I have 165 calories left for the day~

what time is it? if it is the evening, then yes, find something filling and try to push through... but if it is still early it is going to be silly to torture yourself eating only celery! If you have accidentally blown all your calories early on, consider eating up to maintenance or something for today... forgive yourself for it, and make a new start tomorrow.

Ew, celery!
If you're hungry, go with some protein. I'd probably do some Greek yogurt with fresh fruit. Or if I just want to eat the calories to enjoy them, maybe a little ice cream, or some chocolate. Maybe popcorn.

expecting celery to tide you over for 8-10 hours is how people wind up failing at diets. You planned badly and you blew your calories early on, but deal with it and eat *healthy food* (food that will fill your stomach and not leave you starving at bedtime).

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wectmall wrote: »

thanks! when I make airpopped popcorn, I weigh it and half a bowl always comes out to be like 477 calories with nothing on it! I love it and do it here and there, but that eats up a good portion of my 1200 calories for the day. It's only 1;20 pm here, so I guess I will go with celery. Unless there is a lower calorie high volume food that I am forgetting about. I am trying to lose, so 1200 calories is what is set for me to lose .5 lb per week.

80 grams (1 cup) of air popped popcorn with nothing on it is 31 calories. 477 calories is 15 cups of popcorn. If you're really just air popping (no oil) I don't see how you're eating 15 cups/1200 grams of popcorn.

This! You're measuring something wrong. My stomach would burst before I could get 477 calories of plain air popped popcorn in there. Look at a 1 cup measuring cup, then picture fifteen of them. Unless the bowl you're filling is the size of a fish tank, a half a bowl of air popped popcorn is nowhere near 477 calories.

Having said that, losing weight and keeping it off is a long-term process. One "bad" day won't derail you unless you let it! Eat reasonably for the rest of the day, accept that you will be over your goal for the day, and do better tomorrow. There's no reason to be hungry, gnawing on celery for the rest of the day

wectmall wrote: »

thanks! when I make airpopped popcorn, I weigh it and half a bowl always comes out to be like 477 calories with nothing on it! I love it and do it here and there, but that eats up a good portion of my 1200 calories for the day. It's only 1;20 pm here, so I guess I will go with celery. Unless there is a lower calorie high volume food that I am forgetting about. I am trying to lose, so 1200 calories is what is set for me to lose .5 lb per week.

that's like 15 cups of popcorn...that's a *kitten* ton of popcorn...I think you'e measuring something wrong.

also, I'd just chalk it up to one of those days and eat my meals as I normally would...sucking on celery for the rest of the days sounds like a *kitten* time.

i'd go for a walk.... 50 minutes earned me 199 cals today

wectmall wrote: »

thanks for the advice guys. And with the air popped popcorn calorie total----I hope you all are right, but according to my scale----minus the bowl weight, I was getting between 477 and 550 calories each time. I used presto popper that you put kernels in and then pop in the microwave----with nothing but popcorn kernels. The container fills to the brim----popping the lid off and then I transfer it into a plastic bowl. Does anyone use one of these? Do you make the full size container and if so how many calories is it?

I think you may be selecting the wrong entry in the database on the popcorn or measuring wrong.
Air popped popcorn should be about 93 calories for 3 cups or 24 grams popped. 477 or 550 would be for over 15 cups of popped popcorn or 124 to 142 grams of popped popcorn. I don't think that microwave popper bowl is big enough to hold that much popped popcorn even full. The claim on the product I saw on Amazon is that the presto microwave popper makes up to 3 quarts of popcorn which is 12 cups so an entirely full thing should be more like 372 calories. Is the popcorn super tightly packed or does it still move a bit when the popper is full? Are you measuring the kernels before you pop? The instructions I saw said to use 1/3 c kernels in the popper and that should pop up to about 3 cups not 15 cups.

To the original question... I don't know what food you have. I often have a piece of fruit, baby carrots, celery, broccoli, popcorn, or about 113 g of yogurt for an evening snack.

Try about 1/2-1 ounce of peanuts, a banana or some yogurt.

wectmall wrote: »

And thanks to everyone who responded! I learned not to eat too many of my calories early in the day! But I was abnormally hungry today, so I just ate to satiate my hunger----I did not cheat. I had boneless skinless chicken, veggies, a protein shake a big salad and a good bit of fruit for breakfast. Oh well, live and learn. Tomorrow is a new day! And I guess I also learned I eat a lot more popcorn than others! 3/4 of a large bowl all to myself! Good thing I recognized that 15 plus cups of popcorn was 477 calories. Or I really would've miscalculated, lol! Everyone have a good day and keep fit!

Where are you in your menstrual cycle? When my appetite spikes up premenstrually, I eat at maintenance for a few days. See http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10359984/women-menstrual-cycle-weight-and-fitness-matters#latest

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