*stuffed* and still have 611 calories to fill the day... ugh
TS65
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OK, I get that we're supposed to eat all of our exercise calories. But, it's 8:15 pm, I've eaten another 1/2 dinner (to get my calories up) and I STILL have 611 calories to go. To be fair, it is my own fault. I got a late start this morning, went to the gym and ended up having breakfast for lunch.
HOW do you fit it all in? I'm trying to eat healthy, so the stuff I'm eating isn't loaded with fat and sugar (normally) - which makes it twice as hard. I mean, I could fill up on crap, but that kind of defeats the purpose!! :laugh:
I guess I could do a protein bar or a shake, but I'm so dang full from having TWO dinners I can barely move.
Sorry for the whine... but I'm curious to see how you get your calories.
HOW do you fit it all in? I'm trying to eat healthy, so the stuff I'm eating isn't loaded with fat and sugar (normally) - which makes it twice as hard. I mean, I could fill up on crap, but that kind of defeats the purpose!! :laugh:
I guess I could do a protein bar or a shake, but I'm so dang full from having TWO dinners I can barely move.
Sorry for the whine... but I'm curious to see how you get your calories.
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Well you don't have to eat it all.
You're fine like that.0 -
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As long as you've gotten at least 1200 calories, you're good!0
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It's great you're so motivated ...and feel full.
Just be careful from now on to keep your blood sugar level by eating more often during the day.
Sounds like you're off to a great start!0 -
I have some hot cleansing tea with an apple, peanut butter, graham crackers - that will fill some calorie voids and still be good for you. If you have any ice cream pops like Weight Watchers or Skinny Cow one or two may fit in nicely as well.0
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If it were me... I wouldn't worry about eating the rest of my calories when it is so late in the evening. You don't want to go to bed on a full stomach, it is not good for digestion and it will be hard on your body to burn those calories. just start fresh in the morning .0
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Basically I start with breakfast - the days I know I won't be working out I have just oatmeal, but if it's a workout day I'll add a yogurt and/or fruit or mix some protein powder in it. Then morning snack I'll have maybe 100-150 cals more than usual and so on. I generally workout between morning snack and lunch so then I know what to plan on for the rest of the day. If I burn a lot I'll be sure to have avocado or nuts, something calorie dense, with lunch. It took a couple months to figure it out since I wasn't used to eating so much in a day and even now I end up having a bowl of cereal plus a snack usually after dinner. But I have about 7 hours between dinner and bedtime (I'm a night owl, but we eat dinner early for my daughter) so having the extra cals during that time helps!0
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We're supposed to eat back our calories? WHAT? EW!0
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Try adding in nuts. They are high in cals but still good for you. I eas a LOT of Mac nuts because though they are high in calories, they raise your ketone levels (which indicate fat burning)0
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It just happened the same to me today...
I've saved the 2 slices of ww bread I was going to have for dinner, and spread some natural peanut butter with some natural jalapenyo jam. :P0 -
If I were stuffed one day, I wouldn´t worry about eating ALL of the calories. Especially if it happens once in a while. Also, for some of us, night eating possibly increases our weight, or affects our digestion.0
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First of all- don't stress over one day. Just like being over, being under oneday isn't a big deal
Regularly getting your cals in is really pretty easy- it's all about spreading it over the course of the day. To make it easier- I pre-plan most of my meals and workouts- just a sketch outline so i have an idea what I am aiming for:
Breakfast: 250-400
Snack: 50-200
Lunch:3-400
Snack : 50-200
Dinner: 350-500
Snack: Left overness
If I workout I add about 50 cals to each meal and slightly eat bigger snacks. If you aim to get more in earlier, it won't feel so overwhelming throughout the day.0 -
I'm in the same boat myself. Had a late (high protein) breakfast and a cheese stick about an hour and a half later on my way out the door so I wasn't really hungry (nor home) for lunch. I did some snacking around my normal dinner time and had dinner about 7. I have my evening snack planned out and logged but haven't actually eaten it. I bought some Kefir today and wanted to try it. It was a little tart for me so I added a scoop of my protein powder but could only drink half (it's really filling). I still have 513 calories to go AFTER I finish the kefir shake AND have my evening snack (and i"m not sure I'm going to do that tonight).
The kicker is, today was supposed to be my FREE aka relaxed aka cheat day but I still can't do it. I don't WANT anything because I'm NOT hungry. I think I'll have to try again tomorrow for that one but I think this new mentality has conquered my bad behavior with food and I don't really mind!
If you're not hungry, don't eat. Things could change in a few hours and you could try some yogurt, a protein shake with milk, some nuts or peanut butter toast. You're right though you don't WANT to FILL UP with crap, but if there is something you think you want to eat, by all means allow yourself to have it, especially if you have that many calories left. I don't know what your normal day's goal is but if your net calories (calories consumed after exercise) is at least 1200 it won't hurt you one day. If you meet your normal daily goal without exercise then that's even better. Over the long run you don't want to add to the deficit created by mfp but it's actually good to stagger calories where one day or two it's low and the next it's normal or even slightly higher (just not above your maintenance level). You need to listen to your body and go with that. Just don't let your head get in the way.0 -
We're supposed to eat back our calories? WHAT? EW!
OK I don't get the "ew" part. If think of eating as gross, you likely need some kind of help cuz that's not a healthy mentality.
You should be eating your exercise calories because that is how MFP is designed, you have a NET calorie goal. Check out the thread "Newbies Please Read Me" under the General forum- it will give you details as to why. Essentially though there is an equation on your home page displaying this:
GOAL FOOD - EXERCISE = NET
Your goal is to get your net calories to match the goal number every day.0 -
Edited to add - my days calories are 1200 plus I earned 688 from exercise - so goal is 1888. I'm at net 640 right now (or 1328).0
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We're supposed to eat back our calories? WHAT? EW!0
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Edited to add - my days calories are 1200 plus I earned 688 from exercise - so goal is 1888. I'm at net 640 right now (or 1328).0
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