Not eating Enough
alwaysbrittany13
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Am I the only one who can not eat enough with out eating junk food? What am I doing wrong?!
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Eat the junk food as well.9
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Time for ice cream! Yay!13
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Time for ice cream! Yay!
Peanut butter.3 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Time for ice cream! Yay!
Peanut butter.
peanut butter ice cream!14 -
You can eat some junk food but even without eating any, there is plenty of calorie-dense food you can have.3
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Lettuce gets old really fast. Once you have all your nutrition in enjoy all the foods. A small handful of nuts should do it.
A good full fat dressing is good too. You get all those fat soluble vitamins and the fat helps keep moving things along very well.2 -
Lettuce gets old really fast. Once you have all your nutrition in enjoy all the foods. A small handful of nuts should do it.
A good full fat dressing is good too. You get all those fat soluble vitamins and the fat helps keep moving things along very well.
I have nuts on my salad 🤦🏼♀️
One day I eat to much the other not enough1 -
No extra credit for more broccoli
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- Nothing wrong with some "treat" foods once you've had your fill of nutritious stuff.
- Make sure you are logging accurately, choosing correct entries in the database, and weighing solids, especially calorie dense items like nuts, grains, avocados, etc
- If you are filling up on such low calories, you are probably not hitting your fat goal, and prob low on protein too. Think about full fat greek yogurt, nuts and nut butter, olive oil, avocados, oats, beans. Lots of summer fruits available right now like grapes, cherries, peaches (if you're in the US at least)
- If you just started, sometimes it can take a few days for your body to get used to big diet changes (like lots more veggies and fiber)
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- Nothing wrong with some "treat" foods once you've had your fill of nutritious stuff.
- Make sure you are logging accurately, choosing correct entries in the database, and weighing solids, especially calorie dense items like nuts, grains, avocados, etc
- If you are filling up on such low calories, you are probably not hitting your fat goal, and prob low on protein too. Think about full fat greek yogurt, nuts and nut butter, olive oil, avocados, oats, beans. Lots of summer fruits available right now like grapes, cherries, peaches (if you're in the US at least)
- If you just started, sometimes it can take a few days for your body to get used to big diet changes (like lots more veggies and fiber)
Thank you so much I will give it a few more days!!4 -
Is your logging accurate? 900 cals is a minuscule amount of food, likely not meeting minimum fat and protein requirements, or giving you sufficient fibre or micronutrients3
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I could easily eat 6000 cals a day of so called healthy food.5
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Some days (more than I would like) I find my intake has been way too low and the heat reduces my appetite aswell. I found a peanut butter, banana, vanilla protein powder and chia seed smoothie is both delicious and filling at around 300 cals depending what liquids etc you add to it (l put coffee in mine if I have it for breakfast...yummy).5
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Is your logging accurate? 900 cals is a minuscule amount of food, likely not meeting minimum fat and protein requirements, or giving you sufficient fibre or micronutrients
Yes it was logged properly I just wasn’t hungry I had a salad banana nuts chicken rice cheese and it just wasn’t enough I guess
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alwaysbrittany13 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Is your logging accurate? 900 cals is a minuscule amount of food, likely not meeting minimum fat and protein requirements, or giving you sufficient fibre or micronutrients
Yes it was logged properly I just wasn’t hungry I had a salad banana nuts chicken rice cheese and it just wasn’t enough I guess
Logged properly as in all solids weighed and all liquids measured? And do you use accurate entries? 900 cals sounds completely unrealistic to be honest...8 -
If you open up your diary, we can make some suggestions to tweak and get in some more calories/nutrients. Also, my diary is open, so feel free to peruse for ideas. I definitely have days sometimes where I'm just not hungry. Yesterday was one of those days, but I ended up eating an entire avocado that got me into a healthy calorie amount.1
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DarkNightBrightDays wrote: »Some days (more than I would like) I find my intake has been way too low and the heat reduces my appetite aswell. I found a peanut butter, banana, vanilla protein powder and chia seed smoothie is both delicious and filling at around 300 cals depending what liquids etc you add to it (l put coffee in mine if I have it for breakfast...yummy).
How do you fit all of this in 300 calories? A small banana and a tiny 2tbs serving of peanut butter are already 300cals. Or maybe I’m the only one who can’t get by with that little pb 🤷🏼♀️LOL
Do coffee and pb go well together? I saw a Reese’s creamer at the store a while ago and couldn’t decide if it was appealing and repulsive haha
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natalialikescookies wrote: »DarkNightBrightDays wrote: »Some days (more than I would like) I find my intake has been way too low and the heat reduces my appetite aswell. I found a peanut butter, banana, vanilla protein powder and chia seed smoothie is both delicious and filling at around 300 cals depending what liquids etc you add to it (l put coffee in mine if I have it for breakfast...yummy).
How do you fit all of this in 300 calories? A small banana and a tiny 2tbs serving of peanut butter are already 300cals. Or maybe I’m the only one who can’t get by with that little pb 🤷🏼♀️LOL
Do coffee and pb go well together? I saw a Reese’s creamer at the store a while ago and couldn’t decide if it was appealing and repulsive haha
I eat a pb and banana sandwich with coffee every day for my first meal. They do indeed go together.
Dunno about the creamer though. Sounds interesting. I’m usually sold at the word Reese’s.1 -
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I could. But I don't want to just eat healthy food. That's boring and I would give up after a month or two. I always have something sweet at night, even when eating 1200 calories, I fit it in.3
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i also have an issue about not eating enough as i just don't like to eat. one way to add calories without realizing youre eating is to add butter and oils to everything. i even put butter on my meat. i put mct oil in my coffee. buttered coffee is also really good. use whipping cream instead of table cream. fats pack a lot of calories. you can also throw some cheese and cashews in your salads.0
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FireOpalCO wrote: »
Why... just why......🤔0 -
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natalialikescookies wrote: »DarkNightBrightDays wrote: »Some days (more than I would like) I find my intake has been way too low and the heat reduces my appetite aswell. I found a peanut butter, banana, vanilla protein powder and chia seed smoothie is both delicious and filling at around 300 cals depending what liquids etc you add to it (l put coffee in mine if I have it for breakfast...yummy).
How do you fit all of this in 300 calories? A small banana and a tiny 2tbs serving of peanut butter are already 300cals. Or maybe I’m the only one who can’t get by with that little pb 🤷🏼♀️LOL
Do coffee and pb go well together? I saw a Reese’s creamer at the store a while ago and couldn’t decide if it was appealing and repulsive haha
Hi
My receipe is as follows -
2 teaspoons Jiff (lower sodium and sugar) 63 cals still tastes very peanutty
126g (medium) banana 110 cals
1/2 scoop Pure Protein Vanilla Flavour 75 cals
1 teaspoon chia seeds - 20 cals
2oz skim milk 23 cals
1/4 cup coffee 0 cals
3 ice cubes 0 cals
So around about 300 cals, it makes just under a pint once blended and I'm stuffed after I've drunk it with the rest of my coffee.
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collectingblues wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »FireOpalCO wrote: »
Why... just why......🤔
Why not?
Fair enough.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Time for ice cream! Yay!
And pie!1 -
If you mean by junk food, the stuff that more or less just adds calories, I can think of lots of nutrient dense food to top up on and add them in to whatever I'm eating. Avocado, nuts, beans, fruit of all sorts, bananas are good. Greek yoghurt is tasty and can feel quite rich. No need to undereat even if you are trying to avoid excess fried sugar and salt type food (nothing wrong with good fats before anyone shouts at me - I use avocado and full fat yoghurt a lot!) Nothing wrong with a treat every now and then either, I have a piece of chocolate every evening - the last thing I eat daily!0
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