Feeling hungry still

My understanding of the OP's numbers was the 3 workouts combined to 1200 calories, and the week's worth of yoga and walking combined to 800, so that's a total of 2000 calories burned per week, not per day. Totally reasonable total, if that's the case.

Whose allotment of calories are we talking about? Is that the goal MFP set for you? (Not likely, as my understanding says MFP won't assign under 1200 per day regardless inputs to its computation.)

Some people here on MFP never eat back exercise calories, some (myself included) eat back every single one, and still others eat back about half of what was burned. Yes, it slows down the rate of weight loss, but sometimes slower loss is acceptable if it means you feel satiated enough to actually stick with the plan long term. So perhaps try eating back about half of what you burn each day, see how you feel and how that affects your rate of loss.

If you're eating in the proper range, and you are losing weight at a rate that generally aligns with the numbers, your calories are probably on point. What you then need to look at are your macros, and what works best for you can be wildly different for someone else. Be sure you're not being too aggressive with your loss rate though - .5-2 pounds/week maximum, and that high end only if you have a fair bit of weight to lose. You didn't provide stats, so I can't comment on if your expectations in that department might be a bit off.

Personally, I have found my "sweet spot" to be eating in a "lower" carb range (max of 150 net carbs/day) - if I do that, I can pretty much free will on foods that are low or no carbs and stay in my calorie range BECAUSE I am satiated and simply have zero desire to overeat. If I am being pretty religious about this carb range, I find I can lose as I would expect (I am working a recomposition, so the scale loss is about 0.5 lb/week - very slow) and have almost no hunger feelings until it's close to dinner time, when I would expect to be hungry. Fair warning, it did take a good month for my hunger signals to adjust - what I found at first was that I would get done with my meal, and still feel hungry - until about 15-30 minutes later, when I would feel stuffed. Now that I've stuck to this for 11 weeks at this point, I find the hunger signals are far more accurate and will hit like "normal" where I often don't even finish everything I've dished up for myself (has been the case for a few weeks now).

Some people do better with different ratios though, and unfortunately, the only way to figure out what works best for you is to try something for a few weeks and see how it goes. More people tend to do better on fewer carbs and increasing protein (especially), some prefer more fats, and some do better with more carbs.

julierichards24 wrote: »

I workout 3 days a week with a fitness coach and burn 1200 calories between the Cardio workout and treadmill and another 800 from yoga and walking.

I eat my alloted calories and not what I burn, yet I am starting to get really hungry now a days. I feel like I am barely getting any food.

I was used to eating 800 to 1000 calories and now eat 1300 to 1600 a day and drink 96 ounces plus of water.

What can I do?

If you use MFP to set your calorie goal, exercise, but don't eat back any exercise calories, you are not using MFP the way it was designed.

https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032625391-How-does-MyFitnessPal-calculate-my-initial-goals-

Unlike other sites which use TDEE calculators, MFP uses the NEAT method (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis), and as such this system is designed for exercise calories to be eaten back. However, many consider the burns given by MFP to be inflated for them and only eat a percentage, such as 50%, back. Others are able to lose weight while eating 100% of their exercise calories.