i went over my calories :( what do i do???

Everyone is tight just forget yesterday, you ate a maintenance number of calories, It's OK once in a while. I think the most important thing is to record every thing you eat & drink, if you don;t you are only cheating yourself.

For me recording everything I eat, , means I am less likely to have that treat as I have to see it on the screen, It helps me from going wrong. After I all put on weight because I consumed mover than I needed.

The other I find useful is to earn calories for that treat by exercise.

Walking, park further from the shops, good for the calories burnt. Also spend less as I have to carry the shopping back and no car park charges.

Gardening, it's great for the sole, you get rewarded with your efforts every time you look at it.

I lost 4 stone but have been stuck for a while and I think this site and app is great, easy to record and update. It provides me with a great visual recording. It has helped me see where I was going wrong, all those little cheats, but not now!

Do not go below your target caloric intake. It will balance out, just get right back on and add some exercise! It is not what you do one day but over time that counts. You will be fine.

If you are eating only 1200 calories then having a day where you actuelly give your body a closer amount to what you should be eating is a good thing.

You asked what to do right. Eat above your BMR or you will not be giving your body enough food to sustain basic organ function.

http://thefitgirls.com/tdee-calculator.aspx

Try this idea called zig zaging http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

It supposedly helps you to not plateau and it helps with minor overages

Try to pick up the pieces of your life and move on. Forget about yesterday.

You DO have a more serious issue. You are eating 1200 calories and you try to stay at least 200 under that goal??

you are eating 1000 or less calories a day? So you just had a binge day. This is about the worst pattern you can be setting up for yourself. Please start eating at LEAST 1200 a day, not under. I'm going to guess your TDEE and BMR are actually over that so you should be eating even more than that a day.

I 100% agree with this, you need to figure these numbers out, I'm sure it will be much higher than you are eating, I eat 1745 cals a day, went overbuy 200 cals last night, and was down a pound this morning! Please eat more!

This happens to me a lot - sometimes I notice that I get myself into a snacking binge at work and have left myself very few calories to eat a proper dinner.

So I'm supposed to eat around 1200 calories a day. If I log 1300-1400 I don't even concern myself with it. 1500 or more? I try to make up for it a little bit with exercise. Sometimes I'll go to the gym and try to burn 300 calories by pushing half an hour on the elliptical, or sometimes I'll go for a brisk walk.

I don't think it's bad to go over calories, but just try not to make a habit of it unless you are going to exercise more.

Try to pick up the pieces of your life and move on. Forget about yesterday.

You DO have a more serious issue. You are eating 1200 calories and you try to stay at least 200 under that goal??

you are eating 1000 or less calories a day? So you just had a binge day. This is about the worst pattern you can be setting up for yourself. Please start eating at LEAST 1200 a day, not under. I'm going to guess your TDEE and BMR are actually over that so you should be eating even more than that a day.

^^^^this; I know for me the 1200 calorie thing was just causing me to be hungry all of the time and although I was losing some it was not what I would expect from eating that little. I decided I wanted to build strength as well as lose some fat so I started with the NROL4W and upped my calories to 1799 (TDEE -20%); the pounds are melting off (slowly but surely) as are the inches just after 4 weeks and I am not hungry all of the time which is probably the biggest bonus. I am not suggesting you do exactly what I did but just letting you know what worked for me and showing that lower calories is not always better. Good luck on your journey.

You've been under the other day so this will all even out.