Day 5 calorie counting and I've had no appetite, what to do?

Yeah, I've done it twice now. The night before last by dinner I had 2017 calories to make up because I had been working extremely hard on my kitchen all day and wasn't hungry, didn't even think about eating. When I was done, I plugged in my exercise from it and that was my number. I freaked. How can you eat 2017 calories when there's only like 5 hours left in your day? So, I made chicken enchalada's for dinner thinking that had to work. I could only eat 660 calories worth before I was so stuffed I could puke. So I told myself then, "Im going to remember to eat and get hungry." Well yesterday came and no exercise, I remembered to eat some but didn't eat enough times or eat enough calories in one setting because I wasn't hungry and nothing really sounded good. So, ofcourse I ended up with extra again and went for the ice cream because I knew I could get alot of calories out of a little bit. I really hate candy and the protein bars are just like a candybar to me. I tried one of my husband's cookie dough ones and could only eat half of it before I was discussed with it.

I could eat green veggies aLL day if I was hungry but those too dont have a ton of calories and Im not hungry.
I just hope my body kicks in gear soon. and i completely understand the reluctant to eat thing once you start dropping cals. I know that is probably part of it and my mind is tricking itself to not be hungry but I dont know how to get out of that.

Ive been under all but one day. It's so strange because before I started calorie counting I know my calorie intake was probably well over 2000 calories per day and now Im having trouble eating 1200?

I know that part of mine is that I am afraid to eat too many calories early in the day as dinner is usually my main meal of the day normally. I have always been a dinner eater and love dinner, so I always want to have enough calories by dinner that I can enjoy it and not be hungry after. So, I think I have tricked my mind into thinking its not hungry through the first part of the day, so I always only have a shake but then it just ends up getting the best of me the rest of the day and I end up not hungry all day and get all these calories at the end of the day when I think I will for sure be hungry enough to eat enough calories but Im really not.

Yeah, putting more into breakfast could really help when I think about it. Usually when I eat a good breakfast I get really hungry just hours later. I guess I need to sit down and actually meal plan. As far as how many calories I need to eat at each meal and try to stick to it, but then what happens when you exercise later in the day vs the morning and your still stuck with a massive amount of calories.

I think calorie counting is meant to be done with either no exercise or exercising first thing in the morning so that you can divide the calories up into all the meals.

I think I will first start by dividing the calories I get to begin with and start eating my breakfast instead of drinking it and see if that changes anything.

Well, back when I was at my thinest.. (which i just posted pics of on my profile for inspiration and its sad looking at my pics now compared to them) I used to eat a scrambled egg (made in microwave, you just fork beat an egg with a tiny bit of milk and plop in mic for one minute) with salt and peper and a little bit of cheese on a piece of toast (sourdough or wheat). That used to work back then and I was always hungry by lunch which was usually subway (on the go) or steamed rice with brummel and brown yogart (like butter) lime and a piece of forman grilled chicken (home) and then dinner was usually the same thing but I would add steamed broccoli with it and change the lime and butter to half sodium soy sauce.

My exercise back then was a half mile walk up a steep hill in the morning. and everyother night or so I would do 10mins on the elipical, 10 mins on the bike and 10 mins on the tredmil with stretches, sit ups and push ups between each machine and then I would do my cool down in the pool, just a few laps.

Just doing those things with that menu I managed to lose the freshman 15 I gained my first semester of college in just a few weeks and then I maintained for a long time until I moved away for a different college and got home sick and depressed and gained 30 lbs in six months. Moved back home, started to get it off with a workout and diet plan that consisted of clam chower twice a day with 2 pieces of toast and the egg toast breakfast I always ate and then I met my husband and it was all over... I got comfy. Right before I got pregnant with my son 2 years ago I went on weight watchers, lost 22 lbs the first month and then found out I was pregnant.

So, I think I am going to go back to what I used to do when I was skinny. I was skinny for a reason, and Im sure that was it. lol. I ofcourse am going to still be counting calories I think I am just going to try to stick with foods that before I was hungry with all the time instead of these slimfast shakes that seem to be keeping me full all the time. Going grocery shopping tonight.

One thing I used to do back then was I would pre-make a tub of steamed rice and put it in the fridge and I would make a whole pack of chicken and season the pieces differently for flavor variety and then I would put those in a tub also in the fridge, so I could grab and go. I would suggest not making the whole weeks worth because if you decide to eat other food between, your pre-made stuff will go bad and after days and days of re-warming you might feel like all you get is left overs. So, like 2 or 3 days worth at a time is plenty. That's what I am going to try. and I always had cut broccoli in the fridge and yes with the broccoli I did eat full fat ranch but with the exercise and stuff it didn't seem to make a difference.

So, this is my plan. I will start with the breakfast tomorrow! Hope it works and I start getting hungry!