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I ate over 4000 calories today....

darien1013
darien1013 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
what do I do?!
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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    edited April 2015
    Go to bed, sleep, get up tomorrow and eat to suit your goals. Don't stress about something you've already done... Stress isn't good for weight loss :p
  • Looncove_Farm
    Looncove_Farm Posts: 115 Member
    Accept it and just move on and do better tomorrow and stay in a deficit. It happens. I bet it tasted good, lol. No worries, we all trip a little now and again.
    What is your recomended daily calories?
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    darien1013 wrote: »
    what do I do?!

    What can you do? Who cares really. It happens.
  • _QueenE_
    _QueenE_ Posts: 459 Member
    Move on. :)
  • namelesshere
    namelesshere Posts: 334 Member
    Or you could go out and exercise half of them off. In either case, move on and realize you set your goals back a few days.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    It happens. Log it and move on.

    Was it good stuff? I'm asking for a friend. ;)
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    namelesshere wrote: »
    Or you could go out and exercise half of them off.

    lol....doing what?
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    Or you could cry yourself to sleep, be depressed tomorrow, and eat another 4,000 calories, telling yourself, "I'M NEVER GOING TO LOSE WEIGHT!"
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    I hope you enjoyed them. The standard procedure is to log them and avoid exceeding your calorie allowance again if possible.
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    Or you could cry yourself to sleep, be depressed tomorrow, and eat another 4,000 calories, telling yourself, "I'M NEVER GOING TO LOSE WEIGHT!"

    Wait. What's a bad idea right?
  • Looncove_Farm
    Looncove_Farm Posts: 115 Member
    Well Smith it would depend on what it was that equaled the 4000 cals. Now if its potatoe chips sour cream and peanuts, I may come and cry with them and help them eat it.
    No worries, tomorrows a new day and you know where the mistake was.
  • thursdayswoman
    thursdayswoman Posts: 60 Member
    Recognize that you've taken a stemp by acknowledging that these were not good choices, take a deep breath, and try again tomorrow.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    edited April 2015
    Some days, 4000 still leaves me in deficit.

    It ain't The End.

    Tomorrow is another day, right ...
  • grandma107
    grandma107 Posts: 70 Member
    Let ye who is without bingeing......Blessings.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    So? If it put you over your maintenance for the week, expect a potential blip in your loss. If it didn't put you over your maintenance for the week, expect a slower loss. It's one damned day.
  • Hungry_Annie
    Hungry_Annie Posts: 807 Member
    I'm probably gonna end up with that many today. Won't affect much in the grand scheme of things. I let myself pig out on Saturday evenings and carry on the next day. Don't stress. Back at it tomorrow.
  • sepaterson87
    sepaterson87 Posts: 2 Member
    first of all - thank you so much for sharing this - it makes me feel so much better to know I'm not the only one.

    Second - I've had a couple of pretty significant overeating days since I started. These have probably slowed down my progress, BUT NONE of them have made me gain weight. The most important is to accept that this has happened and then renew your resolve to get back on track the next day.

    For me the trick with these days is to LOG EVERYTHING (even though it makees you feel a bit *kitten*). It sounds like you've already done this, so that in itself is a massive achievement.


    Another thing I found really helpful was to identify reasons why I stuffed up (too tired, bored, cold, too much cake in the house). Once you identify the factors that contribute to your overeating it's easier to eliminate them or, at the very least to identify them next time. (I'm getting better at putting myself to bed when I'm tired instead of munching in the kitchen.

    I quite like writing, so I have a habit of sending myself e-mails including, acknowledgement that I've made a mistake , a disccussion of how it makes me feel, identification of the likely causes to watch out for in the future, and a resolution (i.e. to stay on track for the next five days) and reasons why I want to do this.

    Then I can look at this during the week when I feel myself faltering.

    Good luck for getting back on track tomorrow.

    Thanks again for sharing!!!
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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    obviously you're going to explode in your sleep from over consumption.....
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    obviously you're going to explode in your sleep from over consumption.....

    I'm close to my calorie limit today and was planning on a scotch binge. Re-thinking that now.
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    Well.

    What's your TDEE/NEAT?

    How big a surplus was 4K calories?

    And, as in all indulgences....what choices will you make differently tomorrow?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    Keep eating at a deficit... you'll make up for it in 3 days... not a big deal.
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    forgive yourself, get back on track tomorrow, one day wont make that much difference, if you keep on that is when you get in trouble
  • brcossette
    brcossette Posts: 89 Member
    Take a big crap???
  • stellet_licht
    stellet_licht Posts: 33 Member
    keep going? you could make it to 6000
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    edited April 2015
    ncboiler89 wrote: »
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    obviously you're going to explode in your sleep from over consumption.....

    I'm close to my calorie limit today and was planning on a scotch binge. Re-thinking that now.

    CICO - doesn't matter when you eat your calories, as long as they are less than you burn. Whatever works for you. Just as it doesn't matter when you fill up your gas tank, the gasoline won't burn until you use it. You can fill it up a gallon a day or seven gallons a week. As long as you don't use all of the gallons, you're at a deficit. ery wise
    ncboiler89 wrote: »
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    obviously you're going to explode in your sleep from over consumption.....

    I'm close to my calorie limit today and was planning on a scotch binge. Re-thinking that now.

    Very wise.
  • TinyRaccoon19
    TinyRaccoon19 Posts: 31 Member
    Learn from it and move on. It's what you do everyday that matters not what you do one day :smile:
  • llUndecidedll
    llUndecidedll Posts: 724 Member
    With such a small surplus, you have nothing to worry about. Just continue logging and prepare for a new day.

    I don't know if you're a binger because it is fairly easy to eat 4000 calories of fatty goodness without stuffing yourself. If you are then figure out what you need to do so this won't happen again... Should I say that? Because there will still be days where you may exceed your goal.

    I'm a serious binger. I gained 5 lbs in less than a week... I kept up with my calories... Those are 5 real pounds. I have been falling off and getting back on the horse since I started dieting last August...

    It's only failure when you throw in the towel, so be a great example to yourself and others like me by not letting today deter you from your goals. Don't regret today, just learn from it, see what you can change, and move on.

  • Cortneyrenee04
    Cortneyrenee04 Posts: 1,117 Member
    Well, tell us what it was so we can eat vicariously through you.... I'm hungry!

    It's all good. Nothing much you can do. We're so lucky to get a fresh start every day. :)
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    edited April 2015
    atypicalsmith wrote: »

    Very wise.

    Apparently not. Partaking in scotch binge.
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