Anyone who is consuming 3,000 to 4,000 calories?

I think there is a little in all that's been mentioned. I may be on my way to gaining. Only really 'tracked' for like a month so maybe if i keep going i won't be able to sustain.

As for logging, I try and put everything on there, but it's hard, if i have like a large fruit of any kind, e.g. orange, i say LARGE ORANGE; the calories varies soo much on each entry on MFP. I don't know how much that exact orange is in terms of calories so maybe it's an overestimate when i chose say the highest calories entry here. Or home made dishes, I add 20 different ingredients to a dish... rice/veg/pasta etc adding them is not the issue, getting the right calories may be an issue. So there may be a slight overestimation.

As for the 'eating disorder'. There are a time i was desperately unhappy, so occupied myself with watching a lot of weight related programmes, not sure why but i did and occasionally do. Weather it's about being too fat (home bound individuals) or too thin i would watch it, often eating as well. Over time that got me a little obsessed with food. This was about 5/6 years ago. I no longer eat like that, now i eat better, but have times when I overeat (knowing I'm full but still going). It's getting better over time. Also I'm a ALL or nothing kind of person (personality type) . So if i ever diet, i go all the way (restriction) or nothing however being such a 'perfectionalist' if I eat like a sweet or something i had not planned to, i fall, really bad. So have given up diet for some time.


Apart from the occasional large feast i don't purge or take weird laxatives or go that extra step. I eat too much and regret it like everyone else. That it.

Ps. The photo is not of me, in case you are wondering, she is what I aspire to be, slim toned but alive and SHEKSHI!!

meeshymoosh wrote: »

A food scale will help tremendously. You can buy a digital one from Amazon for under $20. This helped me figure out how the heck to log the large oranges and the meals I make. Otherwise, you could be simply picking the highest calories when you're actually eating much less (or more). You could be slowly gaining weight but unaware because you're young and pretty active. That will change the closer you get to 30

It takes two seconds to weigh, write it down, and log it into MFP. The recipe part of MFP is super helpful and pretty fun to make meals you've had all your life and see how many calories it is. The only struggle I have is dividing that into serving sizes when I'm not the only one eating the food - I haven't figured out weighing the whole finished product yet.

Take it a day at a time and take the time to plan it out. It helps me to log in everything the day before (like, when I'm sitting in bed planning the next day). I've packed my lunch before bed and have written down the weights of each food item, so I can log each item it and see what I'm working with for breakfast and dinner. That way I can see things like: if I packed many snacks or a bigger lunch, I can be aware that if I eat that 350 cal egg sandwich from Starbucks for breakfast I'm going to be left with 400~ calories for dinner so I'll need to plan for that (which is a bummer because I like dinner to be my biggest meal).

Once you've logged many of the same food items that you eat on the regular (like my Belvita breakfast bars, mini baby bell cheeses, other repetitive snacks like grams of grapes), you can even log for things you haven't weighed yet to get yourself a big picture of the next day, then make corrections as you DO weigh those grapes out, etc.

Thank you for the suggestion. I am starting to get serious. Even IF i maintained at that (do now think dependencies on actual calorie counts) I wouldn't want to be that, I want to be slimmer, feel better... and go to the gym more by choice.

I appreciate your advice, thank you for taking your time.

1chana23 wrote: »

OP great that you're back and taking the exercise. Maybe aim to be the best you (not someone else's body) that way you never feel disappointed, because really, you can only be you. Your body is a temple. Fill your body with things that nourish your body, same for your mind and soul. You can do this.

There are many support groups here. If you have eating disorders or tendency you can find support. If you have body image issues support for that as well. You're not alone as we all struggle with something or many things. See the above posts for your food measurement and logging.

It sounds hard at first but once you start then look back you may be surprised it wasn't that bad. Maybe try to start thinking of food as something to eat that gives you energy. If you are eating out of boredom maybe try to be mindful about when you eat, while finding other outlets for borefom.

Fyi, I ask myself am I hungry? Then I ask myself whether what is in front of me will give me the nutrients my body needs (my body needs lots of protein, fats and fiber, plus other things, but those are my main focus). Sometimes the food in front of me may not give me those nutrients but it serves another purpose. I am learning to be mindful about that.

LOVE your response, it's soo positive. It is true, I have recently been inspired by the founders of 5:2 (interpret fasting) which already increases longevity and their main focus is NUTRITION over calories. So take all the nutrition you can without the heavy calories, appears effective as once can look younger and if practised well you could be quite fit in the later years.

My body has irritable bowel syndrome / lactose intolerant and various other mild and no so mild issues. The years of bad habits have left my immune system weak... Sometimes bad things happen for a good reason, to wake you up and get you on a better path

Thank you for the support!

firef1y72 wrote: »

fillo_sot wrote: »

I am 5ft 3 (JUST), I have been logging the last few weeks on here... on occasion not logged anything in due to the sheer quantity of food consumed.
I wanted to lose weight when coming on here but have since maintained. I weight about 58kgs/127lbs. This does not seems to shift, I did work out for like 2 weeks, 5 days a week and felt not different when it came to clothes fitting etc. Even so I'm amazing at how much i eat and still maintain. Maybe im slowly gaining without realising... ?!?!

What I want to know is if there is anyone who is consuming 3,000 to 4,000 calories doing moderate on occasion very little exercise and is able to maintain weight rather than add .

You NEED to see a doctor! I'm a little shorter than you at 5'1", but heavier at 185lb and most days would need to eat around 2750 to maintain with a very active lifestyle (21000+ steps). There are a couple of days a week where maintenance would be even higher, but on those days I take two high intensity classes, plus weight train plus run, log 30000+ steps and burn 4000+ Calories. There's no way you're burning the same without an even higher activity level unless you either have a medical condition or are a medical miracle.

Haha hardly a miracle, well it may be just that my lack of food scale meaning i may be overestimating at time. While i have a friend who misses out food, I would write EVERYTHING down but maybe selecting the largest calories that i can find on here- as i dont know the exact weight of things.

Someone did mention a 'worm' or something... I have IBS irritable bowel syndrome which i have not payed any attention to, so it has gotten worse the last 10 adult years, imagine the damage, i wouldn't be surprised if there is anything as such inside.

Thanks for your comment. All the best on your journey!