Eating a 1000 cal meal

good question!!! BUMP!!!!

Huh... I have no idea. I thought your body stored it all until it was used anyway. If you work out in the evening, it should be burning whatever you have stored, whether you ate it an hour ago or 3 weeks ago. But I could be off on this. It'll be interesting to hear what others think. I'd like to hear a Dr. or medical professional's opinion on this.

Read some of your food logs in your diary.
You are not eating enough in general, and in my opinion, this will never work for long-term, healthy weight loss no matter when or how you eat. Eat more.

Just reset, and try eating 4 meals per day - 400 calories per meal or something like that.
The advantage in splitting your calories is not to get so hungry later that you end up in a binge, but again, that's up to you.
Maybe you could go into settings to Update diet/fitness profile.
Set your goals for 1 lb weight loss per week.
NO MORE!
And eat lean meats, low fat dairy, nuts, whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies.
Do both cardio and resistance exercise.
AND EAT BACK YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES~!
That's it.
Again, quite simple.

Good Luck!

Nope nutritional timing has been disproven. Doesn't matter if you eat 6 meals or 1 meal, as long as you are getting your macros and nutrients.

Yep, this.

You are not eating enough in general, and in my opinion, this will never work for long-term, healthy weight loss no matter when or how you eat. Eat more.

Just reset, and try eating 4 meals per day - 400 calories per meal or something like that.
Or go into settings to Update diet/fitness profile.
Set your goals for 1 lb weight loss per week.
NO MORE!
And eat lean meats, low fat dairy, nuts, whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies.
Do both cardio and resistance exercise.
AND EAT BACK YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES~!
That's it.



Again, quite simple.

Good Luck!

I am worried by this as it has calculated I need to eat 1200 cals a day, which I am doing. If I exercise I am adding on extra cals....a walk today was 141 cals so I added that on. But some days I just stick to 1200 cals.....If I had 4 meals of 400 cals I would be way over!

You are not eating enough in general, and in my opinion, this will never work for long-term, healthy weight loss no matter when or how you eat. Eat more.

Just reset, and try eating 4 meals per day - 400 calories per meal or something like that.
Or go into settings to Update diet/fitness profile.
Set your goals for 1 lb weight loss per week.
NO MORE!
And eat lean meats, low fat dairy, nuts, whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies.
Do both cardio and resistance exercise.
AND EAT BACK YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES~!
That's it.



Again, quite simple.

Good Luck!

I am worried by this as it has calculated I need to eat 1200 cals a day, which I am doing. If I exercise I am adding on extra cals....a walk today was 141 cals so I added that on. But some days I just stick to 1200 cals.....If I had 4 meals of 400 cals I would be way over!

I was addressing the OP. She's eating less than 800 calories some days - NOT GOOD!
Again, set your weight loss weekly goals tor 1 lb per week weight loss as per MFP recommendations, and if you exercise, eat back your exercise calories.

Simple deal.
Remember, this is not a race.

Keep doing what you are doing if it's working, but I want the quality of my weight loss to be healthy.
Eating under 1000 calories is not my definition of healthy eating.

You are not eating enough in general, and in my opinion, this will never work for long-term, healthy weight loss no matter when or how you eat. Eat more.

Just reset, and try eating 4 meals per day - 400 calories per meal or something like that.
Or go into settings to Update diet/fitness profile.
Set your goals for 1 lb weight loss per week.
NO MORE!
And eat lean meats, low fat dairy, nuts, whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies.
Do both cardio and resistance exercise.
AND EAT BACK YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES~!
That's it.



Again, quite simple.

Good Luck!

I am worried by this as it has calculated I need to eat 1200 cals a day, which I am doing. If I exercise I am adding on extra cals....a walk today was 141 cals so I added that on. But some days I just stick to 1200 cals.....If I had 4 meals of 400 cals I would be way over!

Thats what I was thinking. Looking in my diary, while I'm not prefect, I eat a lot of veggies/fruits/whole grains/water/low fat dairy and come in at about 1300 - 1400 cals a day (1.5 # loss per week). If I eat back my exercise cals (i use a HRM and food scale so I am close to accurate) I don't lose 1.5 a week; I lose .8 to 1 #.

I've lost 70 and have 16 #s until I reach my goal. Does that mean I need to eat more?

I just see that on some days, you eat less than 1000 calories.
That will strip the weight off, but what kind of weight will it be?

Your call.
Again, good luck to you!

Actually ive heard that your biggest meal should be in the morning so you can use the calories up through out the day and you dont have the risk of storing any as fat when you go to sleep

I've heard that too, however it's incorrect.

You are not eating enough in general, and in my opinion, this will never work for long-term, healthy weight loss no matter when or how you eat. Eat more.

Just reset, and try eating 4 meals per day - 400 calories per meal or something like that.
Or go into settings to Update diet/fitness profile.
Set your goals for 1 lb weight loss per week.
NO MORE!
And eat lean meats, low fat dairy, nuts, whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies.
Do both cardio and resistance exercise.
AND EAT BACK YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES~!
That's it.



Again, quite simple.

Good Luck!

I am worried by this as it has calculated I need to eat 1200 cals a day, which I am doing. If I exercise I am adding on extra cals....a walk today was 141 cals so I added that on. But some days I just stick to 1200 cals.....If I had 4 meals of 400 cals I would be way over!

Thats what I was thinking. Looking in my diary, while I'm not prefect, I eat a lot of veggies/fruits/whole grains/water/low fat dairy and come in at about 1300 - 1400 cals a day (1.5 # loss per week). If I eat back my exercise cals (i use a HRM and food scale so I am close to accurate) I don't lose 1.5 a week; I lose .8 to 1 #.

I've lost 70 and have 16 #s until I reach my goal. Does that mean I need to eat more?

Now that you are at a lower bf% you will lose fat slower and muscle more readily, you need to pull your calorie defecit in. 500 cal defecit is bs. You take a 10-20% defecit of your maintenance. Lower percentage the leaner you get. And figure maintenance on lan body mass, no need to feed the fat.

^^^^^^^^^^
THIS!
I am struggling with that very issue.
I set calories to 3000 to account for my activity level, exercises and other variables, and am losing a half a pound per week.
Out of the 70 lb total weight loss, half of that resulted from a 2200 calorie diet, reflecting a deficit to affect a 2 lb per week weight loss, and my last 20 lbs were at 2500 where I lost 1lb weekly. After reaching my goals, I reset, then lowered my weekly loss expectation to a half a pound. Again, I have my daily calories set at 3000.
It works:drinker:
Contrast this to lower lean body mass which can stifle metabolism.
Unlike the OP I love to eat - :bigsmile:

I wish I could trade appetites with you for a few days....I craving bad in the evenings.

Actually ive heard that your biggest meal should be in the morning so you can use the calories up through out the day and you dont have the risk of storing any as fat when you go to sleep

I heard the same thing....
...from the guy who also said the moon was made of cheese....:sick: