Thread: Am I not eating enough?

Hi,

I am new to these forums and I had a question or two.

I am 30 years old, 5"4 and weigh 203 pounds. I have been on a fairly intense (at least for me anways) workout program for the past month and my trainer keeps raising an issue that I am not sure about. I have been keeping a food journal for the past 6 weeks (since I started) and my trainer reviews it every 2-3 days.

Basicly she says I am not eating enough, but when I do eat I am making good choices. She says I am not eating enough for the amount of exercise I am doing.

My workout routine is the following: Monday Wednesday and Fridays I do
1 hour of weight training (combo of free weights and machines with a trainer so the workout is intense) followed by 1 hour of Cardio which is currently me running on the treadmill for 60 minutes at the speed setting of 5.5 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday I do 60 minutes of Cardio which is either on the treadmill at the same speed or a combo of the treadmill and crosstrainer 30 minutes on each. Ocasionally I will do 60 minutes on the crosstrainer and not touch the treadmill at all.

I have been following this program for the past 6 weeks everyday with the exception of 2 Saturdays, the results have been great so far and I am extremely motivated.

I am confused however about my food intake. I am told I am not eating enough. I try to eat about every 3 hours and stop eating about 3 hours before bed. I still eat late at night as I am a night owl and don't hit the sack until about 2-3 am every night. My last snack is about 10-11 pm at night. I am getting anywhere from 1400-1800 calories a day on a regular basis.

Here is my journal from the last 3 days

Jan 20

Water - 5 bottles

9:45- Shake ( 1 cup OJ, raw egg, low fat yogurt and 10 strawberries)
12:30- fried egg & ham sandwhich ( 2 pieces multigrain bread, 1 brown egg and 1 slice fatfree ham)
3:30 - 1 banana
5:15 -swiss chalet chicken wrap

Jan 21

Water- 4 bottles

9:30 - slice toast (multigrain) with 1 tsp Peanut Butter, Strawberries and yogurt
12:30 -Subway 6" chicken sub on whole wheat bread, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, green peppers, pickles, NO SAUCE
3:15 - banana
5:45 - 100 grams chicken, 1 cup corn, salad with lowfat dressing
11:00 - fat free, sugar free light jello

Jan 22

Water- 5 bottles

9:00 -toast W P butter & strawberries
12:00- Shake ( 1 cup OJ, 10 strawberries, 1 raw egg, low fat yogurt)
2:30 - leftover weight watcher pasta (pasta with low fat suasage, Green red and yellow peppers, tomatoes and onions
6:00 -6" chicken sub from subway same toppings as the day before
midnight- apple

Am I not eating enough for the workout I am doing? I don't find myself hungry that often but she insists that I need to eat more.

I made an effort yesterday to eat more and here is what I ate

Water 5 bottles

10:30- Whole wheat bagel with chedder cheese, no butter (tim hortons)
1:50 - 100 grams of chicken(all the chicken is skinless) 1 banana and 1 peice multigrain toast with 1 tsb peanut butter
5:00 - 6" chicken sub from subway (same toppings as before) adn 3 slices of watermelon
8:00 -Shake (1 cup OJ, 10 strawberries, 1 raw egg and low fat yogurt)
11:00- 1 apple and 1 clementine

Is this more in line with the amount of food i need to eat, or is this to much or still to little? I don't know how many calories I burn lifting weights but when I do my cardio the machine says I am burning about 900-1000 calories every hour

The other things she says I need to do is eat more veggies, and there are times where the gaps betwwen eating are to long.

How many calories should I be eating? Any help or input wuld be appreciated.

Thank You

Originally Posted by colos99

Hi,

Basicly she says I am not eating enough, but when I do eat I am making good choices. She says I am not eating enough for the amount of exercise I am doing.

I agree with your trainer!

Jan 20

Water - 5 bottles
What size bottles

9:45- Shake ( 1 cup OJ, raw egg, low fat yogurt and 10 strawberries)
12:30- fried egg & ham sandwhich ( 2 pieces multigrain bread, 1 brown egg and 1 slice fatfree ham)
3:30 - 1 banana
5:15 -swiss chalet chicken wrap


Jan 21

Water- 4 bottles

9:30 - slice toast (multigrain) with 1 tsp Peanut Butter, Strawberries and yogurt
12:30 -Subway 6" chicken sub on whole wheat bread, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, green peppers, pickles, NO SAUCE
3:15 - banana
5:45 - 100 grams chicken, 1 cup corn, salad with lowfat dressing
11:00 - fat free, sugar free light jello

Jan 22

Water- 5 bottles

9:00 -toast W P butter & strawberries
12:00- Shake ( 1 cup OJ, 10 strawberries, 1 raw egg, low fat yogurt)
2:30 - leftover weight watcher pasta (pasta with low fat suasage, Green red and yellow peppers, tomatoes and onions
6:00 -6" chicken sub from subway same toppings as the day before
midnight- apple

Am I not eating enough for the workout I am doing? I don't find myself hungry that often but she insists that I need to eat more.

I made an effort yesterday to eat more and here is what I ate

Water 5 bottles

10:30- Whole wheat bagel with chedder cheese, no butter (tim hortons)
1:50 - 100 grams of chicken(all the chicken is skinless) 1 banana and 1 peice multigrain toast with 1 tsb peanut butter
5:00 - 6" chicken sub from subway (same toppings as before) adn 3 slices of watermelon
8:00 -Shake (1 cup OJ, 10 strawberries, 1 raw egg and low fat yogurt)
11:00- 1 apple and 1 clementine

Is this more in line with the amount of food i need to eat, or is this to much or still to little? I don't know how many calories I burn lifting weights but when I do my cardio the machine says I am burning about 900-1000 calories every hour

The other things she says I need to do is eat more veggies, and there are times where the gaps betwwen eating are to long.

How many calories should I be eating? Any help or input wuld be appreciated.

Thank You

I started making comments in bold above and I was gonnna go through and break this down but this would take way too long. none of your meals are real meals. A banana is not a meal. A meal is appropriate amounts of Protein, complex carbs and healthy fats and I see very little of this in your diet.

I think you really need to start reading about nutrition, proteins, fats, carbs etc...

At the top of the Diet forum there is a sticky called Guide to Cutting..........

Please start there and I think once you read a little you will understand what I mean. Basically your body is in starvation mode and you are not feeding your body the appropriate foods or the right amounts.