too full to eat my cals

if you haven't been eating a lot, your body will not EXPECT you to eat a lot... on the "hunger scale" anyhow. that doesn't mean your body doesnt NEED them though!

You can live and exist on a suppressed metabolism and eating very little.

Throw in exercise and you throw in a monkey wrench, because now you just don't have the energy stores to provide for that exercise.
Muscle must be broken down to supply glucose in those cases.

The question is - do you want to attempt weight loss with a slow metabolism?
It will be slower if even possible, because there is less range to work with.
It will be more prone to having issues.

The main problem is, if your workout just burned up 300 calories worth of carbs to supply the energy (and 200 cal fat was used too) - do you even eat 300 calories worth of carbs each day?
Your suppressed metabolism is going to use some of those - the brain itself will use about 400 cal worth a day by itself.
You can lose muscle mass easy enough, and compared to fat at 3500 cal / lb, muscle gives 600 cal / lb, so easier to lose a lb of muscle.
Might as well just cut off an arm or leg if that is acceptable.

Or do you want to do it with a metabolism that could be burning at full potential. You could have a BMR that is ready to burn 1400-1600 calories everyday - just sleeping.
Throw in other daily activity, perhaps 600-700 cal.
But suppressed, you get 600 BMR burn, and daily activity on slower metabolism of 250-300 cal.

Choice is yours. One has a better chance of failure doing it, and much greater when your are done and try to eat normal again.
And if you just love eating very little, you can still reach goal weight, and then lower your metabolism.

Your body's hunger mechanism isn't necessarily a good measure for whether or not your body needs food. If you're having difficulty due to volume then eat higher caloric benefical foods (olive oil, nuts, eggs with the yolks, avocado).

Make friends with Mr. Peanut Butter. Solves so many problems with not eating enough. Make sure it's a natural kind without the hydrogenated oils for pure nutty goodness!

I am been having the EXACT same problem

I am on 1200 calories plan as well, and I only eat between 750-900 :-(

I have been trying to eat more food but it doesn't stay down and it feels like I am just forcing myself to eat

Hi there,

I didn't read through everyone's comments, so I hope my observations are not a repeat.

1) Add a handful of raw nuts or seeds (not oiled and roasted!). They have many essential phytonutrients AND add fast, easy delicious calories.

2) I don't see whole grains. Switching to all 100% whole grains (rice, cereals, breads) helps lots of things.

3) Keep up the veggies, or plants, and add even more. Avocados and olives are high in calories.

4) Fruits? A fruit can easily add some very healthy calories.

Wishing you success!

Raihn

Hello, it's me again.

I wanted to add that I would not add oil of any kind but what comes in "plant" food.
Oils are a processed food that don't do us any favors. The oils in nuts, seeds, avocados and olives are great sources of the best oils.

Thanks, and again, wishing you much success,

Raihn

Eat more fat. A lot of calories for not a lot of volume of food.

You can drizzle some olive oil on all those veggies you're eating.

The veg Im eating are normally in a home cooked meal or home made soup, I rarely eat raw veg, But I guess I could add some oil to my recipes, I tend to leave oil out when cooking , maybe thats one of my issues

You're supposed to have some oil everyday (weight watchers, 17 day diet, and other diets suggest this) b/c it helps with digestion. it helps things come out lol. and it helps keep you regular. don't just use all those fatty oils. Make sure it's extra virgin olive oil.

Are you eating really voluminous foods? If you eat 100 calories of broccoli, well, that's a ton of food in your stomach.