one calorie weight gain!

losingArni
losingArni Posts: 89
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi!
so tonight I ate back all my exercise calories which I normally don't bother doing, and for dinner I had wholemeal pasta with a vegetable and tomoato sauce type thing and wasn't sure how to log it, so im sure it wasn't logged properly. anyway, I went over by a calorie, and as I said I normally don't even eat these exercise calories. basically im worried its going to ruin my week and make me gain by next weigh in :P thanks for any help!

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  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    1 single calorie is not going to have any effect.
  • losingArni
    losingArni Posts: 89
    1 single calorie is not going to have any effect.
    yeh, I realize, but as I said, im not really sure its completely accurate, because im not sure I logged dinner accurately, (actually im sure its not accurate) also, as I don't normally eat back my exercise calories I was worried this might have an effect of whether I gain this week, :P
  • JessiBelleW
    JessiBelleW Posts: 836 Member
    Your cals are set to lose weight, ie if you are aiming to lose a pound a week its set to a 3500 decific across a week. Even if you go over your calories (and I have some days) you will not gain weight. Even if you went over your calories by 100 each day you still wouldn't gain weight that week, you just won't lose as much/ you will lose slower.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    NOTHING you log is completely accurate - no item of food, no exercise, it's ALL estimates.

    I think you're stressing out unnecessarily.
  • losingArni
    losingArni Posts: 89
    Your cals are set to lose weight, ie if you are aiming to lose a pound a week its set to a 3500 decific across a week. Even if you go over your calories (and I have some days) you will not gain weight. Even if you went over your calories by 100 each day you still wouldn't gain weight that week, you just won't lose as much/ you will lose slower.
    great, thank you for putting my silly mind at ease!! :)
  • losingArni
    losingArni Posts: 89
    NOTHING you log is completely accurate - no item of food, no exercise, it's ALL estimates.

    I think you're stressing out unnecessarily.
    yes, thankyou, im sure I am stressing unnecessarily about it! just needed reassurance to keep me motivated! thankyou!
  • LongIsland27itl
    LongIsland27itl Posts: 365 Member
    Really? You're supposed to be in a caloric deficit of at least 300 of your maintenance, but probably 500 under maintenance , how could one calorie possible be a harm. It's. not like you're eating 2 calories under maintenance and went over by one, bc if you ate 2 cals under maintenance then you just wouldn't lose weight.

    Some days I eat 200 cals over, some days I eat 200 less. I continue to progress
  • autniccole
    autniccole Posts: 36
    3500 calories = 1 pound. So unless you eat 3500 calories over your TDEE, you're fine.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Not sure if serious...
  • bnorris2013
    bnorris2013 Posts: 256 Member
    When I work out IF I eat back my calories I only eat back about 1/2 of them
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    Not sure if serious...
    Came here to post this. It's one calorie and there's a deficit already built into your goal...
  • ken_hogan
    ken_hogan Posts: 854 Member
    NOTHING you log is completely accurate - no item of food, no exercise, it's ALL estimates.

    I think you're stressing out unnecessarily.

    This.
  • __Di__
    __Di__ Posts: 1,660 Member
    Hi!
    so tonight I ate back all my exercise calories which I normally don't bother doing, and for dinner I had wholemeal pasta with a vegetable and tomoato sauce type thing and wasn't sure how to log it, so im sure it wasn't logged properly. anyway, I went over by a calorie, and as I said I normally don't even eat these exercise calories. basically im worried its going to ruin my week and make me gain by next weigh in :P thanks for any help!

    Not being funny, but are you taking the mickey?
  • khall86790
    khall86790 Posts: 1,100 Member
    You are supposed to eat back your exercise calories if you follow MFP's calorie advice.
  • __Di__
    __Di__ Posts: 1,660 Member
    You are supposed to eat back your exercise calories if you follow MFP's calorie advice.

    The OP did, but the daily total went over by one calorie and they now wonder if that extra one calorie will scupper their weightloss for the week.

    I think, the OP is just playing with us though.
  • LongIsland27itl
    LongIsland27itl Posts: 365 Member
    No she's dead serious
  • losingArni
    losingArni Posts: 89
    hahaha well this caused a lot of controversy didn't it!
    sorry about the clearly stupid question guys!! :P
    im new to calorie counting and such and have no idea how it works to be honest!
    thank you to those who have reassured me though! I didn't know mfp had worked out the deficit and all that, I thought my calorie goal was the BMR !!
    and to those who got a little too excited about the fact that it was a shockingly silly question, uhh, thanks? and don't stress about it too much! :P
  • Mock_Turtle
    Mock_Turtle Posts: 354 Member
    nice troll
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    So do a Jumping Jack to burn it off.

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