Am I eating too much?

xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
Hello errebody :) So, I've been struggling with binge eating for the last year and a half, and am finally recovering from that, but still feeling urges everyday to just have a full on binge ugh. However, today, i feel like I reigned it in quite a bit, and yes, i've logged this into my food diary on here, but it shows that i'm going over my limits :( But i'm young and run 3 miles everyday (but take a break two days a week, one of them being today). Oh and btw, i'm trying to lose 5 pounds in about a month, and i'm 5'2 :) Okay, here's what I've eaten:
Breakfast- one egg over hard and one and a half wheetabix with rice milk and coconut sugar
Lunch- One Amy's lean and light enchilada entre with 1 cup of mixed greens and a quest protein bar
Linner (snack between lunch and dinner hehe)- 3 tiinnny thin flat bread things with sugarless no salt tamatoe sauce and organic shredded cheese and romaine on them (basically homeade clean pizza) and like 3/4 of a cliff bar.
Dinner-Planning on having half a bowl of black beans and brown rice with guacamole from chipotle with something little for dessert like a Pure Protein bar or somethin'.
Also have been drinking lots of moringa tea and green tea and wattttaaa :)
So, it this that terrible? Should I cut back? Any suggestestions? Also, I'm a vegetarian so no meat suggestions please! Thanks :)

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  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    if you eating over you daily calories then yes. If not then no.

    Simple
  • xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
    xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
    Yeah but still…lol…I read that calories don't make you fat though, sugar does, so I'm just kinda confused haha… But thanks :)
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Yeah but still…lol…I read that calories don't make you fat though, sugar does, so I'm just kinda confused haha… But thanks :)

    Nope, too many calories make you fat.
  • xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
    xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
    Hmm, well I guess there are differing opinions for sure haha! In my personal experience, I've been on diets where i was eating wayyy to many calories and didn't gain a pound, but at the same time, i've been on diets where i may have been eating a lot of calories but from the wrong foods, and i gained weight. Who knows? Everybody's different I suppose :)
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Yeah but still…lol…I read that calories don't make you fat though, sugar does, so I'm just kinda confused haha… But thanks :)

    Nope. If you eat too many sugary calories, you are likely to be hungry sooner, so more calories will be consumed overall. Plus sugar is very easy to overeat--and that's where a lot of confusion arises. For weight, only calories matter. There is no reason to worry about sugar unless you have a medical condition.
  • roxielu0422
    roxielu0422 Posts: 102 Member
    in order to lose a pound you need to shred 3500 calories off your diet. To do that in a week, cut back 500 calories a day of what you are eating. Don't eat crappy food. Eating within your calories of crappy food will not help you lose weight either. Indulging at times is ok, but not every day, every meal. Been there done that.
  • zipa78
    zipa78 Posts: 354 Member
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Hmm, well I guess there are differing opinions for sure haha!

    There sure are. Still, your weight is governed by the laws of physics, not opinions.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Yeah but still…lol…I read that calories don't make you fat though, sugar does, so I'm just kinda confused haha… But thanks :)

    You read wrong.

    calorie-balance.jpg
  • xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
    xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
    obscuremusicreference wrote: »
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Yeah but still…lol…I read that calories don't make you fat though, sugar does, so I'm just kinda confused haha… But thanks :)

    Nope. If you eat too many sugary calories, you are likely to be hungry sooner, so more calories will be consumed overall. Plus sugar is very easy to overeat--and that's where a lot of confusion arises. For weight, only calories matter. There is no reason to worry about sugar unless you have a medical condition.

    Cool, thanks! :)
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Hmm, well I guess there are differing opinions for sure haha! In my personal experience, I've been on diets where i was eating wayyy to many calories and didn't gain a pound, but at the same time, i've been on diets where i may have been eating a lot of calories but from the wrong foods, and i gained weight. Who knows? Everybody's different I suppose :)

    No you didn't, because science. Your body doesn't defy science.
    if-i-agreed-with-you-we-would-both-be-wrong-bill-nye.jpg
  • xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
    xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
    roxielu0422 wrote: »
    in order to lose a pound you need to shred 3500 calories off your diet. To do that in a week, cut back 500 calories a day of what you are eating. Don't eat crappy food. Eating within your calories of crappy food will not help you lose weight either. Indulging at times is ok, but not every day, every meal. Been there done that.

    Awesome :) I'll try it, and thank you!
  • xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
    xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
    zipa78 wrote: »
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Hmm, well I guess there are differing opinions for sure haha!

    There sure are. Still, your weight is governed by the laws of physics, not opinions.
    True dat! :)
  • xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
    xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Yeah but still…lol…I read that calories don't make you fat though, sugar does, so I'm just kinda confused haha… But thanks :)

    You read wrong.

    calorie-balance.jpg

    Okay, thanks! :)
  • xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
    xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Hmm, well I guess there are differing opinions for sure haha! In my personal experience, I've been on diets where i was eating wayyy to many calories and didn't gain a pound, but at the same time, i've been on diets where i may have been eating a lot of calories but from the wrong foods, and i gained weight. Who knows? Everybody's different I suppose :)

    No you didn't, because science. Your body doesn't defy science.
    if-i-agreed-with-you-we-would-both-be-wrong-bill-nye.jpg

    Hehehe :) Well, science isn't always 1000% right ya know, but i totally get your point :)
  • xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
    xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
    Looked it up! Ooops, I was wrong about the whole calorie thang hehe. Sorry, people! Clearly I'm new to this whole dieting thing hahaha! xD
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Looked it up! Ooops, I was wrong about the whole calorie thang hehe. Sorry, people! Clearly I'm new to this whole dieting thing hahaha! xD
    as long as you remember that its all about cals for losing then you're golden anyways
  • xxgabriellaxxchanelxx
    xxgabriellaxxchanelxx Posts: 62 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    Cottoncandyweee wrote: »
    Looked it up! Ooops, I was wrong about the whole calorie thang hehe. Sorry, people! Clearly I'm new to this whole dieting thing hahaha! xD
    as long as you remember that its all about cals for losing then you're golden anyways

    Yeppers! :)
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