Calories left... Later at night... What to do?

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  • usmcgrl1
    usmcgrl1 Posts: 31 Member
    first- just eating to use your calories is not a way to lose weight. That is why you are on MFP right? Before you eat that fruit think about the sugar that is in fruit.not good right before bed. If it is just a craving have some water and eat something healthy for you but keep it small. I usually have 300 or more in exercise calories, doesn't mean I have to use them and many times I don't. Makes me feel good that I stayed within my 1200 calorie allowance without using these extra calories. Wish i did that more often though, some days just doesn't work. 1200 calories goes quick.
  • khall86790
    khall86790 Posts: 1,100 Member
    If you aren't hungry, don't eat. Or eat some fruit/something light to help boost your calories a little whilst being healthy.
    Studies have shown it doesn't matter what time of date you eat, if you are concerned about eating close to bed time.
  • wibbley74
    wibbley74 Posts: 80 Member
    i keep dried fruit in the house for this very reason. i buy the snack packs that way i am not tempted to go over my limit by having that extra 1 or 2 that leads to 5 or 6
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    I learned the hard way that I HAVE to eat something before bed if I have a lot of calories left over, or I'll feel like crap in the morning, and be so hungry all day that I'll never catch up even if I overeat.

    Happened yesterday--I didn't eat quite enough during the day because I thought I might not make my evening running training program. Not only did I make it, but we ran farther than I figured we would, plus had a yoga session tacked onto the end. I didn't log everything until about 10 PM, then realized I was about 600 calories short.

    My solution was peanut butter on crackers and a glass of milk--not huge volume, but some nice protein in the milk and PB. Plus, I was out of PopTarts.

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