Anyone Else Feel Like You're Getting Away With Something Whe

RiaLucia
RiaLucia Posts: 121
edited September 26 in Health and Weight Loss
...you have earned a nice bit of exercise calories to pad your daily caloric goal, you've finished 3 meals and a snack, and you have like 1,000+ calories left? Bwa ha ha haaaaaa!!

I'm literally like a kid in a candy store trying to think about what I could eat now! There's a Cold Stone that's a 10 minute walk from my place. Do I dare? I probably won't eat all of those calories back. I'm currently on a 1 lb/wk loss, so I'll probably aim for something closer to 500-700. It's also early in the evening, so I'll probably get hungry for something more substantial than just a sugar bomb. Dunno, the options seem endless right now!

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  • funkyspunky871
    funkyspunky871 Posts: 1,675 Member
    Absolutely! :) I had that feeling a week ago when I had like 1200 calories for dinner. I was going out to eat with my family, and normally they have to go where I want so that I can find something on the menu to eat. But, this time, I was just like "Go wherever! It doesn't matter tonight!" Ended up going to IHOP and I got chocolate pancakes. Lol. Couldn't even finish them, and I don't feel guilty at all. I earned them. It felt nice to go somewhere without having to plan out calories. Just go out and eat somewhere like anybody else.
  • maryloo2011
    maryloo2011 Posts: 446
    ***TOTALLY*** muha-ha-ha-ha...
  • Enigmatica
    Enigmatica Posts: 879 Member
    YES!!! And it sure motivates me to exercise, LOL
  • luv2ash
    luv2ash Posts: 1,903 Member
    I would stick with eating more of those pepitas. So good for you. Protein, fat, and calories. Avoid that ice cream. It looks like you make great whole food choices all day long---I doubt you want to mess it up with ice cream :)
  • chryciw
    chryciw Posts: 124 Member
    I was just trying to figure out how I was going to use up the 400 calories I have left tonight... Decisions, decisions... :smile:
  • alicia826
    alicia826 Posts: 51
    I love exercise calories! That always allows me to get my blue bunny hi-lite cookie and cream ice cream.... with a FULL cup instead of a half cup! WOOHOO!!
  • Shamrock40
    Shamrock40 Posts: 264
    I eat pretty light early in the day and save a lot of my calories for late afternoon/dinner/evening meals and munching. Sometimes I get busy and don't get enough in and I'm looking at net 800 calories after I've had dinner and dessert. Then I start getting creative.
  • RiaLucia
    RiaLucia Posts: 121
    I would stick with eating more of those pepitas. So good for you. Protein, fat, and calories. Avoid that ice cream. It looks like you make great whole food choices all day long---I doubt you want to mess it up with ice cream :)

    LOL, you had to go and say something sensible, didn't you? Well, I think I'm going to pass on Cold Stone if for no other reason than that I have some Rice Dream in the freezer, along with a big ol' carton of fresh strawberries, home made chocolate ganache, and some of my co-worker's famous brownie bites.
  • TROPIKALPUNCH
    TROPIKALPUNCH Posts: 17
    YES!!! And it sure motivates me to exercise, LOL

    Isn't that the truth!

    However, if I am not hungry enough to eat all my exercise calories, I don't go looking for more to eat. For some reason it is easier to stop eating when you know you could have those extra calories if you really wanted them.
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