How to compensate for eating over calorie goal?

Allisonj20144
Allisonj20144 Posts: 8
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey So I overate 600 calories over my calorie goal, so do I reduce the calories I eat tomorrow? What should I do?? I did bad ): Im eating 1600 calories normally.

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  • babyshme
    babyshme Posts: 310 Member
    Tomorrow is a new day. Just eat your normal calories.
  • saracantthink
    saracantthink Posts: 49 Member
    Everyone messes up, don't worry about it!!! If it is chronic, add some exercise to compensate for the extra calories. Zumba or step aerobics would burn that 600 in an hour =)
  • Allisonj20144
    Allisonj20144 Posts: 8
    Yeah thanks, I just catch myself in this position a lot since I have been gaining and losing my last ten pounds over and over again. The cycles terrible...
  • doriharrell
    doriharrell Posts: 8
    I agree - just go back eating normal, don't try to make up for anything. That's what I do, and it works amazing.
  • MeRoHa
    MeRoHa Posts: 95 Member
    Exercise until those number turn green.:laugh:
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Exercise until those number turn green.:laugh:

    That's what I do.
  • Allisonj20144
    Allisonj20144 Posts: 8
    I will no doubt! Its not like I ate junk food with those 600 calories, it was moderately healthy food just wrong portions. I CANT LOSE THESE LAST FIVE-EIGHT POUNDS ITS SO ANNOYING.
  • fushigi1988
    fushigi1988 Posts: 519 Member
    Look at your total calories for the week, some days you will be over, some days you will be under. Usually you end up fine with weekly calories, so don't worry about it.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    No need to compensate, just focus on meeting your goals tomorrow. Depending on your deficit, an extra 600 calories will have taken you up to your maintenance level for one day, or maybe two days. You'll still be at a deficit for the week.

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