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hiitdogs
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1,300 calories while working out sounds pretty darn low! 
I'd be gnawing my left arm off.
That being said, I don't think it depends so much on the calories but more on what you eat. If you don't give your body the nutrients that it needs the reaction will be hunger attacks, no matter how many calories you eat.
I'd be gnawing my left arm off. That being said, I don't think it depends so much on the calories but more on what you eat. If you don't give your body the nutrients that it needs the reaction will be hunger attacks, no matter how many calories you eat.
morningstar
Cathlete
Of course you're hungry! You need to find out what your BMR is and never fall below that for your calories. If I lie around all day - no exercise at all, not even walking - I burn 1800 calories. You need to find where you're at and stop starving yourself - it only makes us grouchy and lose all our muscles.
LauraR
Cathlete
I agree with these other ladies: 1300 calories sounds really low. I'd up your calories. Then, make sure you're spreading them throughout the day. For example, when I'm eating 2000 calories I split it like this:
400 calorie breakfast
200 calorie morning snack
500 calorie lunch
300 calorie afternoon snack
600 calorie supper
To hit your 1800, carve 100 calories off of one snack and one meal.
I find that when I'm eating every couple of hours, I'm just not as hungry.
Hope that helps.
400 calorie breakfast
200 calorie morning snack
500 calorie lunch
300 calorie afternoon snack
600 calorie supper
To hit your 1800, carve 100 calories off of one snack and one meal.
I find that when I'm eating every couple of hours, I'm just not as hungry.
Hope that helps.
jdawnc
Cathlete
I agree that you aren't eating enough. If you think about it, you want to stay at 1300 calories a day but if you exercise and burn off 500 you can still eat 1800.
I am the type of person that could eat all time and I found that when I added around 150 calories of almonds as a snack my cravings subsided and the amount of time between meals could be longer without me passing out. I have also found that a higher intake of vegetables curbs my appetite too because it takes so much effort to eat them, that I can't eat anything else.
Listen to your body, if you are hungry then eat good whole foods, don't reach for the bread and junk food.
I am the type of person that could eat all time and I found that when I added around 150 calories of almonds as a snack my cravings subsided and the amount of time between meals could be longer without me passing out. I have also found that a higher intake of vegetables curbs my appetite too because it takes so much effort to eat them, that I can't eat anything else.
Listen to your body, if you are hungry then eat good whole foods, don't reach for the bread and junk food.
kathryn
Cathlete
According to whom or what are you 'supposed to' eat only 1300 calories?
I agree with others (and so does your body, it seems!) that 1300 calories is too low for your activity level. Listen to your body, and as long as you are feeding it healthy, whole foods (as Carola suggests), it will lead you in the right direction.
Beavs
Cathlete
Help with Hunger
I think it is low too but I totally understand being hungry all the time. I have found something that really does help me.
I read a book - (can't think of the name right now) but it talked about adding PGX to your diet. I bought the products at my health food store and I have found them helpful.
I bought - SlimStyles Shake mix; SlimStyles Granules and Natural Factors Wellbetx PGX. Do a search on it if you want to find out more info.
I used to sit at my desk in constant hunger - probably due to some boredom too - and have found this to really help.
Hope it helps you.
I think it is low too but I totally understand being hungry all the time. I have found something that really does help me.
I read a book - (can't think of the name right now) but it talked about adding PGX to your diet. I bought the products at my health food store and I have found them helpful.
I bought - SlimStyles Shake mix; SlimStyles Granules and Natural Factors Wellbetx PGX. Do a search on it if you want to find out more info.
I used to sit at my desk in constant hunger - probably due to some boredom too - and have found this to really help.
Hope it helps you.
according to the calories from CLX it says 1300 calories for what I weigh. it goes up to 1500 calories. I havent been eating 1300, more around 1800 and still feel hungry on some days but that was what I was thinking that there was no way I could cut back to 1300 calories like it recommends. I tried to drink a protein shake after the workouts and then hr to 2 hrs later eat oatmeal the other day, that helped some. I usually eat toast with peanut butter but then I am hungry 2 hrs later. so I figured it I added something like oatmeal it might hold me over longer. Where do you get the slimshakes and bars? I hoped adding stuff with protein would hold me over to but it dont. I think I was just eating too much before and it will take me time to decrease my appetite.
JodelleFitzh20
Cathlete
Type of food...
If you're body is telling you its hungry even after the 1800 calories, it may be more the KIND of food you are eating rather than the amount of food. Choosing lots of carbs for examply may digest too quickly and leave you feeling famished an hour or so later. However along with filling up with adequate lean proteins, you want to make sure you are getting adequate healthy fats. Fats satisfy you and keep you full longer. Try adding avocado to salads and egg white omelets, or making guacamole to dip veggies in for a snack. Add ground flax meal to yogurt or oatmeal to add healthy fat and fiber. Flax not only stays with you longer, but it also helps with your colon and digestion, helps the body burn stored body fat, and lubricates your joints! Other healthy fats, are nut butters, and walnuts which are a good source of omega 3's and olive oil. I find that combining lean proteins with healthy fats, like shrimp salsa cocktail (shrimp mixed with 2/3 cup of your favorite salsa, with 1/2 a cut up avocado diced in) really satisfies me and keeps me full longer....not to mention those healthy fats really go a long way towards healthy skin and hair!
If you're body is telling you its hungry even after the 1800 calories, it may be more the KIND of food you are eating rather than the amount of food. Choosing lots of carbs for examply may digest too quickly and leave you feeling famished an hour or so later. However along with filling up with adequate lean proteins, you want to make sure you are getting adequate healthy fats. Fats satisfy you and keep you full longer. Try adding avocado to salads and egg white omelets, or making guacamole to dip veggies in for a snack. Add ground flax meal to yogurt or oatmeal to add healthy fat and fiber. Flax not only stays with you longer, but it also helps with your colon and digestion, helps the body burn stored body fat, and lubricates your joints! Other healthy fats, are nut butters, and walnuts which are a good source of omega 3's and olive oil. I find that combining lean proteins with healthy fats, like shrimp salsa cocktail (shrimp mixed with 2/3 cup of your favorite salsa, with 1/2 a cut up avocado diced in) really satisfies me and keeps me full longer....not to mention those healthy fats really go a long way towards healthy skin and hair!
morningstar
Cathlete
If you're body is telling you its hungry even after the 1800 calories, it may be more the KIND of food you are eating rather than the amount of food. Choosing lots of carbs for examply may digest too quickly and leave you feeling famished an hour or so later. However along with filling up with adequate lean proteins, you want to make sure you are getting adequate healthy fats. Fats satisfy you and keep you full longer. Try adding avocado to salads and egg white omelets, or making guacamole to dip veggies in for a snack. Add ground flax meal to yogurt or oatmeal to add healthy fat and fiber. Flax not only stays with you longer, but it also helps with your colon and digestion, helps the body burn stored body fat, and lubricates your joints! Other healthy fats, are nut butters, and walnuts which are a good source of omega 3's and olive oil. I find that combining lean proteins with healthy fats, like shrimp salsa cocktail (shrimp mixed with 2/3 cup of your favorite salsa, with 1/2 a cut up avocado diced in) really satisfies me and keeps me full longer....not to mention those healthy fats really go a long way towards healthy skin and hair!
Excellent points!
RapidBreath
Cathlete
If you're body is telling you its hungry even after the 1800 calories, it may be more the KIND of food you are eating rather than the amount of food. Choosing lots of carbs for examply may digest too quickly and leave you feeling famished an hour or so later. However along with filling up with adequate lean proteins, you want to make sure you are getting adequate healthy fats. Fats satisfy you and keep you full longer. Try adding avocado to salads and egg white omelets, or making guacamole to dip veggies in for a snack. Add ground flax meal to yogurt or oatmeal to add healthy fat and fiber. Flax not only stays with you longer, but it also helps with your colon and digestion, helps the body burn stored body fat, and lubricates your joints! Other healthy fats, are nut butters, and walnuts which are a good source of omega 3's and olive oil. I find that combining lean proteins with healthy fats, like shrimp salsa cocktail (shrimp mixed with 2/3 cup of your favorite salsa, with 1/2 a cut up avocado diced in) really satisfies me and keeps me full longer....not to mention those healthy fats really go a long way towards healthy skin and hair!
What she said. Also adding a fish oil supplement can help. And some extra fiber can help too. 1300 sounds awefully low. How tall are you and what do you weigh? With those numbers you can calculate a more reasonable low number. Also, there is nothing wrong with having two low calorie days followed by a refeed day in which you eat 1800 calories that come primarily from healthy fats and protein. Watch out for sugar alcohols, they can back fire.
JodelleFitzh20
Cathlete
Excellent point about the refeed! So good for the body!
Little Lady
Cathlete
Are you eating enough? I read in a college nutrition book that you take your weight times 10 for weight loss but should never drop below 1200 a day because you can't get enough nutrition. I weigh 120 so I would eat 1200 if I were trying to lose weight, If you weigh 180 then you should have 1800. The book also says that you can add the amount of calories burned during exercise. That would be the tricky part to figure out. So unless you weigh 130 and are not exercising than 1300 is to low. Jodelle knows what she's talking about, go with more protein and less carbs to stay full longer. If you are to strict and are trying to lose weight to fast it probably won't be a long term weight loss. You need to take it slow and be patient. Counting calories can be a great way to teach yourself how much you should be eating and how many calories are in the foods you eat. Personally I think it is the safest way to lose weight.
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kathryn
Cathlete
I've heard pretty much the same thing, only it's 10 x your target weight (ie: if you're currently 140 and want to go to 130, you'd go for 1300 calories). I'm pretty sure that applies to light- to moderate-activity levels.
Little Lady
Cathlete
The book that I have doesn't say target weight. It was 10 times current weight and you drop the calories as you lose the weight. This will give you the amount of calories you need for your basal metabolism. "Processes of basal metabolism include breathing, the beating of the heart, renewal of muscle and bone tissue, and other ongoing activities that sustain life and health." If you are 300 pounds and your target weight is 120 you definitely don't eat 1200 calories. You would eat 3000 calories plus the amount of calories burned during exercise. When you reach 250, you eat 2500 calories and so on. I'm sure that there are websites that give this information. There are formulas for figuring out how many calories you will need when you reach your target weight too. If you are trying to lose more than 2 pounds per week than you will probably feel hungry. It's not recommended to lose more than 2 pounds each week. If you are doing everything correctly than you may just have to deal with feeling hungry until your stomach shrinks.
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I have been fluctuating between 130-134 so should I eat only 1300 to lose? I was eating 2000 cal or more. I think that is why I was hungry because even if I ate 1800 I was use to eating 2000 or more and cutting back obviously would make me hungry at first. I thought about trying an appetite surpressant to see if that would help jump start me and help.
morningstar
Cathlete
You are within a normal weight range. Appetite suppressants are dangerous and addictive. Stick with the natural suppressants, exercise, protein and good fats.
JodelleFitzh20
Cathlete
Absolutely agree! Protein, good fats, and plenty of water, water, water and activity are nature's best appetite supressants! Synthetic ones are only marketing schemes and are never anything you can stick to long term. Would you rather take a pill your whole life or eat a little avocado each day???