Uhhhh....it's 7:30pm and I have 1660 calories LEFT

Allegi32
Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I burned a LOT today and 850 calories of it were tonight, so now I have 1660 calories left to eat!!! What the heck am I supposed to do with that? LOL

I guess I'll have a double helping of jambalaya but there is no way I'm going to get close to that from dinner.
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  • freddi11e
    freddi11e Posts: 317 Member
    ...just eat til you're not hungry. don't worry about the number. you don't have to force feed yourself because you decided to get a good work out in. Good for you :)
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
    eat back 50% of your exercise calories...850 calories for 1 hour is zumba is way too high.
  • monolith66
    monolith66 Posts: 168 Member
    2 whole thin crust frozen pizzas will get you there ;)
  • MississippiMama87
    MississippiMama87 Posts: 204 Member
    Don't stress too much over exercise cals as long as your fueling your workouts appropriately.
  • Allegi32
    Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
    eat back 50% of your exercise calories...850 calories for 1 hour is zumba is way too high.

    It's not your typical zumba class, it's run by a dance instructor so it's VERY intense, and I do wear a heart rate monitor with a chest strap, so I'm pretty sure it's accurate.
  • PearlAng
    PearlAng Posts: 681 Member
    I'd say take it for what it's worth. Yes, if you're hungry, you should eat, but there's no need to stuff yourself silly or go crazy trying to reach the goal. Eat until you are satisfied and accept that some days you will be far under your calories and some days you will be far over, these things will even out.
  • Allegi32
    Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
    ...just eat til you're not hungry. don't worry about the number. you don't have to force feed yourself because you decided to get a good work out in. Good for you :)

    Thanks! I did eat a nice big bowl of jambalaya and I had 2 pudding snacks for dessert. I'm nice and full and satisfied, so I think I'll call it a night. :)
  • Allegi32
    Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
    I'd say take it for what it's worth. Yes, if you're hungry, you should eat, but there's no need to stuff yourself silly or go crazy trying to reach the goal. Eat until you are satisfied and accept that some days you will be far under your calories and some days you will be far over, these things will even out.

    You're right, it's a good reminder to look at the whole picture instead of one little piece of it. Thank you!!
  • Shalaurise
    Shalaurise Posts: 707 Member
    So don't eat back all your exercise calories. If you really aren't hungry, forcing yourself to eat isn't a good idea. I personally LOVE having extra calories at the end of the day. Makes me feel like I have put in a good amount of effort into this endeavor.
  • tmauck4472
    tmauck4472 Posts: 1,783 Member
    eat back 50% of your exercise calories...850 calories for 1 hour is zumba is way too high.

    No it's not, not if she worked really hard at it. It's actually a really good burn and pretty close to accurate if she's honest in how hard she worked.
  • Allegi32
    Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
    eat back 50% of your exercise calories...850 calories for 1 hour is zumba is way too high.

    No it's not, not if she worked really hard at it. It's actually a really good burn and pretty close to accurate if she's honest in how hard she worked.

    :) I know quite a few people who go all out and burn high during Zumba. This particular class is the only one I go to because it is crazy, much more like a hip hop class. And I'm a dancer so I tend to go a bit crazy. :) But that's also why I wear the heart rate monitor. It's very accurate and I don't want to overestimate. This way I don't have to worry about it!
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
    eat back 50% of your exercise calories...850 calories for 1 hour is zumba is way too high.

    No it's not, not if she worked really hard at it. It's actually a really good burn and pretty close to accurate if she's honest in how hard she worked.

    :) I know quite a few people who go all out and burn high during Zumba. This particular class is the only one I go to because it is crazy, much more like a hip hop class. And I'm a dancer so I tend to go a bit crazy. :) But that's also why I wear the heart rate monitor. It's very accurate and I don't want to overestimate. This way I don't have to worry about it!

    I've done zumba and know what it's like...and I was very active...but it doesn't burn 850 calories an hour...

    Even with HRM...and chest strap...it's not accurate those are for steady state cardio and zumba is not steady state cardio.

    but you can put in whatever you want for calorie burns doesn't affect my maitenance...:flowerforyou:
  • chrs86
    chrs86 Posts: 151 Member
    If you want to get used to eating healthy and losing weight you shouldn't worry if you hit your calorie goal.Worry about going over. Did you ever see a skinny person go " Oh, I better eat another Big Mac to hit my calorie goal."
  • stephe1987
    stephe1987 Posts: 406 Member
    You don't have to eat back your exercise calories or eat your entire goal. Just don't eat less than 1200 for the day and if you're not hungry then call it a day.
  • Allegi32
    Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
    eat back 50% of your exercise calories...850 calories for 1 hour is zumba is way too high.

    No it's not, not if she worked really hard at it. It's actually a really good burn and pretty close to accurate if she's honest in how hard she worked.

    :) I know quite a few people who go all out and burn high during Zumba. This particular class is the only one I go to because it is crazy, much more like a hip hop class. And I'm a dancer so I tend to go a bit crazy. :) But that's also why I wear the heart rate monitor. It's very accurate and I don't want to overestimate. This way I don't have to worry about it!

    I've done zumba and know what it's like...and I was very active...but it doesn't burn 850 calories an hour...

    Even with HRM...and chest strap...it's not accurate those are for steady state cardio and zumba is not steady state cardio.

    but you can put in whatever you want for calorie burns doesn't affect my maitenance...:flowerforyou:

    LOL, ok. Like I said, it's not a typical zumba class, it's very different, which is why I don't go to others. Since you have never attended this particular class, I'm going to go ahead and go with my own account of it. I appreciate your input, however. :) Cheers! :drinker:
  • Allegi32
    Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
    If you want to get used to eating healthy and losing weight you shouldn't worry if you hit your calorie goal.Worry about going over. Did you ever see a skinny person go " Oh, I better eat another Big Mac to hit my calorie goal."

    True!!
  • Allegi32
    Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
    eat back 50% of your exercise calories...850 calories for 1 hour is zumba is way too high.

    No it's not, not if she worked really hard at it. It's actually a really good burn and pretty close to accurate if she's honest in how hard she worked.

    :) I know quite a few people who go all out and burn high during Zumba. This particular class is the only one I go to because it is crazy, much more like a hip hop class. And I'm a dancer so I tend to go a bit crazy. :) But that's also why I wear the heart rate monitor. It's very accurate and I don't want to overestimate. This way I don't have to worry about it!

    I've done zumba and know what it's like...and I was very active...but it doesn't burn 850 calories an hour...

    Even with HRM...and chest strap...it's not accurate those are for steady state cardio and zumba is not steady state cardio.

    but you can put in whatever you want for calorie burns doesn't affect my maitenance...:flowerforyou:

    I also weigh a lot more than you, I think, so I'm going to burn more. But agree to disagree. :smile:
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I burned a LOT today and 850 calories of it were tonight, so now I have 1660 calories left to eat!!! What the heck am I supposed to do with that? LOL

    I guess I'll have a double helping of jambalaya but there is no way I'm going to get close to that from dinner.

    I hear you girl! Don't worry about it. Just eat what you can and try to balance yourself better tomorrow. I only burned 400 calories today and I'm still low. I actually skipped a couple of classes I usually go to Monday nites because of doing two unscheduled classes this morning on a day that I didn't have a chance to eat any snacks or extra stuff to compensate or I would have been in a higher deficite. ;-) Not going was a first for me. I'm sort of obsessive about working out.
  • cwoyto123
    cwoyto123 Posts: 308
    I just made a near 4000 calorie meal, not hard at all. 1660 calories isn't much.
  • Allegi32
    Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
    I just made a near 4000 calorie meal, not hard at all. 1660 calories isn't much.

    Oh I can definitely DO it. I'm sure I've eaten 4000 calories in one sitting, no problem. Obviously I don't want to just eat a ton just to eat though.

    I didn't want to eat back all of them, I think that would be ridiculous and a bad habit to get into!

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