I burned many calories today, scared to eat them back though

Skinny_Beans
Skinny_Beans Posts: 405 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey all. 5'4 117 21 year old woman, fat percentage around 24.4.

I was running back and forth in a field for two hours today, and ate around 1100 calories. My daily allowance by mfp is 1200, which is manageable for my shortness and small frame (exactly 6 inch wrists?). Now, I don't know if I really burned 400 an hour today, i'm being cautious. Still ,that leaves me with a deficit of at least 400 calories today, so my diary is finished with 500ish leftover.

I can't eat, but i'm hungry. Mentally I'm terrified of eating tonight...help?

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  • allycamui
    allycamui Posts: 9 Member
    If you are that worried (which I don't think you should be, you could just eat back 50%, so even if the number is off you still won't go over), then eat something low-cal and high in protein.
  • amateurdude
    amateurdude Posts: 44 Member
    400 calories an hour of exercise sounds very reasonable.
  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    You are hungry and you have heaps of calories left in your daily allowance. You don't have to eat all of them, but don't ignore your body either - it wants food!
  • Skinny_Beans
    Skinny_Beans Posts: 405 Member
    You are hungry and you have heaps of calories left in your daily allowance. You don't have to eat all of them, but don't ignore your body either - it wants food!

    black beans n hummus, here I come...
  • amnsetie
    amnsetie Posts: 666 Member
    HI
    5'4" isn't that short. I'm 5'4" and sedentary and I am not doing 1200 cals. I'm allowed 1580 though I sometimes subtract another 250 if I can.
    By all means eat a little more.

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