Not enough calories...
 

I've been on the south beach diet for 4 days now, and I've been tracking what I eat and still doing exercise. I can already see that I'm losing weight, however when I added up my calories for the last few days, it's been around 1000 calories a day. I've been eating breakfast, a midmorning snack, lunch, an afternoon snack, and dinner...so I haven't been hungry. Should I amp up some of my meals to have additional calories? (Cause I know as soon as I start throwing some carbs back in, I'll gain the weight back eventually...and I really don't want this all to be for nothing.)
Any advice ladies?

How about posting a few menus? It might help to see where your calories are coming from :)

Alright, this is basically how it's gone the past few days:
breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 1 slice of cheese and asparagus. (appr. 220)
snack: celery with 1 wedge of light laughing cow cheese. (appr. 50)
lunch: salad with 2 slices of turkey bacon, 1 slice of cheese, and some broccoli. (appr. 200)
snack: 30 pistachios and jello (appr. 130)
dinner: 1 small chicken breast, some shredded low fat cheddar cheese, some salsa, and 1 cup of broccoli. (appr. 300)
dessert: 1 fudgesicle (appr. 40)

That's only just below 950 calories. But I've haven't really been hungry other than just before my meal times.

It is a nice basic menu. I'm hesitant to add too much food because I think your body will insist you add more soon. On the other hand it is really low.

Here's a few suggestions off the top of my head -

• Bulk up the lunch salad with more veggies and 1/2 cup of chick peas or black beans and add a little more protein.
• Add another cup of veggies to dinner, you should aim for at least 2 cups.
• You need more dairy. Might make that morning snack a little more substantial.
• Are you getting any healthy fat from dressings or olive oil? A little EVOO & vinegar dressing or some avocado will do the trick.
• I like refried beans with my eggs, but that's not for everyone :)

You also don't want to start so low that you have nowhere to go when you stall. It's nice to have a little room to adjust when you need to break a plateau.

Yeah, I don't want to stay so low, I'm just glad I noticed it now instead of after phase one ended.
I think I'll add some milk and yogurt in, and some other veggies. Also, I haven't been able to find a good dressing (I know there's one in the book, I just haven't had time to make it yet...I'll probably head to the store tomorrow.)
Thanks so much for your input! :D

I cook my veggies and chicken in olive oil. It adds extra calories, but the healthy kind. You should be getting in 2 Tbs. healthy oils. Beans & dairy like Cyndi suggests.

Maybe some healthy peanut butter on celery stix? Avocado in your salad? I like to put half of my daily pistachios in nonfat plain greek yogurt w/a little splenda.

I don't know if you have Safeway stores where you live but they have a couple of their "Eating Right" brand dressings w/no added sugar that are yummy. They fit the guidelines in the SB book for prepared dressing.

Just my 2 cents!