I went over by 600 calories yesterday!

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  • beastmode_kitty
    beastmode_kitty Posts: 844 Member
    Make sure you eat every 2-3 hours to keep feeling full so you aren't tempted on snacking or binge type eating.

    With that being said, if you fall off the wagon, just pick yourself back up and keep moving on. I have my treat days, and I'm sure most others do too!
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    Well it sucks you did it right before a party as you might retain some water and look bloated. Otherwise a treat is fine sometimes.
  • monisiaczeq
    monisiaczeq Posts: 131 Member
    my dont worry about this,. we all slip.. like yesterday i almost ate 3000 kcal.. im only meant to be eating around 1200-1300.. **** it. **** happens. most important is that you dont let one day turn into two days , then a week, month and so on... forget. new day, new meal plan. hit the gym and end of story.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    I've been doing so well eating around 1200 net and 500 cals per day for nearly 3 weeks but yesterday I ate McDonalds. A double cheeseburger and fries! Why did I have to eat the fries. Now I feel so ashamed. And I just ate cake but its ok as it was only a tiny cupcake but still I'm so disappointed I wiped out all the exercise I did and was still over by 600 calories. And I've got to go to a major party tomorrow. Tips would be appreciated. Sorry for the winy tone I'm just feeling very irate at work and its partly because my stomach feels really bloated and fat right now.

    How you do this? You can't eat net 1200 and 500 cals per day at the same time.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    True maintenance is NOT 1700 calories.

    She isn't netting 1200, so she does not need to cut her daily calories any more.

    Look into diaries before giving advice!

    this. how is this considered overeating when her eating 600 calories over wasnt even getting her to her TDEE?

    she ate 600 calories over a low calorie goal and even with those "overeaten" calories she's still in a deficit.
  • Samuraiko
    Samuraiko Posts: 180 Member
    Today is a new day. You went over calories yesterday: big deal. Fall down 7 times, get up 8.
    I have that quote on my desk at work, and it's been my motto since I started this thing. :) Great minds think alike.
  • gelendestrasse
    gelendestrasse Posts: 204
    Chalk it up to "I enjoyed myself, now it's back to the task of keeping to the diet". No point punishing yourself, especially at the holidays. You'll just be miserable. Just get back to your routine. And expect to give it up for any holiday dinner. You'll be fine.
  • fairygirlpie9
    fairygirlpie9 Posts: 288 Member
    Thanks to all posters. I agree I shouldn't be worrying about this. In response to my calorie burn this is what MFP gave me for an hour on the elliptical with sufficient resistance. I have huge leg muscles partly genetic and I exercise at a really high intensity to fast music additionally I use 3lb weights on the machine for my arms so that I can work those out too. So I'd say that the calorie read probably isn't too far off if anything is slightly higher.
    As for my 1200 - thats set for a 2lb weight loss as MFP wouldn't let me go any lower. I am on the 5:2 hence why I sometimes have only 500 cals. I'm pretty sure I've seen on here that you shouldn't really eat back your calories so thats why I haven't and nor do I want to. I would be quite happy to maintain at 1500 cals once I reach my goal weight. Also to me it would defeat the object of exercising if I eat back cals as I'm really very toned and muscly - even my brother has told me to lose the arm muscles so the last thing I need to do is tone anywhere I just need to get this fat off my stomach.
    I don't weigh myself but I have lost around 3 inches on my stomach since I started.
  • GBrady43068
    GBrady43068 Posts: 1,256 Member
    Food is not the enemy.
    It's just one day.
    Today is new. Treat it as such.
    Drink water.

    Don't mind my profile pic of me shotgunning 14 mini cupcakes in <1min. It was a contest, and a 4000 calorie day. But I straightened up the next day and lived to tell my story and weigh 0.5lb less a week later.
    This. Well, maybe not the mini cupcake shotgunning. :tongue:

    I got a Ben and Jerry's this week. I thought I'd "be good" by getting the FroYo (Frozen Yogurt) instead of the ice cream. Then I ate the whole pint....in one sitting. What's done is done. Today, I'm watching the calories and exercising. Worst case scenario? I gain one pound this week..it's not the end of the world. Instead of turning your anger inward (disappointment/despair that you'll gain weight) turn it OUTward...let it fuel your gym time. You'll be fine.
  • suzsy312
    suzsy312 Posts: 12
    That is perfectly fine! It is okay to slip once in a while. No one is continuously eating healthy. Everyone has cravings and stopping yourselft from what you want all the time would only be stressful. you can always work on getting back on track. Eating lots of vegetables and fruits the next day should help and if you are still feeling terrible, drink lots of water!
  • gigglesinthesun
    gigglesinthesun Posts: 860 Member
    Thanks to all posters. I agree I shouldn't be worrying about this. In response to my calorie burn this is what MFP gave me for an hour on the elliptical with sufficient resistance. I have huge leg muscles partly genetic and I exercise at a really high intensity to fast music additionally I use 3lb weights on the machine for my arms so that I can work those out too. So I'd say that the calorie read probably isn't too far off if anything is slightly higher.
    As for my 1200 - thats set for a 2lb weight loss as MFP wouldn't let me go any lower. I am on the 5:2 hence why I sometimes have only 500 cals. I'm pretty sure I've seen on here that you shouldn't really eat back your calories so thats why I haven't and nor do I want to. I would be quite happy to maintain at 1500 cals once I reach my goal weight. Also to me it would defeat the object of exercising if I eat back cals as I'm really very toned and muscly - even my brother has told me to lose the arm muscles so the last thing I need to do is tone anywhere I just need to get this fat off my stomach.
    I don't weigh myself but I have lost around 3 inches on my stomach since I started.

    I thought that 5:2 was 1500 for 5 days and 500 for 2 thus equalling 1200 a days over the week
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    As far as eating back your calories goes, as an extreme example - last year one day I measured over 6000 calories burnt from my motoactv (12k or so run and 80k cycle ride).
    If I had still eaten the 1500 or something mfp had listed, I'd have had a massive deficit and strongly suspect a fair bit of that would have come from muscle.
    Instead, I ate 5000 calories and still weighed less the day before.

    As with so much health advice, it doesn't apply to all situations.

    If you are at a 250 calorie deficit, do 500 calories of exercise and don't eat it back, you're still in the 'safe' zone.
    If you're already at a 1000 calorie deficit, then take an extra 500 exercise and don't have a massive amount of weight to lose, you're starting to get in to dodgy ground.

    If you don't mind losing lots of muscle too and weight loss rather than fat loss is your primary goal, then it's fine.
    But while being 'skinny fat' may be better than being 'fat fat', neither are particularly desirable for most people!

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