I only have 10 calories left for Dinner?!

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  • MlleDee
    MlleDee Posts: 90 Member
    Try a nice low calorie dinner.

    I have a 100 calorie backup for days I go over:

    1 1/2 cups of shredded Lettuce, 1 Tablespoon of Fatfree/Low Calorie Dressing (35 Calories)

    Maybe a slice of sandwich meat diced up for protein (60 calories)

    Put it on a big plate, and spread it thin, trick your eyes! I also sprinkle lightly with Paprika, Seasoning Salt, Pepper

    But most of all, don't give up. Tomorrow it will get better!

    SP
  • YepLilly
    YepLilly Posts: 129 Member
    Don't skip dinner. Eat a salad and some fruit. As others have said, tomorrow is a new day, so it doesn't matter if you go a bit over today :smile:
  • shydaisi
    shydaisi Posts: 788 Member
    And I'm not a eat-over-and-then-"burn"-them-off believer. Sorry! It just doesn't work for me.

    I don't understand this. Why?
  • Olive101109
    Olive101109 Posts: 51
    And I'm not a eat-over-and-then-"burn"-them-off believer. Sorry! It just doesn't work for me.

    I don't understand this. Why?

    Well, I did it before, and I just COULDN'T lose weight!! Then I stopped logging my exercise (even if I did it) and I lost 3 pounds.. Hmm...
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    Oh, and I forgot to mention that I went over the past couple of days. And I'm not a eat-over-and-then-"burn"-them-off believer. Sorry! It just doesn't work for me.

    I don't understand this statement. I full on cannot comprehend it. What?!
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    Oh, and I forgot to mention that I went over the past couple of days. And I'm not a eat-over-and-then-"burn"-them-off believer. Sorry! It just doesn't work for me.
    I don't understand this statement. I full on cannot comprehend it. What?!
    It's OK. I don't speak stupid, either.
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    And I'm not a eat-over-and-then-"burn"-them-off believer. Sorry! It just doesn't work for me.

    I don't understand this. Why?

    Well, I did it before, and I just COULDN'T lose weight!! Then I stopped logging my exercise (even if I did it) and I lost 3 pounds.. Hmm...

    So just not burning them off is better? MFP's calorie burn is way off, were you wearing a HRM?
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    And I'm not a eat-over-and-then-"burn"-them-off believer. Sorry! It just doesn't work for me.

    I don't understand this. Why?

    Well, I did it before, and I just COULDN'T lose weight!! Then I stopped logging my exercise (even if I did it) and I lost 3 pounds.. Hmm...

    Okaaaaay ... but you're not going to work out, log it, and eat those calories every day. The suggestion was that you work out to provide yourself more calories SO YOU COULD EAT DINNER one time, tonight.
  • charlottebronte
    charlottebronte Posts: 88
    I am less concerned about dinner tonight and more concerned about your over-eating--by your own admission--several times this week. Look at the bigger issue--you are not sticking to your daily caloric goal. If you want to lose the weight, and do it the "MFP-way," you need to reassess your daily eating patterns. Well, I am not so concerned that I'm going to lose sleep over it, but you get my point...all the best to you.
  • lclarkjr
    lclarkjr Posts: 359 Member
    Don't skip a meal unless you are honestly not hungry. Eat your normal planned dinner, suck it up as an overage, and work hard the rest of the week to try to keep your weekly net calories at or under your goal.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    And I'm not a eat-over-and-then-"burn"-them-off believer. Sorry! It just doesn't work for me.

    I don't understand this. Why?

    Well, I did it before, and I just COULDN'T lose weight!! Then I stopped logging my exercise (even if I did it) and I lost 3 pounds.. Hmm...

    Only reasons this would happen are:

    A) You aren't weighing/measuring food portions exactly, so calorie intake could be off (you also need to double check all nutritional information vs. what you're eating to make sure it's actually right in MFP)
    B) You are over-estimating your calorie burn on exercise (MFP is not very accurate, a heart rate monitor with a chest strap is the sure-fire way to get the measurement)
  • silkysly
    silkysly Posts: 701 Member
    Take a brisk, long walk...
  • godblessourhome
    godblessourhome Posts: 3,892 Member
    It's OK. I don't speak stupid, either.

    you may not 'speak stupid' but you're pretty fluent in rude.
  • shydaisi
    shydaisi Posts: 788 Member
    And I'm not a eat-over-and-then-"burn"-them-off believer. Sorry! It just doesn't work for me.

    I don't understand this. Why?

    Well, I did it before, and I just COULDN'T lose weight!! Then I stopped logging my exercise (even if I did it) and I lost 3 pounds.. Hmm...

    Only reasons this would happen are:

    A) You aren't weighing/measuring food portions exactly, so calorie intake could be off (you also need to double check all nutritional information vs. what you're eating to make sure it's actually right in MFP)
    B) You are over-estimating your calorie burn on exercise (MFP is not very accurate, a heart rate monitor with a chest strap is the sure-fire way to get the measurement)

    Exactly. Plus, if you (OP) are going to eat dinner which will obviously put you over your calories for the day, why would you not take a walk or do some jumping jacks or whatever exercise to help offset the overage? But, instead you are considering just going over? If eating your exercise calories makes you gain weight, then wouldn't eating more than your allotted calories without exercising make you gain MORE weight?!?
  • 99Tinkerbell
    99Tinkerbell Posts: 384
    McDonalds????????????????????????????????????????? what were you thinking the only thing to do is exercise to get calories back skipping not a good idea. McDonalds never a good idea!
  • ziggylove
    ziggylove Posts: 57
    It's OK. I don't speak stupid, either.

    you may not 'speak stupid' but you're pretty fluent in rude.

    Agreed, thank you for posting. I like your signature too. :)

    @OP, I hear you in that I have maybe 100 cals left for dinner. And I ate healthy non-McD's food today. o_o I think I'll just have a light dinner and accept the overage, then be more careful tomorrow. It is not the end of the world. :D
  • funkyspunky871
    funkyspunky871 Posts: 1,675 Member
    Looks like somebody's not gonna maintain their weight loss for too long, imo. :yawn: You shouldn't categorize foods into the "good" and the "bad." Screws you up, I'm tellin' ya. And I would have lost all my weight JUST as fine even if I ate McDonald's for every single meal of the day. :wink:
  • jellybaby84
    jellybaby84 Posts: 583 Member
    I'm not really concerned about what times of the day I eat as long as I don't go over on the calories. So if I'm going to have a busy day I will have nearly all my claories for breakfast and just not eat later on. I've never found that to be a problem.

    So, yes, if I only had 10 cals left I would skip dinner (maybe have a sugar free jelly at 9cals)

    Don't see a problem with exercising to earn some though. I'm not a believer in eating the spare earned from exercise either but in an emergency it would be fine.
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