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Full but within calorie allowance.

higgins8283801
higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
edited March 3 in Health and Weight Loss
I had nearly 1100 calories left for dinner and pretty much ate all of them. It came to 978. I left so full though that I had to rerun numbers and I'm still like there's no way. I haven't been full of food in weeks. I've been eating till satisfied.

If this doesn't happen to other people I will really question my counting. Lol

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  • mxmkenney
    mxmkenney Posts: 486 Member
    Did you drink a lot of liquid with your meal? Water can fill you up.
  • shabaity
    shabaity Posts: 792 Member
    Depends on what your eating the days I go for finger foods and leafy greens that happens frequently, and then today I wanted that burger and shake. :indifferent:
  • LaReinaDeCorazones
    LaReinaDeCorazones Posts: 274 Member
    Did you eat a lot of veggies?
  • Lelah77
    Lelah77 Posts: 177 Member
    Been there, done that.

    Matter of fact, I did it the other day at a cookout. I saved 1100 calories for the party and then I ate to my heart's content... Ok, well, my stomach's content. I felt so full and so happy afterwards. When I logged I thought I had done a LOT more damage than I had done. And I felt full for HOURS after.

    Isn't it a nice feeing?
  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    Did you eat a lot of veggies?

    I had a salad with light ranch dressing, a small burger wrapped in lettuce with all the fixings and a small chili topped with cheddar cheese and crackers. Lol
  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    I did drink it with a bottle of water with blueberry mio added to it.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    I can often feel quite full from a meal, especially if I've had only 3 meals instead of 4, meaning my last meal of the day is usually 1/3rd or twice bigger than normal.

    And I'm assuming 1100 left was about 2/3rds of your day's calories left? maybe less?

    Also eating until satisfied doesn't always work. I was hungry about 15 minutes ago until I took a sip of water, and then I wasn't hungry anymore. I was actually full. I've been dehydrated, so I'm mixing up my hunger and thirst signals. I could easily eat well above my maintenance sometimes if I ate until I was satisfied, even if eating filling foods. I am just very good at over-eating. Although yesterday I also almost had a hard time getting in all my day's cals (even getting in my normal deficit's worth, as I was eating at maintenance, was difficult) because I was just.. not that hungry.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Been there, kinda weird when you feel like you're so full that you must of calculated wrong. I just recheck and move on.
  • sophysings
    sophysings Posts: 28 Member
    I love it when that happens! It never used to when I first started so it makes me feel like there's definite progress :)
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