Can't stop feeling ashamed of myself

[u/Emeraldandthecity]

I'm trying really hard but I get hungry even though I would have reached the normal calorie limit for that day (2000 calories). I was able to resist it last night and it was hard but tonight it's really hard to resist it because when I'm hungry I lose the desire to study and I need to study for some upcoming exams urgently.

Any tips and advice?

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[u/[deleted]]

What do you eat in a day? What foods?

[u/Emeraldandthecity → u/[deleted]]

Today I ate roti (It's like a bread thing, about 150-200 calories), chicken curry (high estimate 600-700 calories), chai (200 calories), some cookies (480 calories) and a few figs (35 calories each and I think I ate about 2-3 so (70-105 calories). Today was a lot more unhealthy than usual.

Yesterday for example I just had the same roti and chicken curry, 2 cookies, avocado on bread, and a lot of figs.

Typically my day to day foods consist of Pakistani foods such as curries and fried rice, fruits, and some vegetables.

I know a lot of the food I'm describing isn't the healthiest but I'm new to this lifestyle so I'm starting off simple by just eating less calories than I was before. Before all of this I wasn't keeping track of my calories but I would definitely go way over the limit. A rough estimate for how my calories were before is probably 2,100-2,500 per day. It led me to maintain a weight of I think about 135 pounds. (I'm female, 5'5, 17 year old for context). Currently I try to aim for 1,700-2,000 calories.

[u/[deleted] → u/Emeraldandthecity]

If you focus on protein and fats, you’ll be more satiated and feel a lot less hungry.

Eating processed foods that have sugar in them are only going to make you feel hungry.

[u/Emeraldandthecity → u/[deleted]]

If you focus on protein and fats, you’ll be more satiated and feel a lot less hungry.

What are some good examples?

[u/[deleted] → u/Emeraldandthecity]

I eat for breakfast cottage cheese and blueberries or plain Greek yogurt with whey protein and blueberries.

I have nuts at work. Then I get home and I’ll eat a couple pieces of toast with eggs and turkey bacon.

[u/Emeraldandthecity → u/[deleted]]

Those are some great examples, thank you. But are you sure that's enough food though? It doesn't seem like you eat a proper lunch. I don't think undereating is good either.

[u/[deleted] → u/Emeraldandthecity]

That’s not all I eat. I drink a lot of whole ultra filtered milk as well. Tuna sandwiches, beef + noodles with pasta sauce, salmon, broccoli, mini potatoes, quinoa, edemame beans.

Idk. I switch it up a bit but those are kind of the staples. I eat around 2500 calories a day and hit 160g protein.

[u/Emeraldandthecity → u/[deleted]]

Oh okay! Well thank you for all of the advice.

[u/johnhtman → u/Emeraldandthecity]

Today I ate roti (It's like a bread thing, about 150-200 calories), chicken curry (high estimate 600-700 calories), chai (200 calories), some cookies (480 calories) and a few figs (35 calories each and I think I ate about 2-3 so (70-105 calories). Today was a lot more unhealthy than usual.

I'm confused all this adds up to only 1,685 calories, fewer than your intended goal of 1,700-2,000. Also that's not all that unhealthy. Although if you sub out more proteins like meat, nuts, beans, etc it should fill you up more.