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Started counting calories and coming in waaaay under...

soveryexcitedsoveryexcited member
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I started using myfitnesspal on my iphone to track my calories in an effort to shed the twenty pounds left to lose and according to them I should be having around 1400 a day, that isn't including the extra 500 you are supposed to have while breastfeeding.

Today I had a nature valley fiber bar (busy morning!), some leftover homemade lettuce wraps for lunch, a half cup of pineapple for snack, two scrambled eggs and a piece of toast for dinner and I was at 850ish calories for the whole day. I just had a bowl of cereal with some milk to try to up my calories more; but I'm not sure what else to do? Where am I supposed to squeeze in the extra nearly 1000 calories??

Also, I've always had a great supply of milk, I don't want that to change. I wasn't starving today either. I've never really counted calories before; the weight sort of fell off with the other two but hasn't come off as easily with this one so I thought counting might help. But yicks- its not like I'm coming in two or three hundred calories below...

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Re: Started counting calories and coming in waaaay under...

  • fyrefairiefyrefairie member
    youre undereating..u need way more protein and veggies just for nutritions sake

     

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    Generally I will snack on carrots or an apple and my lunch for the past few days has been cottage cheese with broccoli and tomato. I feel like I'm eating at least one protein per meal... should I just snack more and eat proteins for those snacks?
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  • ksyknelvr73ksyknelvr73 member
    Definitely get some protein in there! Eat some meat...chicken, fish, greek yogurt. I think that when you come in way under that can actually sabotage your weight loss. You are eating great food and healthy food which is awesome, but you just need to eat more. Eat healthy things that are higher calorie like peanut butter, bananas, etc. That should help too.
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  • NativeNyerNativeNyer

    I would get more healthy carbs in there.  Brown rice, multi grain pasta, oatmeal.

    A lot of people underestimate "good" carbs.  This is good fuel.

    You need more protein too.

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  • mel6304mel6304
    Definitely eat more! When you don't consume enough calories your body goes into "starvation" mode and holds on to everything you're putting into it, since it doesn't know when/if you'll get enough again. Just ensure that whatever else you add in is healthy!
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  • blondiemama09blondiemama09

    I usually try to plan out my day in advance so I dont run into this problem. So if by like 3pm I've only had 500 cal or, amd I need another 1300, I'll pick snacks for the rest of the day based on that.

    Maybe just try planning out, so its not 10pm and you  need to find tons more calorie to eat?

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