If you can't eat to your calorie goal

glassyo
glassyo Posts: 7,741 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Or just don't want to....

I'll take 'em. I'll take 'em all.

Because, let me tell you, even trying to maintain on an average of 2400 calories a day, I could still eat more.

I did not lose my appetite along with the weight. :)
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  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,741 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    That wasn't the direction I thought this thread was going.

    I'll fight you for them... I'd gladly eat more!

    Yup! It could have been a helpful post but....nahhhhhhh. :)
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    I've had an intestinal bug the last couple of weeks and only had 1 day <1200.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    3300 here today and I’ll be starving in the am
  • gophermatt
    gophermatt Posts: 129 Member
    Challenge accepted. Tomorrow is donut day at the office. It’s become a weekly battle of discipline and lack thereof, rationalizations, and sometimes quickened pulse from the sugar rush.

    The only winner seems to be the bakery.
  • julie_bee_123
    julie_bee_123 Posts: 25 Member
    It's been sooooo hot here that I am not as hungry as usual. I didn't hit 1200 today because it's like ten billion degrees. Normally I have no trouble.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    That wasn't the direction I thought this thread was going.

    I'll fight you for them... I'd gladly eat more!

    And wouldn't you earn more activity calories if you were fighting for them? Bonus!!
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Lol yes! Every time I see a “I can’t eat all my calories” post my eyes roll so hard
  • Pipsqueak1965
    Pipsqueak1965 Posts: 397 Member
    Me too! I could easily eat twice my current (not very blinking big) cutting allowance. And all of your allowances too :D
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Maintenance calories of 2700, and I could still eat more! I hear ya.
  • TravisJHunt
    TravisJHunt Posts: 533 Member
    I'm pretty sure I could eat mine and about 3 others!
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
    youngcaseyr wrote: »
    Totally can't fathom the whole "I can't meet my 1200 calorie goal" thing... Also, I'm pretty sure you can cause that's kinda what landed you on MFP

    LOL!!!! Seriously. Unless I am really sick (rare, but a nasty stomach bug will leave me in a severe deficit for a day or two), I have to really watch myself from going over. Going under has never been my problem.

    Although I have spoken to a single person that legitimately has a hard time hitting 1200; severe muscular issues that leave him wheel chair bound and has a difficult time with food. He also knows he's underweight and asks for the best very high calorie supplements that are easy on being swallowed.
  • 0831227
    0831227 Posts: 84 Member
    youngcaseyr wrote: »
    Totally can't fathom the whole "I can't meet my 1200 calorie goal" thing... Also, I'm pretty sure you can cause that's kinda what landed you on MFP

    Savage! :D
  • kellyjellybellyjelly
    kellyjellybellyjelly Posts: 9,480 Member
    I've never understood those posts either! More often times than not most aren't weighing their food on a food scale or trying to eat what they view as clean.

    I know I can definitely still put away food & during some of my hangry PMS times I am sure I have demolished 5,000 calories easily.
  • RadishEater
    RadishEater Posts: 470 Member
    aek585 wrote: »
    I have switched to a low carb way of eating to help control cravings and hunger. When everything was free for all, yes, I could very easily reach my calorie goal and beyond. It's why I have 25-30 pounds to lose. After lunch sugar cravings were the worst, and I would get chocolate or something sweet to satisfy the sweet tooth. Nothing stuck with me either. I would be starving again 2 hours after a meal.

    Since switching to low carb, I honestly can say I have trouble reaching my calories. With sweets/sugar/breads, etc...my trigger foods...off limits to me, I do find most days around 1000 to 1100 calories. I don't have cravings any longer, I am full longer after eating, and I don't reach for food just to eat out of boredom. I only eat when I am hungry. Since switching, I also sleep better and don't hit a wall of tiredness halfway through the afternoon. I'd say all of these are positives.

    I didn't switch to low carb but cutting back on carbs at lunch especially bread definitely eliminated the wall of tiredness halfway through the afternoon.

    However I could eat peanut butter for every meal and still want more. Then I discovered almond butter, so now I want both. Somehow my spoonfuls always come out heaping
  • Candyspun
    Candyspun Posts: 370 Member
    I find my hormones make my appetite very erratic. I'm perimenopausal and I have days where the idea of eating gives me nausea. Other days, my hormones make me crazy hungry. On the days when I felt nauseous about eating, later in the day I'd be ravenous, so I'd overeat later. That's how I came to need to lose weight. That, and being sedentary at the time. Even now, I struggle some days eating enough calories (but I make sure I do; there's only been one day I came under, because I forgot what time it was and forgot to eat enough), and other days I struggle to come under, because I'm ridiculously hungry. But it seems that the longer I do this, the more my appetite is starting to stabilize.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    2400 cals day would be HEAVEN. my meager 1350 just doesnt cut it most of the time (as far as what/ how much id LIKE to eat) lololol

    no one got fat by not eating ENOUGH. Quite the opposite. And USUALLY when people THINK they are full on under .... they are not accurately weighing/logging their food.

    And the random day of being under, isnt a big deal. Its when its consistent that its a concern.

    its a problem ill never have. lolololol
  • 4Pop
    4Pop Posts: 53 Member
    I tried keto for a couple weeks, started-out strong, and wound-up starving, not to mention missed eating carbs. I was under-eating at 1650 cals, and since shifted gears to a 40c/40p/20f 2300cal diet, but have fallen short the past5-6 days, and really missing the carb and protein grams.

    Doing a bit better today, as I've made it a point to force myself to eat. Hoping it's just an adjustment period, and things will level-out in a week or so.

    It doesn't help I'm inactive other than 3x week work-out but plan to add a bicycle to the program soon (sure it would help my knee as well). Hopefully more activity will spark a bit more of an appetite. The heat (mid 90's) isn't helping things either.

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