My calories are too low...see my diary.

You're eating way too little and more importantly are not getting an adequate daily amount vitamins and minerals! You need to increase your fruits and vegetables and your protein! Your portion sizes if you're logging in the right amounts are very small. If you have trouble eating a lot in one sitting then eat many small meals throughout the day. Try eggs in the morning with steamed vegetables like broccoli or spinach. And replace the iceberg lettuce it doesn't provide you with good nutrients like dark leafy lettuce will. Try eating some raw nuts (unsalted and with no additives or extra toppings), have fruit for a snack like an apple, and perhaps try a baked sweet potato with your chicken for dinner. Also don't forget to try to get in some servings of fish during the week for some good omega 3 (just remember to buy wild caught, farm raised is fed soy and corn and it changes the ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 fatty acids).

Also, you probably feel like you're grazing all day because your actual meals are much too small. 1oz of chicken? Really? That has to be wrong. Like someone said before...that's like literally 2 bites.

I'm calling B.S.

I 2nd this B.S call :-)

Thirded.

my question is are you full after eating that much? i honestly am jealous if you are!

Please if your going to post something have it be positive. We are all struggling to lose weight and it doesn't help to have negativity.

I had this "problem" for way too long and on Friday I made a commitment to change my eating habits. It really comes downto one thing: Eat more.

-Grab a protein bar and a banana for snack.
-Eat whole eggs with your breakfast with a side of berries and toast.
-Double your portion of PB
-Whole milk instead of reduced fat.
-Cooking your oatmeal in milk instead of water.

I'm new to force feeding myself too (which is what I like to call it, since I'm eating even when I'm not hungry.) But I'm sure it will get easier with time.

I'm gonna add a protein shake today, my fiance has the powder...I might add some strawberries and make it into a nice little shake.

Add a banana too if you like. It'll add about 100 cals and has potassium

The thing that confuses me is that you are planning your meals for too few calories. It shouldn't be that hard to bump up your portions if you are aware that this is not enough. I agree with the other comments that nuts, avocados and things like hard boiled eggs (foods high in fat and/or protein) should help. My question is...why are you planning for so few calories? Is it because you are afraid to eat more (which raises a red flag for an ED) or is it because you truly don't feel like you can eat anything more than this? For me, it's one thing if you sit down to eat a meal and this is all you are hungry for, but to PLAN it that way, that's a little bit worrisome.

I'm gonna add a protein shake today, my fiance has the powder...I might add some strawberries and make it into a nice little shake.

Don't forget the peanut butter! You could throw some spinach in there, too, and some ground flax seeds.

I have been having the same trouble since I've gone to all fresh fruits and veggies and none processed meats while trying to keep my carbs low. Apparently fruits and veggies fill me up and like you i'm grazing all day... My daughter had mentioned she was adding olive oil to her diet to meet intake of either nutrients or calories a few days back... So I've decided to do that since it is being said we need those healthy fats... I'm starting of with 1tspn of olive oil and 1 tspn of cranola. 1 tspn of coconut oil. I have to take a 45 minute drive to get the Walnut oil (Its not sold locally) so when I do I will take 1 tspn of that a day. Dr Oz says these are great oils. They all do something different and great for us... I've heard you don't want to take more then 2 tblspns of oils a day.

Good job on the protein!

There are tons of rude people and jerks on MFP but there's also lots of nice and helpful people too. Just ignore the rude ones! You posted on here for help because you recognized you aren't eating enough calories and the unconstructive, rude criticism is just ridiculous. Fine tuning your diet and caloric intake can work, especially if you are making big changes.

I have had trouble meeting my calories in the past too (especially just starting out when I was trying to learn what was healthy and trying to avoid anything that was potentially "bad" or higher in calories. Also healthier food just fills me up more). But I've started doing what some of the other posters suggested- switching to a higher fat milk, eating more avocados and nuts (and peanut butter!). There are still plenty of times at the end of the day that I have 500+ calories to eat (and I don't want to splurge on ice cream or something on a regular basis to meet them so I start hunting for other stuff to meet the need and plan better). Since I've upped my calories this last week the scale finally budged again.