3 Meals but still have 700 calories left?

meetmyalterego

So, I have no idea what I did today, but I had a very full breakfast (bacon, waffles, milk), homemade beef stew for lunch, and what we call "floating biscuits" (biscuits on top of a creamy chicken soup) and I still have about 700 calories left to eat according to my calculator (factoring in my calories burned from 30 Day Shred today). Say what?!

I feel like that can't be right, but even after going back and reading all the nutrition labels for everything I ate today, the number is accurate.

I can tell my body is going to be hungry soon and I am hanging out with a friend later. Maybe treat myself to a chicken quesadilla (no creamy jalepeno sauce) at Taco Bell?

What do you guys do when you've eaten too little calories for the day?

NCchar130

If I'm hungry, I eat them. If I'm not, I don't - I 'bank' them for another day when I'm sure to be hungrier than my goals permit, haha :flowerforyou:

deksgrl

I would eat a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk.

rrrayondesoleil

I would gorge myself on peanut butter.

Heyyleigh

PB sandwich and milk sounds gooddddddddddddddddd!


I need to be able to see ur diary to know what your doing.

a_certain_shade_of_green

have a beer :drinker:

or... maybe just something that youve been wanting for a while but you've thought better of. for example ive had a box of fererro rocher looking at me for 3 days, and i finally gave in today and had 5 cos i had spare cals :blushing:

lrose50

700 calories is a lot - I never eat back all of my excercise calories (how many did you burn?) I usually have a handful of good nuts and a glass of milk, however, if I had that many left I might induldge in icecream LOL
What about snacks? Are you eating snacks or just 3 meals a day?

DebbieLyn63

Yeah, how do you calculate your exercise calories? If you use the MFP numbers, they are quite often very much above your actual burns. This is why most people who use those numbers don't eat all their cals back. If you are using a HRM, and are measuring and weighing all your food accurately, then just take the extra cals burned as a bonus, if you aren't hungry.

meetmyalterego

3 meals usually. I'm not really a snacking kind of person. If I'm a little hungry and it's not too close to dinner or lunch, I'll have a piece of cheese. I know I should be snacking because apparently that keeps your metabolism up, but I really hate crunchy food and that's where most snacks tend lean towards (pretzels, chips, crackers). I'm trying to find a good snack that's not just yogurt, lol.

meetmyalterego

Yeah, how do you calculate your exercise calories? If you use the MFP numbers, they are quite often very much above your actual burns. This is why most people who use those numbers don't eat all their cals back. If you are using a HRM, and are measuring and weighing all your food accurately, then just take the extra cals burned as a bonus, if you aren't hungry.

I use a HRM monitor and it's always been pretty close to the MFP for my 30 Day Shred which I log as circuit training. Without exercise, my surplus would have been about 557.

deksgrl

Snack on fruits and veggies, hard boiled eggs, nuts, use hummus as a veggie dip.

jzammetti

I agree with other posters - add nuts, eggs, other high fat/protein items to your snacking. They will fill in the gaps and are not a lot to eat if you are not real hungry.

You could also save those calries for another day or have ice cream. I would have ice cream. :happy:

raeless2011

I tend to only eat my daily amount, and not eat the exercise burned calories.

bachooka

I honestly eat them if I'm hungry, but like others said MFP numbers aren't as accurate as they would be with an HRM. I would say that your best bet is eating a bit if you are hungry and then leaving the rest to help if you go over another day. My calories are weekly not daily.

Shas2228

I never, and I repeat NEVER eat back the calories I burn. Ever. I only eat if I'm hungry. I figure over eating is what got me in trouble in the first place, so I don't push it.

I've lost 50 pounds since September 12th, and I stay between 1200 and 1600 cals even though MFP has given me 1770.

With the exception of today. I'm at 1,018. And I'm not hungry and satisfied after dinner. So I won't eat again till tomorrow.. which could very well end up being a bigger calorie day. Every day varies.

If you're too worried about it, as suggested above.. eat some peanut butter. A couple TBS is over 100 cals I believe.

meetmyalterego

I'm not going to try to eat back all the calories, but I am starting to get a little hungry so I may indulge just a bit.

The funny thing is that I wasn't really looking at calories or worrying at all today! I do need to switch to turkey bacon, though. It's much healthier.

ducoteycd

I would eat a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk.

This! Healthy, lots of calories, and delicious.
Maybe slice up some banana and make it peanut butter and banana sandwich!

meetmyalterego

I ended up treating myself to a sweet tea and chicken quesadilla and got it down to 7 calories remaining.

stonel94

don't eat till your hungry
I always have calories left (even on christmas) because I work out a lot, and I want to leave at least 100cal bumper incase my calories burned are off or i underestimated a portion size or something, so I would sugest never eating all your calories unless it's like a special occasion

deksgrl

She does use a HRM so her calorie burns are not just guesstimates, so she should be okay with not leaving a buffer.

L_Stradford

I eat anything sweet and I'm guaranteed to meet my goal if not go over at that point.

stonel94

HRM are still not perfect, I would personally rather be 100 calories under than 100 calories over, I mean as long as you're eating 1200 calories you shouldn't be in starvation mode, so it's fine to be under

deksgrl

1200, for me, is starving, believe me.

philshjips

I would drink them all away. along with the sadness.

redheaddee

I do need to switch to turkey bacon, though. It's much healthier.

NO. It is not bacon, it is sacrilege.

Now go wash your mouth out with Wright thick sliced smoked bacon.