I think I need to eat more, and need help

Nuts are really good for boosting calories, plus they're full of good oils and protein and fibre and other nutrients.

Also, if you're using low fat versions of things like milk, you could switch up to the fuller fat versions. Full fat milk has more absorbable calcium than the fat free milk, for example.

nuts, cheese, dairy (full fat rather than low fat), avocado, banana, olives are my go-to foods if I need to eat higher number of calories on my high training days

PEANUT BUTTER! literally put it on everyday, toast, apples, whatever, its full of protein so it will help your muscles from all that working about your doing and help you get full too!

cashews are really good, they are the bane of my existence right now because a handful of them is about 150 calories and it doesn't last long. Peanut butter is too. Peanut butter on toast... mm. Avocado! I could eat enough of those 4 things to get to 1500 calories easily every day....and I'd be so hungry!

I dunno how you're NOT hungry, when I workout I am starving for about a day and a half afterwards (that is strength training though, not running, runners seem to not be as hungry from what I read here).

I wouldn't worry about eating the whole 1400 or whatever back though, that is just too much food.

Cashews are great. If you ever made cashew hummus, you'd be in love with it.
Try pumpkin seeds which are packed with nutrition, moreso than other seeds.
Almonds too.

Maybe you should make a trail mix that includes seeds, nuts, dried fruit. And if you like, a small amount of chocolate as part of the mix. It's calorie and fat dense, good for endurance exercisers as the sugars give you quick energy and the seeds / nuts give you longer lasting energy because of their high fat / protein.

Good luck.

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what's your recipe for cashew nut hummus? that sounds amazing!!!

xfi

Yeah inquiring minds want to kow, I want to know?! ;p

Hummus is savory, typically made with garbanzo beans (aka chickpeas). You know, unless you can't digest beans, like me. Hummus is a smooth dip you can use for veggies, or as a spread on a sandwich instead of PB&J. Hummus is high in protein and good for you. It's a common vegetarian food.

I found raw cashew hummus at my local farmer's market and fell in love. I searched around the raw food sites, and there are recipes for it here and there.

Generally, you're going to soak your cashews for a couple hours in water if you have time for that. It makes them softer and easier to digest. If you don't have time for that, it's okay. You might add a little water to the recipe if it's too thick for you. I don't have a recipe, but here are the ingredients from when I used to buy it: cashews, tahini (which is sesame seed butter - buy sesame seeds if you can't find tahini), water, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, cumin, coriander, salt. You put this all in your food processor until it's soft, smooth and wonderful. Then you eat it as fast as you can because it's so delicious.

Hei Kristoffer,

I was reading some of your stuff. You've lost 41kg in 6 months? That's 3.46 pounds a week, when 1 pound a week is safest. I know how exciting it is to get smaller quickly and we all want results right now, but here's something to consider (aside from the health problems you could cause by losing too quickly) - if you lose at too quickly a rate, you will end up with lots of leftover skin hanging all over your body that lost its elasticity and won't go away. It is the curse of people who used to be very large and lose too quickly. But.... if you choose to slow down your weight loss, your skin has a chance to catch up and shrink along with the rest of you. Just something to think about. I felt really worried about you with all i read here.

Your food diary isn't open, but I noticed you eat oatmeal for breakfast from your blog. For adding calories (which will actually help your weight loss as eventually, the too-low calorie thing will put your body into starvation mode, where it holds onto every fat cell available and eats up your muscle tissue, making you prone to regain weight later), why not try something substantial for breakfast that includes protein and fat? If you eat meat, that is an easy way to start your day, along with your oatmeal if you prefer, to pump up your calories. This would be the time to eat that high fat item that normal dieters avoid (like bacon or sausage sometimes), because you can eat a little and get a lot of calories quickly. If you are vegetarian? Eggs, or coconut and seeds in your morning oatmeal will give you some protein, and you could even use coconut milk inside your oatmeal to beef up calories/protein/fat.

Good health to you.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/777-why-is-starvation-mode-so-bad

How tall are you? You look quite tall in your photos. I would imagine that you should be eating more than 1600 without exercise as your BMR will be large. You can google it and see how much it is. I'm not saying you should be eating more to not go into starvation mode, everyone has there opinion on that, but you must be aware that burning everything you eat is seriously unhealthy. What is your boday going to use for the rest of the day, or for growth and repair? If you burn more than you can eat, then stop burning that much or learn to eat more. There isn't anything else to do and still be healthy.

Now in answer to your question, I add olive oil to my meals if i need more calories ususally. Nuts, avocados etc are also great.

Good luck, I really hope you reach your goals :-)

I'm afraid to fall back into old patterns and eat white bread whenever I'm hungry...
I now lose between 0.5 and 1 kilo per week...

Oh, that's good to hear! People with more weight to lose do tend to lose a lot right in the beginning. I'm glad it has slowed down to a healthy pace for you. If you find yourself at a plateau sometime, it might be because of starvation mode, since your cals are way too low. You would just have to find a way to up your calories and then your body will be able to shed fat again.

I know what you mean about patterns. It's part of why I'm going very very slowly in my weight loss (I've lost only 16 pounds since january, not much at all, but I also hate following rules and I'm an emotional eater...). I joined MFP because I want to get more serious, and lose up to 1 pound a week, you know, except for stressful times when I won't lose anything. I know it will take forever to lose all the weight, but I hope I'm building patterns that will be liveable later. Because I won't be happy if i have to be perfect. And I will definitely fail that way. I share that because i always worry people who charge ahead and lose too fast will end up regaining later, not having a workable plan for longterm / the rest of their lives.

Do you have gluten free bread in Sweden? We have a delicious one here that is white bread, but no wheat. I wonder if you could have white bread if it was gluten-free? A lot of people are (unknowingly) sensitive to wheat, and the wheat causes a sort of addiction to it.

I hope it doesn't sound like I'm shaking my finger at you. I worry about people easily!