Please help. I really don’t know what to do.

A few questions/ thoughts:
What is your rate of loss set to? Can you up it by half a pound and see if that gives you enough calories to not be starving? (Go from 1lb a week to.5lbs a week)

How are you counting your calories? Are you weighing everything? Guessing? Using measuring cups? I found it very important to weigh everything. In some instances I found I was actally over-counting before getting my scale. Causing me to under-eat.

You say you get "enough" protien. But have you tried upping it a bit more? What about your fat? Fiber? Try playing around with your macros a bit more. For me, I find protien and fat last me longer than a low fat protien or even fiber. But it's different for everyone.

A few other thoughts: It sounds like you are trying to eat back your excersise calories, but it isn't enough to keep from being hungry. You could use your calories as a weekly budget as opposed to daily. This would give you the flexability to eat a bit more on hungry/ excersise days, and eat a little less on less hungry non-excersise days. ( 1610 on excersise day, 1210 on rest day, for example).

Check out the volume eater's thread. Lots of good ideas for high volume low calorie foods to add to your diet. Might be good inspiration for snacks, and meals to help you feel full without going over on calories.

I have this problem too. My cals are higher than yours (1650) so I dont know of this is helpful but I eat about 600 cals after my workout and this has helped me immensely. Typically something like 3 boiled eggs, half an avocado, whole wheat bread, peanut butter fruit etc. I honestly find having a bigger breakfast with lots of fat / protien (ie egg, avo) to compliment my carbs fixed my ravenous post workout hunger. Personal preference! Also coffee/plain sparking water helps too I slug a bunch with my big breakfast.

Larissa_NY wrote: »

Are you doing cardio? Maybe don't do cardio. It seems to make a lot of people really hungry. Try circuit or strength training instead.

That's interesting . . . it's strength training that makes me hungry. Maybe this varies by person?

OP, if you tough it out tor a couple of weeks, does the problem persist? Sometimes an adjustment period happens, when changing routine.

Beyond that, I'd echo cmriverside.

jenniferanderson3888 wrote: »

I tried again this morning to exercise and yes I feel great!! But I’m absolutely STARVING. Yes I ate back my exercise calories all of them but it is not near what I need. I’m eating plenty of protein veggies and some carbs. I don’t overdue starch. I just don’t know how to help myself. I had one banana for preworkout energy. And two eggs with one slice of cheese and oatmeal after my workout. This meal will usually last me 6 hours until my next meal, not exercising. When I do exercise this same meal only last me 3 hours. I can’t eat all day. I only get 1310 and if I exercise 1510. I stopped exercising a few months ago for this very reason. Please help

Why not add more protein?

whmscll wrote: »

What kind of exercise are you doing that you only get 200 extra calories? I just did a 6-mile hike and estimate close to 500.

She's eating back HALF her exercise cals, so she's prob getting 400 which is reasonable, depending on what she's doing.

whmscll wrote: »

Where does it say she’s eating back half her exercise calories? She said in her original post that on days she exercises she only gets 1510 calories, up from 1310. So my take is that she’s only eating back 200 calories regardless of what exercise she is doing.

I could be wrong but I think she said that in another thread.

Edit:
Okay she doesn’t say she is eating half, but she feels that MFP numbers are way too high.

here it is (looks like the OP posted it the day after she posted this thread):
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10742572/why-are-the-calories-burned-on-mfp-so-off#latest