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TMK0214
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Hey everybody.
So my calorie goal on here is about 2300. But after I get done logging all of my food at the end of the day I'm always between 700-900 calories. I'm trying to eat very healthy, I eat chicken, asparagus, broccoli I also add butter, olive oil etc. and I'm super full after my meals, yet I can't make it past 900 calories what am I doing wrong?!
So my calorie goal on here is about 2300. But after I get done logging all of my food at the end of the day I'm always between 700-900 calories. I'm trying to eat very healthy, I eat chicken, asparagus, broccoli I also add butter, olive oil etc. and I'm super full after my meals, yet I can't make it past 900 calories what am I doing wrong?!
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Eat more. I know it sounds simple, but you're not the first person to come on here saying this.
Chances are you're eating more than you think and your logging is inaccurate also.
Here is a list of calorie dense food items to add to your diet:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods16 -
My guess is that you are actually eating more than you think you are. Do you use a food scale?24
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Did you pick the correct entries from the database?2
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Do you own a food scale?1
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Why are you even dieting? Just eat normal food.3
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If you are stuffed full on only 700 calories I'd double check your logging.13
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Just eat.
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As others have said, first double check your logging. Weigh everything, log correctly (by picking accurate entries and not just the lowest calorie one), and reassess. If you're still under your calorie goal, add more food. My personal favorite is cheese, but the link @GottaBurnEmAll posted above has lots of good options.1
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My guess is that you are actually eating more than you think you are. Do you use a food scale?
This. it's not very hard to go over 700 calories if you're eating chicken breast and adding oils and butter. The oils alone for a tablespoon is 100-120 calories, and only 100g of raw chicken breast has 147 calories.
Also, there is no need to cut out foods for weight loss.
Can you open your diary, please?4 -
Hi OP.
A few questions:
When you log, are you logging all of your oil, butter, sauces, etc, as well as your chicken and vegetables?
Do you weigh your solid ingredients on a food scale, eyeball portions, or do you use measuring cups?
For packaged foods (like butter, for instance) do you verify your labels against the MFP database entries? The MFP database is user maintained, so there are lots of incorrect entries. This also includes the barcode scanning and the green checkmarked "verified" entries. Always double check everything!
If you answered yes to all of these and are using a food scale, you may want to consider adding a few higher calorie items back into your diet to ensure that you are reaching your calorie goal. There should be a list of higher calorie food options that I'm sure someone will post shortly.
Or barring that, have a bowl of ice cream.
ETA: Never mind. Just noticed GottaBurnEmAll already posted the link.3 -
Make sure you're logging accurately, as others have said.
Then start eating more carbs and calorie dense foods. If all you eat is lean meat and veg with a little fat, of course you will fill up too quickly. You've gone to an extreme. Add in some potatoes, some rice, some bread. Have a cookie every now and then. Your body needs energy, so give it energy.5 -
I find it very hard to believe you are super full after eating just 700-900 calories each day, betting your tracking is off.8
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dragon_girl26 wrote: »Hi OP.
A few questions:
When you log, are you logging all of your oil, butter, sauces, etc, as well as your chicken and vegetables?
Do you weigh your solid ingredients on a food scale, eyeball portions, or do you use measuring cups?
For packaged foods (like butter, for instance) do you verify your labels against the MFP database entries? The MFP database is user maintained, so there are lots of incorrect entries. This also includes the barcode scanning and the green checkmarked "verified" entries. Always double check everything!
If you answered yes to all of these and are using a food scale, you may want to consider adding a few higher calorie items back into your diet to ensure that you are reaching your calorie goal. There should be a list of higher calorie food options that I'm sure someone will post shortly.
Or barring that, have a bowl of ice cream.
ETA: Never mind. Just noticed GottaBurnEmAll already posted the link.
Yes I log all of my oils, butters etc. and check the food label on my food and compare it to the one on here. I basically eat chicken and broccoli every day. So I guess I'll just have to try and eat more chicken
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TanishaKielas wrote: »
Can you open your diary? Perhaps we can find something in your logging that's causing you an issue.3 -
My guess is that you are actually eating more than you think you are. Do you use a food scale?
This. Use a scale, weigh everything, try to choose verified entries in the database when logging. Log everything, don't cheat.. you're eating more than you think. If not, then you would not have been overweight in the first place getting full on such a low amount of calories. Even olive oil is 120 calories per tablespoon. Eating too many low calorie vegetables isn't 'eating healthy' it's simply not eating enough fats, carbs, protein. Try and pay attention to your macros it'll help. If I'm wrong then you may have a medical issue you might want to discuss with your doctor.2 -
It's quite unlikely that your calorie intake is so low if you're even adding high-calorie seasonings such as olive oil and butter. 1 table spoon of olive oil has around 90-110 kcals depending on how many grams of oil you can fit in the volume of your table spoon (around 10-13g though), and 15g of butter have around 115 kcals. So each of them will make up for 10% of a 1000-kcal diet. Maybe you could try to open your diary so that everyone can give ideas on how to increase your calorie intake?0
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How on earth did you gain weight if you can't eat more than 700-900 calories? If your calorie counts are correct, you need to figure out something cause eating 700-900 calories of "healthy" food isn't as health as a balanced diet with the right amount of calories.20
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How on earth did you gain weight if you can't eat more than 700-900 calories? If your calorie counts are correct, you need to figure out something cause eating 700-900 calories of "healthy" food isn't as health as a balanced diet with the right amount of calories.
My guess is that the weight gain is more food in her GI tract, water weight due to more carbs since says she has to "watch carbs", etc.
OP, what are your weight and height?6
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