eating healthy but not enough calories?

I was wondering if its ok to eat a low amount of calories even if your eating full meals that are healthy

 

my goal is 1700 a day im a 18 year old male, however im finding that with the health foods ive bought im only taking in about 1500 a day and im never hungry or anything. Im having things like oatmeal and all bran cereal for breakfast. healthy yogurts and really healthy sandwhiches. salads without dressing. my moms a really good cook when it comes to making healthy meals.

so is it a problem if im having fullfilling meals that give me all the nutrients/vitamins i need in a day and still coming up with a very low calorie count.

 

im not saying i want to eat more i know i could do that but what i just dont want my body to conserve fat because i dont get enough calorie

One way to up your calories is to add a little bit of fat to your diet. Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated are the good fats. Adding a little bit of avocado or a small amount of nuts to salads is a good way to add these healthy fats and bump calories up without eating a lot more food. It's also a good idea to eat a little bit of fat with vegetables since the fat helps your body absorb the vitamins a little better. Here's a link about fats and why we need them in our diet. http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC4050.h tm

Most people on here will tell you that you definitely need to eat to your calorie intake.  I, on the other hand, kind of disagree.

I'm kind of short with a very small frame. If I don't have unhealthy snacks or booze I find it really really hard to eat to my 1200.  I typically have some wheat based cereal for breakfast (weetabix, mini wheats), a small piece of meat, chicken or fish with loads of veg for lunch and a sandwich or soup for dinner.  Since trying to lose a bit of weight I generally have grapes and apples as snacks instead of jaffa cakes and crips (potato chips), and I generally drink water above anything else and I'm trying to cut out the booze on week days as it's just not all that good to drink every night like I used to.

A day without snacks and booze usually comes to just over 900 calories and I sometimes ponder on eating another 300 calories "just because" but for two reasons I don't really like doing it.  

A) If I start unhealthy snacking it won't end at 300 calories as the first chocolate bar etc is often followed by another (it's unhealthy snacks because I just can't eat that much fruit!)

B) If I wasn't logging my calories every day I would be none the wiser that I hadn't reached my calories so as I didn't feel hungry I wouldn't feel the need for food.

Anyway, as I said, I wouldn't worry too much about it as long as you are eating properly and you don't feel hungry or tired through lack of food, I'd carry on as you are.  Now watch me get flamed ;)

 

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I do still have days when I go way over too.  Usually at the weekend when the wine etc flows and BBQ season is a killer!