How do you recover from starvation mode?

mmmicheller
mmmicheller Posts: 38
in Food and Nutrition
I've been worried that I've been consuming too little calories, but I don't know if that's accurate because I never measure what I eat.. especially if their homemade meals.

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  • Lauren8239
    Lauren8239 Posts: 1,039 Member
    Up your calories. Seriously. I used to eat so little because I was never hungry, but I learned from these boards about upping calories. I started upping them beginning of May, gained 11 pounds, BUT I have now started dropping the pounds. What a wonderful feeling that it was all worth it!
  • mmmicheller
    mmmicheller Posts: 38
    but how exactly do you know if you're eating too little?
  • psychofantasy
    psychofantasy Posts: 71
    but how exactly do you know if you're eating too little?

    You have to start logging everything at the end of the day. MFP also has a recipe function so that you can log homemade foods. Do that without changing your habits for a week, then evaluate.

    *Edit - As far as measuring your food goes, I would get whatever you normally eat on your plate, then measure to see what your portion sizes actually are.
  • gchutson
    gchutson Posts: 657
    Eat.

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