Fell off the bandwagon (dang donuts!!)

girlviernes

If you are eating way under you are setting yourself up for problems. Eat your daily allotment. Fill the gap with donuts if needed

lemonlionheart

acarmon55 wrote: »

Trying to eat healthy, cut back on sugar, and lose about 10 lbs. I have only consistently logged for 10 days and have been doing so well. Will it mess up the loss of 1 lb a week because I know I will be over for the day.

Think of it this way: if you are 500 calories over today, that just means you will reach your goal one day later than you would have otherwise. It's not a big deal. If it were me i'd probably jump on the elliptical for an hour and burn those 500 calories

ETA: Considering you only ate 1200 calories yesterday and 1000 the day before, I'd say you're fine. You probably ate those donuts because your body hasn't been getting enough. Eat to your goal and you'll be less likely to fall off the wagon next time

acarmon55

Thanks for all the advice. I did get up and go exercise. NOT because of the donuts calories but because of the way I felt. Feel A LOT better after exercising and the exercise did take up most of the donuts calories. I think I had panic because I was trying to change my eating habits and donuts are so high in sugar. Two was definitely too much. Next time I feel like donuts, I am going to take some of y'all's suggestions and go with 1/2 to just one and enjoy eating it slow. The way I wolfed the two down this morning I hardly remember enjoying eating them, but my stomach felt it! Thanks again for the support!

AliceDark

There is no wagon.

segacs

acarmon55 wrote: »

Feel A LOT better after exercising and the exercise did take up most of the donuts calories.

That's awesome! Just be careful not to overestimate those exercise calorie burns either. MFP's database sometimes returns really high calorie numbers for exercise, and many people here have found (through experience) that logging them as such can result in eating back too many calories. YMMV.

hmcbride68

A perfectly natural yet un-hole-ly (get it? un-"hole"-ly? hah? hah?) love for those deliciously little yeasty rings..and doughnuts..is what got me to this point

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!

Cheriesaurus

I plan to have mcdonalds tonight, I won't be in a deficit.. it will be maintenance which I'm so looking forward to, I've always rushed weightloss and it's caused me to binge, but not this time. I wouldn't worry so much, eat those foods occasionally.

segacs

Cheriesaurus wrote: »

I plan to have mcdonalds tonight, I won't be in a deficit.. it will be maintenance which I'm so looking forward to, I've always rushed weightloss and it's caused me to binge, but not this time. I wouldn't worry so much, eat those foods occasionally.

Hey, nothing wrong with that at all! Just log it same as you would anything else.

ndj1979

i lost 50 pounds eating donuts..

so no, one day won't mess up your progress...

ndj1979

francesmarieg wrote: »

It's ok to "treat" yourself every once in a while! As long as you don't make it a habit and have donuts EVERY DAY! I think you're fine! : )

if she hit her calorie number why would it matter if she had one every day?

ndj1979

acarmon55 wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice. I did get up and go exercise. NOT because of the donuts calories but because of the way I felt. Feel A LOT better after exercising and the exercise did take up most of the donuts calories. I think I had panic because I was trying to change my eating habits and donuts are so high in sugar. Two was definitely too much. Next time I feel like donuts, I am going to take some of y'all's suggestions and go with 1/2 to just one and enjoy eating it slow. The way I wolfed the two down this morning I hardly remember enjoying eating them, but my stomach felt it! Thanks again for the support!

stop demonizing food..

there is no bad food ..

overall diet and dosage is what matter. Hit your calorie/macro/micro goals and you can eat pretty much whatever fits into said targets.

Liftng4Lis

In for donuts! The cream filled kind!

segacs