Here's my dilemma. My weight loss seems stalled. I don't normally count calories because I eat healthy food that I prepare myself and try to eat reasonable portions. If I feel hungry outside of meals, then I have a snack.
So I figure I'm probably only eating what I need -- hence no need to keep close count.
But since I'm stalled, I thought maybe I am eating too much without being aware, so I decided to count calories for the day. It's 6:00pm, dinner's in the oven, and I'm only at 575 calories so far for the day. I did a quick calculation on what I expect to eat for dinner, and that only adds 449 calories for a total of 1024 for the day! I haven't been hungry, I'm not depriving myself. But maybe this is why I'm not losing weight?
Back to my question: is it possible to eat too little, even though you don't feel hungry?
(From an exertion standpoint, I ran 1.5 miles, walked .75 miles, and did 20 min. on the elliptical).
In case it helps, here is what I've eaten today:
Breakfast:
Coffee with whole milk (97 cal)
Oat bran hot cereal with nuts, cinnamon & honey added (187 cal)
Lunch:
Crab meat salad (70 cal) (this had 1/4 carrot, 1/4 onion, 1/2 stalk celery mixed with 1/2 tbs mayo and 1/2 can crab meat)
big rice cake (45 cal)
d'anjou pear (96 cal)
slice of low fat cheese (50 cal)
water
Snacks:
1/2 carrot (13 cal)
6 cherry tomatoes (18 cal)
Dinner (planned):
1/4 lb barbequed pork (267 cal) (this is lean pork roasted in a hoisin / soy sauce)
hot & sour slaw (182 cal) (amounts to 1/4 head cabbage + other veggies stir fried)
water
TOTAL: 1024