Okay, just thought I'd post a quick question I've been stewing over here. I just started eating healthier & working out, & radically adjusting my diet has & is persisting to be a bit of a challenge, especially since I have to buy all of the groceries now instead of relying on my mom (natural/organic diet). Basically I'm just a little unsure & perhaps concerned if I'm getting enough calories per day? I use the daily plate to track my calories online, & based on my goal of losing 2lbs/week at my starting weight of 205, it says I'm allowed around 1600 calories a day. Now at first I was trying to eat less, because I was coming in over that 1600 recommended, but I haven't been trying to eat less at all recently, & sometimes I'm barely breaking 1000 calories. I'm not sure how accurate the information is, but I've heard people say you need at least 1200/day to be eating a healthy amount? I wasn't going to stress it as I can squeeze a few extra hundred calories in here or there, but today's caloric intake moved me to seek help. All of my snacks & meals have been eaten today, & having just finished a devilishly good treat I shouldn't have had, I find that I came in at just 823 calories total! I used to eat a couple hundred shy of that PER MEAL. Now is it just me, or is something wrong here? Yesterday I ended up licking a tablespoon of Peanut Butter & drinking a glass of milk to get my extra 200 (& make 1200 calories exactly). Am I just overreacting, or should I be eating more calories a day? Please, let me know. I'll post today's snacks/meals below, so you can take a gander. Thanks for taking the time to read, I appreciate your consideration.
Breakfast-
1/2c Organic Whole oats: 150 Calories
1Tbsp Brown Sugar: 30 Calories
1Tbsp Sugar: 45 Calories
Morning Snack-
Quaker Chewy Granola Bar: 90 Calories
3 Ritz Crackers: 48 Calories
Lunch-
1c Organic Chicken & Wild Rice Soup: 90 Calories
Brocolli: 14 Calories
Mid-Day Snack-
1 Laughing Cow Spreadable Cheese: 35 Calories
1 Slice Turkey: 15 Calories
Dinner-
Chicken, Egg White, & Veggie Stir-fry: 248 Calories
Pre-Bedtime Snack-
Gudrud Fine Belgian Chocolate: 100 Calories