after eating too much last night, what do i do today?

Skinny_Beans
Skinny_Beans Posts: 405 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey guys

I'm 5'4 woman at 117 pounds eating around 1200 a day- I eat back all my exercise calories. I recently had a binge where I consumed a day's worth of calories of processed "junk" food, last night after already eating my day's worth of calories. Would fasting for the day be wise, or should I eat like a normal day and take the 1000+ extra calories? I logged the binge as my breakfast for today, and my diary is open :blushing:
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  • KeRAWRi
    KeRAWRi Posts: 79 Member
    Eat what you normally eat, forgive yourself and jump right back on.
  • Skinny_Beans
    Skinny_Beans Posts: 405 Member
    Well, if i can i'd like to make it so I keep a deficit for this week, so those calories are going to hurt my goal, yes?
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    Well, if i can i'd like to make it so I keep a deficit for this week, so those calories are going to hurt my goal, yes?

    No. Never do that. Today is a new day, just move forward.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    I didn't look at your diary but you can probably still average it over the week. Through exercise and very slight deficits on other days. Your weekly average is what counts the most anyway, even if your weekly average is slightly above goal, you're still well under maintenance and it won't really set you back.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Well, if i can i'd like to make it so I keep a deficit for this week, so those calories are going to hurt my goal, yes?

    I feel like this method is like punishing yourself day after day for one mistake. It follows you until you feel like you've "atoned" for your diet sin. Move on, be healthy from here, and keep going. This isn't the end of the world.
  • Skinny_Beans
    Skinny_Beans Posts: 405 Member
    Looks like i'll just try to spread that deficit over every day until the end of the week :]
  • testease
    testease Posts: 220
    A lot of people cycle calories, have high and low days. If you had a high day yesterday, take a low day today.
  • rebeccap13
    rebeccap13 Posts: 754 Member
    I spread out days where I eat over my cals, but I spread it out so it really only keeps me from eating about 100cals a day if this makes any sense. I don't want to try to make it up in one or two days because the deficit for that day would be HUGE and that can just lead to more binging episodes from getting so hungry.

    Like the Star Crunches I devoured at the beginning of last week got spread out over almost a week and that way I could still eat a filling amount of food without feeling tired or hungry all the time.
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
    You are already eating fairly low so I would just move on from it and not cut much else from your daily totals. Sure, our bodies don't go on a 24 hour clock but at your size I would say your body can more than handle the extra calories. At your height and weight, 1200 is barely BMR let alone TDEE. I'm the same size as you (height and weight) and with a moderate level of activity, my TDEE is 1950. My vote would be to enjoy the treats and keep going as any other day.
  • sobriquet84
    sobriquet84 Posts: 607 Member
    A lot of people cycle calories, have high and low days. If you had a high day yesterday, take a low day today.

    i do this to accomodate for high calorie days.

    however, the OP is already on a 1200 calorie diet as it is. eating 1200 calories for one day WOULD be a low calorie day in response to a high calorie day for me.

    so, to the OP: just get back to your normal thing.
  • kenazfehu
    kenazfehu Posts: 1,188 Member
    I'd get right back into the routine and try to forget it ever happened. I wouldn't want to end up in a binge then starve cycle.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    Just start over. Workout, eat your calories for the day and sort of pretend yesterday never happened. However, learn from yesterday.
  • BritneysStuntDouble
    BritneysStuntDouble Posts: 849 Member
    Poop. Poop with all of your might.
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    I hardly consider that a "binge".

    Forgive and forget. Move on. It's OK!!!
  • iainhawthorn
    iainhawthorn Posts: 4 Member
    Eat normally, increase your exercise and burn off the number of extra calories you consumed over the next six days - it's empowering and you feel back in control, motivated and will see no negative impact against your target for the week. Beware of a 'bounce, in weight gain - it's only glycogen that holds 3x it's weight in water. It will take 2/3 days to drop to normal.

    Stay focused!
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    Forget it and move on! Get back to behaving today :)
  • bgelliott
    bgelliott Posts: 610 Member
    Eat normal
  • miracole
    miracole Posts: 492 Member
    Confess the binge if you feel like it but move on. If you'd like we can assign you a penance exercise or two.

    I tend to go "meh, will be better tomorrow" and then go for a penance run.
  • _Elemenopee_
    _Elemenopee_ Posts: 2,665 Member
    Forget the binge happened and do better today. Do not dwell on the past.
  • hiker359
    hiker359 Posts: 577 Member
    No, learn from it and eat better today. Don't fast or you'll likely just go into, "eat all the food," mode again.
  • Xaspar
    Xaspar Posts: 726 Member
    It doesn't matter, it's in the past ... make good choices for today. And tomorrow do the same. And the day after, and the day after. I agree with the thought that "Punishing yourself for a long period of time for a single mistake" is counterproductive. Instead, figure out what triggered the junk food rally and make a plan to help yourself next time one looks like it is approaching and learn from it. It's so much easier to put a plan in motion when you actually HAVE one! Own it, accept it and move on!
  • MemphisKitten
    MemphisKitten Posts: 878 Member
    Just eat fruits and veges.
  • jennco3
    jennco3 Posts: 72 Member
    Eat normal. DOn't punish your body for a little binge. All you will do is get a negative reaction. Just start over and work hard. You got this.
  • xiofett
    xiofett Posts: 138 Member
    Poop. Poop with all of your might.

    Best. Advice. EVAR!
  • Jimaudit
    Jimaudit Posts: 275
    nice binge.....but yeah like everyone lese said...move on and worry about it over the long haul.
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    Your only 450 cals over today... Nothing to worry about! Just move on x
  • wattssal000
    wattssal000 Posts: 62 Member
    Isn't it amazing how quickly the calories can add up! Damn carbs and sugars, it can just happen so quickly. I would tell you not to worry about it. Your seem to be very thin anyway and you will get to where you want to be
  • nicleed
    nicleed Posts: 247 Member
    Move on - but maybe take it as a sign that your body does not like you only feeding it 1200 cals a day in the long term. You are already slim, try upping the cals and doing more exercise instead.
  • mrzangief
    mrzangief Posts: 3 Member
    Hi
    I'm not an expert but my advise would be: eat normal and walk it off (do some extra walk to burn those calories during the week)
  • deb3129
    deb3129 Posts: 1,294 Member
    I looked at your diary back about a month, and you are over on calories on almost all the days. So I would not stress too much about that one particular day, I would just try to make some overall changes in the way you are eating.

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