I ate OVER 3000 calories today!!

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cpink67
cpink67 Posts: 14
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I'm 5'5 1/8" and 126.2 lbs. I usually eat around 1200 calories a day, because I want to get to 120 lbs. Today, I did terrible and ate a bunch of empty calories and ate 3,272 calories today! I burned off 402 calories, so my net calories turned out to be 2,870. I feel like crap and I'm very discouraged. This is pretty much how I used to eat (when I weighed 141 lbs). I'm scared I'm going to gain weight. Please help!
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  • Strokingdiction
    Strokingdiction Posts: 1,164 Member
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  • skorenfeld123
    skorenfeld123 Posts: 27 Member
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    If you're not trolling, this sounds like borderline eating disorder territory. I am not here to judge but if you think you might have an eating disorder, it's best to see a specialist. There are lots of resources out there, so I would suggest checking out places near you.

    However, if you've been doing really well and just had an off day, don't worry about it. You're only human!
  • redversustheblue
    redversustheblue Posts: 1,216 Member
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    log it, move on. Don't eat 3,000 calories tomorrow. Don't weigh yourself for a few days. Done.
  • lmmathis86
    lmmathis86 Posts: 223 Member
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    Okay if you do gain it will most likely be water weight. Dont freak....just flush your sytem with lots of water and eat light tomorrow! Every one has a screw up day. If your me you have two sometimes. You will be fine maybe tomorrow work out a little extra.:happy:
  • PennyVonDread
    PennyVonDread Posts: 432 Member
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    Last I checked, 3000 isn't a pound. One day is one day. Feel a bit disappoint. Then let it go.
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
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    I don't even know how many calories I ate today. I had samples, food, ice cream, beer, lots of stuff. I'm sure I had 3000 calories.

    It's ONE day.

    You'll be fine.
  • itsadogslife
    itsadogslife Posts: 209
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    One off day won't make you gain weight. Honestly, it takes more than that to gain weight. If you did that consistenyl I'd be concerned, but in fact you may have done yourself a favor by resetting your body's expectations for calories. Such a big deficit messes with your metabolic rate, I'm a firm believer in good refeed. Just hit the gym hard tomorrow and let bygones be bygones. Can't change what you did, only what you will do!
  • hiraethed
    hiraethed Posts: 26 Member
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    Ignore eating disorder comment, cause it's not. You sound normal, calories can add up. A chocolate bar and a couple pieces of pizza on top of a normal day's eating can add up to 3k calories. Just log it, drink some water, eat light the next day and move on. Everybody screws up here and there, not worth stressing over.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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    3000 is nothing... call me when it's over 9000.
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  • merisaOct3
    merisaOct3 Posts: 197 Member
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  • cpink67
    cpink67 Posts: 14
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    If you're not trolling, this sounds like borderline eating disorder territory. I am not here to judge but if you think you might have an eating disorder, it's best to see a specialist. There are lots of resources out there, so I would suggest checking out places near you.

    However, if you've been doing really well and just had an off day, don't worry about it. You're only human!

    I definitely don't have an eating disorder, it took me about a year and a half to get to where I am today. Out of hard work! And when I meant that was pretty much how I used to eat, I'm just guessing because I used to eat a LOT of crap. Not emotional eating, I just didn't care what I ate and it made me gain about 25 pounds in a year.
  • Allelito
    Allelito Posts: 179 Member
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    So did I.. Whoops! It happens, don't beat yourself up over it, just get back on track tomorrow. Problem solved!
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
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    It's only one day. As long as you are consistently doing the right thing most of the time, an occasional lapse is fine. :flowerforyou:
  • Fsunami
    Fsunami Posts: 241 Member
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    OP:

    File it under "**** happens" and try again tomorrow. You cant change the past & one day isn't going to wreck your program. Stay focused on what YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. Keep the faith!
  • BurntCoffee
    BurntCoffee Posts: 234 Member
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    It's actually not very hard to do. I was reading the other day that the bag of twizzlers I used to down on my 3 hour drive to see my daughter when she was in the hospital had over 1000 calories. And then I'd munch on some walnuts and a big gulp on the way home. Thats 3000 calories easy and that didn't even count the lunch I ate. It was just eating to have something to do in the car.
  • amwbox
    amwbox Posts: 576 Member
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    3000 calories is not a big deal. You can knock out most of that in one meal at Carl's Jr. Maybe more, even.

    Eat 10,000 calories, and then start beating yourself up.
  • merisaOct3
    merisaOct3 Posts: 197 Member
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    Figured out how to get a gif to post!!!!

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  • sarafischbach9
    sarafischbach9 Posts: 466 Member
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    Have you considered you might not be eating enough for your activity level? 1200 calories might be too low and may be contributing to your binge ( you binged because you are feeling deprived ). Depending on your activity level, 1500-1600 may be a better level for you. If it keeps you from urging to binge, then it will be better in the long run. Too many people attempt the 1200 calorie diet when it is too low for them and end up having problems with binging.

    1200 calories ( for weight loss ) is really only for certain groups of people ( i.e. elderly women, underweight short women, sedentary ) etc etc ) As someone who is at a very normal, healthy weight at over 5'5" I can say that 1200 is probably too low for you. It would be different if you were only 5 feet and maybe 100 lbs or something, not that someone who is that size SHOULD lose weight ( they should not! but if they wanted to, maybe they'd have to eat the 1200 to lose weight ).

    1200 is also probably lower than your BMR.

    here is my advice: Log it, get over it. Tomorrow is a new day. You will not gain all that weight back from one day. Yeah, your weight might go up a 1lb or 2 over night but it will go away as soon as it came. Thats water weight. You're not going to eat 3000 calories everyday. The best advice I can give you is that IF this becomes a recurring problem, then maybe you should up your calories.
  • Sarahsteve7kids
    Sarahsteve7kids Posts: 146 Member
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    Don't worry!!! High days here and there won't knock you off course! Just eat lighter the next few days and get back on track. I average my calories over a one week period so that I can have some bigger days with out regret. At the end of the week my calories for the seven days average out to 1200 per day but rarely do I hit that number for more than a couple days during the week.

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