The day after you mess up...

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  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    BombshellPhoenix wrote: »
    For the record, I'm 5'3.5" 119 lbs and maintain on 2100 with just my day to day life. Just treat today new and move on.

    wow I'm 5"8 149lbs and maintain on 1700

    I'm a stay at home mom, I do work part time cleaning buildings for a few hours 3 days a week but the past 8 weeks I took my weight and calorie average and that's what it comes to. I'm very diligent about weighing 90% of what I can, my TDEE is probably a bit higher than most, I'll admit.
  • Tea_Mistress
    Tea_Mistress Posts: 105 Member
    We all have different goals, I don't see a point in telling her that she doesn't need to lose weight, a lot of us don't NEED to lose weight but we have our own reasons.
    In regards to your high day, you really don't need to worry about it since you're on such a low amount of calories anyway.
    From personal experience, I feel a lot more energetic and satisfied eating at my bmr than I did at 1200 whilst still losing weight :) I'm similar stats to you - nearly 5'6 and currently 127 trying to get to 120 , just some advice :)
  • summerhaze71
    summerhaze71 Posts: 1,204 Member
    I am 5'4 and eat 1200 to lose. It's what MFP suggested. I am uncertain how to do the TDEE, but now that I read this post, am concerned that maybe I am getting too few calories. It's all so very confusing!
  • acogg
    acogg Posts: 1,870 Member
    In the long term (life commitment to fitness) one day or one meal means nothing. If you don't feel like eating after a day of eating too much, don't eat much. Your body is a good judge. In the long term, it is important to eat what your body needs, not what it wants or what your head craves. Dieting is a way to speed up weight loss, eating at maintenance for your weight will take longer, but the end result will be the same.
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    edited November 2014
    starrynight1929 wrote: »
    What do you usually do the day after you mess up?

    I carry excess calories to the next day. Short days get cut next. That's what tracking is about: doing it.

  • starrynight1929
    starrynight1929 Posts: 92 Member
    feisty_bucket wrote: »
    starrynight1929 wrote: »
    What do you usually do the day after you mess up?

    I carry excess calories to the next day. Short days get cut next. That's what tracking is about: doing it.

    What do you mean, short days get cut next?
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    Log it move on and dont react in an extreme way. The damage from worry and recrimination is far too damaging. Try better next time if you must take it seriously. I might burn a bit of it off over a week at the gym.
  • amac1072
    amac1072 Posts: 11 Member
    How timely is this thread, because yesterday I had a total binge on greasy Chinese (felt it afterwards, fo sho) and didn't get my dog walk in because of the stupid really cold rain. The dog needed it, and so did I!
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