Question for people who lost weight already

I go over my calorie at least once a week lol. Don't let that pull you down! Just keep at it and the weight will drop. As long as you eat clean the majority of the week, its nearly impossible to gain weight from one cheat day.

In the beginning I went completely by the book and stuck with a strict 1200 calories a day until I knew that I could indulge and not keep eating too much after that or binge out.(there are still foods that I avoid which I call trigger foods-like Ritz Crackers or Brownies...that never ends well)

After a while I started adding in a "cheat meal" once a week where we go out to eat and I am ok with going over for that day because I exercise ALOT and will even out in the end. I go by a weekly total rather than daily to keep myself in check. A surplus at the end of the week or not going over is ideal in the world of maintaining and it lets me live a normal life and not be so calorie strict all the time.

I go over my calorie at least once a week lol. Don't let that pull you down! Just keep at it and the weight will drop. As long as you eat clean the majority of the week, its nearly impossible to gain weight from one cheat day.

same here ! however by eating clean for me this means not going over on cals etc. I do have the odd can of coke, gingerbread man etc

There will be many days that you exceed your calorie goal. Don't worry about it. Just start the next day and try again. When you relax it's pretty easy to lose the weight. But people that get very upset about going over on calories tend to get frustrated and quit.

I go over my net goal, several times a week sometimes. Some days I even go over maintenance.:bigsmile: I'm sure my diary is pretty scary looking. :laugh: I still have a ways to go, but so far it hasn't stopped my weight loss.:drinker:

Yes. I was pretty intense in the beginning and rarely went over. I went over today. Not going to end my life

Once in a while, but usually if I knew it was going to be a high calorie day I would make sure to earn those calories by getting in some exercise and burning the calories I thought I would be needing to "bank"

It happens from time to time. Hasn't been the end of the world yet. :flowerforyou:

my experience is severely under calorie. i dont have cravings. all i want is to know im not gaining, and nothing else matters.

plenty. Average intake over the week is what I rely on.

It was very rare but yes. I set my calorie goal with a moderate deficit (1 lb per week) and then the vast majority of the time I had no trouble working whatever I wanted to eat into my goal. However if it was a holiday or special occasion I let myself eat up to maintenance. (I know my ticker doesn't show my losses but I have lost 45 lbs. I've been maintaining for 6 months and now I'm starting cutting/bulking cycles, hence the new ticker).

I think the important thing to remember is that no one day is going to determine your success or failure. It's long term trends that matter. One of the marks of people who are successful at weight loss the ability to take bad days and occasional indulgences in stride.

I often went over calories but I was still under TDEE so I knew I was still losing, just less and definitely not scale worthy:). But then the scale was never a good indicator of how I was doing on a given week.

Sometimes I went over TDEE, then all I did was divide the difference by three and eat TDEE minus that amount less for three days. AKA maintenance!

I did plateau for months with only two more pounds to go, but I didn't worry. I called it "practicing maintenance".
Then, when I finally lost the last two, I also lost an additional five while figuring out how many more calories I needed to add to my day. It truly is all about knowing your TDEE and eating at a deficit.

I often went over calories but I was still under TDEE so I knew I was still losing, just less and definitely not scale worthy:). But then the scale was never a good indicator of how I was doing on a given week.

Sometimes I went over TDEE, then all I did was divide the difference by three and eat TDEE minus that amount less for three days. AKA maintenance!

I did plateau for months with only two more pounds to go, but I didn't worry. I called it "practicing maintenance".
Then, when I finally lost the last two, I also lost an additional five while figuring out how many more calories I needed to add to my day. It truly is all about knowing your TDEE and eating at a deficit.

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Don't panic if you go over- whether on purpose to let yourself have something special or by accident or whatever. I used to be of the mentality that if you ate one bad thing you threw the entire day off and I'd just call it quits for the day. I realized it's not the end of the world. If you want to you can do a bit more exercise to burn it off or eat lower calorie meals to balance it out. But it really isn't as big a deal as it seems and it's not worth trying to be completely perfect. No one is. If you're right most of the time and exercising you will lose weight in the long run. You'll have good days where you're exactly on point and a few here and there where you're not, but if you're doing the right things overall the weight will still come off. Some trainers/nutritionists even say it's good to have a higher calories day to sort of reset your metabolism and tell your body to burn more again. I've had days where I decided to go eat at an Italian restaurant and get the pasta because I hadn't in so long and had times away travelling where I only had so much control over what I ate. I still managed to lose weight those times by making healthy choices when I could and exercising. In the long run those couple indulgences here and there aren't going to break you, it's about the overall effort and making it something you can live with that will lead to real change. Personally I can't be ok with never going to an Italian restaurant again so I'm going to every once in a while and enjoy myself without feeling guilty and that's ok. But I'm not going to go all the time and I'm going to eat healthy the rest of the day and I'm still going to go to the gym. It's not about perfect but about creating balance and a healthy lifestyle you can keep up with without hating it or feeling like you're missing out.

I went over too many times to count. Key for me was to always get back on track the following meal/day. Do not stress if you go over once or twice a week! A calorie is a calorie and if you look at it as a whole (week or month) if you are under you will lose!