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so you accidentally ate over your intake

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  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    I either strip naked and lie down prone and Flagellate myself with wet Birch twigs or I Just Eat what I normally would and carry on. because I know one day won't destroy weeks months of work
  • nikkiofthelake
    nikkiofthelake Posts: 18
    If I were you, I'd be done eating for the day. 8 PM isn't that early...
  • mschicagocubs
    mschicagocubs Posts: 774 Member
    and its only 8pm!

    this happened as my lunch for work was botched so i ate out at taco bell but forgot which food has the least calories (not a whole lot to choose from)

    anyways what do you do? you can't just starve yourself till midnight lol

    Oddly enough, Taco Bell is a pretty good option if you are going to eat fast food. Try their Fresca menu next time or just regular tacos (even the Doritos tacos). You can easily get 2 tacos for under 400 calories if you research. I know you said you forgot, but just knowing for default times. Sometimes I am on the go and I have to pull through a drive-thru....but I put in my brain the few choices to default to if I dont have time to do the research.

    Don't sweat it though, just make the next day that much better!
  • mschicagocubs
    mschicagocubs Posts: 774 Member
    If I were you, I'd be done eating for the day. 8 PM isn't that early...

    I am usually closing my diary between 8 and 9PM! I agree!
  • Wiseandcurious
    Wiseandcurious Posts: 730 Member
    If you eat over deficit a whole week, and end up at maintenance on average for the whole week, it's still not a biggie! You're still not doing anything unhealthy or bad. If you punish yourself, make yourself believe it's hard and awful and oh god I can't do this... Now that's unhealthy. If you dwell on it so much it makes you drop off the wagon, that's unhealthy.

    You're stressing on the hour - does it so happen that you like eating/have an urge to binge in the evening? Then may be try budgeting for it every day and see if that works. I find planning my days in advance helps me a lot, especially if I plan something I always enjoyed eating into them. May be that will help you? But if it was truly accidental - well, I'd say laugh it off and move on!
  • mjglantz
    mjglantz Posts: 508 Member
    Move on. Eat a healthy dinner to get back on track. Losing weight isn't a day to day thing it occurs over the long haul and one meal that is too high isn't going to hurt.
  • Escape_Artist
    Escape_Artist Posts: 1,155 Member
    Just plan better tomorrow!

    It happens and it's ok too.
  • mrsduke2924
    mrsduke2924 Posts: 104 Member
    Enjoy your lunch out! Then log it, have a sensible evening meal and plan well for the rest of the week with your diet and exercise targets
    I don't believe in denying yourself things or beating yourself up afterwards - one meal won't screw up your hard work, guilt is redundant :flowerforyou:
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    or borrow two hundred calories from tomorrow(you can even log it on tomorrow)....your body will never know.

    promise.
    Well, the body never would have known if you hadn't written it down for the body to read. :grumble:

    You'll be fine, OP. Tomorrow is a clean slate. Fall down 7 times, get up 8.
  • breeshabebe
    breeshabebe Posts: 580
    Wow, I feel like a sissy compared to you northerners that would go out walking in 7 degree weather... Today, I was watching how warm it would be and if it hit 45, I would go out and walk on my lunch break.
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