Carbs in red and still 700 cals to go

skvortss
skvortss Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
2 bananas ruined the macros. How to finish the day gracefully)? Thx
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  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Eat more food to reach 700 calories?
  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
    Gracefully ? Take a bow and curtsy
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    A days macros aren't going to make or break you (I'm assuming you're not low carb since you ate two bananas). You ate fruit. Not a bad thing.

    Find something to eat if you're hungry, and finish off the day. If you're not hungry, start again normally tomorrow.
    A couple of hard boiled eggs. Some cheese. ...
  • Tea_Lord
    Tea_Lord Posts: 17 Member
    It doesn't matter that much for a day, but, cottage cheese :p
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    Camo_xxx wrote: »
    Gracefully ? Take a bow and curtsy

    HA HA!
  • FluffySandwich
    FluffySandwich Posts: 1,293 Member
    Camo_xxx wrote: »
    Gracefully ? Take a bow and curtsy

    Find a top hat and tip it to your fellow peers.

    I wouldn't worry too much about it, honestly. You ate two bananas, you didn't eat two cakes ;) Tomorrow you can try to be lower if that's what you want. Eggs work wonders for staying under carbs.
  • Kayra42
    Kayra42 Posts: 3 Member
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:
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  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    it wont be 2 bananas but it would be all of the carbs you have eaten throughout the day :-) As people have said though don't worry about it, macros are important as medium term goals but nothing to worry about if they are not right on a particular day. Just eat a bit more protein and fat tomorrow if you want to but really a couple of bananas worth isn't going to hurt whatever
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    I do not worry about going over carbs or fats as long as I stay within my calorie goal. The past 60 days I have been consistently double my "goal" for sugars and about half the time I've gone way over "goal" for fats...and I have lost 22 lbs since January 25th. Don't sweat it as long as you stay within your calorie goals.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Oh noes....
  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:

    Just an FYI.... Vegetables are carbs.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:

    don't vegetables have carbs?
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited April 2015
    eat the rest of your 700 calories at a five star restaurant….
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:

    For every meal every day?

    I read that as an answer to what to do with 700 calories after already eating though the magical macro limit.
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  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    Your carbs must be set pretty low. I would say eat low carb the rest of the day but don't freak out. You can always try again tomorrow :)
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:

    don't vegetables have carbs?

    funny-pictures-low-carb-salad-bacon.jpg
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    skvortss wrote: »
    2 bananas ruined the macros. How to finish the day gracefully)? Thx

    Tuna & mayo.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:

    For every meal every day?

    I read that as an answer to what to do with 700 calories after already eating though the magical macro limit.

    Yes, OP specifically asked about the remainder of the day.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    skvortss wrote: »
    2 bananas ruined the macros. How to finish the day gracefully)? Thx

    Not personally religious, but religious people say grace can only come from god. So maybe pray for what 700 calories to eat?
  • 365andstillalive
    365andstillalive Posts: 663 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:

    don't vegetables have carbs?

    funny-pictures-low-carb-salad-bacon.jpg

    That's one attractive salad; I may need to go make one.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:

    For every meal every day?

    I read that as an answer to what to do with 700 calories after already eating though the magical macro limit.

    Yes, OP specifically asked about the remainder of the day.

    thanks for figuring that out for the rest of us...
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    skvortss wrote: »
    2 bananas ruined the macros. How to finish the day gracefully)? Thx
    In all honesty, unless you have diabetes or a similar condition or otherwise are trying to be in deep ketosis to avoid the changes as you go in and out of it, as others have said, don't worry about meeting macros exactly.
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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:

    For every meal every day?

    I read that as an answer to what to do with 700 calories after already eating though the magical macro limit.

    Yes, OP specifically asked about the remainder of the day.

    thanks for figuring that out for the rest of us...
    MrM27 wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    you can have salad with chicken breasts, eat vegetables instead of carby foods :smile:

    For every meal every day?

    I read that as an answer to what to do with 700 calories after already eating though the magical macro limit.

    Yes, OP specifically asked about the remainder of the day.

    thanks for figuring that out for the rest of us...

    Looks like you have a fan club. Nice looking flag you've got there.

    That's flagtastic!
  • kpkitten
    kpkitten Posts: 164 Member
    If you exercise your calories go up and your macros adjust proportionally - did you earn lots of exercise calories?
    I tend to think it's more important to get a concrete amount of protein and fat than to have a certain proportion of calories coming from C/F/P, because if you have a cardio-heavy workout you'll need more carbs for fuel, and if you've been lifting, you'll need more protein for recovery. I get up to 1000 extra calories from workouts and Fitbit activity, even set up as moderately active, so some days my MFP protein target is over 200g, which is totally unnecessary and really difficult, plus on these days I actually need more carbs to fuel myself properly!
    So as long as you've got an acceptable amount of fat and protein, don't worry too much, especially if it's exercise calories.
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  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    You can't. Salad (minimal carbs) and meat is probably your best bet. Track ahead next time to see if what you want to eat for the whole day works for your macros.

    Now you see why bananas are the cupcakes of the fruit world. :)

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