Why eating too little calories is a bad idea.....

newheavensearth · January 2018

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gerbradaisy44 · January 2018

So help me out guys. I'm 5 foot 5 inches 170lb. I get to eat 1300 a day. I have my fitbit hooked up and I usually will get 100 to 300 calories more to eat a day. I always eat my calories back. I am still feeling hungrey. What am I doing wrong. Look at my diary please.

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GrumpyHeadmistress · January 2018

gerbradaisy44 wrote: »

So help me out guys. I'm 5 foot 5 inches 170lb. I get to eat 1300 a day. I have my fitbit hooked up and I usually will get 100 to 300 calories more to eat a day. I always eat my calories back. I am still feeling hungrey. What am I doing wrong. Look at my diary please.

Couldn’t access your diary as it’s locked but I’d suggest the usual suspects:-

1. Play around with your macros to find a balance that satisfies you. Personally I feel full on high protein.
2. Eat high fibre foods that fill you up.
3. Learn to accept that you are aiming for the “not starving” feeling and probably won’t feel the “absolutely stuffed” feeling. Most of us need to re-learn what satiation feels like.

tinkerbellang83 · January 2018

gerbradaisy44 wrote: »

So help me out guys. I'm 5 foot 5 inches 170lb. I get to eat 1300 a day. I have my fitbit hooked up and I usually will get 100 to 300 calories more to eat a day. I always eat my calories back. I am still feeling hungrey. What am I doing wrong. Look at my diary please.

What @GrumpyHeadmistress said but also consider whether you would find it more sustainable to lose slower, you could aim for a slightly slower loss which would give you more calories per day.

okborednow · January 2018

gerbradaisy44 wrote: »

So help me out guys. I'm 5 foot 5 inches 170lb. I get to eat 1300 a day. I have my fitbit hooked up and I usually will get 100 to 300 calories more to eat a day. I always eat my calories back. I am still feeling hungrey. What am I doing wrong. Look at my diary please.

You also need to consider if you're reading your body's signals correctly. Mine are completely messed up after years of overeating. Two culprits that are often misdiagnosed as hunger are thirst and sugar withdrawal. So for the thirst one try a big glass of water and see if you still feel hungry after. In terms of sugar withdrawal I think it's just a case of riding it out and your body will get used to the new sugar levels.

lemurcat12 · January 2018

gerbradaisy44 wrote: »

So help me out guys. I'm 5 foot 5 inches 170lb. I get to eat 1300 a day. I have my fitbit hooked up and I usually will get 100 to 300 calories more to eat a day. I always eat my calories back. I am still feeling hungrey. What am I doing wrong. Look at my diary please.

I think people have given good advice. I'll add:

Pay attention to when you are hungry -- is it shortly before a meal? Don't worry about it. Is it constantly through the day? Change food choices or meal times. Are you still hungry after a meal (or wanting to eat afterwards -- sometimes that's confusing)? Think about volume.

Food choices -- pay attention to whether you are more or less hungry in a particular day. If so, eat more like the day you were less hungry. Things to try: increase protein, increase fiber, increase volume (more vegetables, less high cal/small serving things like oil), decrease refined carbs and high cal extras (so-called junk food, added oil, added cheese, croutons -- all fine, but often a smaller portion works). Some people find that more fat helps, some find it does not, so this is worth experimenting with.

Meal times -- are you hungry in the evening before bed? Consider saving calories for later. Are you snacking and also feeling hungry between meals and unsatisfied with them? Some find they feel more satisfied and less hungry if they eat only at meals (and so have larger meals). Are you hungry for breakfast? If not, maybe wait until later to eat. Does eating breakfast tend to make you more or less hungry? Stuff like that.

ms_havisham · January 2018

I have gone through starvation periods during Crohn's flares. Not fun. Had skipped periods, was dizzy, confused, and my hair did start falling out. Even after eating it continued to fall out for a month or so. I got to the point that a bad flare up meant I was chopping off my hair when I got out of the hospital. The first time was heartbreaking. I was 16, had hair halfway down my back, and a few weeks after I was home from the hospital it was coming out in handfuls. Not sure there is any weight loss goal worth that.

Jacquilda · January 2018

So, what if you've messed up your metabolism so much that you simple can't eat the 1790 calories they recommend?

heybales · January 2018

Jacquilda wrote: »

So, what if you've messed up your metabolism so much that you simple can't eat the 1790 calories they recommend?

Repair it first.
Though it's not really broken, body did exactly what it needed to do.
Now you can spend some time convincing it there doesn't need to be a max adaptation to protect itself.
Work out strong in the meantime and transform the body more than mere weight on the scale might indicate.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/heybales/view/reduced-metabolism-tdee-beyond-expected-from-weight-loss-616251

Jacquilda · January 2018

Thanks heybales!

tinkerbellang83 · February 2018

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alteredsteve175 · February 2018

Bump. Good info. Thanks, @tinkerbellang83.

chantellecalgary · February 2018

I used MFP before and trying it again but I find it very hard to meet the calorie requirement when eating healthy because I get full pretty quickly with meals or snacks .. suggestions?

fb47 · February 2018

chantellecalgary wrote: »

I used MFP before and trying it again but I find it very hard to meet the calorie requirement when eating healthy because I get full pretty quickly with meals or snacks .. suggestions?

Eat high caloric liquids (ex: Fruit juice, chocolate milk)...don't be affraid of putting more olive oil in salads...make sure to weigh it so that you don't go overboard either, olive oil has a lot of calories. Peanut Butter and dried fruits have high calories for low volume.

try2again · February 2018

chantellecalgary wrote: »

I used MFP before and trying it again but I find it very hard to meet the calorie requirement when eating healthy because I get full pretty quickly with meals or snacks .. suggestions?

Consider how you want to eat for the rest of your life... do you plan on *exclusively* eating "healthy" foods (whatever you're calling that) for the rest of your life? Learn how to incorporate the foods you enjoy during the weight loss process and it will be good practice and help you meet your calorie goal.

tinkerbellang83 · March 2018

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