What to do?

nadiabear1 wrote: »

Xuluwuki wrote: »

OMG I couldn't resist and now I'm having a bowl of pumpkin soup. I'm so bad

Next time just eat something healthy it doesn't matter.

An apple is healthy, maybe 90 cals. 2 peanut butter cups are also around 90 cals. Are you saying that in this case, if OP ate the 90 calorie chocolate he would have more problems than if he ate 90 calories of apple?

As others said, eating above calorie goal or even at maintenance is fine, even ideal sometimes. But weight loss is all about cals in vs out, not about healthy vs not healthy food, so to say that if you eat healthy it doesn't matter is not the best advice, as someone could easily eat healthy but maintain or gain due to over-eating.

Although OP is probably not going to have a good time losing weight if she feels bad over one night of over-eating, probably not even by that much. Especially since he's most likely eating like 1200 cals or whatever MFP tells males to eat to lost 2lbs/week.

Also it is pretty easy to still be hungry while eating fruits and veggies. I used to eat large bowls of e.g. cherries, peas, grapes, berries, a few apples, in a single day. Honestly, I probably ate 500-1000 calories of fruit and veggies in a day, on top of other foods. I could easily eat an entire bag of cherries in one day, itself probably 400-600 calories. And then throw in a big bowl of snap peas, maybe some carrots, 6 large strawberries, a quarter of a full, large watermelon.... so basically, just because something is healthy doesn't mean you automatically wind up eating less. Fruits and veggies are pretty much just carbs, which are not all that filling for most, so unless you eat very nutrient-dense ones only (e..g bowls upon bowls of spinach will get you maybe 100-200 cals) you can easily wind up over-eating. It's all. about. calories.