I can't keep my calories low!

What are you eating? Like what types of foods? My calorie goal is 1200, but I eat a lot and still stay under...

If you're doing lots of exercises, you need to eat lots! 1200 is the bare min.

Throw out all of the junk food. If it's not there you can't eat it.

There are many people on here that have their food diary open to the public.

And lastly, don't look at this as a diet. It is a change in lifestyle. Change your eating habits and stop dieting.

Good luck.

Add me as your friend and you can look at my diary. My daily calorie goal is 1320. You can't starve yourself, that will not help you. I have lost over 16 lbs in 5 weeks even though my ticker says 8 because I haven't updated it yet. You need to eat every two hours to keep your metabolism running and to convert your food into energy instead of fat.

Are you factoring in that you can eat the calories you exercise off? In fact, you're supposed to to give your body fuel. At 1,200 NET (meaning if you ate that plus what you exercised off) you're still at a deficit to lose and you're fueling your body to build the muscles from your exercising that will in turn boost your metabolism and help you lose more efficiently!

If you are hungry - then you body wants fuel. First, eat something with lots of fiber, like an apple, before you go to the other food. It will make you feel full. Then, make sure you are drinking your water - if you are dehydrated, it may make you feel like you are hungry. Last, pack some 'good' snacks and hide them away in your room so they will always be there. Fruit and veggies, microwave popcorn, what ever you crave.

Good luck!

eat lots of veggies, and fruits. Watch some fruits though, high in sugar. eat white meat instead of red. whole wheat, whole grain instead of white bread. Try hungrygirl.com for some alternatives to your favorite recipes. look im my diary if you'd like.

If you're exercising and taking in right at 1,500 calories, I would say that you're doing a fine job. Add fiber to your diet and make sure you're eating enough protein, and I think you'll feel fuller.

Try filling up on vegetables! They're really low in calories but fill you up. Feel free to look at my food diary, I've come up with some really good meals that are low calorie!

You can look at mine, by the way, I eat a lot of food in a day. It's getting easier to maintain the calories lower than the goal. I have mine set at 1,500 not 1,200 like it wanted to set it for me. I knew that would have been very frustrating for me to keep up with. I will add you and maybe we can help each other.

I was eating a BUNCH of low cal things all day long....and recently changed to a little higher cal snacks that FILL me most of the day!
Try nuts
cottage cheese & fruit
greek yogurt
protein shakes/almond milk
celery w/ natural peanut butter.
... i also changed up my breakfast- I have been doing Steel Cut Oats w/ a little honey a few chopped almonds and what ever fruit! YUMMY and FILLING!

Feel free to look at my food diary

Cant see your food log, so hard to give ya advice. Try doing more protiens they hold off hunger longer. What kind of exercise are you doing? You say alot but only want to keep calories at 1200. How much is alot of exercise? 1200 calories inst enough to keep hunger away when you exercise alot.

my food diary might be weird to you since i dont eat meat, so mine stays really under the calorie line plus im working with my
doctor to loose weight and am on a rx weight loss drug. he told me to get this book and read that would help me in finding the healthiest food choices. the name of the book is" skinny *****" by rory freeman and kim barnouin. you can find it in your local book store it's under $15 and its a awesome help in know what you should eat and give up and it explains what foods and drinks are bad for you
and the ones that are good for you . after reading this book i have been a total vegan for 4 days but dont eat any white flour,white rice, white pasta,white refined sugar , ice cream,candy,candy bars coffee(reg or decaf) soda has boat loads of sugar in it and diet sodas make you fat .these have lots of bad cards and lots of sugar and will delay you in your weight loss effort. instead eat whole wheat pasta pasta brown ,rice pasta , veggie pasta, whole wheat and whole grain breads and whole wheat ceral, lots of fruit and veggies . feel free to look at my food diary for meal options. i hope this helps .