How to eat full caloric goal when not hungry?
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lckystr1984
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I’m having issues and would love advice!!
My calorie goal is 1200/day, I’m eating healthy meals but can’t seem to eat up to my full goal. I know that not eating enough can be harmful to my health however, I’m not always hungry.
Today I ate:
Breakfast- 3 eggs scrambled, 2 sausage links, 5 strawberries
Lunch- 4oz. grilled salmon, 2/3c. mushrooms, 3 oz. broccoli
Dinner- 4oz. grilled chicken breast, 1c. romaine, 2tbls green goddess dressing
Snack- 5 strawberries
Please help! I forced myself to eat dinner even though I wasn’t hungry
I wasn’t drinking very much water before today and I drank 70oz, and I’m on day 1 of no soda 😊
My calorie goal is 1200/day, I’m eating healthy meals but can’t seem to eat up to my full goal. I know that not eating enough can be harmful to my health however, I’m not always hungry.
Today I ate:
Breakfast- 3 eggs scrambled, 2 sausage links, 5 strawberries
Lunch- 4oz. grilled salmon, 2/3c. mushrooms, 3 oz. broccoli
Dinner- 4oz. grilled chicken breast, 1c. romaine, 2tbls green goddess dressing
Snack- 5 strawberries
Please help! I forced myself to eat dinner even though I wasn’t hungry
I wasn’t drinking very much water before today and I drank 70oz, and I’m on day 1 of no soda 😊
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Toss some cheese in your scrambled eggs. Drizzle some olive oil on your salmon, mushrooms, and broccoli. Is that salad dressing low-fat? Use the full-fat version. Scoop some whipped cream on those strawberries.
If your meals lead you to chronically under eat, by definition they are not "healthy" meals for you.7 -
Prepare the chicken breast another way.
Add avocado.
Have nuts instead of fruit for snack.
Add grains back into your diet.2 -
peanut butter, oil, ice cream, all add a calorie punch without much volume.
avoid light and diet versions of foods and opt for full fat (milk products, salad dressings, etc.)
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concordancia wrote: »Prepare the chicken breast another way.
Add avocado.
Have nuts instead of fruit for snack.
Add grains back into your diet.
or skip the chicken breast and use a fattier cut of meat (pork chop, steak, chicken thigh)2 -
it's pretty easy to add some high calorie low quantity food.
- Use a higher fat dressing.*
- Add nuts or peanut butter with your apple snack.
- add oil to cook your chicken/eggs/salmon (even just coconut oil).
- Marinate your chicken.
- Use a higher fat cut of protein.
- add cheese or butter or whatever to your vegetables/salad.
- add nuts/seeds/cheese to your salad.
- are you using egg whites only? if so use full eggs.
none of the above will add much if any bulk to your stomach.
here is a more detailed list and meal ideas for calorie dense food
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
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Weigh your foods; you first need to have a realistic understanding of your intake. Your measurements above are too precise and are indicative you're not weighing your food.5
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Justin_7272 wrote: »Weigh your foods; you first need to have a realistic understanding of your intake. Your measurements above are too precise and are indicative you're not weighing your food.
That^^ I suspect you aren't actually eating the amount of calories you think you are, OP.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10697068/how-i-stopped-kidding-myself/p1
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Agree I was sorta wondering how accurate your loggin was and wanted to mention using a food scale to confirm that first as well.0
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Yea to me that seems like a decent amount of calories for the day? Similar to what I eat in a day and I'm at 1550 calories for .5 loss a week1
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