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not eating enough

kambean
kambean Posts: 3 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
soooo i added up all my food and excercise and it is now 10:30 pm and it says i still need to eat like 800 more calories,, im not hungry, (for once) and dont want to gain cause im not eating enough,,,,,any thoughts,

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  • strangecandor
    strangecandor Posts: 1
    I would just go to bed and start over in the morning. If you are not hungry it might be because your body isn't feeling well. You could be low energy or getting sick but haven't shown symptoms yet.

    You won't gain weight from just one night.

    But eating this late can't be good for sleep, that's why I don't advise it.

    Maybe drink a glass of milk to get some extra calories without the blood sugar spike of actually eating. Warm milk perhaps? With cinnamon?

    Tis the season.
  • tmneff
    tmneff Posts: 1
    Try increasing your portions slightly throughout the day, and add a healthy snack in late morning or mid afternoon. If you're exercising, try a lighter exercise.
  • Nicole_William
    Nicole_William Posts: 1
    I usually eat only 500 calories a day
    I live in a sedentary lifestyle because i'm a student
    It's ok i guess
  • jclguru
    jclguru Posts: 123
    500 calories a day?

    Is that okay?

    Well, if eating 1200 calories is borderline I think you can imagine what 500 is.
    I think I take in 500 calories just looking at food.

    I'm hoping that 500 is a mistype.

    Doug
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    I've had days like that. When it happens to me, I then make sure that I plan ahead for the next day. Someone on this site gave me a great quote
    "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper".
    So I usually start the day with about 450 calorie breakfast and then taper down from there. Just a suggestion. Awesome that you aren't hungry though. Great job on listening to your body that late at night.
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    I usually eat only 500 calories a day
    I live in a sedentary lifestyle because i'm a student
    It's ok i guess
    Oh, I remember those days of only eating 500 calories when I was 18. Wow, was I ever "skinny", but sadly it did not last for very long. Oh yeah, I also lost my gallbladder, was told I couldn't have children (did finally, but what a struggle) and damaged my teeth big time in the process. So please be careful with your body at 18. When you are 35 :blushing: you're going to be thankful you did :flowerforyou:
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    500 calories a day?

    Is that okay?

    Well, if eating 1200 calories is borderline I think you can imagine what 500 is.
    I think I take in 500 calories just looking at food.

    I'm hoping that 500 is a mistype.

    Doug

    to answer your question, unless she is under a medical professional's supervision and is being specifically told to be on that diet (or maybe she's 4' 4" tall) then no, 500 calories is not a healthy eating practice and will lead to muscle deterioration, many different metabolic syndromes, bone density issues, and a whole host of other problems. I'm not judging, just stating the ramifications of long term extreme calorie deficit.

    Put it this way, if you're already thin enough that 500 calories is within the 1000 calorie threshold, then your body can't handle that large of a deficit, and if you're big enough that you're creating a deficit greater than 1000 calories, then you're only throwing your body into a severe form of starvation, kicking off the body's survival instincts, shutting down organs, leeching calories and minerals out of other (vital) sections of the body (bones, muscle, lean tissue, organs). Either way you're most likely doing long term damage to your body and possibly setting up serious metabolic issues that will only show up later in life, making it far more difficult to maintain health.
  • joann
    joann Posts: 624 Member
    I just cant imagine eating only 500 calories a day. 1200 isnt enough for me lol..
  • kpnuts23
    kpnuts23 Posts: 960 Member
    woooaaah only 500 a day.. it faint!! :indifferent:

    i know my cals are lowish... but thats really low?! how much do you exercise?

    lol i burnt 650 last night.. shame about the chocolates n biccies i ate... ohhh well its xmas soon!!

    sometimes i only eat 800ish... but i can continue this for long...
  • kmarsala99
    kmarsala99 Posts: 16
    I am kinda in the same boat. I am averaging 900 calories a day and i am satisfied. i worry cuz sometime I go over in my surgars and i heard that surgar turns to fat. should I worry about the surgar if I am within my calories?
  • cds2327
    cds2327 Posts: 439
    I usually eat only 500 calories a day
    I live in a sedentary lifestyle because i'm a student
    It's ok i guess

    Seriously? what do you eat?
  • kambean
    kambean Posts: 3 Member
    thanks for all your advise, i will try to eat more filling foods, and i too hope the 500 calories was a mistype, or she is 3 feet tall!
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