Group: Specific Diets & Nutrition

Specific Diets & Nutrition
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 104, Messages: 22775

With so many diets and nutritional plans out there, you can get lost. Find out what works best for others and share your experiences!

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Under eating

JessFM
JessFM
Posts: 2
Joined: 2010/03/11
Canada
2010/03/11, 12:41 AM
So I've always had suspicions that I was under eating and that's why I wasn't losing weight. I don't do it on purpose, I'm just not hungry for anything else.

Now I'm not starving myself, by mutiple calculators I'm consuming about 1200-1300 calories per day. Not a lot of that is fat, but I do know that there is a bit more fat than there should be (I love chocolates and pasteries)

Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can eat perhaps as a snack to get those extra calories I need so that my body's not in starvation mode? I've found I'm very hungry after a work out and fruit and veggies at that point just aren't cutting it.

Thanks!
missyaline
missyaline
Posts: 5
Joined: 2010/04/19
United States
2010/04/27, 03:30 AM
I've had to deal with the same thing. What I've done is added peanut butter. Eating an apple with 2 tbsp of peanut butter gives you extra calories and "good" fat. It's also really good with various vegetables as well (celery especially). It's also important to eat protein after a workout. You can eat various types of protein: chicken breast, eggs (limiting the yolks), low-fat cheese, and nuts are good options. Eating lean protein after a workout levels your blood sugars, curbs hunger and gives your body what it needs to build muscle while burning fat. Since I've increased my calories I've noticed a difference on the scale and in clothes. Good luck!