What do you do when you eat all your calories halfway throug

shellimus

Okay, so I seem to be extra hungry the last couple of days and I made the mistake of ordering pizza. WOW, it has a lot of calories!

So, I need your help for today. I worked out. I have eaten junk food today basically and have eaten through all of my calories for the day. Problem is, I have people coming over tonight for Mexican food and Margaritas.

I REALLY want to stick to my goals and lose this weight. My initial goal is to lose 5 more lbs. by 11/27.

What would you do?!!

Acg67

eat and get back on track tomorrow, 1 day of not being in a deficit isn't a big deal...

Healthyby30

Get a workout in and eat what you want. Don't worry about it THAT much. It's not like you do this daily.

chef970

Have some fun & get back on the wagon tomorrow...live a little tonight!! :-)

daves160

Your done. No pulling you out of the fire today.

Like the guy above said, just get back on track tomorrow.

lynn1982

Either just get back on track tomorrow or go for a run... I ate an entire pizza for lunch, so I did another spin class this afternoon...

Collinsky

Have you figured out what your maintenance calories are? If you can manage to eat close to or under those, then at least you'll "break even" for the day. But even if you're over that, just get back on track tomorrow and hopefully it will have just jolted your metabolism to burn more. One can always hope!

janetrae4

I agree with acg67. Falling off the wagon (as they say) one day is not going to mess you up altogether. Enjoy your mexican and margaritas and get back with it tomorrow with renewed vigor. I have days when I am just starving all day also. I eat almonds when that happens. A small amount feels like you've eaten something and they are amazing good for you.
Hope that helps.
janet

ckmama

Have your margarita on the rocks

sunkisses

Just to assuage my guilt, I'd go for a good long, brisk walk. Then I'd continue on my path of destruction. :bigsmile: get that pizza outta the house so it doesn't mess up another day.

sc1572

just eat the rest of the night like you planned and start over tomorrow...we ALL have to go off sometimes!

farmgirlsuz

Just a hint, don't weigh yourself for a couple of days either. This I know from the experience!

servilia

Eat/drink to you heart's content today, maybe go for a brisk walk, and increase your deficit for 2/3 days. As long as at the end of the week you meet your weekly cal goal, it's all good. And don't weigh yourself you'll have a lot of water weight.

havalinaaa

When I find myself getting close to my limit early in the day, I make sure to take a long walk at the very least (not the highest calorie burn for the time, but easiest thing to work into my daily schedule) and maybe do some more intense cardio if I have the time. Going over happens occasionally though and should just be taken in stride! If you're set for a 500 calorie deficit, you have 500 calories before you reach your maintenance calories so one day over won't set you back very far!

Also, I tend to focus more on hitting my calorie intake #'s for the week over a given day.

A note for in the future, when I know I have some big dinner planned for the end of the day I pre-enter a few things I know I'll eat and drink, so they're already accounted for in my calories left for the day.

shellimus

No, I haven't. How do I do that?

shellimus

Very well said. Thank you. That really helps.

shellimus

When I find myself getting close to my limit early in the day, I make sure to take a long walk at the very least (not the highest calorie burn for the time, but easiest thing to work into my daily schedule) and maybe do some more intense cardio if I have the time. Going over happens occasionally though and should just be taken in stride! If you're set for a 500 calorie deficit, you have 500 calories before you reach your maintenance calories so one day over won't set you back very far!

Also, I tend to focus more on hitting my calorie intake #'s for the week over a given day.

A note for in the future, when I know I have some big dinner planned for the end of the day I pre-enter a few things I know I'll eat and drink, so they're already accounted for in my calories left for the day.

Good idea! Thanks!

shellimus

Have you figured out what your maintenance calories are? If you can manage to eat close to or under those, then at least you'll "break even" for the day. But even if you're over that, just get back on track tomorrow and hopefully it will have just jolted your metabolism to burn more. One can always hope!

Let's try this again...'


No, I haven't. How do I do that?

shellimus

Either just get back on track tomorrow or go for a run... I ate an entire pizza for lunch, so I did another spin class this afternoon...

Very well said. Thank you. That really helps.

shellimus

Thank you all for your replies! I appreciate your support...and humor!

MFP is awesome, isn't it!!?

krystalgwen

Well it seems like the thing you have going on tonight is planned so you knew before that what you were doing is bad my suggestion dont plan to eat bad stuff. We all have slip ups like the pizza so like everyone is saying start over again tomorrow,

rachelleahsmom

Don't have salt with those margaritas.

Really, everyone here has given you great advice! I think you will be surprised tonight that you won't be able to eat as much as you thought you would, so you aren't going to be that off track. Remember you are human and deserve to have fun. I just want to know one thing - what time should I be there?

lmelangley

Eat tonight. Reasonable portions and a reasonable number of marguaritas and have a wonderful time. Tomorrow is another day. But, I'd stay off the scale for a day or two. You'll probably find that having one big calorie day hasn't affected you over all, but you may have extra sodium weight for a couple days. Just drink a lot of water.