I went over my calories

penny0368 · August 2016

So went over my calories by 100 today...so upset with myself.

queenliz99 · August 2016

What? Are you sure you got the calorie intake right? Because all the numbers in and out are all just estimates.

Rocknut53 · August 2016

Oops. You'll get over it. Like queenliz99 said, in and out are just estimates. For all you know, you might really be 100 calories under.

tiptoethruthetulips · August 2016

I think you need some perspective. It's a 100 calories not a 1000. If you are within calories most of the time, 100 calories isn't going to make any difference. If you are going over all the time. Plan your meals and snacks in advance, check the calories, add or deduct as required.

Alli4Chocolate · August 2016

Yeah, 100 calories over is so small. Don't be hard on yourself. We all have days we go over. Just get back on it tomorrow. You can do it!

malibu927 · August 2016

It happens. You're still under maintenance, so you did little, if any, damage.

cerise_noir · August 2016

100? No biggie?
You'd have to go over your maintenance calories by 3500 calories in a week to gain 1 pound.

Those weight loss calories mfp gave you? They're either 250, 500, 750 or 1000 calories below your actual maintenance calories. Don't sweat it. Being upset over something like this is a sure way to set yourself up for real disappointment.

Just go back to your normal eating tomorrow. Don't heavily restrict your calories, don't go crazy with the exercise...

How many pounds have you got to lose? How many pounds per week weight loss did you choose? If you have at least 50lbs to lose, then 2lbs per week is reasonable, otherwise it is too much of a deficit and can burn you out fast and cause one to binge..

spondypete · August 2016

The good thing is that tomorrow it's a new day. Besides that, 100 calories isn't that much more.

eIIekay · August 2016

Like they said...100 is nothing...if you are that worried about it, walk for 20 minutes to make up for it

clicketykeys · August 2016

Use it as a learning opportunity. Look at your food diary. What could you have done differently? Learn from it and keep going!

cwolfman13 · August 2016

penny0368 wrote: »

So went over my calories by 100 today...so upset with myself.

Why? You're still in a huge deficit.

TavistockToad · August 2016

cwolfman13 wrote: »

penny0368 wrote: »

So went over my calories by 100 today...so upset with myself.

Why? You're still in a huge deficit.

This

rileysowner · August 2016

Anything within 100 plus or minus of your goal is just fine. I would much prefer if instead of hard number MFP used a range people had to shoot for. As it is 100 calories is like .03 of a pound (assuming I did my math right and I am tired enough that may not be the case). Since you are eating at a deficit that is .03 of a pound that you may not have lost. Assuming your goal is set up like many new here at 2 pounds per week, you took one tenth of your daily calorie deficit away.

The point of all this is to give you some perspective. Take a bigger view of things. That 100 calories will not make a significant difference either for the day or even for the week.

Ready2Rock206 · August 2016

Only 100? That's nothing. Log it and move on.

snickerscharlie · August 2016

Life happens. Learn from it and move forward. If you obsess about every time you aren't 'perfect,' you can easily get into a mindset where you start saying to yourself, "Oh, well, seeing as how I blew it for today anyway, might as well have a pint of ice cream and a bag of cookies."

Now *that* would be a problem.

MelissaPhippsFeagins · August 2016

I've been here three years. I lost to my goal weight, then put 10 pounds back on stress eating through my grandmother's death. I am back to 3lbs above the goal weight this morning. My goal every day is to be +/- 100 of the goal #. If I did that, I'm going to be fine. If I never lose the 3 pounds, I'm going to be fine, but I will admit to being vain. I want the number, plus I have my annual physical this week and my doctor likes me between 155-160. If I'm in her range on her scale on Thursday, then I'm back to maintenance calories instead of .5 lb/week loss. Life goes on. Today, I walked far enough to fit Freddy's custard into those calories AND half a serving of their fries. That meal was most of my calories for the day, but my family wanted it so I made it fit. And the custard was good. The moral of this story is, "Don't beat yourself up. Pick yourself up." This HAS to work for the rest of your life or it won't work at all.

salsera_barbie · August 2016

Wow so disappointed over 100 calories. Seems to me like your fighting some other demons.

arditarose · August 2016

I go over mine every day.

indiacaitlin · August 2016

Don't beat yourself up! 100 calories is really not going to make any difference to your losses

Remember this is a lifestyle change and balance is really important, don't let calories dictate your life because it will create such an unhealthy relationship with food.

Take each day as it comes and don't expect too much of yourself or to be perfectly on point every day, because weight loss is not a linear thing and it wont work like that.

Good luck!

leejoyce31 · August 2016

salsera_barbie wrote: »

Wow so disappointed over 100 calories. Seems to me like your fighting some other demons.

We are all fighting some demon. Everyone! No one is demon free. Yours just might not be food related.

STEVE142142 · August 2016

So what get over it. 100 calories in the scope of things it's not going to change your outcome. In all seriousness you have to remember this is a long-term Journey and it's not a short-term Sprint and you're going to have your ups and downs you're only human. To put things in perspective in March I went on vacation weight approximately 250 pounds probably two of those days I drank my calorie limit daily. Also had some great food takeout totally enjoyed myself I wouldn't trade it for anything. My current weight is 208

All I'm saying is it's a long-term Journey you will succeed if you follow the process you'll have your ups and downs but most importantly realize your worth it good luck with your journey

BodyzLanguage · August 2016

arditarose wrote: »

I go over mine every day.

Lol. Clearly on a bulk then.

chimonetabron2014 · August 2016

I did as well plus I've been slacking BUT as long as you recognize it & keep moving forward...you will be just fine!

AnnPT77 · August 2016

100 calories: You know what that means? If your deficit is set to lose a pound a week, you'll reach your ultimate goal weight something like 4.8 hours later than if you hadn't eaten the extra 100 calories. In the long run, that's not a meaningful difference.

So let it go. Be kind to yourself - stress is not good for you. The estimating error in a day is probably more than that, just from things like one 6-oz apple being sweeter than another 6-oz apple. It will be fine.

Just stay on your healthy path more days than not, and you'll reach your goal.