I added boost high calorie shakes to help with this. Also started taking my morning meds with a small glass of juice (no sugar added) for those extra calories.
Yes, under 1200, but especially under 1000 makes the body think you're starving. It does mess up our metabolism. Use a tdee calculator and then a calorie calculator to figure out what your weightloss calories should be. Most women's maintenance calories are between 2000-2200 and a 500 calorie deficit which is what's recommended to start is 1500-1700 I try to eat btwn 1350-1650 right now and admittedly do fall into the 1300 range more often but even if I'm not feeling very hungry I try and find things I can have at the end of the day that pack a lot of calories in a small package to get me up. Yesterday, I had barely reached 1200, so I ate a piece of candied ginger, drank a bit of coconut water and ate a third of a tbsp of hemp hearts and got up to 1340. So over a 1000 calories with very little effort.
Eating like 3-5 nuts could be an easy way to pack extra calories end of day if you're struggling
Thank you (:
I started eating a banana slathered in peanut butter to up my calories. I'll start packing some healthy calorie dense snacks to top off my calorie goals!
Good question... I'm getting close to 1200 a day and will eat a handful of nuts at the end of the day if I'm low. Nuts, avocado, hi fat yogurt, cheese...
I just started doing that too! A handful of cashews or a banana slathered in peanut butter. Yum! It's such an odd feeling not being hungry and not wanting to over eat haha. I used to wish I had more calories to indulge.
No it’s not bad at all to eat 1K calories a day. I did it for a few months and it was totally fine. Just make sure to drink a lot of water and keep exercise at bay (nothing too intense).
I added boost high calorie shakes to help with this. Also started taking my morning meds with a small glass of juice (no sugar added) for those extra calories.
How's the taste? I am traumatized due to the chalky, gritty or artificial tasting shakes. I started eating a banana slathered with peanut butter haha.
I hear ya on that! These (I get the chocolate ones) are actually tasty- like a slightly richer chocolate milk. And absolutely zero grit.
Great to hear! I'll grab some on my way home. Thank you (:
Yes, under 1200, but especially under 1000 makes the body think you're starving. It does mess up our metabolism. Use a tdee calculator and then a calorie calculator to figure out what your weightloss calories should be. Most women's maintenance calories are between 2000-2200 and a 500 calorie deficit which is what's recommended to start is 1500-1700 I try to eat btwn 1350-1650 right now and admittedly do fall into the 1300 range more often but even if I'm not feeling very hungry I try and find things I can have at the end of the day that pack a lot of calories in a small package to get me up. Yesterday, I had barely reached 1200, so I ate a piece of candied ginger, drank a bit of coconut water and ate a third of a tbsp of hemp hearts and got up to 1340. So over a 1000 calories with very little effort. Eating like 3-5 nuts could be an easy way to pack extra calories end of day if you're struggling
Thank you (: I started eating a banana slathered in peanut butter to up my calories. I'll start packing some healthy calorie dense snacks to top off my calorie goals!
Good question... I'm getting close to 1200 a day and will eat a handful of nuts at the end of the day if I'm low. Nuts, avocado, hi fat yogurt, cheese...
I just started doing that too! A handful of cashews or a banana slathered in peanut butter. Yum! It's such an odd feeling not being hungry and not wanting to over eat haha. I used to wish I had more calories to indulge.
No it’s not bad at all to eat 1K calories a day. I did it for a few months and it was totally fine. Just make sure to drink a lot of water and keep exercise at bay (nothing too intense).