pasta

imaketwins78
imaketwins78 Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have a big pasta dinner to go to on Friday for my nephews birthday party. I've been keeping at 1200 calories per day and I know pasta has a ton of calories. There aren't any other options for dinner, just pasta and meatballs and bread. I need help! What can I do? Can I accumulate my
Leftover calories from the week and use them that day? Does it work like that? (I'm thinking no but I have to ask because I'm desperate!!)
Thanks

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  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    imaketwins78 wrote: »
    I have a big pasta dinner to go to on Friday for my nephews birthday party. I've been keeping at 1200 calories per day and I know pasta has a ton of calories. There aren't any other options for dinner, just pasta and meatballs and bread. I need help! What can I do? Can I accumulate my
    Leftover calories from the week and use them that day? Does it work like that? (I'm thinking no but I have to ask because I'm desperate!!)
    Thanks

    That...or simply eat only a small portion. Fill up with salad or veggies or some side dish they might provide that would have less calories.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    You can absolutely save calories for the weekend. A lot of us save up our exercise calories for the weekends, or leave 100 calories at the end of each day and use all of those banked calories for the weekend. Or you could just do some extra workouts that day and eat lightly for the first part of the day and enjoy your pasta that evening.

    I would just try to eat a sensible portion of pasta, skip the bread, and eat an extra meatball or two. You'll be fine. One pasta dinner is not going to derail your progress.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Yes to using leftover calories. B)
    I would probably skip the bread, have a tiny amount of pasta (because I am not fond of pasta), and enjoy the meatballs.
  • imaketwins78
    imaketwins78 Posts: 3 Member
    edited June 2015
    I love meatballs AND pasta! Lol. Pasta is my weakness.
    Ok so that's good to know that I can use my leftover calories from the week! Thanks so much!
    I'll also do an extra workout that morning and eat lightly. There aren't any other side dishes besides salad so I'll have to make sure to start with that so I'm not so hungry by the time I get to the pasta.
    Thanks everyone!!
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    Eat really sparingly throughout the rest of the day, and use the main portion of your calories for dinner.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    eat a reasonable portion of pasta, not all the pasta.
  • megomerrett
    megomerrett Posts: 442 Member
    As you'll see from my diary I've had linguine and meatballs two teas in a row! (Leftovers). Going out for food can be harder with portion control. So you could save up calories - extra exercise, small breakfast and dinner that day or you could go for a smaller portion and not fill up on bread, have a coffee instead of pudding. There are different ways of playing the game.
  • Nerdycurls
    Nerdycurls Posts: 142 Member
    Do you know the name of the restaurant? Chances are, you'll be able to find the menu and then look up the nutritional content ahead of time. I like to do this and when I can't find that exact restaurant's nutrition data, I look up another comparable restaurant.

    I think it's possible to eat at a pasta place without overdoing it. Stay away from the bread and oil, creamy sauces, dressings on the salad, sweets, and buttery stuff.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    eat a reasonable portion of pasta, not all the pasta.

    +1

    I really don't think pasta calories are so high--at least not based on the pasta alone, as opposed to some particular high cal restaurant options with higher calorie sauces or tons of cheese.

    What I do think is that many people have distorted views of what a serving of pasta ought to be.

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