Counting calories

People say not to eat unless you are hungry. So what if you don't get hungry enough to eat your allotted calories for the day.
For example I allow myself 1000 cal a day, what happens if I just don't have the hunger to eat the thousand calories. Many days I am satisfied with 700 because much of what I eat is filled with veggies. I have been making myself eat at least 850 and it has been months now but I am unsure of how to rectify this.

Then I was reading another post about throwing food away when you are finished. So what about when I have dinner and I have calculated how many calories and I just can't finish it and end up throwing away 200 calories. So now I am down to 800 instead of the 1000 that I was aiming for.

It may not seem like a serious problem but I just don't know what to do.
I have been filling in with a snack that is a higher calorie at night but I am finding that I am way too full when I go to bed just so I can get my calories in. That seems counter productive.

Now I am going to bring one more thought into the equasion. In the last 9 weeks I have only lost 25 pounds where I would have doubled that in the past. (recent past) And I am wondering if it is the low amount of calories. People talk about going into starvation mode, though I have never had my body slow down it's losing. However I have never stuck to a diet this long either. 9 months and counting.
Sorry this is so long, it is just weighing on my mind and there is a lot of experience out there to be had.
Thanks to everyone willing to share.

Thu. Jan 10, 1:56pm

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