Calorie Intake

wazoot
wazoot Posts: 5
edited November 12 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been using MFP for about a week or two... I have been dieting and exercising before i started using it, and now that I started using it, it keeps telling me my calorie intake is too low pretty much every day... I eat about 4 times a day with about 200-300 calories per meal. I am always full and don't feel a need to eat anymore, but it says I should be eating at least 1200 calories per day. Any advice or suggestions for me?

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  • lmpresnell
    lmpresnell Posts: 5 Member
    Hey.
    Question: what is MFP?

    tHANKS
  • elis_mama
    elis_mama Posts: 308 Member
    Hey.
    Question: what is MFP?

    tHANKS

    short for "myfitnesspal"
  • itsuki
    itsuki Posts: 520 Member
    When I first started and I wasn't hitting my daily goals, peanut butter was a life-saver for me. It's got good calories and good fat, grab some apple slices or carrots and dip it in, and viola! You've hit 1200. :)
  • sugarbeans
    sugarbeans Posts: 676 Member
    The recommended calorie intake for a female is at least 1200 calories a day to be able to function normally, for males it is higher.

    I would start by increasing your caloric intake, even when you feel full. This website (My Fitness pal= MFP) is not a diet but a lifestyle change and it is used to help you see where you need to improve that lifestyle whether it is to gain or lose weight.
    If you continue to eat less than the minimum amount required to be healthy you will eventually go into starvation mode and your metabolism will be thrown off balance.

    Hope this helps
  • wazoot
    wazoot Posts: 5
    Thanks for the responses, but I guess what I was trying to ask is, if I'm not hungry, wouldn't I avoid going into starvation mode?
  • IvoryParchment
    IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
    Your logs show you are under your goals for protein almost every day. I suspect you're deficient in a lot of nutrients, but I haven't done the math.

    Don't worry about the calories until you make sure you have met your most basic nutritional requirements. Calories are to fuel your body's chemical reactions, and if don't have the necessary raw materials, those reactions can't be accomplished.

    1200 isn't a magic number of calories. Different size people are undernourished at different calorie levels. The 1200 calorie number comes from the fact that it is difficult to obtain all the necessary nutrients on a diet with fewer than 1200 calories unless you're a pretty knowledgeable nutritionist. Some people on medically supervised diets get less in emergency situations, but it requires skill to do it safely.
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