People w/ TONS of calories "remaining"??!?!?

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  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    I regularly leave 300-400 calories; not because I want to leave them - I could eat up to my limit - but if I do , then I am over the top on fat [and sometimes protein] so I just leave the calories. I've now exceeded my goal of 120 lbs and remain somewhere between 112 and 114 lbs.
    You're supposed to go over on those. Protein and fats should be minimums and the default protein setting on MFP is low.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I regularly leave 300-400 calories; not because I want to leave them - I could eat up to my limit - but if I do , then I am over the top on fat [and sometimes protein] so I just leave the calories. I've now exceeded my goal of 120 lbs and remain somewhere between 112 and 114 lbs.
    What horrible thing happens if you go over on fats or proteins?
  • crazyincolorado84
    crazyincolorado84 Posts: 26 Member
    I eat mostly 'plant strong' and hit the gym most days. It's actually really hard to hit calorie goals doing that. I have literally eaten my husband's cake/snacks to keep up b/c I understand we need X amount of calories. I do always hit my nutrition goals easily for the record and I've never felt better or had skin that glows so nicely, so I guess everyone has their challenges.
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    Many would contend MFP sets protein far too low.
  • callas444
    callas444 Posts: 261 Member
    I can only speak for myself, but my remaining calories are usually there because I am trying to learn to listen to my body's full signal. I ignored it for years, thinking that full meant that uncomfortable feeling after a huge meal. I taught myself that that was a good uncomfortable. Now I am learning that satisfied is okay. If I am not hungry, I don't eat. Don't get me wrong, I never skip meals. I eat good, balanced meals and sometimes that doesn't equal up up my 1460 calories. I am okay with that. I am also okay with eating a bedtime snack if I have calories and feel a little hungry. It just depends on the day.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I always have 900-1200 calories left after dinner... it's not on purpose. I usually fill it up with peanut butter. LOL.
  • emaren
    emaren Posts: 934 Member
    On a Sunday I burn a couple of thousand riding my bicycle.

    Given my appetite and food habits, it is near impossible for me to eat 3000+ in a single day.

    On an average day I burn 6-700 at Bootcamp then spend the day at the office, virtually every day I am a few hundred under.

    **shrug**
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    I can have 9000 calories a week remaining. On the 4 days a week I do eat I can have upwards of 1000 calories remaining. I simply can't eat that much. I'm not going to eat if I am full regardless of how many calories are there.
  • mrhonesty
    mrhonesty Posts: 274 Member
    Interesting post. My workouts leave me with between 900-1100 calories at the end of the night. I sometimes go to bed hungry enough that I wake up bloated and missing my pillow!
  • sweet_blasphemy
    sweet_blasphemy Posts: 129 Member
    for me, it depends. some days i'm closing in on my limit for the day and i just feel hungry no matter what i eat. other days, especially if i exercise pretty vigorously, it kills my appetite and burns enough to leave me with a larger than usual deficit.

    one day, i went hiking for like 6-7 hours.. i mean just straight trekking, only stopping to take a few pics here and there. i had a light breakfast beforehand and by the time i got home, i was so beat i had a normal sized dinner and passed out. ended up netting negative cals that day but i didn't sweat it because i knew there would eventually be days i'd go over.

    i eat plenty when i'm hungry (which is usually). but i don't eat just for the sake of using up my remaining calories if i don't have an appetite that day. it all evens out eventually.
  • sohmui
    sohmui Posts: 108 Member
    I hardly ever have any calories left over (as a matter of fact I've been going over a lot lately). I don't understand how you could regularly have hundreds left over?! Eat some chocolate or a food you enjoy!

    No can do. Chocolate puts me over on fat.
  • sohmui
    sohmui Posts: 108 Member
    I regularly leave 300-400 calories; not because I want to leave them - I could eat up to my limit - but if I do , then I am over the top on fat [and sometimes protein] so I just leave the calories. I've now exceeded my goal of 120 lbs and remain somewhere between 112 and 114 lbs.
    What horrible thing happens if you go over on fats or proteins?
    Over on fat: clogged arteries, heart disease; over on protein: can adversely affect the liver especially if you are not young.
  • sohmui
    sohmui Posts: 108 Member
    Many would contend MFP sets protein far too low.
    I've checked on other sites, e.g. Livestrong. MFP protein set compares more or less with them.
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
    I hardly ever have any calories left over (as a matter of fact I've been going over a lot lately). I don't understand how you could regularly have hundreds left over?! Eat some chocolate or a food you enjoy!

    No can do. Chocolate puts me over on fat.

    And the problem is?
  • stephreed11
    stephreed11 Posts: 158 Member
    Haha, caloric donations would be awesome! :love:
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    Every once in awhile I'll have extra calories remaining. Not often though.
    Ditto!
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
    Many would contend MFP sets protein far too low.
    I've checked on other sites, e.g. Livestrong. MFP protein set compares more or less with them.

    You are right, it's pretty low on all of them, IMO. It's generally fine to go over your protein and fat macros.
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    Haha, caloric donations would be awesome! :love:
    yes it would! :wink: :laugh:
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    I operate on a 3 day system with a goal deficit of 250 calories. By day 3, if I'm under, I eat enough so I'm at a 750 calorie deficit and on track.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    1. i'm just not hungry
    1. i don't trust the exercise calories
    1. i'm just not hungry
    1. i can't eat as many calories as this site tells me too
    1. i don't trust the food calorie estimates
    1. (today) I estimated a lot.. but usually I weight and measure everything.
  • gigglesinthesun
    gigglesinthesun Posts: 860 Member
    I actually have my limit set at the maintenance level for my goal weight, so I am not too worried if I am a bit below that as long as I am above 1250
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    There are days when I have 9, or 18 calories left, and I try so hard to figure out wtf I can eat with 9 or 18 calories. Or if I have 53 calories and I want something for 60, then I think about what I have to do to burn those extra 7 calories off... like run, instead of walk, to the kitchen.

    Uneaten calories should be illegal. Unless the person is sick, of course.
  • HollisGrant
    HollisGrant Posts: 2,022 Member
    I just don't get it! Sometimes I see like 400+ cals remaining.

    When I have even 50 cals left, I debate b/w a piece of chocolate or a fruit or an egg...Do you guys (that have that many cals left) really not feel hungry, so leave the cals uneaten like that?

    Ughh I wish I could get some caloric donations. It just doesn't work that way though :(

    My food and exercise dairy is inaccurate.

    I don't own a food scale, a fitbit, heart rate monitor, or any other device.

    I'm not sure how fast I walk or if I really burn all the calories the MFP database says.

    If I rake the leaves in my yard, that's not in the database at all, so I Google it and then pick something close, like gardening. MFP friends with HRMs said they were surprised to find they burned far fewer calories than they'd thought they were burning.

    I don't worry about it. I'm living in a healthy way. I'm eating food I can easily eat for the rest of my life. If I have a lot of calories left, I eat if i'm hungry, and if I'm not hungry I don't eat. I figure the dairy is not accurate anyway. The big picture is that I'm living in an overall very healthy way.
  • lisa8x9
    lisa8x9 Posts: 14
    I don't eat them all because I don't completely trust that my logging is accurate, I feel kind of guilty about it since I have not been doing a lot of exercise lately, and I figure I'll use them when I go away for the weekends or vacation and eat like a pig or when I give in to waffles, crepes, gelato or an amazing French pastry.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I don't get it either. I see people in my friend list with 2000 calorie goals who eat 1100 calories, everyone is telling them 'good job' and I just shake my head.

    If I have calories left, I'm the same way, I try to fill them! Often I'm adding veggies 1g at a time to reach my goal in the evening...
  • kfelton1226
    kfelton1226 Posts: 13 Member
    I have my goal set to 1 Lb per week so being under is not a bad thing. I try to be under by at least 100 or so - it doesn't always happen though.
  • Steins_Gate
    Steins_Gate Posts: 9 Member
    There are days when I have 9, or 18 calories left, and I try so hard to figure out wtf I can eat with 9 or 18 calories. Or if I have 53 calories and I want something for 60, then I think about what I have to do to burn those extra 7 calories off... like run, instead of walk, to the kitchen.

    Uneaten calories should be illegal. Unless the person is sick, of course.

    worrying about 9-18 and how to burn it off should be illegal
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    if iI have not been working out then I typically leave about 500 under maintenance so I can have a lot left on certain days...

    FYI - people may be on a different plan then you are...
  • shannongoneau
    shannongoneau Posts: 246 Member
    I usually have about 200-350 left over for the day. I eat a lot of protein with a lot of it being low calorie it fills me up without all the calories and fillers involved I don't usually eat past 8 and am in bed by 9/9:30. If I eat all my calories its usually on a splurge day.
  • GBPack93
    GBPack93 Posts: 76 Member
    Somedays I get huge burns in so I'm left over with hundreds (occasionally over 1k) but I usually make up for it somewhere.

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