I blew it

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  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    tlflag1620 wrote: »
    Juicysmo wrote: »
    subakwa wrote: »
    OP - what's your daily deficit planned to be? You have some options, depending on how large a deficit you run, and what suits your mindset the best.

    - make today a maintenance day if you run a large enough deficit. So, if you run a daily deficit of 800 cals, you still have 400 left for dinner without going into excess
    - Eat whatever you would normally but "buy back" those calories over the rest of the week
    - Log it and move on. It's only one day.

    What do you mean by "deficit"?

    The amount between your goal calories and your maintenance calories. To lose 2 lbs per week, you are in a 1000 cal deficit per day. To lose 1 lb per week you are in a 500 calorie deficit per day. How many lbs per week are you set to lose?

    This. When I "blow it" I just pick up and move on. There is nothing more to do but make better choices for my very next meal. If I can make up the deficit, I do, but if I can't, I still just make sensible choices and pick myself right back up.

    This is something I've done and will continue to do for my entire life. There will be days when I'm over and days that I'm over. That's life!
  • oolou
    oolou Posts: 765 Member
    I agree that there is the temptation to blow the whole day off after having gone over by lunchtime. But yeah ... don't. Just have what you would usually have for dinner, or may be a little lighter than usual. Then start afresh tomorrow. Don't make it worse by having a "blah might as well write off the whole day" dinner ^^
  • thelastmelon97
    thelastmelon97 Posts: 6 Member
    edited August 2016
    One cheat day isn't going to hurt you, just keep pushing on! :) Just don't be alarmed if you see a little weight gain, because sometimes after you go over your calories water weight will show for a day or two.
    I had a beach day this summer where I ended up having Subway (and yes, potato chips included) for lunch, along with clam cakes and buffalo wings for dinner - it was terrible! But the day after I just made sure I was back on track with my calories, and after three days the "weight" went away.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Don't punish yourself. If you blew it accidentally, use that as an opportunity to learn how not to blow it that way. Stay on the program and lose weight in good health.
  • BodyzLanguage
    BodyzLanguage Posts: 200 Member
    This is side effects of this app that's sort of like the elephant in the room. OP has over eaten at lunch and she's gone over her allocated calories for the day. My question would be are you still hungry? Who said you need to eat dinner if you're stuffed from Lunch? Lol. For future reference don't stress too much about eating too much on a single day. It's one day. It's not gonna be detrimental in the grand scheme of things. Also exercise isn't something you do as punishment for overeating. I don't feel that's the correct attitude towards exercising. I know you wanna do it to burn the extra cals but now you're associating overeating and working out together. You're being hard on yourself. Trying to eat perfectly is a concept no one can sustain.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I've done it countless times... I still lost 76 pounds, and been maintaining (more or less 4 pounds) for 2 years. The key is not to give up and just get back on track!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Juicysmo wrote: »
    What do you guys do when you've totally blown your goals for the day? I'm thinking I need to eat a super light dinner, and maybe exercise, but otherwise what do you do when this happens? I'm 400 calories over already after a lunch meeting :(

    I just move on...tomorrow is another day. Thinking you're going to be on every single day is not really very realistic...*kitten* happens...and one day here and there is pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things.
  • Ricksh1000
    Ricksh1000 Posts: 88 Member
    Think my maintenance cals are something like 2000.
    Went to Nandos tonight followed by Ben and Jerrys shake at the movies. 2600 cals for today, but tonight was great :)
    Back on it again tomorrow
  • Bearbo27
    Bearbo27 Posts: 339 Member
    I went over my deficit by 1000 calories this weekend due to my daughters birthday parties. I was a few pounds heavier due to water weight on Monday. I just continued on with my deficit and logging everything. By yesterday the 3 pounds was gone and I lost an additional 1.8 lbs
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    To offer a slightly different opinion to most others, I would have a salad/veg for dinner and try to increase activity to compensate.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Log it...and move on! each day you get a clean slate :smile:
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    one day doesnt make a difference
  • savithny
    savithny Posts: 1,200 Member
    Log and move on. Eat a lighter dinner, do something active after dinner.
    But always log. Not logging it because you're ashamed or think you fell off the wagon or there's no point? That doesn't help.
    Eventually, your log will help you see the ups and downs of how you manage things like special work lunches.

    Also: if you're set to lose a pound a week, being 400 over is still under maintenance for the day, and if you're set to lose 2 pounds a week, you're WAY under maintenance. You can make it up across the week.

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