Ate 3200 cals in Sunday oh MY!

Jesusjohnjames
Jesusjohnjames Posts: 378 Member
edited November 23 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
Anyone else have a Bingy weekend?
What's your game plan going forward?

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  • Annie_01
    Annie_01 Posts: 3,096 Member
    I had a bingy stuff it in my mouth Saturday.

    So today I ate below goal. Wasn't even hard to do since I was still stuffed from my wild rampage yesterday.

    I paid the price however for my bingy stuff it in my mouth day...I retained so much fluid from the high sodium level that my ankle looked like they belonged to Miss Piggy.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Surprisingly, I did not. When I'm in maintenance I usually eat light during the week so I can eat at least 2500 on Saturday. If I got up to 3200 it wouldn't be that hard to fix up.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    It happens. Forgive yourself (this is important!) and return to your regularly scheduled calorie deficit.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Actually for me it's been like the past week or more. I was under 3 days, but over on 4. It's been bad enough that the math equals a 0.3 lb gain. I blame my hormones and stress. However, I am pre-logging the up coming days and hoping that I will have the will power not to deviate from it. I'm going to try and eat at a slight deficit up until Sunday. Sunday I'm going to Six Flags with my husband for the day and I want to have plenty of available calories so that I at least maintain for the week (it will be even better if I end the week with enough of a deficit to cancel out this week).
  • MissJay75
    MissJay75 Posts: 768 Member
    I do that a couple times a month at least. 3000+ calories isn't that hard. If it's an event I know about (a social event or restaurant I choose to enjoy) I try to save up as many calories ahead of time as I can. If I just get sloppy or binge-y, I keep track of how many calories over I am and make it up over the following week or so.

    Right now I have about 8000 calories I am making up from spending the week at grandma & grandpas. I haven't seen a gain on the scale, but I don't trust that I can just overeat and not have it affect my weight.
  • oh_happy_day
    oh_happy_day Posts: 1,137 Member
    Oooh did I ever. I was at a destination wedding. Between the alcohol, the food and then the food I ate when I was hungover... I think I was about 600 calories over maintenance for two days. I logged it as best I could.

    I'm back on the horse though. I've back to my standard gym scheduled, stacks of water etc. My appetite is all whacked out and my stomach is still upset. I'm actually not hungry but I'm eating. I also put on 2lbs of water weight. *sigh* I'm upping my fibre, eating my usual foods etc. It'll come off again.
  • Jesusjohnjames
    Jesusjohnjames Posts: 378 Member
    Workout extra hard today!!!
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    I didn't even track this weekend, it was a fun weekend and I am back on track today. It will all be fine.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Overeating happens. As long as it happens rarely, 3,200 calories on one day isn't a big deal. A calorie deficit of 250 per day for the rest of the week would completely cancel it out.
  • accidentalpancake
    accidentalpancake Posts: 484 Member
    I had a 3500cal day late last week. It happens. My body demanded more food and I obliged. If you know that you have a good hold on your hunger signals, it's just business as usual...
  • Jesusjohnjames
    Jesusjohnjames Posts: 378 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Overeating happens. As long as it happens rarely, 3,200 calories on one day isn't a big deal. A calorie deficit of 250 per day for the rest of the week would completely cancel it out.

  • M30834134
    M30834134 Posts: 411 Member
    When I was losing and had a tremendous drive and dedication for the first 6 or so months during which NOTHING could take me of course, I read posts like these and thought "pfft, they are weak, suck it up, stay the course"

    But, I'm so glad I read these posts because now I know that going over your budget will happen, just a matter of time. Coping with going over budget on your own not necessarily easy and could easily push someone over the "*kitten* it!, I'm done" line and cause to fall off the wagon, as they say. Posts like these provide so much motivation and encouragement - it will happen, be ready, own it, log it, life goes on.

    MFP app has a great weekly report of the last 7 days under Nutrition->Calories which shows "Net Average" - an average daily calories for the last 7 days and unless you binged for the entire last 7 days, that number is not affected much by one day of overeating. I use this report to "calm me down" and just a few days of small deficit or extra cardio workout gets it back into the range.

    I wish I finally determine what causes me to be ravenous sometimes so I can plan accordingly. I think it might be my extra cardio from the past 2-5 days.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    it's not a big deal...move on. you don't put on a bunch of fat just because you overate a day...just like you don't lose a bunch of fat because you underate for one day.

    weight management. regardless of what your weight management goals are, is about what is happening over time, not day to day minutia.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    That's why I keep a deficit. Usually 400, often 200, but either way that's the way I make up for the days when I eat too much (which happens every week, frankly).
    MasterVal wrote: »
    When I was losing and had a tremendous drive and dedication for the first 6 or so months during which NOTHING could take me of course, I read posts like these and thought "pfft, they are weak, suck it up, stay the course"

    But, I'm so glad I read these posts because now I know that going over your budget will happen, just a matter of time. Coping with going over budget on your own not necessarily easy and could easily push someone over the "*kitten* it!, I'm done" line and cause to fall off the wagon, as they say. Posts like these provide so much motivation and encouragement - it will happen, be ready, own it, log it, life goes on.

    MFP app has a great weekly report of the last 7 days under Nutrition->Calories which shows "Net Average" - an average daily calories for the last 7 days and unless you binged for the entire last 7 days, that number is not affected much by one day of overeating. I use this report to "calm me down" and just a few days of small deficit or extra cardio workout gets it back into the range.

    I wish I finally determine what causes me to be ravenous sometimes so I can plan accordingly. I think it might be my extra cardio from the past 2-5 days.

    Yeah 100% this. I was so good the first 9 months, then I started having some 3000+ days. Still lost 80 pounds, still been maintaining the loss for a year. The difference is that I'm a woman so the last part of your post is easily explained LOL.
  • Andreatts9
    Andreatts9 Posts: 20 Member
    I always do double workouts on the weekends I plan to consume a lot so I'm rocking a hard deficit. I know it's no ideal but it's better than no workout :)
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    That's why I keep a deficit. Usually 400, often 200, but either way that's the way I make up for the days when I eat too much (which happens every week, frankly).
    MasterVal wrote: »
    When I was losing and had a tremendous drive and dedication for the first 6 or so months during which NOTHING could take me of course, I read posts like these and thought "pfft, they are weak, suck it up, stay the course"

    But, I'm so glad I read these posts because now I know that going over your budget will happen, just a matter of time. Coping with going over budget on your own not necessarily easy and could easily push someone over the "*kitten* it!, I'm done" line and cause to fall off the wagon, as they say. Posts like these provide so much motivation and encouragement - it will happen, be ready, own it, log it, life goes on.

    MFP app has a great weekly report of the last 7 days under Nutrition->Calories which shows "Net Average" - an average daily calories for the last 7 days and unless you binged for the entire last 7 days, that number is not affected much by one day of overeating. I use this report to "calm me down" and just a few days of small deficit or extra cardio workout gets it back into the range.

    I wish I finally determine what causes me to be ravenous sometimes so I can plan accordingly. I think it might be my extra cardio from the past 2-5 days.

    Yeah 100% this. I was so good the first 9 months, then I started having some 3000+ days. Still lost 80 pounds, still been maintaining the loss for a year. The difference is that I'm a woman so the last part of your post is easily explained LOL.

    Agree with this also. I wish I could get myself back to being so dedicated and "on" all the time. It was a lot easier for me then. I think the excitement of seeing the scale move every week made it easier
  • Jesusjohnjames
    Jesusjohnjames Posts: 378 Member
    Andreatts9 wrote: »
    I always do double workouts on the weekends I plan to consume a lot so I'm rocking a hard deficit. I know it's no ideal but it's better than no workout :)

    Good idea!!!
  • Jesusjohnjames
    Jesusjohnjames Posts: 378 Member
    I don't want to regain those 43 Pound's. I still want to lose 5 more lol
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    That would be a deficit day for me...lol
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    sometimes I have an extra hungry day. Happens. Log and move on.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Jesusjohnjames wrote: »
    I don't want to regain those 43 Pound's. I still want to lose 5 more lol

    I'm in the same boat, exactly.

    Eat at a deficit. 250 calories or so... if you know you're likely to eat more on week ends, pick a bigger deficit (mine is 400, but I don't care if I go a bit over). That way even if you have one bad day, you'll still be at a deficit for the week.

    I have 1-2 bad days every week and still manage to keep a 1000-2000 deficit. Only reason I haven't lost is that PMS is crazy for me and I typically eat 3000 extra calories that week, which pretty much wipes out 2 or 3 weeks of deficit. But I'll get there eventually (I lost one of my vacation pounds this month, so there's hope, lol).
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Saturdays are my eat what I want day, I usually scoff 2500 cals.. .I eat slightly at deficit the other days just so I can do that on Sats :smiley:
  • oh_happy_day
    oh_happy_day Posts: 1,137 Member
    Glad I'd stored up some extra deficits in the lead up to last weekend. Hit it extra hard at the gym yesterday and I've kept my sodium low. Water weight has already come off - yay!

  • Jesusjohnjames
    Jesusjohnjames Posts: 378 Member
    Down only 3 Pound's from Monday.
  • xLoveLikeWinterx
    xLoveLikeWinterx Posts: 408 Member
    MasterVal wrote: »
    When I was losing and had a tremendous drive and dedication for the first 6 or so months during which NOTHING could take me of course, I read posts like these and thought "pfft, they are weak, suck it up, stay the course"

    But, I'm so glad I read these posts because now I know that going over your budget will happen, just a matter of time. Coping with going over budget on your own not necessarily easy and could easily push someone over the "*kitten* it!, I'm done" line and cause to fall off the wagon, as they say. Posts like these provide so much motivation and encouragement - it will happen, be ready, own it, log it, life goes on.

    MFP app has a great weekly report of the last 7 days under Nutrition->Calories which shows "Net Average" - an average daily calories for the last 7 days and unless you binged for the entire last 7 days, that number is not affected much by one day of overeating. I use this report to "calm me down" and just a few days of small deficit or extra cardio workout gets it back into the range.

    I wish I finally determine what causes me to be ravenous sometimes so I can plan accordingly. I think it might be my extra cardio from the past 2-5 days.

    This, yep. I recently upped my workouts (mostly cardio, some strength training) and I am HUNGRY. I used to have insane willpower and think, "Well, I'll just go to bed hungry then". Yeah, no. Now that I'm in maintenance, I eat. And if I'm hungry at night after working out, I still eat more. I maintain a small deficit so on those days, it's just like, "Oops" but NBD.
  • griffinca2
    griffinca2 Posts: 672 Member
    We've all been there; I was on a "sugar express" a few weeks ago which took a few days to recover from. Just consider it water under the bridge and get back on the wagon and forget abt it. B)
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Jesusjohnjames wrote: »
    Anyone else have a Bingy weekend?
    What's your game plan going forward?

    Do it all the time. I usually eat conservatively during the week to allow more calories on the weekends. In cases I REALLY get some calories in, I just scratch the week and get back to it the next weeks. People FREAK when they binge and the reality is they might gain 2-3 pounds in a week if the REALLY ate big for a whole 7 days. They can moderate and drop it over the next week or two and smile knowing they enjoyed it.

    I dunno. People get caught up in this immediate results and returns mentality, and every day is critical...crazy.

  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    Chaelaz wrote: »
    Jesusjohnjames wrote: »
    Anyone else have a Bingy weekend?
    What's your game plan going forward?

    Do it all the time. I usually eat conservatively during the week to allow more calories on the weekends. In cases I REALLY get some calories in, I just scratch the week and get back to it the next weeks. People FREAK when they binge and the reality is they might gain 2-3 pounds in a week if the REALLY ate big for a whole 7 days. They can moderate and drop it over the next week or two and smile knowing they enjoyed it.

    I dunno. People get caught up in this immediate results and returns mentality, and every day is critical...crazy.

    True. But it's human. And frankly 3200 calories is very easy to consume in one day. Especially a weekend. Half that can easily be chalked up to alcohol too.
  • gothomson
    gothomson Posts: 215 Member
    I wouldn't worry about it. We all have occasional days like this - as long as they are not a regular habit then fine, enjoy and get back to your normal healthy routine. I do that and ok I may occasionally gain a couple of pounds, but I keep an eye on it and I just watch what I'm eating after that and I ALWAYS keep to my regular exercise patterns.
  • kristenveganvixen
    kristenveganvixen Posts: 87 Member
    Ate roughly the same (first weekend of holiday and I'm on my period, lethal combination) so my plan for now is to eat at loss tomorrow at least and do plenty of exercise to attempt damage limitation.
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