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candice1970s
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I have a difficult time eating enough calories, usually after the exercise is factored in. Because of this the app won't let me "complete" my diary so I end up fudging foods in here (adding stuff I didn't really eat) just so I can complete the diary. It's frustrating. If I eat or drink when I'm not hungry I get physically sick and u comfortable--any ideas?
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candice1970s wrote: »I have a difficult time eating enough calories, usually after the exercise is factored in. Because of this the app won't let me "complete" my diary so I end up fudging foods in here (adding stuff I didn't really eat) just so I can complete the diary. It's frustrating. If I eat or drink when I'm not hungry I get physically sick and u comfortable--any ideas?
Liquid calories.
Protein shake
Juice
Etc etc etc
Or
More calorically dense food.1 -
Ice cream!6
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And don't log phantom foods. Even if it doesn't let you "complete" your diary, it continues to remember what you logged and it's still there and it still needs to be the truth.14
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If (and only if) this is happening because you think your exercise calories are overstated, be aware that you can change the calories for an exercise when you enter it.
If the exercise calories aren't overstated, though, and definitely if you're losing at a very fast rate (say, more than 1% of your body weight per week. less than that if you've 25 or fewer pounds to lose), then granny sez "eat more". Add some calorie dense foods like nuts, cheese, avocado, peanut butter, etc.
I just want to see you stay strong and healthy while you lose weight!7 -
I just enter what I eat and even though MFP won't publish it ... it can still be seen from my friends if they choose by going to my profile page. I had gastric sleeve surgery due to serious health problems and can't eat a whole lot. But I would never add food I didn't eat. MFP angers me because of this. I am being monitored by nutritionist, take vitamins and am doing fine. I'm getting healthier. Long way to go but I will not fail. Good luck and add me if you choose. I'm always looking for new friends. Been back for the second time on MFP for only 3 days. Plan on staying a long time
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Liquid calories and calorie dense foods like nuts.1
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I am finding the calories given for exercise on here are too much. Maybe check that? Do you just rely on mfp for the data?1
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If we got over weight we ate too much so how come you can't eat enough now ? I always find this confusing ?18
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I never close out my diary6
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I think there are more questions that need to be answered:
#1- Are you 100% sure you're counting accurately? As in, weighing food and UNDERestimating exercise burns?
#2- How long have you had trouble "Eating enough"? A few days or a few weeks?
#3- How much weight are you actually losing?
#4- How far under your calorie goal are you reaching?
If your calories before exercise reach your goal, then I was just not add in the exercise to the log.0 -
If we got over weight we ate too much so how come you can't eat enough now ? I always find this confusing ?
A lot of people get overweight by either drinking a ton of calories or eating a whole lot of calorie-dense foods that aren't very filling. When you switch over to eating foods that aren't calorie-dense but are filling - roast broccoli instead of pasta, for instance - it can be difficult to eat as much as MFP thinks you need to. If you compare 100 calories of broccoli to 100 calories of pasta, for instance, the difference in volume is pretty significant.I never close out my diary
Same. It's not worth the hassle.1 -
1. Don't fudge your diary. Consume more calorie dense foods or drinks. If you are eating super low fat foods then stop it. Eat some bread, a banana or a baked potato. Drink a glass of milk or juice. Use more condiments.
2. Check to see that you are logging accurately and choosing the right entries. Weigh your food. You may be getting more calories than you think if you are not hungry but are under your goal.
3. See a doctor to rule out medical conditions causing lack of appetite.
4. Don't close your diary. It isn't required that you do so. Your logged food will still be there.2 -
Eat more carbs and fat. You need those calories. Persistent undereating is bad for you and you are unlikely to lose weight successfully and maintain the loss long-term if you did it by undereating. Please. Stop starving yourself. The fact you don't feel hungry doesn't mean you don't need food.1
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candice1970s wrote: »I have a difficult time eating enough calories, usually after the exercise is factored in. Because of this the app won't let me "complete" my diary so I end up fudging foods in here (adding stuff I didn't really eat) just so I can complete the diary. It's frustrating. If I eat or drink when I'm not hungry I get physically sick and u comfortable--any ideas?
You can change the calories you earn from exercise manually. Many consider the burns given my MFP to be inflated and only eat a percentage of them, such as 50%.
Another option is to eat calorie dense foods like nuts or nut butter. An ounce of pecans has almost 200 calories.0 -
dustedwithsugar wrote: »
For me, my weight gain came from eating junk. And some bad habits of late night snacking. Once you cut that from your diet, and eat healthier food, you feel fuller faster. Im sort of an all or nothing person so while eating healthy I found it hard to hit calorie goals. But if I added something back in like old snacks , I had no self control. So I was better to just cut them altogether. When you aren't trying to lose weight, or aren't being conscientious about what you are eating, it's super easy to pack on weight.0 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »And don't log phantom foods. Even if it doesn't let you "complete" your diary, it continues to remember what you logged and it's still there and it still needs to be the truth.
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It would be a lot easier to determine if it is an issue if you gave us details of how many calories you ate. How much exercise you did and how many calories MFP is saying you burned.0
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candice1970s wrote: »I have a difficult time eating enough calories, usually after the exercise is factored in. Because of this the app won't let me "complete" my diary so I end up fudging foods in here (adding stuff I didn't really eat) just so I can complete the diary. It's frustrating. If I eat or drink when I'm not hungry I get physically sick and u comfortable--any ideas?
Hi Candice,
On Android you can click the top right corner on you diary, (where 3 days are displayed) and select 'Complete Diary' even if you haven't hit your targets,
Regards
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why do you NEED to close out your diary each day?4
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lewiskempster wrote: »candice1970s wrote: »I have a difficult time eating enough calories, usually after the exercise is factored in. Because of this the app won't let me "complete" my diary so I end up fudging foods in here (adding stuff I didn't really eat) just so I can complete the diary. It's frustrating. If I eat or drink when I'm not hungry I get physically sick and u comfortable--any ideas?
Hi Candice,
On Android you can click the top right corner on you diary, (where 3 days are displayed) and select 'Complete Diary' even if you haven't hit your targets,
Regards
Lewis
I just tried it. It does the exact same thing whether you do the top right corner, or the button at the bottom of the diary. It says you didn't log enough calories.
The good news is it's not all that useful anyway. If the op is only going to eat what they're going to eat (not condoning it), they don't need the validation of a cell phone app.1 -
You can't close out your diary if you eat less than 1000 calories. You'll get that message that you're not consuming enough. Independent of exercise calories. Meaning you have to eat/log at least 1000.1
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leanjogreen18 wrote: »You can't close out your diary if you eat less than 1000 calories. You'll get that message that you're not consuming enough. Independent of exercise calories. Meaning you have to eat/log at least 1000.
Actually no, it still saves it whether you click "complete" or not and regardless of calories logged. I know this from when I was sick and off my food for a few days.
But OP needs to stop starving herself, seriously, and start looking for the middle way between two extremes.1 -
1.) if it's really about completing your diary, then don't log exercise, but I haven't completed my diary in years, and if your daily streak is what you are worried about, mines at over 500 days so you don't need to complete it to get that.
2.) a handful of nuts is a lot of calories, or a scoop of ben and jerry's. There are so many foods out there that a little goes a long way in the calorie world.0 -
candice1970s wrote: »I have a difficult time eating enough calories, usually after the exercise is factored in. Because of this the app won't let me "complete" my diary so I end up fudging foods in here (adding stuff I didn't really eat) just so I can complete the diary. It's frustrating. If I eat or drink when I'm not hungry I get physically sick and u comfortable--any ideas?
Why would you enter stuff just to be entering it if you didn't eat it? I complete my diary even if I haven't eaten the allotted calories for the day. I complete my diary each day and sometimes am under the calories for the day and it just pops up a message telling me what I need to be doing differently each time.0 -
The point of this is to eat in a way that will get you to your goals in a healthy, sustainable way, not to close out your diary every day. Dont worry about it.2
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CattOfTheGarage wrote: »leanjogreen18 wrote: »You can't close out your diary if you eat less than 1000 calories. You'll get that message that you're not consuming enough. Independent of exercise calories. Meaning you have to eat/log at least 1000.
Actually no, it still saves it whether you click "complete" or not and regardless of calories logged. I know this from when I was sick and off my food for a few days.
But OP needs to stop starving herself, seriously, and start looking for the middle way between two extremes.
Correct it will save it. I should have just said that the message pops up that you won't receive a 5 week projection nor will it create a newsfeed that your diary is complete AND that you've not consumed enough calories.
I think most of us have gotten it once or twice when sick:(1
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