Am I eating enough?

[mission to lose]

Hi,
Today i am on Day 4 of Induction, and I am very pleased with how it is going. I have no major carb withdrawal, and I am not REAL hungry. In fact after using fitday yesterday for the first time, I don't think I am eating enough. I was pretty full for the day and only had 950 calories at about 9:00 pm, so I tried to eat a little more and pushed it to 1143. I know I should be following the rules of Induction, but still, Is there a safe range of calories to fall into? Could I not be eating enough calories? Can that cause a problem of a stall or the metabolism shutting down? I wonder how many calories is too little?

[Georgiana]

Re: Am I eating enough?

Are you hungry? If you are not hungry, then you are probably eating enough. 950 calories is definitely a low calorie day, but if you go by your hunger you will have low calorie days and high calorie days. When you are hungry, don't be afraid to eat even if the calories seem high at the end of the day. If you are not sure when you need to stop eating, you can use Dr. Atkins' strategy to control your food intake (check Chapter 11, page 138 ).

You need to artificially lower your caloric intake (i.e. not eat even if hungry) for quite some time to go into starvation mode. If you are eating according to your hunger and to the 6-hour rule, this should not happen.

[liv]

Re: Am I eating enough?

Are you eating your three cups of veggies?
Glad to hear that things are going well/
As long as you are not starving yourself and you are eating your veggies you are fine. Remember to drink all your water too.

[msanjelpie]

Re: Am I eating enough?

Being that you are only 5'4" your calorie intake is going to be less than someone who is 5'10" etc... Just listen to your body... there will be days in the future when you have many more calories than that...