long to eat, esp. the bagel chips. The WW string cheese is just awesome--drier because it's low-fat. I like that it's drier because it's even stringyer. I get the jalapeno. 50 calories, about 6 grams of protein. Laughing Cow wedges are stupid good--35-50 calories. Bacon is very low in calories, so are breakfast strips. Deli meat is low in calories. I use Land o Lakes lite butter. It tastes good but is half the calories of butter.

    I know none of this sounds at all "healthy," but I have lost weight eating frequent small meals. I feel less deprived.

  • milmil89
    milmil89 Posts: 43 Member
    I normally plan all my food for the day so I know that I will be within my quota for the whole day. I am currently set to 1210 cals per day but with exercise this increases slightly. I have an open diary if you would like to take a look :)
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    Try giving yourself more volume. If you think you're eating a lot of food, you might be less hungry. Big salads, lots of veggies in my egg whites (and in general--I've been known to eat a bag of frozen broccoli in a day (cooking it first :wink: )) and especially riced cauliflower really help me. I tend to be a volume eater.
  • bakemma
    bakemma Posts: 161 Member
    Have you thought about Intermittent Fasting. Waiting to eat your first meal until 12/1 and finish eating by 9. I do that so I can eat more at dinner time. I have some coffee in the morning.I eat "breakfast" at 12. Lunch at 2:30. Another Meal/snack at 5. Dinner between 7-9. 3, 300 calorie "meals" and 600 calorie dinner. :)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    hmvanwink wrote: »
    Another thought you could try is skipping breakfast to save those calories for later. Some people can do it, others can not. It's called intermittent fasting if you want to look into it.

    This is what I do, i haven't 'eaten' breakfast for years. I do drink lots of cups of tea with milk, so i get fullness but low calories. Breakfast is wasted calories for me, as it just makes me hungrier all day, plus i would rather save my calories for dinner and dessert.
  • rhiannongrindley
    rhiannongrindley Posts: 52 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    hmvanwink wrote: »
    Another thought you could try is skipping breakfast to save those calories for later. Some people can do it, others can not. It's called intermittent fasting if you want to look into it.

    This is what I do, i haven't 'eaten' breakfast for years. I do drink lots of cups of tea with milk, so i get fullness but low calories. Breakfast is wasted calories for me, as it just makes me hungrier all day, plus i would rather save my calories for dinner and dessert.

    Exactly...I'm fine till the second I eat, then constantly hungry. I try to have a mid morning snack (banana or something similar) just to keep me going. Other than that I drink coffee or water till around lunch time. Sometimes I'll have breakfast but during week this routine is easier for me.

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