Gonna try this again and hope it takes

I always lose weight in the hospital too. You could probably go with a lot more calories and have it be more sustainable. 300-400 cals a meal isn't really sustainable especially at your size, you'd be hungry.

Good for you.

I was wondering since you are here did you answer all the questions for your profile, inputting information to determine how many calories you can eat given your height, current weight, activity level? It is so important and will help you get the right amount of calories. In the beginning most everybody is hungry when they are eating less calories than what they are use to. But if you are inadvertently eating less calories on a guesstimate, you are going to be hungry longer than you need to be. So go back under your profile and fill in the information, that is if you want to succeed. Just gotta stay the course. And read Success Stories thread. Soooo many people heavier than you or I, lost soooo much weight. They just did the work, for a long time.

You can do it, just don't try to reinvent the wheel. The tools are here.

godskreature2 wrote: »

Well let's see, another 10 lbs and I will be 300 lbs of fun. . . not
So I got a food journal, a regular journal and a timer and I know I can do this.
Last year I was put in the hospital for 2 months and in that time I managed to lose about 20 or 30 pounds. Yes I gained it back plus some but I think . . if I can watch my portions and eat resonably this is doable. Afterall in the rehab I was on a "regular" diet and was losing like crazy and that was without a lot of excursise. I think even with dessert, the meals came out about 300, 400 calories a pop. I'm going on the assumption to keep things about 1200 calories a day . . a little over won't kill me but that's just ball park.

1200 is way to low and as you said your just guessing the hospital meals are those calories , if they were set by a dietician they would have been more around the 1600 to 1800 hundred calories mfp uses the same standards as national set standards for your country .
again im not an expert only someone who was over 300 pound and have lost 100 pounds i started on 1680 and there were days i was starving ( well i thought 1 was lol ) I eat 5 or 6 times a days drink a tonne of water , that took a while to build up to , but water is your saviour and a good set of kitchen scales i still measure and weigh most things as eyeballing it just doesn't work at least not in the beginning.
good luck and remeber each day is a new day to try as is each meal

Sounds like you are off to a great start but I agree with the other and you need to eat more calories. You will still lose weight like crazy . I till my boyfriend this all the time he want to eat the amount I do but we are on two different calories counted we eat the same things just different amount . But good luck with what every you do and I hope to see your great progress.

1200 is not nearly enough for someone who is almost 300lbs.

To put it into context I am 220lbs (was 255lb) and lose eating 1700-1900 on sedentary days and up to 2400 on active days. I have lost 35lbs last year and maintained for a couple of months (give or take a few pounds at Christmas/New Year)

Undereating is the surest way to failure from either quitting because you're starving and bingeing it all back on or making yourself sick if you try to do it long term.

Please read this post, it explains how your calorie allowance is calculated and why it's important not to create too large a deficit, which is what you are proposing.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1