I need to ADD calories?!

rachel92782
rachel92782 Posts: 10
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
Who knew?? I've only been on MFP for 4 days. No freakin wonder I'm tired all the time. I'm getting far less than 1200 calories a day! But I don't feel hungry. I don't notice until like 8 or 9 p.m. and I know that I don't need to eat that late at night if I"m trying to lose weight (and I am.) So, what should I do to bulk up my calories but keep it healthy? I am really new (a couple months) to watching my diet and REALLY REALLY new to calorie counting. As in 4 days. lol. I've just been trying to make healthier eating choices for the past few months though so I guess before that all my other calories were big fat empty ones.
Any pointers???

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  • rachel92782
    rachel92782 Posts: 10
    Who knew?? I've only been on MFP for 4 days. No freakin wonder I'm tired all the time. I'm getting far less than 1200 calories a day! But I don't feel hungry. I don't notice until like 8 or 9 p.m. and I know that I don't need to eat that late at night if I"m trying to lose weight (and I am.) So, what should I do to bulk up my calories but keep it healthy? I am really new (a couple months) to watching my diet and REALLY REALLY new to calorie counting. As in 4 days. lol. I've just been trying to make healthier eating choices for the past few months though so I guess before that all my other calories were big fat empty ones.
    Any pointers???
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Who knew?? I've only been on MFP for 4 days. No freakin wonder I'm tired all the time. I'm getting far less than 1200 calories a day! But I don't feel hungry. I don't notice until like 8 or 9 p.m. and I know that I don't need to eat that late at night if I"m trying to lose weight (and I am.) So, what should I do to bulk up my calories but keep it healthy? I am really new (a couple months) to watching my diet and REALLY REALLY new to calorie counting. As in 4 days. lol. I've just been trying to make healthier eating choices for the past few months though so I guess before that all my other calories were big fat empty ones.
    Any pointers???

    How about adding in some of these higher cal foods but healthy ones. nuts, PB, milk, avocados, that sort of thing, you could make a trailmix of raw almonds and raisins.....that help out a bit?:drinker:

    Well at least you figured it out pretty early on in the game:wink: You'll have a ton of energy now that you've realized you need to bump the cals up a bit:happy:

    FC:heart:
  • sblades
    sblades Posts: 75
    Plan plan plan.
    You could enter in all your food for the next day, the night before, so you plan to eat in a balanced way, spreading out your calories etc, getting all your food groups in, etc. It's more like a mental check once you've eaten something tomorrow that you can verify. And, if you exercise tomorrow, you can eat more!
  • JessicaN1979
    JessicaN1979 Posts: 142 Member
    I was having the same problem with not getting in enough calories and it was because I was not eating anything before 12:30 pm each day. So, I looked to see where there were long spans of time throughout the day when I wasn't eating and added a snack like a protein bar or cottage cheese or fruit. I found this to help a lot and I have a much more balanced eating schedule now.
  • rachel92782
    rachel92782 Posts: 10
    I was having the same problem with not getting in enough calories and it was because I was not eating anything before 12:30 pm each day. So, I looked to see where there were long spans of time throughout the day when I wasn't eating and added a snack like a protein bar or cottage cheese or fruit. I found this to help a lot and I have a much more balanced eating schedule now.

    I'm thinking this is something similar to what I need to do. At least with the time spans. Protein though. No. I was just looking back at "My Home" and finally found out how to see how much carbs, fat, and protein MFP says I need daily and protein is all I'm getting enough of. Hmm... However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that I can have A LOT more carbs. lol noodles.... mmmmmmm
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