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yalmira82
yalmira82 Posts: 37
edited September 29 in Food and Nutrition
My main goal on here is to maintain my weight or lose (which I only weigh 104.8). I eat 1200 calories or lower a day. Don't eat out as much. Maybe once a week. I have already had breakfast, snack and lunch for the day. (total calorie so far today---->>> 600 and something). I have like 500 something left to eat. Now my question is if I go out to eat, which I always get salads there, and they are soo high in calories...will it be okay???? I will eat right all day tomorrow. I just don't want to gain weight. Will I gain from that damn ZaxbY's fried chicken Salad with ranch and texas toast. i REALLY WANT IT!!! LOL

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  • KPaden1221
    KPaden1221 Posts: 433
    no.. a pound is equal to 3500 caloires.. you'll be fine.. just drink loooooooooots of water to flush out the sodium
  • nikki91950
    nikki91950 Posts: 647
    i doubt it will make any difference. go ahead and indulge some :) a salad such as that will be high in sodium, so it might make a tad difference if you would get on the scale in the morning, but it will disappear just as quick.
  • timlord
    timlord Posts: 158
    you dont gain weight overnight
  • RedHotRunner
    RedHotRunner Posts: 850 Member
    You should be able to eat much more than 1200 calories to maintain your weight. Did you change your settings to maintenence to get a new calorie number? And one big meal a week won't kill you.
  • MissAnjy
    MissAnjy Posts: 2,480 Member
    No, you will not gain. It's hard to gain a pound in one day, seriously. You'd need to eat 3500 above and beyond your maintenance level to gain a pound. You might be up on the scale tomorrow because of the sodium, but that's about it darling.
  • AngieM76
    AngieM76 Posts: 622 Member
    No you wont gain weight from that one salad. You have to consume WAY more calories than that to gain a pound. You may have some water weight the next day from sodium but not an actual weight gain.
  • Bigpelly8
    Bigpelly8 Posts: 504 Member
    A salad is ruffage and exits the body fairly quickly :-)

    I dont think the cals are gonna cause any sort of gain for you, whatsoever. Eat up and enjoy!
  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
    if you do gain anything it'll just be water retention from the sodium. just keep drinking that water and you'll be fine. Its not everyday you eat at Zaxby's.
  • cici1028
    cici1028 Posts: 799 Member
    Nah, you won't gain weight from one splurge. I agree that you'll need to drink lots of water. :)
  • FunkyCowgirl
    FunkyCowgirl Posts: 2 Member
    no.. a pound is equal to 3500 caloires.. you'll be fine.. just drink loooooooooots of water to flush out the sodium

    Just a quick bit of information, from what I understand a pound is actually equal to only 500 calories.
    Take all the advise you get with a grain of salt....pardon the pun!
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    The thing about salads like that though is, if you are going to eat 1200 calories for dinner, wouldn't you rather have a burger or something? That kind of salad doesn't really count as a salad, unless you really just like salads....
  • Mindful_Trent
    Mindful_Trent Posts: 3,954 Member
    no.. a pound is equal to 3500 caloires.. you'll be fine.. just drink loooooooooots of water to flush out the sodium

    Just a quick bit of information, from what I understand a pound is actually equal to only 500 calories.
    Take all the advise you get with a grain of salt....pardon the pun!

    Not sure where you got this from - but the 3500 calories = 1 lb is correct. You have to have an excess over what you burn by 3500 calories to gain a pound of fat. You have to eat a deficit of 3500 calories under what you burn to lose a pound. I don't think it works the same way for gaining/losing muscle, but that's 3500 cals = 1 lb is right for fat.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    My main goal on here is to maintain my weight or lose (which I only weigh 104.8). I eat 1200 calories or lower a day. Don't eat out as much. Maybe once a week. I have already had breakfast, snack and lunch for the day. (total calorie so far today---->>> 600 and something). I have like 500 something left to eat. Now my question is if I go out to eat, which I always get salads there, and they are soo high in calories...will it be okay???? I will eat right all day tomorrow. I just don't want to gain weight. Will I gain from that damn ZaxbY's fried chicken Salad with ranch and texas toast. i REALLY WANT IT!!! LOL

    You said 1200 calories or lower, it should be 1200 calories or just above. BTW, salads are only high in calories if you top it with a fatty meat, cheese, croutons, and dressing. Anywho, one day out won't kill you anyway . . . a week out is something to be concerned about however.
  • yalmira82
    yalmira82 Posts: 37
    Thank you everyone. I have let my food get the best of me...over the years! Worring, and stressing out if I eat this one time it will ruin me. I am working at overcoming a problem and have done awesome. This site helps me sooo much! I am learning eating right THE RIGHT WAY and it is okay every once in a while!!!! Thanks for the opinions.:happy:
  • yalmira82
    yalmira82 Posts: 37
    i LOVE SALAD I lost 100 lbs five years ago...and I love ---love to eat...so I eat salads ALL the time. More food and healthy than all the thick over loading foods. Portion size is big when I make a salad at home...but really there is not that much calories in them. i just choose them over burgers....the way I look at it...if you eat a burger than you are going to want fries. Plus all the greese and breading from fires and burgers will cling to your gut!!! I love fried foods too...so I just choose to eat the fried chicken on some vegies.....Has worked so far!!!!

    I eat at least one to 2 salads a day...Maybe sometimes I skip a day or two. I have come up with so many ways to make salads and I have put soo many different weird things on them....JUST MY THING!!!
  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
    no.. a pound is equal to 3500 caloires.. you'll be fine.. just drink loooooooooots of water to flush out the sodium

    Just a quick bit of information, from what I understand a pound is actually equal to only 500 calories.
    Take all the advise you get with a grain of salt....pardon the pun!
    i would like to know where u got that faulty info...
  • Icewolf_The
    Icewolf_The Posts: 308 Member
    The salad by itself is probably okay. :)

    MY advice is skip the texas toast... A regular slice of white bread is about 110 calories. Texas toast is usually about the same thickness as 2 slices... And.. if you load it up with all that butter/margarine and the garlic whosawhatsits they use... well.. Lets just say, it's probably movin' towards 350+ calories for that once slice of greasy goodness. :)

    You might ask if they have a low fat ranch dressing also, some places do. :)

    Good luck!
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