What do you do when you have overeaten?

I hit the gym and try to earn back some calories or if that isn't an option I just log it and move on. ONE day of being over isn't going to amount to anything in the grand scheme of things.

Stop beating yourself up and do better tomorrow. We all crash and burn, especially when getting started. Just don't let one poopy day let you justify a downward slide. We're here to give you that loving slap upside the head to bring you back to sensibility!!

I try to do some exercise and if by the end of the day I'm still over, I just continue on the next day. Going 100-200 calories over once isn't going to knock you off track, just learn from your mistake and see tomorrow as a new day. Plus, its nice to indulge once in a while

stop eating

....just relax

Yep, either don't freak out over it or go out for a nice long walk in the evening to help offset some of "damage".

I try not to.

Drink lots of water. By taking fiber(we don't get enough in our daily diet) to flush through my system along with lots of water.

Get back to normal eating quickly.

Don't punish yourself. You are the master of your own ship!!!

Remember this is a marathon and not a sprint. In your situation I would try and do some exercise but that isn't critical. I would just go on as normal , trying to cut back a little but not killing myself and then not stress over it at all. I think we are all here because we want a better future, in a years time (or how long in the future you are working towards) you wont be caring about what you did today and what you did today will make no impact on it at all :-) I've gone over by at least 500 today, most probably more but it really is irreverent as long as I don't do it repeatedly :-)

I burn some calories and then have a light dinner and I skip dessert.

Don't beat yourself up about it. Did this exact thing last week.

If you're the type who is motivated more by punishment, then don't eat for the rest of the day, or eat something very light if you get hungry. I'm not a fan of that sort of mentality, though, and I only started getting serious about watching what I ate when I became kinder to myself and gave myself permission to make mistakes. They happen. They're normal, and there's no point beating yourself up over them. So you went over your calorie intake one day? Big deal. If you've been eating reasonably all week, going over by a couple hundred calories or so once isn't going to make a difference. Just as long as you don't make it a habit or see it as an excuse to scrap all the other good choices you make in your diet, it's okay.

tl;dr: you're going to mess up sometimes. Everyone does. Consider it a splurge day. Work in another or longer bout of exercise if it makes you feel better. But don't fall apart. You just tripped on a pebble; that's no reason to take yourself out of the marathon.

Seriously life is too short to get wound up about it. What the people who said about look at it as though spread over the week and then you cna do an extra bit of cardio each day to make it up including a bit more walking. Its 7500 calories for 1lb weight loss, so even a few 1lbs on that basis would require you eating 15000 calories which would be a lot of food.

As always dont beat yourself up, dont get guilty it happened just deal with it.

cry, then work out. then maybe cry some more :P

Welcome!

First, you did the right thing: you tracked it.

Second, reconsider how you are using myfitnesspal. Consider using it initially, for the first month, JUST to track, not to lose. My goal has not been to eat x calories, but to track so I can learn how to eat what I like in reasonable ways. I remember one time eating one of those big grab bags of Doritoes and then upon tracking them realized it was 520 calories (since they have like 2.5 servings int them). I will still eat Doritoes, but now more mindfully and make sure I only eat one serving. (This is similar to what financial planners tell you: track your spending for a month just to see where the money - in this case the calories - are going. Then you make the changes.)

Third, did you enjoy the food? In that case, celebrate! Screw it! You already ate it! There is absolutely no point in beating yourself up. It was good, and you now know how many calories it was.

Fourth, if it will make you feel better (it does me), take a nice walk to just get some more calories in. Don't force yourself to burn off as many as you ate, but even a 100 calories will be burned with a 30-minute leisurely walk.

Fifth, make sure you do eat a good meal for dinner. Maybe something lighter, but don't starve yourself just to stay under the calorie count.

Sixth, remember that this is a journey and you will often overeat. I often overeat. I am getting better at doing it less often, but it will always happen because I am human and I like food. (Not to mention beer!)

Seventh: treat yourself like you would treat someone else. If your friend had told you she's blown her calories in one meal, you would probably be compassionate to her and cheer her on and tell her it's ok. Do the same to yourself-- you deserve compassion and grace as well.

Hope this helps.

Working out just might make you even more hungry too. If I over eat on accident. Sometimes later in the night when I'm hungry again I'll just eat a couple carrots or banana's or something. Veggies and fruits are lower for calorie intake so it's a good compromise when you don't have much left.

Pickles do a really good job at satisfying savory hunger for the low cost of 5 calories per pickle slice.