Hanging my head in shame!

Personally, I would probably eat a light dinner and do better tomorrow.

1. There's nothing to feel guilty about.
2. One meal is not going to make or break you.
3. You did a kid's meal. Maybe more calories than you feel it was worth but you didn't go for the huge meal.
4. Eat a light dinner.

You only have 10 lbs to lose. Why in the world are you only eating 1200 calories? Of course you should eat dinner! Even if you ran short with 1600, I wouldn't punish myself for one potentially badly planned day. Nobody is perfect, we all have good or bad days.

Read this if you get a chance!


http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

My thoughts exactly.

OP, even if you eat a light dinner, you'll probably still be in a small but sensible deficit.

Do yourself a favor though, and increase your calorie goal.

When I was cutting weight I used to eat lots of pickles! Get the sodium free ones and they're zero calories. They fill you up. Also I'd eat mushrooms. Another super low cal,food just to stave off hunger. I lost weight fast.

I thought that was weird also being I only weighed 140 when I started this & then when I put in the 10lbs I lost I thought it might recalculate but I did not. That is what it told me so that is what I have been going by. I have not been hungry at all really so I figured it knew more than me!

A lot of people figure that, but they figure wrong.

MFP is quite notorious for setting calorie goals FAR too low, regardless of height and weight. For example, it told me to eat 1200, and my BMR (the bare amount of calories I need to LIVE) is 1280. And I am extremely tiny, only 5 feet. So unless you are smaller than me, or bedridden, it is almost a CERTAINTY that you are eating too little. (This can result in lean muscle loss, chronic fatigue, metabolism damage, bingeing due to over-restriction, and never any wiggle-room for a treat, as you have already figured out for yourself from going out with your family.)

Go to

http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

and enter your height/weight/activity level.

Subtract 10-20% from the number it calculates for you, and that is the number of calories you should be eating a day in order to lose weight. With this method you do not eat back your exercise calories, as they are already figured into your daily goal.

I thought that was weird also being I only weighed 140 when I started this & then when I put in the 10lbs I lost I thought it might recalculate but I did not. That is what it told me so that is what I have been going by. I have not been hungry at all really so I figured it knew more than me!

A lot of people figure that, but they figure wrong.

MFP is quite notorious for setting calorie goals FAR too low, regardless of height and weight. For example, it told me to eat 1200, and my BMR (the bare amount of calories I need to LIVE) is 1280. And I am extremely tiny, only 5 feet. So unless you are smaller than me, or bedridden, it is almost a CERTAINTY that you are eating too little. (This can result in lean muscle loss, chronic fatigue, metabolism damage, bingeing due to over-restriction, and never any wiggle-room for a treat, as you have already figured out for yourself from going out with your family.)

Go to

http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

and enter your height/weight/activity level.

Subtract 10-20% from the number it calculates for you, and that is the number of calories you should be eating a day in order to lose weight. With this method you do not eat back your exercise calories, as they are already figured into your daily goal.

Thanks, I have been meaning to check my BMR. Since I have been eating such few calories for the last two months it will be a challenge for me to eat more now. I will feel like I am cheating

Food guilt has to stop. There's nothing wrong with appropriately fueling your body

You only have 10 lbs to lose. Why in the world are you only eating 1200 calories? Of course you should eat dinner! Even if you ran short with 1600, I wouldn't punish myself for one potentially badly planned day. Nobody is perfect, we all have good or bad days.

Read this if you get a chance!


http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

Thanks! Great read!

:flowerforyou: That single link and all the helpful info in it was truly the turning point for me.

Try to cut yourself some slack. Becoming healthy isn't about "being perfect" on any diet or exercise program. It's making healthy lifestyle habits and putting them into action. I would absolutely call what you did at the restaurant a healthy lifestyle change. Rather than ordering a gigantic portion, you ordered a more sensible child sized portion. And rather than blindly eating it you are aware of calories, fat, protein and such.

You ARE making good changes.

Eat, eat, eat! I struggle to eat every day! How can you worry, unless you are eating processed ****!

10 pounds to GW and you're intentionally eating less than 1200 daily?

I'd be more concerned about that than if you decide whether or not to have dinner on one particular day.


ETA:

I will feel like I am cheating

You also need to work on this. This isn't a food issue, it's a mental/emotional issue. Meet this head on before it later becomes a more serious problem.

Thank you for the concern but, I promise I do not have a eating disorder or anything like that! I am just having a little trouble dealing with the fact that I always was able to eat what I wanted, when I wanted, never exercise but I was/am very active & never gained weight much even when I was a prego until I hit 37 & boy did all that change.... I know I sound like a little whinny spoiled brat. LOL!!!

To be clear, I never said you had an eating disorder. That's a very specific diagnosis. However, the comments you've made about food lead me to believe that you have a mental/emotional issue with eating that needs to be addressed/overcome.

Just something to consider.

I agree with the other members.
Eat a light dinner and then get back on track tomorrow. No need to starve yourself.

When I was cutting weight I used to eat lots of pickles! Get the sodium free ones and they're zero calories. They fill you up. Also I'd eat mushrooms. Another super low cal,food just to stave off hunger. I lost weight fast.

While not a significant source of calories, no pickle will actually be zero calories. This is a rounding trick. Cucumbers have calories, therefore, pickles have calories.

/nitpick

Heisenberg, I agree that pickles aren't actually zero calories. I like the mini dills and log them at about 3 calories a piece just to be safe. However, I think that they are sooo low calorie that even if you log them at zero calories it wouldn't make a difference since one's calculation of TDEE could be off the same amount anyway.

LOVE your profile pic!!!!!

As everyone else has said, have a sensible dinner and move on tomorrow

This is really just a bump to save that tdee link tho :blushing: