I THINK I AM DOING SOMETHING WRONG!!!!!

If you give us your height, weight, age, and calories that this site suggests, that would help us figure it out.

check your settings, you may have made an error when you put in your age and weight........

A good healthy, higher calorie snack might be to eat some nuts, they might help you use up some of those extra calories you have left over.

Another idea is to change your settings to lose 2lbs per week. I am 5'7" and 229lbs and I get about 1900 for 1 lb a week. Which is pretty doable for me, but I am definitely under some days especially if I exercise. If I set it at 2lbs a week, it drops down to 1450 calories a day. That is too low for me, but I figure if I end up somewhere in the middle then I am doing fine. If you do drop it down to 2lbs a week, make sure you eat all those calories and your exercise calories to make sure you aren't dropping too low!

Nikki - I'm agree with an earlier post about setting your goals to 2 lbs a week and go from there. If you find yourself really hungry, reduce it to one lb per week, but I think 2 is a reasonable goal for you. They say when you get within 10-20 lbs of your lowest goal weight, then reduce to 1lb or even 0.5 lb per week loss.

Best of luck and let us know how you do for your first weigh in!
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Dj bliss, I think I will try that! thanks

and thanks to every one else I am going to try it all! :flowerforyou: :happy:

nikki,

First of, Welcome to our little slice of (low calorie) heaven.

I commend you on taking that most difficult first step. I would tend to agree with some of the previous comments on your ability to try for a larger deficit then 1 pound per week. Given your numbers, for the time being, I think going up to 2 pounds a week is acceptable for you. If you feel comfortable with it that is. I would recommend (if you decide to up your deficit) that you re-evaluate after about 20 lbs or so and see how you feel.

That being said, here are some more calorie dense, nutritional foods that you may want to employ to help reach your caloric goals.

Cheese (specifically, hard cheeses like cheddar, I like the 50% reduced fat cabot farms cheddar)
yogurt
Whole wheat crackers (like wheat thins, triscuts)
cottage cheese
any kind of nuts (different ones have different vitamins and fat/protein content) I prefer almonds but
that is a personal choice.
Bananas
Avocados
Oatmeal (I like the weight control ones from quaker)
Hummos (I like the garlic lovers hummos, but I think some of my co-workers prefer me to have the roasted red pepper :ohwell: )

Many of these can be cut to (or come packaged in) single serving sizes that you can throw into a small cooler bag and take with you for snacks through the day.

Best of luck to you!

-Banks

Hey Guys,
Well to day I change my deficit. I am going to do the 2 lb a week. so now I have aprox. 1500 cal.
since since I did that I am now officially in the in crowd of feeling the affects of weight lose! :bigsmile: :drinker: today I ate applesauce with my oatmeal ( and Banks I live by Quakers weight control oatmeal) :happy: I added more veggies to my lunch and just finish dinner and I have abou 50 cals left! yippy! thanks guys!

Glad to see you added fruits and veggies, in addition to watching your number of calories, watch where they come from. Try to eat most of your calories from "healthy" foods. Lots of fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean meats and dairy, minimally processed foods.