Can I eat more

erinphillips81
erinphillips81 Posts: 4 Member
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By noon I’ve eaten my ALL the goal kilojoules I had just with
Hommus and crackers (1/2 packet)
I small slice of pizza
2 coffees
1 green apple
If that’s all I’m supposed to eat in a day no wonder I haven’t lost weight.
I want to lose 5 kilos in 3 months
This is my first ever post on this forum I would be grateful for any help in the right direction
P.S I can’t exercise for physical reasons

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  • erinphillips81
    erinphillips81 Posts: 4 Member
    I’ve had a look at some other posts what are lbs ? Is lbs pounds ? I want to lose 5kilos
  • Kilad
    Kilad Posts: 6 Member
    erinphillips81 wrote: »
    I’ve had a look at some other posts what are lbs ? Is lbs pounds ? I want to lose 5kilos
    Lbs are pounds
  • sefajane1
    sefajane1 Posts: 322 Member
    erinphillips81 wrote: »
    I’ve had a look at some other posts what are lbs ? Is lbs pounds ? I want to lose 5kilos

    Yes, lbs is pounds.

    There are 2.2 lbs to 1 kilo.

    Your 5 kilo loss target is equal to 11 lbs.

    What are your stats - gender, age, height, weight etc.?

    What calorie allowance has MFP given you?
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    edited April 2019
    erinphillips81 wrote: »
    By noon I’ve eaten my ALL the goal kilojoules I had just with
    Hommus and crackers (1/2 packet)
    I small slice of pizza
    2 coffees
    1 green apple
    If that’s all I’m supposed to eat in a day no wonder I haven’t lost weight.
    I want to lose 5 kilos in 3 months
    This is my first ever post on this forum I would be grateful for any help in the right direction
    P.S I can’t exercise for physical reasons

    What is your current height and weight?
    What is your calorie goal?
    Are you checking that the entries you are using in the database are correct? Most are user entered and they can be wrong. Did you find the correct brand of hummus in the database and check the calories listed to the package? Same with the crackers? What did you put in your coffee and how much?

    Accurate logging is a skill that requires some practice. Unless you ate a ton of hummus and your coffees were mostly sugar and heavy cream, what you listed doesn't add up to close to even the minimum calorie goal, so the issue is probably your logging, not that you have to eat so little.
  • talkinghead86
    talkinghead86 Posts: 66 Member
    edited April 2019
    does that even come out to 1000 calories total daily? minimum is at least 1200.

    you'd be losing weight rapidly if on either.
  • erinphillips81
    erinphillips81 Posts: 4 Member
    I am 163cm 38 years want to weigh 53 kilos but weigh 57 I have put on 5 kilos in 5 months because I gave up alcohol and replaced the cravings with food
    Thanks for all of your helpful replies I will try to make sure I enter the right values I have a recommendation from the app to eat 5,500 kilojoules a day sorry I don’t know calories
  • erinphillips81
    erinphillips81 Posts: 4 Member
    I’m not too overweight but it’s not just that I’ve gone up a dress size I also want my food intake to be healthier health reasons
  • sefajane1
    sefajane1 Posts: 322 Member
    So that's 1314 calories per day (easier for me to understand 😊)

    Either they were huge portions of houmous and pizza or your logging is really out!

    I'm on 1200 calories (5020 kilojoule) per day and struggle to eat them. And I have a beer every day 🍻

    Do you use a food scale? Do you weigh absolutely everything that goes into your mouth? That's the key, plus using correct caloric entries. If in doubt about entries on the database I use the USDA values. Here's the link.....

    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list

    By the way, well done on cutting out alcohol 👍 That's on my to-do list 😁

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