Question regarding calorie intake!
Ashjvb
Posts: 14 Member
Hii. So i started my weightloss journey mid july 2017 and to date iv lost 54 lbs.
For this month im focused on cutting UNHEALTHY carbs where i can. This past week i have eaten alot of food. But my calorie intake has been under 1000. I am trying to follow the 80/20 rule for flexible dieting and allowing myself one sweet treat a day .
So my day would look like this :
Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled with shredded carrots and zuchinni ( 287 calories )
Lunch - raw veggies and dip ( 150 calories )
Dinner - beef spaghetti sauce over cauliflower rice (273 calories )
Treat - dairyland chocolate ( 280 calories )
Bringing me to a total of 950 calories.
And im not feeling hungry, my body seems satisfied with the foods im eating.
Also im drinking 100 oz of water a day.
Now my question is.. is this unhealthy? Should i be trying to eat more?
For this month im focused on cutting UNHEALTHY carbs where i can. This past week i have eaten alot of food. But my calorie intake has been under 1000. I am trying to follow the 80/20 rule for flexible dieting and allowing myself one sweet treat a day .
So my day would look like this :
Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled with shredded carrots and zuchinni ( 287 calories )
Lunch - raw veggies and dip ( 150 calories )
Dinner - beef spaghetti sauce over cauliflower rice (273 calories )
Treat - dairyland chocolate ( 280 calories )
Bringing me to a total of 950 calories.
And im not feeling hungry, my body seems satisfied with the foods im eating.
Also im drinking 100 oz of water a day.
Now my question is.. is this unhealthy? Should i be trying to eat more?
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Yes, 950 calories isn't enough for anyone.
That you don't "feel" hungry is irrelevant. You can't possibly be meeting your nutritional needs on 950 calories a day if you plan on doing this consistently.5 -
Are you exercising at all?0
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It’s not healthy to under eat.4
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pls eat more... why are you eating so little??0
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Thank you all for your responses. So in my case it would actually be more beneficial to eat my dinner with pasta to add in some calories?
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Also i am planning on doing some home workouts. Strength training with body weight. But have not started yet.0
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Thank you all for your responses. So in my case it would actually be more beneficial to eat my dinner with pasta to add in some calories?
Yeah...proper nutrition includes getting in appropriate calories. A calorie is a unit of energy...your body needs energy as much as it needs nutrients to survive and function properly. Inadequate energy results in the body shutting down "non-essential" functions to conserve energy...so down the road, things like hair falling out and loss of menstrual cycle, etc start happening.4 -
Also, what’s your definition of Unhealthy Carbohydrates?2
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Just add some oils to your cooking, or nuts. It won't take much to make up the difference. Or add protein to your lunch.2
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How much weight are you trying to lose in total?
What is your height and current weight?
What rate of loss have you selected?
What is your current NET calorie goal? Meaning that when you do exercise, you should be eating more than what MFP initially recommends.
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Iv only done this for the past 5 daysWinoGelato wrote: »Also, what’s your definition of Unhealthy Carbohydrates?
Pop, junk food, bread, pasta, rice
So this week iv chosen
lettuce wraps over burger bun
Cauliflower rice over normal rice
Cauliflower rice over pasta
Baked potato for lunch as opposed to a sandwich
For example
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WinoGelato wrote: »How much weight are you trying to lose in total?
What is your height and current weight?
What rate of loss have you selected?
What is your current NET calorie goal? Meaning that when you do exercise, you should be eating more than what MFP initially recommends.
Im trying to lose 80-90 lbs.
I started at 234 after my son was born.
Im 5'6 and currently weigh 179.9
Id like to get down to 150 so that my bmi is in a normal range.
Iv selected 2 lbs loss per week with a lightly active lifestyle.
My fitnesspal says my current goal is 1340 calories
And i usually have about 600 excercise calories that my fitbit logs just from my basic activity, house cleaning, walking. No workouts yet.
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Iv only done this for the past 5 daysWinoGelato wrote: »Also, what’s your definition of Unhealthy Carbohydrates?
Pop, junk food, bread, pasta, rice
So this week iv chosen
lettuce wraps over burger bun
Cauliflower rice over normal rice
Cauliflower rice over pasta
Baked potato for lunch as opposed to a sandwich
For example
Unless you have medical issues with regards to carbs, eliminating them may not be the best approach.
What will life be like after dieting? Will you be eating burgers on lettuce wraps forever OR is it a good idea to include some calorie dense items now, and work on portion sizes? I didn't become over weight because I had a burger on a bun, but I do find I need to choose between the bun OR the fries. I no longer have both.5 -
Iv only done this for the past 5 daysWinoGelato wrote: »Also, what’s your definition of Unhealthy Carbohydrates?
Pop, junk food, bread, pasta, rice
So this week iv chosen
lettuce wraps over burger bun
Cauliflower rice over normal rice
Cauliflower rice over pasta
Baked potato for lunch as opposed to a sandwich
For example
Nothing is inherently unhealthy about the foods you're avoiding unless medically you need to avoid them.4 -
WinoGelato wrote: »How much weight are you trying to lose in total?
What is your height and current weight?
What rate of loss have you selected?
What is your current NET calorie goal? Meaning that when you do exercise, you should be eating more than what MFP initially recommends.
Im trying to lose 80-90 lbs.
I started at 234 after my son was born.
Im 5'6 and currently weigh 179.9
Id like to get down to 150 so that my bmi is in a normal range.
Iv selected 2 lbs loss per week with a lightly active lifestyle.
My fitnesspal says my current goal is 1340 calories
And i usually have about 600 excercise calories that my fitbit logs just from my basic activity, house cleaning, walking. No workouts yet.
Eat the 1340 plus half of those fitbit calories.2 -
Iv only done this for the past 5 daysWinoGelato wrote: »Also, what’s your definition of Unhealthy Carbohydrates?
Pop, junk food, bread, pasta, rice
So this week iv chosen
lettuce wraps over burger bun
Cauliflower rice over normal rice
Cauliflower rice over pasta
Baked potato for lunch as opposed to a sandwich
For example
No food is "healthy" or "unhealthy". It's your overall diet that is.
If you want any of those items? Work them into your calorie and nutrient goals. I had rice for dinner last night and a hamburger with bun the night before.2 -
WinoGelato wrote: »How much weight are you trying to lose in total?
What is your height and current weight?
What rate of loss have you selected?
What is your current NET calorie goal? Meaning that when you do exercise, you should be eating more than what MFP initially recommends.
Im trying to lose 80-90 lbs.
I started at 234 after my son was born.
Im 5'6 and currently weigh 179.9
Id like to get down to 150 so that my bmi is in a normal range.
Iv selected 2 lbs loss per week with a lightly active lifestyle.
My fitnesspal says my current goal is 1340 calories
And i usually have about 600 excercise calories that my fitbit logs just from my basic activity, house cleaning, walking. No workouts yet.
So if you have about 30 lbs left to lose, 1 pound per week is a more appropriate goal, which means you are even more significantly under eating.
How quickly are you losing? How accurate is your logging?
Why the change in approach, what were you doing to lose the 50 lbs so far and why are you changing?0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »How much weight are you trying to lose in total?
What is your height and current weight?
What rate of loss have you selected?
What is your current NET calorie goal? Meaning that when you do exercise, you should be eating more than what MFP initially recommends.
Im trying to lose 80-90 lbs.
I started at 234 after my son was born.
Im 5'6 and currently weigh 179.9
Id like to get down to 150 so that my bmi is in a normal range.
Iv selected 2 lbs loss per week with a lightly active lifestyle.
My fitnesspal says my current goal is 1340 calories
And i usually have about 600 excercise calories that my fitbit logs just from my basic activity, house cleaning, walking. No workouts yet.
So if you have about 30 lbs left to lose, 1 pound per week is a more appropriate goal, which means you are even more significantly under eating.
How quickly are you losing? How accurate is your logging?
Why the change in approach, what were you doing to lose the 50 lbs so far and why are you changing?
Why would 1 lb a week would be more appropriate because i have less to lose now?
Iv lost the 50 lbs since july 2017. Iv had a few bumps in the road. And have gone up a bit here and there but get back on track pretty quickly.
Each month i try to set different goals and i try to use different approaches to switch it up and to help myself see what works best for me.
This month my goal was to go low carb and to try to eat more veggies daily.
I started and im enjoying it but i have not been hitting my calorie goals. But thanks to everyone on here im going to make sure to incorporate more calories daily.
** Thank you all so much for the information0 -
If you chose "lightly active" those fitbit calories are already included in the calculation. If you chose "no activity" then you can count the fitbit calories.1
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WinoGelato wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »How much weight are you trying to lose in total?
What is your height and current weight?
What rate of loss have you selected?
What is your current NET calorie goal? Meaning that when you do exercise, you should be eating more than what MFP initially recommends.
Im trying to lose 80-90 lbs.
I started at 234 after my son was born.
Im 5'6 and currently weigh 179.9
Id like to get down to 150 so that my bmi is in a normal range.
Iv selected 2 lbs loss per week with a lightly active lifestyle.
My fitnesspal says my current goal is 1340 calories
And i usually have about 600 excercise calories that my fitbit logs just from my basic activity, house cleaning, walking. No workouts yet.
So if you have about 30 lbs left to lose, 1 pound per week is a more appropriate goal, which means you are even more significantly under eating.
How quickly are you losing? How accurate is your logging?
Why the change in approach, what were you doing to lose the 50 lbs so far and why are you changing?
Why would 1 lb a week would be more appropriate because i have less to lose now?
Iv lost the 50 lbs since july 2017. Iv had a few bumps in the road. And have gone up a bit here and there but get back on track pretty quickly.
Each month i try to set different goals and i try to use different approaches to switch it up and to help myself see what works best for me.
This month my goal was to go low carb and to try to eat more veggies daily.
I started and im enjoying it but i have not been hitting my calorie goals. But thanks to everyone on here im going to make sure to incorporate more calories daily.
** Thank you all so much for the information
For the bolded area, yes. If you lost 2 lbs a week consistently without ever stopping or the body trying to slow you down, you would die. The closer you are to goal, the longer it will take, and no amount of calorie slamming is going to be healthy.
I don't have an opinion on eliminating carbs or variations of them from your diet, but I do have a bit of an issue with severely restrictive diets not focusing on protein. Firstly, extreme caloric restrictions are not sustainable long term, and the more of a deficit you have, the more your protein needs increase. Without enough protein, any scale weight lost (which shouldn't be confused with fat loss) has a greater chance of it coming from muscle and not fat.
As an extreme real world example, you know those infomercials of emaciated people in third world countries? That's basically the ultimate end result of muscle loss. Please use this article as reference: https://examine.com/nutrition/how-much-protein-do-i-need/2 -
Carbs are not unhealthy.
You are really doing your body harm in the long run by under eating.1 -
WinoGelato wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »How much weight are you trying to lose in total?
What is your height and current weight?
What rate of loss have you selected?
What is your current NET calorie goal? Meaning that when you do exercise, you should be eating more than what MFP initially recommends.
Im trying to lose 80-90 lbs.
I started at 234 after my son was born.
Im 5'6 and currently weigh 179.9
Id like to get down to 150 so that my bmi is in a normal range.
Iv selected 2 lbs loss per week with a lightly active lifestyle.
My fitnesspal says my current goal is 1340 calories
And i usually have about 600 excercise calories that my fitbit logs just from my basic activity, house cleaning, walking. No workouts yet.
So if you have about 30 lbs left to lose, 1 pound per week is a more appropriate goal, which means you are even more significantly under eating.
How quickly are you losing? How accurate is your logging?
Why the change in approach, what were you doing to lose the 50 lbs so far and why are you changing?
Why would 1 lb a week would be more appropriate because i have less to lose now?
Iv lost the 50 lbs since july 2017. Iv had a few bumps in the road. And have gone up a bit here and there but get back on track pretty quickly.
Each month i try to set different goals and i try to use different approaches to switch it up and to help myself see what works best for me.
This month my goal was to go low carb and to try to eat more veggies daily.
I started and im enjoying it but i have not been hitting my calorie goals. But thanks to everyone on here im going to make sure to incorporate more calories daily.
** Thank you all so much for the information
Slowing down the rate of loss as you get closer to goal has a lot of benefits including:
Helps preserve lean body mass
Helps ease the transition into maintenance - many people who have steep long term deficits often struggle to go into maintenance without gaining some weight back or finding it hard to come up with a long term plan.
When someone gets to around 50 lbs to lose, a 1 lb/week is recommended and with 20-25 lbs to lose, then a 0.5 lbs/week rate is usually suggested.3 -
Hii. So i started my weightloss journey mid july 2017 and to date iv lost 54 lbs.
For this month im focused on cutting UNHEALTHY carbs where i can. This past week i have eaten alot of food. But my calorie intake has been under 1000. I am trying to follow the 80/20 rule for flexible dieting and allowing myself one sweet treat a day .
So my day would look like this :
Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled with shredded carrots and zuchinni ( 287 calories )
Lunch - raw veggies and dip ( 150 calories )
Dinner - beef spaghetti sauce over cauliflower rice (273 calories )
Treat - dairyland chocolate ( 280 calories )
Bringing me to a total of 950 calories.
And im not feeling hungry, my body seems satisfied with the foods im eating.
Also im drinking 100 oz of water a day.
Now my question is.. is this unhealthy? Should i be trying to eat more?
Are you using a food scale to weigh everything? If not you could be eating a few more calories than you think & that could be one of the reasons you're not hungry.
It's easy to underestimate how many calories we eat.0 -
You're doing way more harm to your body with this diet than if you added rice and pasta.1
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If you chose "lightly active" those fitbit calories are already included in the calculation. If you chose "no activity" then you can count the fitbit calories.
If the Fitbit is synced to MFP, this is not true. It doesn't matter what activity level you are set at. Fitbit will update MFP numbers based on your activity.0 -
If you chose "lightly active" those fitbit calories are already included in the calculation. If you chose "no activity" then you can count the fitbit calories.
If the Fitbit is synced to MFP, this is not true. It doesn't matter what activity level you are set at. Fitbit will update MFP numbers based on your activity.
Good catch, and make sure to have negative adjustments enabled for days you are truly not as active as normal.1
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