What do you do when you have calories left

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lumenosis
lumenosis Posts: 66 Member
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What do you eat when you have a few hundred calories left (340 today) but your fiber, protein and fat are full?
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  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
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    That's enough for my favourite chocolate bar AND I could bank 100 for a hungry day. I mean, once you hit protein and fat you can pretty much do what you want with the rest. I'd be careful to make sure I wasn't trimming a few hundred off as a regular habit though, cause that's a binge waiting to happen if it's a regular thing. Enjoy your extra and bank 100; best of both worlds!
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,222 Member
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    If you've met your caloric and nutritional minimums you have what the US government likes to call Discretionary Calories left to play with. Have whatever you want.
  • lumenosis
    lumenosis Posts: 66 Member
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    fascha wrote: »
    Eat chocolate

    That's what I did yesterday lol I busted into my 6 year olds Easter stash
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
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    lumenosis wrote: »
    fascha wrote: »
    Eat chocolate

    That's what I did yesterday lol I busted into my 6 year olds Easter stash

    As long as it's accounted for and you have the room it's fair game!

  • loulamb7
    loulamb7 Posts: 801 Member
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    lumenosis wrote: »
    What do you eat when you have a few hundred calories left (340 today) but your fiber, protein and fat are full?

    It's okay to exceed these macros as long as you are still in a calorie deficit. Regarding the extra calories, eat them or bank them for another day.
  • lumenosis
    lumenosis Posts: 66 Member
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    I currently have a lot of calories allotted in a day, I start with 1960 and usually get a few hundred more for activity. I don't end up eating all of them (except maybe yesterday when my angry pms toddler made me).
  • ccsernica
    ccsernica Posts: 1,040 Member
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    This is why they make ice cream.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,464 Member
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    If you goal is 1200-1800, then eat those 300-400 cals with nutritious food up to your goal.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    Have a treat!
  • FindingAwesome
    FindingAwesome Posts: 1,482 Member
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    Cheese!
  • spiffychick85
    spiffychick85 Posts: 311 Member
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    annacole94 wrote: »
    Wine. It's like you can see me right now.

    Yep....this is me....right now
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
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    Cookie dough ice cream
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,575 Member
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    lumenosis wrote: »
    What do you eat when you have a few hundred calories left (340 today) but your fiber, protein and fat are full?

    If I am hungry, I eat. If not, I don't.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,182 Member
    edited April 2017
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    Sometimes I eat, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I feel like trying to make a dent in my remaining calories, sometimes I don't. Today, I don't. There's 1000 left. And I've already had chocolate.

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