If it fits in your calories, eat it?

supremekawaiipowers
supremekawaiipowers Posts: 7 Member
edited November 23 in Health and Weight Loss
I aim for about 1200 calories a day. If I eat 1000 healthily, will a 180 Cal hostess cupcake completely ruin the day?
What if that happens everyday?

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Nope, it won't. If it fits, you'll still lose.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    I have ice cream almost daily. :) It's perfectly fine.
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    edited August 2015
    supremekawaiipowers wrote: »
    I aim for about 1200 calories a day. If I eat 1000 healthily, will a 180 Cal hostess cupcake completely ruin the day?
    What if that happens everyday?

    Do you get your macos and miros on a regular basis from the 1,000 calories? If not eat 200 calories of nutrient dense food to round out the 1,200.

    Best of luck.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Really depends on what those other 1000 calories are. But for a single day - I see no issue with a cupcake.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Sounds alright to me. Personally, I'd rather have a 140 cal mini drumstick ice cream (knock-off brand). I even got a flag that I met my protein goal from it yesterday! Take that, cupcakes!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
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    FTW!
  • kristinhull1
    kristinhull1 Posts: 294 Member
    Eat the cupcake. Its CICO
  • choppie70
    choppie70 Posts: 544 Member
    I always save some calories for a little treat each day. If I didn't I would feel a bit deprived and I would wind up going on an all out binge.
  • c_leeee
    c_leeee Posts: 144 Member
    Eat that cupcake and love it!!!!
  • piperdown44
    piperdown44 Posts: 958 Member
    Once I hit my macros for the day anything is fair game.
    Hit them today and currently enjoying a rum and coke (that's Mexican coke with....gasp! real sugar).
    Heck, I've got enough spare cals I can have 2 :)
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
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    FTW!

    omg I just wanna peel that frosting off the top and *drool*...

    Whoops. Wrong forum.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    I don't have a sweet tooth, thankfully, and would much rather eat half an avocado.
  • cupcakesplz
    cupcakesplz Posts: 237 Member
    Someone Say CUPCAKES Yes Please!!! i am over here!!!
  • baciodolce18
    baciodolce18 Posts: 113 Member
    edited August 2015
    I often Save room for a 100-150 calorie treat on a daily basis and sometimes try to save for a big treat a couple times a month. My only thinking unless you're eating an extremely satisfying and nutrient dense 1000 calories, you might eventually become hungry and unsatisfied always saving 200 calories for a treat and then possibly fall off plan. I'm doing 1500 calories and still try to get exercise calories as much as possible for my daily and weekly treats. There's no way I could get by on just 1200 calories. Forget about trying to squeeze treats in!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited August 2015
    Just my personal preference, but it would ruin my day to spend 18% of my calories on something that looked like chocolate but really wasn't.

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  • glitzy196
    glitzy196 Posts: 190 Member
    Yes. Eat the cupcake.
  • heatherlewisis
    heatherlewisis Posts: 118 Member
    My rule of thumb is 80% calories from healthy, nutrient dense food and 20% calories for a treat *if* I feel like having a treat...
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    You can eat literally anything, and if you have a calorie deficit, you will lose. (Barring a few specific health conditions)
  • erincivilla
    erincivilla Posts: 2 Member
    I am totally with you - I LOVE sweets and try to factor them into my daily calories (I am at 1200 daily as well). However as I have learned more about health and clean eating, I do believe that it is a little more than "calories in, calories out". My goals now focus on not only staying within my caloric range, but also looking for QUALITY calories. Yes, a Hostess would technically be okay, but it is so full of *crap* (no judgements by the way - I LOVE a chocolate ZINGER!).

    I would check Pinterest for some really good sweets that are also better for you. I have seen recipes to make chocolate bark out of a meal replacement powder and coconut oil, black bean brownies, chocolate chip cookie dough greek yogurt...so many options!

  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Nothing will ruin anything if you don't let it. If eating a cupcake doesn't set off a binge, you're fine. But I would wait until maintenance before eating one every day. Your nutritional needs should be met first. The 80% rule is great as long as one understands the concept of %.
  • lseed87
    lseed87 Posts: 1,105 Member
    Generally, but I'd also be looking at the macros and have them fit in that way too.
  • hotasfire36
    hotasfire36 Posts: 235 Member
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    I drink coffee with flavoring to satisfy my sweet tooth.
  • KittensMaster
    KittensMaster Posts: 748 Member
    Of course not

    I like getting specific nutrients from foods and eat for fuel sometimes

    Pistachio nuts and dark chocolate are great healthy foods

    I have a hand full of pistachios and 2-4 squares of dark chocolate every morning.

    Lost 130 pounds so far

    Seems not to matter

    And I detest this clean eating indoctrination. I just eat for nutrients regardless of organic Himalayan wheat content in 12$ a loaf whole foods Bread type of silliness.
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