It's noon and I've finished eating my calories

try planning your meals.

seriously lol

Easy! Go for a long walk before dinner.

LOL sucks for you.

That's why I don't start eating until noon at least.

Make up for it later in the week?

In the 'notes' section of the diary, I keep a log of how over/under I am (usually exercise cals) and I work it out a week at a time, starting afresh each Monday. This ensures I have cals left over for treats at the weekend.

A couple of bowlfuls of home made veg soup, or some sauteed veg with brown rice won't put you hugely over your limit.

LOL sucks for you.

That's why I don't start eating until noon at least.

Me too, a lot easier and you stay fuller longer

I'm just getting back to MFP after a bit of an absence, but one thing that I know for sure that has helped me in the past is meal planning. I want to know what I'm putting in my mouth before I eat it - keep track of the calories and ingredients - if you go over by a little but you're eating really healthy foods, oh well! If you need to kick up the exercise a bit to maintain your calorie goal, try finding ways to increase your cardio. I'm also a huge fan of drinking two glasses of water when I'm hungry before even getting near any food - that takes the edge off a bit and keeps my food intake down

. . it happens. :celeryforyou:

One bad day won't make you fat just like one salad won't make you skinny. Try to plan meals for tomorrow, take a walk today and relax.

Wow :noway: ...you should do some cardio to burn the calories taken and then refuel. You might consider planning your meals or re-evaluating your calorie goal.

Well thats ok tomorrow is a new day and besides you can make a salad or an omelet with veggies, oatmeal with fruit or yougurt bonelss skinless chicken breast with some sautted mushrooms , peppers and a slice of cheese on top your choice of veggies your doing fine dont let this get you down plan for tomorrows meals and forget about todays used up calories

LOL sucks for you.

That's why I don't start eating until noon at least.

Oh yeah, because that's healthy.

Don't skip meals. Go for a nice long walk so you can eat some more. Plan your meals better.

LOL sucks for you.

That's why I don't start eating until noon at least.

Oh yeah, because that's healthy.

Don't skip meals. Go for a nice long walk so you can eat some more. Plan your meals better.

There is nothing wrong with skipping breakfast. As long as you get your correct number of calories in a day, it doesn't matter how you time them.

LOL sucks for you.

That's why I don't start eating until noon at least.

Oh yeah, because that's healthy.

Don't skip meals. Go for a nice long walk so you can eat some more. Plan your meals better.

do you know what intermittent fasting is?

First, 1200 is not necessary. You can have success on higher calories.

Secondly, if you want to stick to this amount and you're really struggling, here's a couple of things you could try:

- Almonds are great. However, they are quite high in calories a fat. 50g is quite a large serving for this food, I think the recommended is 30g. That would save you quite a bit.

- 1 serving of oatmeal?

Sorry there wasn't much I could find to change, you're diary's pretty good in terms of choices! I'd say the lack of calories would be the main issue. You could also try adding a bit of exercise to the mix, and you'd bag yourself some tasty exercise calories!

What I like to do, when I can, is anything I know I'm having, like if i know what's for dinner or for lunch or something, or if I know there's a certain snack I really want that day, I log it all in advance so I can fill in the blanks and be like okay I can have more carbs for breakfast, okay I can have dessert today, I shouldn't have rice with dinner, etc. etc. it sounds like a pain but it takes like 5 mins and is super easy and that way you don't have to be logging all day too so if you're out you can just take a quick look and remember oh yeah this is what I should eat.

This is part of my strategy, too. I like to think of it like dealing with money. You have only so much to spend today, and the essentials cost so much, so you only have X to play with, so when you want a snack, you have to ask yourself if you can "callorically afford" it.

I have my daily goal at 1300 but I make sure I get some exercise in every day. Even if it's just walking to the grocery store and lugging all of that stuff home, that counts. I walk *everywhere*, so in my daily life just getting places can net me upwards of 5km in one day. Push yourself to do that at near top speed and all of a sudden you're allowed to eat 1500-1600 calories that day without going over the net goal of 1300. 1300 I find is better than 1200 because 12 is your minimum requirement for nutrition. You're not supposed to go under that. So 13 gives you some wiggle room for going over 12 but under goal. 13 is still hard to deal with sometimes though, you have to make some good choices, which is why I feel it's almost impossible to go a day without cardio. To eat as much as I need to feel nourished and satisfied (for me about 1500) I HAVE to get some cardio in, so then I'm under calorie goal, and I'm working out, which just helps the whole process along. I have accidentally gone over my goal and at 11pm gone out for a 5km pleasure walk and came back well under goal.

Lastly, have you heard of the 80/20 rule? If you're good 80% of the time, and bad 20% of the time, you'll still come out on top and loose weight. If you average a month has 30 days, 20% is 6 days. So as long as you only go over your goal 6 days or less a month, you're laughing!