Extra Calories At The End Of The Day -- What To Do?
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Extra calories? What are those?
Is this one of those imaginary things, like leftover wine?0 -
PeachyPlum wrote: »Extra calories? What are those?
Is this one of those imaginary things, like leftover wine?
Actually, Martha Stewart says to put leftover wine in an ice tray and add it to sauces. Huh?0 -
But you like evening snacking? So snack in the evening
I tend to have an icecream / crisps
Or save them for a good meal at the weekend
But over 7 days you should try to hit your goal calories0 -
You definitely don't want to eat 600 calories in one sitting late at night because your metabolism rate actually slows down later at night because your less active. It is also can be hard to digest properly that amount of food if your going to bed right after.abetterluke wrote: »So here's my situation -- I have my calories set at 1800 per day. A lot of the time I end up only eating 1200-1400 and 8pm or so rolls around and I have 400-600 left.
Late night snacking is a problem I've always struggled with so I'm very hesitant to eat 600 calories in one sitting 2 hours after I've eaten dinner.
Is it ok to have that large of a deficit several days per week? The impatient person in me wants to do that every single day and drop a lot of weight quickly but the logical person in me wants me to do whatever is going to equal out to a permanent lifestyle change and not a "diet"
Sorry that's not true, it's media hype and dieting industry garbage ...also known as bro-science
Half the trick with MFP I've found is divesting oneself of all the "dieting knowledge" which actually boils down to mainly rubbish and focusing on the important things
Earpt less than you burn
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You definitely don't want to eat 600 calories in one sitting late at night because your metabolism rate actually slows down later at night because your less active. It is also can be hard to digest properly that amount of food if your going to bed right after.abetterluke wrote: »So here's my situation -- I have my calories set at 1800 per day. A lot of the time I end up only eating 1200-1400 and 8pm or so rolls around and I have 400-600 left.
Late night snacking is a problem I've always struggled with so I'm very hesitant to eat 600 calories in one sitting 2 hours after I've eaten dinner.
Is it ok to have that large of a deficit several days per week? The impatient person in me wants to do that every single day and drop a lot of weight quickly but the logical person in me wants me to do whatever is going to equal out to a permanent lifestyle change and not a "diet"
strictly from a math stand point this doesn't make sense. If my metabolism slows down it night then it slows down at night regardless of when I eat.
So if I eat 2000 calories before 8pm I will still burn the exact same amount of calories as if I eat 1500 before 8pm and 500 at 9pm.
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Your body is like a 24/7 factory. It is always working. It might not be burning calories so you can walk or run but it is burning them to keep you alive and breathing and recovering from whatever activity you did during the day. It's night like "day's over, power down and flip your off switch 'cuz it's bedtime."0
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Jennloella wrote: »this is crazy to me. Your meals already seem big? I'm a chick, in maintenance, and I eat around 2400 a day, I cannot imagine feeling full or satisfied on half of that....>I agree with PP that said make you meals bigger, or maybe choose more calorie dense foods. Eating too low of calories won't do you any favors.
2400 seems like so much to me. I could certainly eat 2400 if I was eating unhealthy foods all the time but my meals mostly consist of meat and vegetables. I get full pretty quickly.
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I looked at your diary. It looks like you aren't weighing your food. I see things like 1.5 cups of cereal which makes me question whether you are accurately tracking your calories. I suspect not. I think you're eating much more than you think you are.0
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DevilsFan1 wrote: »I looked at your diary. It looks like you aren't weighing your food. I see things like 1.5 cups of cereal which makes me question whether you are accurately tracking your calories. I suspect not. I think you're eating much more than you think you are.
I don't weigh my food...the cereal was my best guess. I didn't even measure. The last few days I haven't been very healthy and have been logging things without worrying about accuracy too much. It was easier to put that though than "a sh**load of cereal"
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abetterluke wrote: »Jennloella wrote: »this is crazy to me. Your meals already seem big? I'm a chick, in maintenance, and I eat around 2400 a day, I cannot imagine feeling full or satisfied on half of that....>I agree with PP that said make you meals bigger, or maybe choose more calorie dense foods. Eating too low of calories won't do you any favors.
2400 seems like so much to me. I could certainly eat 2400 if I was eating unhealthy foods all the time but my meals mostly consist of meat and vegetables. I get full pretty quickly.
2400 is pretty easy to hit in my experience. I maintain between 2400 and 2500. Don't focus on healthy versus unhealthy. I'm not saying to eat your weight in cupcakes smeared with butter but don't think that you can only eat plain veggies and fruit. An ounce of cheese, a yogurt, a serving of nuts, etc. It's all okay. Even the cupcakes are okay in moderation.0 -
If you want a more accurate representation of my meals I'd look back a week or more on my diary...0
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I don't think eating when you're not hungry just because some online app told you to is a good practice for a long term lifestyle. There is no reason to eat if you aren't hungry.
Chances are a day or two later you will be hungrier than usual and you can "overeat" and not worry about it. Or if you are going out to eat, or seeing friends and want to have a few drinks, you can and not have to worry about the calories.
If your body needs more calories, it will let you know.0 -
abetterluke wrote: »If you want a more accurate representation of my meals I'd look back a week or more on my diary...
This is from May 10. I don't see any weights for food. How can you accurately assess how many calories you are ingesting?
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This one entry also seems to dispute your assertion that what you eat is mostly meat and veggies. It looks like mostly carbs to me.0
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99% of the time I always have calories for ice cream.
If I know I'm likely to go over another day though (or did a couple days before), I'll save at least some of them.0 -
abetterluke wrote: »DevilsFan1 wrote: »I looked at your diary. It looks like you aren't weighing your food. I see things like 1.5 cups of cereal which makes me question whether you are accurately tracking your calories. I suspect not. I think you're eating much more than you think you are.
I don't weigh my food...the cereal was my best guess. I didn't even measure. The last few days I haven't been very healthy and have been logging things without worrying about accuracy too much. It was easier to put that though than "a sh**load of cereal"
I get that if you've been ill you don't want to be accurate . . .but you should start weighing. You're probably close to your target.
Weigh your food, especially cereal. How much does the package say 1.5 cups of cereal should be, 85 grams maybe? But if you scooped it out with a measuring cups, you could easily have an additional 20% in there.
And I recommend using the recipe builder vs. others' entries (unless you were in a restaurant and that was your best guess or something).
There are only three reasons why you shouldn't eat at night: if it affects your sleep, if it acts as a binge trigger, or if you have heartburn or family members with esophageal cancer. Metabolic slowdown is an industry myth.0 -
DevilsFan1 wrote: »This one entry also seems to dispute your assertion that what you eat is mostly meat and veggies. It looks like mostly carbs to me.
Well for one that day was Mother's Day and my mom wanted Chinese food. So yeah I'm not going to apologize for that.0 -
I'm not really certain how this turned into a conversation about weighing. I don't expect that it will make much of a difference seeing as I have not had a problem losing weight thus far. It's not like I'm asking "why am I not losing weight despite eating xxx calories"
I am asking what to do with extra calories. I usually estimate what I ate and then log a little more than the estimate to build in a buffer. Is this the most accurate way? No. Will I start weighing as I get closer to my goals? Probably.
It still has nothing to do with my original question.0 -
Daveysgirl2014 wrote: »Oh, sorry. I obviously have a lot to learn.
Then perhaps not giving advice until you know a bit lot more might be a better option for you.
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abetterluke wrote: »I'm not really certain how this turned into a conversation about weighing. I don't expect that it will make much of a difference seeing as I have not had a problem losing weight thus far. It's not like I'm asking "why am I not losing weight despite eating xxx calories"
I am asking what to do with extra calories. I usually estimate what I ate and then log a little more than the estimate to build in a buffer. Is this the most accurate way? No. Will I start weighing as I get closer to my goals? Probably.
It still has nothing to do with my original question.
It always turns into a discussion about measuring your food. Doesn't matter what you asked, an open diary is open for judgement on the forums.
OT: what about having a dessert, like a couple cookies or a pastry, with a meal?0 -
don't cut out all the fat...dietary fat is a very essential macro-nutrient. it seems to me that people who have issues meeting very paltry calorie targets have cut far too much dietary fat from their diet thinking that's the "healthy" thing to do...it's not.0
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cwolfman13 wrote: »don't cut out all the fat...dietary fat is a very essential macro-nutrient. it seems to me that people who have issues meeting very paltry calorie targets have cut far too much dietary fat from their diet thinking that's the "healthy" thing to do...it's not.
Eh cutting fat isn't really an issue. I understand what is healthy and what isn't pretty well. I don't worry about fats. I worry more about added sugars but even that I don't focus on too much0 -
abetterluke wrote: »I'm not really certain how this turned into a conversation about weighing. I don't expect that it will make much of a difference seeing as I have not had a problem losing weight thus far. It's not like I'm asking "why am I not losing weight despite eating xxx calories"
I am asking what to do with extra calories. I usually estimate what I ate and then log a little more than the estimate to build in a buffer. Is this the most accurate way? No. Will I start weighing as I get closer to my goals? Probably.
It still has nothing to do with my original question.
It always turns into a discussion about measuring your food. Doesn't matter what you asked, an open diary is open for judgement on the forums.
OT: what about having a dessert, like a couple cookies or a pastry, with a meal?
It's just frustrating. My diary is open for the purpose of people being able to offer helpful suggestions...when I ask them to. This topic doesn't involve my diary whatsoever.
As for dessert...that's something I really struggle with. Ill be the first to admit a major lack of self control and a serious problem with binging at times. If it's in the house I'm going to eat it...all...at once. I love dessert bit I've really tried to relegate it to just when I'm out.
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abetterluke wrote: »I'm not really certain how this turned into a conversation about weighing. I don't expect that it will make much of a difference seeing as I have not had a problem losing weight thus far. It's not like I'm asking "why am I not losing weight despite eating xxx calories"
I am asking what to do with extra calories. I usually estimate what I ate and then log a little more than the estimate to build in a buffer. Is this the most accurate way? No. Will I start weighing as I get closer to my goals? Probably.
It still has nothing to do with my original question.
If you are not weighing accurately you may be underestimating your calories and hence you don't have as many extra calories as you think you do.0 -
All I said was that you're probably eating more than you think because your estimates seemed low. That's how we got into your entries.
I apologize if it seems like I was attacking you. That was not my intention.0 -
abetterluke wrote: »abetterluke wrote: »I'm not really certain how this turned into a conversation about weighing. I don't expect that it will make much of a difference seeing as I have not had a problem losing weight thus far. It's not like I'm asking "why am I not losing weight despite eating xxx calories"
I am asking what to do with extra calories. I usually estimate what I ate and then log a little more than the estimate to build in a buffer. Is this the most accurate way? No. Will I start weighing as I get closer to my goals? Probably.
It still has nothing to do with my original question.
It always turns into a discussion about measuring your food. Doesn't matter what you asked, an open diary is open for judgement on the forums.
OT: what about having a dessert, like a couple cookies or a pastry, with a meal?
It's just frustrating. My diary is open for the purpose of people being able to offer helpful suggestions...when I ask them to. This topic doesn't involve my diary whatsoever.
As for dessert...that's something I really struggle with. Ill be the first to admit a major lack of self control and a serious problem with binging at times. If it's in the house I'm going to eat it...all...at once. I love dessert bit I've really tried to relegate it to just when I'm out.
Buy ice creams on sticks so they are pre portioned out
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PeachyPlum wrote: »Extra calories? What are those?
Is this one of those imaginary things, like leftover wine?
^^THIS.
OP...eat more?
I never understand these threads...0 -
abetterluke wrote: »I'm not really certain how this turned into a conversation about weighing. I don't expect that it will make much of a difference seeing as I have not had a problem losing weight thus far. It's not like I'm asking "why am I not losing weight despite eating xxx calories"
I am asking what to do with extra calories. I usually estimate what I ate and then log a little more than the estimate to build in a buffer. Is this the most accurate way? No. Will I start weighing as I get closer to my goals? Probably.
It still has nothing to do with my original question.
Because you're probably not really that far under your calories, if you're even under at all.
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abetterluke wrote: »abetterluke wrote: »I'm not really certain how this turned into a conversation about weighing. I don't expect that it will make much of a difference seeing as I have not had a problem losing weight thus far. It's not like I'm asking "why am I not losing weight despite eating xxx calories"
I am asking what to do with extra calories. I usually estimate what I ate and then log a little more than the estimate to build in a buffer. Is this the most accurate way? No. Will I start weighing as I get closer to my goals? Probably.
It still has nothing to do with my original question.
It always turns into a discussion about measuring your food. Doesn't matter what you asked, an open diary is open for judgement on the forums.
OT: what about having a dessert, like a couple cookies or a pastry, with a meal?
It's just frustrating. My diary is open for the purpose of people being able to offer helpful suggestions...when I ask them to. This topic doesn't involve my diary whatsoever.
As for dessert...that's something I really struggle with. Ill be the first to admit a major lack of self control and a serious problem with binging at times. If it's in the house I'm going to eat it...all...at once. I love dessert bit I've really tried to relegate it to just when I'm out.
Buy ice creams on sticks so they are pre portioned out
That can work, not sure how OP would be. Even with the ice cream being in the freezer, some people will still mindless eat them and not realize. I wasn't sure how desserts would go over for OP.0
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