What do you do when you overeat more than your daily intake?

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  • kajun_at_work
    kajun_at_work Posts: 60 Member
    Incorporate more vegetables into your daily intake. You would be shocked how much more food you could eat, volume wise, if you replaced some of the smaller, calorie dense, things you're eating, with some veggies.

    Look it up and see how much vegetables you would have to eat to get 200 calories vs. how much rice it would take. You'll get to eat alot more food.
  • jaygirl3
    jaygirl3 Posts: 320 Member
    Looks like your biggest calorie item was 1.5 cups of Rice Flour but that doesn't really make sense to me as a dinner item. Is that number right?

    Its an african meal. we boil hot water and put in the rice flour till it gets very thick, and then roll it into balls and swallow. with soup (ogbono). we have some heavy meals here, because the rice is ground into flour, its heavier than just the normal one cup of rice.
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    Well, don't stress it. I overate by over 1000 calories the one day and I am still down a pound from the last time I had weighed in. If it doesn't happen often then don't get over whelmed by it. If it's a daily overage then you need to start lookin for ways to cut calories.
  • liquidsunsine
    liquidsunsine Posts: 13
    I spent the first 3 weeks of logging food on here, just to see where I was making mistakes. Then I went back and reviewed everything. From there, i was able to make changes. In the section where they allow you to keep a journal, write down exactly what you were doing, feeling, and thinking. What was on tv at that moment. See if something you are unaware of triggered the urge to eat. Also, beware of the commercials. They are made to make us eat even when we're not hungry, don't want or need to eat. Keep gum on hand. I've done exactly what you did last night and I'm giving you the advice I used on myself. Gum helps. Sometimes it's just the urge to chew and gum will fix that urge. And last night, you were listening to your head, not your body. And again, going back to the commercials, they are aimed at our brains. We have to learn to shut that off and to pay attention to what our bodies are telling us. You can do this. Hang in there.
  • alana1966
    alana1966 Posts: 34
    You body actually needs days like this sometimes to remind itself that it's not starving or being deprived. Splurge days can help to rev up weight loss as long as they don't become a habit.
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    How often do you feel that a "splurge day" is acceptable, not a "habit", but often enough to "keep your budy guessing"... ??
  • deb54
    deb54 Posts: 270 Member
    I had a bad day yesterday and didn't even attempt to log any food in my diary ...today I will be on track and go from there ... One day at a time ... Blessings ...
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Call it a spike day to fool your metabolism!

    I had one of those last night. Went to the fair and ate french fries and drank beer and overnight I lost weight!
  • tulaniq
    tulaniq Posts: 46 Member
    We all have crappy days, some of us (me) are more prone to comfort/mindless eating than others. Avoiding several thousand calorie binges is a daily battle for me and unfortunately when I succumb the only thing to do is to accept that it happened, accept that it feels pretty crappy, and move on. Just wake up the next morning and try to learn from it - remember how good it feels when you make the healthy choice and how bad it feels when you make the unhealthy choice. If you can make the healthy choice most of the time, you will most likely still lose weight. And it gets easier and easier to make those healthy choices...just hang in there and try not to beat yourself up over one day :)
  • steppk
    steppk Posts: 1
    Don't beat yourself up just get back on track its gonna happen just focus on the positive that you want to stop and didn't keep eating even more!! YOur OK
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