Guest guest Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 Normally for breakfast I eat an apple and an orange, and I am completely full and satisfied. But when I actually realized yesterday that this is only 150 cals, 175 at the most if the orange is large, it made me wonder if I am actually eating enough? I have been on a weight stall for two months. My partner keeps telling me I am not eating enough. Part of the problem is with one medication I still take, and can't go off of yet, leaves me with no appetite at all, so that sometimes if I get busy I completely forget to eat and skip meals because I just don't get hungry with this medicine. Yesterday I decided to eat about 300-350 cals for breakfast, and I felt so stuffed. I did the same thing today. It was my usual apple and orange, but I added one of the sweet potato muffins I made Thursday evening--no fat, no animal products of any kind, high fiber, very filling. And I am feeling so stuffed, like I way overate. My head knows I didn't, and my body knows I didn't, but my stomach says hold on there, there just isn't enough room for all of us in here! The entire day yesterday I ate more than I have been for the last two months. Nothing outrageous, normal meals, all vegan. And I could tell when I awoke that my weight had shifted downwards. Even though my usual day to weigh is Sunday morning, I was too excited to wait (having been on a stall for two months!), so I flew down to the basement where the scale is, and lo and behold, my body let go of a nice little chunk, at last!!! So I am wondering, have I not been eating enough? I haven't tracked the calories, but most days I probably ate less than 1,000, and I know that's just too low for me, especially at my size. But what about not being hungry, and feeling overstuffed when I eat a normal sized meal?? I know most of that is due to the medication I can't stop yet. Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions? WhimsyT - " Nonviolence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. " Thomas Edison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 One way to deal with this is to make sure to eat every couple of hours. If for example, you need to eat about 1800 calories... 6 meals a day would be 300 calories per. Part of it you will just have to get used to, if 300 cal makes you feel stuffed. If you've been undereating for so long, you may just have to train your body to eat correctly again. Try just adding a few calories at breakfast as you've done... and get used to it. Then in a week or so, add some more to another meal... each week increase until you're eating enough overall. I use nutridiary.com to track; lots of people also like fitday.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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