WENT OVER MY CALORIES TWO DAYS IN A ROW
jaysanchez4
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So i started another thread and got some useful information, although i was looking for more as far as sodium gain, weight gain and just overall "expectations" within the next day or so.
So yesterday i went over my calories by about 300
today, i'm over my calories by about 700 although earlier in the week i didn't go over at all and ate pretty clean and light.
Will i gain any weight? or will it just be water weight and if it is just water weight, what's the fastest way to get rid of it?
Thank You!
So yesterday i went over my calories by about 300
today, i'm over my calories by about 700 although earlier in the week i didn't go over at all and ate pretty clean and light.
Will i gain any weight? or will it just be water weight and if it is just water weight, what's the fastest way to get rid of it?
Thank You!
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It depends. What is your deficit (as in how many pounds per week did you select to lose when you joined here)?
I would not worry about water weight. It's no big deal.0 -
Water and food in your system. Most likely at least. Don't worry about. It will balance itself out in a couple days.
Set to lose 2 lbs a week = you will lose 1.7 lb instead
Set to lose 1.5 lbs a week = you will lose 1.2 lbs instead
Set to lose 1 lb a week = you will lose 0.7 lbs instead
Set to lose 0.5 lbs a week = you will lose 0.2 lbs/maintain
Set to maintain = you will gain 0.28 lbs or maintain4 -
cerise_noir wrote: »It depends. What is your deficit (as in how many pounds per week did you select to lose when you joined here)?
I would not worry about water weight. It's no big deal.
MFP calculated me at eating 1680 per day, losing the max of 1-2 pounds per week.
I have a important function on Saturday and Sunday and i want to make sure i lose as much water weight as possible those days.
So if i ate REALLY bad today, what should i do tomorrow? lots of cardio? lots of water? less food?
Please help lol0 -
You really can't predict exactly what will happen. It's unlikely that you will gain fat. I assume you're eating at a deficit. If the deficit is more than 250 per day (= .5 lb per week loss goal) you won't gain weight by eating an extra 1000 calories. Even if your goal is maintenance, that would be less than .3 lb that week. You get rid of water weight by drinking water, but honestly, it's no big deal. Water weight fluctuates as much as 3-5 pounds per day for me. What you're concerned about is FAT, not water.0
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shadow2soul wrote: »Water and food in your system. Most likely at least. Don't worry about. It will balance itself out in a couple days.
Set to lose 2 lbs a week = you will lose 1.7 lb instead
Set to lose 1.5 lbs a week = you will lose 1.2 lbs instead
Set to lose 1 lb a week = you will lose 0.7 lbs instead
Set to lose 0.5 lbs a week = you will lose 0.2 lbs/maintain
Set to maintain = you will gain 0.28 lbs or maintain
Can i ask how you got the number of 1.7 pounds?
Honestly i hate to sound like a rookie, i'm just new at this, doing really well on my diet but paranoid about the past two days.0 -
You really can't predict exactly what will happen. It's unlikely that you will gain fat. I assume you're eating at a deficit. If the deficit is more than 250 per day (= .5 lb per week loss goal) you won't gain weight by eating an extra 1000 calories. Even if your goal is maintenance, that would be less than .3 lb that week. You get rid of water weight by drinking water, but honestly, it's no big deal. Water weight fluctuates as much as 3-5 pounds per day for me. What you're concerned about is FAT, not water.
This is definitely helpful and making me more calm lol0 -
THIS is exactly what i ate did today.
Breakfast
4 Pieces of turkey bacon
3 Egg Whites
2 Slices of Whole Wheat Bread
4-5 5 pieces of potatoes.
GYM
30 Minutes Strength Training
14 minute Run
30 Minute Bike
10 Minute in the Steam Room
SNACK
24oz Protein Shake
Lunch
Mixed Green Salad with Grilled Chicken and Greek Dressing
SNACK
Brown Rice
Korean Bulgogi
Stir Fried Pork
Vegetable Salad
Dinner
Chicken Shawarma Plate consisting of double chicken, rice and salad. ( DAMMIT THIS PUT ME WAY OVER )
So this was my day, Goal was 1680 Calories and now i am - 954 !!!!!!!!!!!
I'M SO MAD AT MYSELF.
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jaysanchez4 wrote: »shadow2soul wrote: »Water and food in your system. Most likely at least. Don't worry about. It will balance itself out in a couple days.
Set to lose 2 lbs a week = you will lose 1.7 lb instead
Set to lose 1.5 lbs a week = you will lose 1.2 lbs instead
Set to lose 1 lb a week = you will lose 0.7 lbs instead
Set to lose 0.5 lbs a week = you will lose 0.2 lbs/maintain
Set to maintain = you will gain 0.28 lbs or maintain
Can i ask how you got the number of 1.7 pounds?
Honestly i hate to sound like a rookie, i'm just new at this, doing really well on my diet but paranoid about the past two days.
2 lb per week loss = under maintenance by 7000 calories (3500 per lb) per week
7000(planned deficit) -1000(calories over)= 6000(remaining deficit)
6000/3500(cals per lb) =1.7142xxxx...lbs estimated loss based on a remaing deficit of 6000 cals.3 -
Are you eating back half your cardio calories?
Stop being so mad at yourself. It's counter productive. Just eat your normal calories tomorrow and drink lots of water.
To gain 1lb of fat a week, you'd have to be over by 500 cals every day for 7 days/a week which equals 3500 calories for the week. Relax. It's not work freaking out over little mistakes such as this drop of water in the ocean.1 -
shadow2soul wrote: »jaysanchez4 wrote: »shadow2soul wrote: »Water and food in your system. Most likely at least. Don't worry about. It will balance itself out in a couple days.
Set to lose 2 lbs a week = you will lose 1.7 lb instead
Set to lose 1.5 lbs a week = you will lose 1.2 lbs instead
Set to lose 1 lb a week = you will lose 0.7 lbs instead
Set to lose 0.5 lbs a week = you will lose 0.2 lbs/maintain
Set to maintain = you will gain 0.28 lbs or maintain
Can i ask how you got the number of 1.7 pounds?
Honestly i hate to sound like a rookie, i'm just new at this, doing really well on my diet but paranoid about the past two days.
2 lb per week loss = under maintenance by 7000 calories (3500 per lb) per week
7000(planned deficit) -1000(calories over)= 6000(remaining deficit)
6000/3500(cals per lb) =1.7142xxxx...lbs estimated loss based on a remaing deficit of 6000 cals.
Ohhhh that makes sense!
Thank You !0 -
cerise_noir wrote: »Are you eating back half your cardio calories?
Today i probably ate back all of them0 -
I OPENED MY DIARY !!!
Is there ANY WAY someone can look at this week for me? look at what i ate this week, how i did each day compared to how i ate the past two days and tell me if i have anything to worry about, seriously i made a mistake i lost control and i'm freaking out.
Just need some piece of mind and assurance that i'm okay and what i've been doing this week has helped me.
Keep in mind ive been strength training all week but i didn't log it because it doesn't allow me to put calories burned in my fitness pal.
PLEASE!
Thank You!0 -
You need to use a food scale for all your food and stop using '1 slice' '1 piece'... No more cups and spoons for solid foods...only the scale. Weigh everything that isn't a liquid including protein powder, bread slices, eggs (cracked without shell). Log everything you consume, even cooking oils.
I noticed you do eat out a lot.. perhaps decrease the frequency of this and try to include more recipes made by you (use recipe builder).
Some days you are under. You are male. Eat the 1600 calories.
Do you drink anything other than protein shakes and water?1 -
cerise_noir wrote: »You need to use a food scale for all your food and stop using '1 slice' '1 piece'... No more cups and spoons for solid foods...only the scale. Weigh everything that isn't a liquid including protein powder, bread slices, eggs (cracked without shell). Log everything you consume, even cooking oils.
I noticed you do eat out a lot.. perhaps decrease the frequency of this and try to include more recipes made by you (use recipe builder).
Some days you are under. You are male. Eat the 1600 calories.
Thank You so much for checking out my Diary, from what you saw am i going to gain weight from these past two days?
I do eat out often, but it's normally at the same places where i see exactly what's going in them and ensure there's no sugar or salt but i'm definitely going to slow down.
So in your opinion, is it just water weight that i'll see in the next day or so?
Thanks again so much!0 -
jaysanchez4 wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »You need to use a food scale for all your food and stop using '1 slice' '1 piece'... No more cups and spoons for solid foods...only the scale. Weigh everything that isn't a liquid including protein powder, bread slices, eggs (cracked without shell). Log everything you consume, even cooking oils.
I noticed you do eat out a lot.. perhaps decrease the frequency of this and try to include more recipes made by you (use recipe builder).
Some days you are under. You are male. Eat the 1600 calories.
Thank You so much for checking out my Diary, from what you saw am i going to gain weight from these past two days?
I do eat out often, but it's normally at the same places where i see exactly what's going in them and ensure there's no sugar or salt but i'm definitely going to slow down.
So in your opinion, is it just water weight that i'll see in the next day or so?
Thanks again so much!
Perhaps some water weight, no actual fat.
Just relax. I have my moments of going over, too. The important thing to do now is to learn from this and just get back into your normal routine tomorrow. Don't punish yourself, just move on. Relax. Weight loss is already pretty damn stressful as it is.
By the way, there is absolutely nothing wrong with sugar or salt unless you have a medical condition. Heck, I have chocolate almost every day...I'd be a miserable ahole without it. :laugh:
All that matters for weight loss is calories. Watch your protein, too...and take it easy. Enjoy yourself. Congratulate yourself. You've got this.1 -
cerise_noir wrote: »jaysanchez4 wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »You need to use a food scale for all your food and stop using '1 slice' '1 piece'... No more cups and spoons for solid foods...only the scale. Weigh everything that isn't a liquid including protein powder, bread slices, eggs (cracked without shell). Log everything you consume, even cooking oils.
I noticed you do eat out a lot.. perhaps decrease the frequency of this and try to include more recipes made by you (use recipe builder).
Some days you are under. You are male. Eat the 1600 calories.
Thank You so much for checking out my Diary, from what you saw am i going to gain weight from these past two days?
I do eat out often, but it's normally at the same places where i see exactly what's going in them and ensure there's no sugar or salt but i'm definitely going to slow down.
So in your opinion, is it just water weight that i'll see in the next day or so?
Thanks again so much!
Perhaps some water weight, no actual fat.
Just relax. I have my moments of going over, too. The important thing to do now is to learn from this and just get back into your normal routine tomorrow. Don't punish yourself, just move on. Relax. Weight loss is already pretty damn stressful as it is.
By the way, there is absolutely nothing wrong with sugar or salt unless you have a medical condition. Heck, I have chocolate almost every day...I'd be a miserable ahole without it. :laugh:
All that matters for weight loss is calories. Watch your protein, too...and take it easy. Enjoy yourself. Congratulate yourself. You've got this.
This.
You made my day, you cheered me up more than you can imagine. I felt terrible.
Thank You so much, you really helped me a lot.
Tomorrow, i'm going to go hard at the gym and eat light to balance this out.
YOUR AWESOME!0 -
^no need to kill yourself at the gym and eat light...just eat your normal calories and move on. It will prevent any binging that may occur. Trust me on this one. Just eat and exercise normally. Going too hard at the gym could be counterproductive too, as it can cause injury.
Back to the normal programmed schedule.
Nothing more, nothing less. Your two days of over eating are just merely two drops in an ocean. Don't sweat it. Everything will level out eventually.
And, you're welcome.
You'll be fine. 0 -
cerise_noir wrote: »^no need to kill yourself at the gym and eat light...just eat your normal calories and move on. It will prevent any binging that may occur. Trust me on this one. Just eat and exercise normally. Going too hard at the gym could be counterproductive too, as it can cause injury.
Back to the normal programmed schedule. Nothing more, nothing less. Your two days of over eating are just merely two drops in an ocean. Don't sweat it. Everything will level out eventually.
And, you're welcome. You'll be fine.
I can't thank you enough,
Can I ask if you have any tips to lose the water weight as quick as possible?
Sorry for all the questions lol
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jaysanchez4 wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »^no need to kill yourself at the gym and eat light...just eat your normal calories and move on. It will prevent any binging that may occur. Trust me on this one. Just eat and exercise normally. Going too hard at the gym could be counterproductive too, as it can cause injury.
Back to the normal programmed schedule. Nothing more, nothing less. Your two days of over eating are just merely two drops in an ocean. Don't sweat it. Everything will level out eventually.
And, you're welcome. You'll be fine.
I can't thank you enough,
Can I ask if you have any tips to lose the water weight as quick as possible?
Sorry for all the questions lol
Drink more water, sweat more, limit sodium0 -
No worries.jaysanchez4 wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »^no need to kill yourself at the gym and eat light...just eat your normal calories and move on. It will prevent any binging that may occur. Trust me on this one. Just eat and exercise normally. Going too hard at the gym could be counterproductive too, as it can cause injury.
Back to the normal programmed schedule. Nothing more, nothing less. Your two days of over eating are just merely two drops in an ocean. Don't sweat it. Everything will level out eventually.
And, you're welcome. You'll be fine.
I can't thank you enough,
Can I ask if you have any tips to lose the water weight as quick as possible?
Sorry for all the questions lol
Don't sweat it (ha....pun may or may not have been intended). It's probably 2-4lbs of water weight. No biggie.
Just drink water (don't over do it, of course...just drink enough so that your urine is a pale straw color), don't go over on your sodium goal and it should be gone in a few days.0 -
Thank You so much !!!!!!
This was all such amazing info.0 -
Always keep in mind what your deficit is.
If you are set to lose half a pound a week, your deficit is 250 calories.
If you're set to lose a pound a week, your deficit is 500 calories.
For two pounds, it's 1000 calories.
In each case, if you go over goal by that amount, you will be eating enough to maintain your current weight. To gain fat, you would have to go over goal by more than that.
Relax. You're sweating the small stuff. It takes time to learn this, and everyone eats more than they mean to sometimes, even people who have been maintaining for years.
Whatever the important function is, there is no way on this earth that anyone is going to notice that you're carrying a few pounds of water weight. Unless you're a jockey and it's a race meet, or a prizefighter trying to squeeze into a lower weight category. A few pounds here or there is just not visible.
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The more important point to ask is, why did you go over your calories 2 days in a row? Weight is loss is about consistently being in a calorie deficit.0
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Have you thought about looking at your calories from a weekly perspective OP?
If you do that, it is fine to be over some days, under other days, as long as you hit around the correct total for the week.
Of course without going to silly extremes like eating thousands over 1 day, living on lettuce leaves for other 6.
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technically if your other days were perfect and you ate at deficit for those, that deficit could cover the 1000 calories you ate, then no, you wont gain. Even if you did eat the rest of the days at maintenance those 1000 cals over for the week would equate to almost 1/3lb....0
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Thanks so much everyone! I don't feel as bad anymore, I appreciate the help!0
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jaysanchez4 wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »jaysanchez4 wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »You need to use a food scale for all your food and stop using '1 slice' '1 piece'... No more cups and spoons for solid foods...only the scale. Weigh everything that isn't a liquid including protein powder, bread slices, eggs (cracked without shell). Log everything you consume, even cooking oils.
I noticed you do eat out a lot.. perhaps decrease the frequency of this and try to include more recipes made by you (use recipe builder).
Some days you are under. You are male. Eat the 1600 calories.
Thank You so much for checking out my Diary, from what you saw am i going to gain weight from these past two days?
I do eat out often, but it's normally at the same places where i see exactly what's going in them and ensure there's no sugar or salt but i'm definitely going to slow down.
So in your opinion, is it just water weight that i'll see in the next day or so?
Thanks again so much!
Perhaps some water weight, no actual fat.
Just relax. I have my moments of going over, too. The important thing to do now is to learn from this and just get back into your normal routine tomorrow. Don't punish yourself, just move on. Relax. Weight loss is already pretty damn stressful as it is.
By the way, there is absolutely nothing wrong with sugar or salt unless you have a medical condition. Heck, I have chocolate almost every day...I'd be a miserable ahole without it. :laugh:
All that matters for weight loss is calories. Watch your protein, too...and take it easy. Enjoy yourself. Congratulate yourself. You've got this.
This.
You made my day, you cheered me up more than you can imagine. I felt terrible.
Thank You so much, you really helped me a lot.
Tomorrow, i'm going to go hard at the gym and eat light to balance this out.
YOUR AWESOME!
That would be one of the worst possible plans of attack.
Rather: don't go to the gym at all, unless it's to walk on a treadmill for 20-30 minutes. If you work hard, you'll almost definitely retain water for the next couple of days, which is what you don't want.
Drink plenty of water. As odd as it may sound, the more water you consume, the more you flush out.
More than anything else, though? Stop stressing out about it.0 -
I agree with those saying not to go drastically the other way.
It is likely you'll still lose, or at least maintain, unless you overate by (give or take) 3500 calories. Even then, I've had weeks where I had to giant "eat days" for whatever reason, amassed thousands of calories over maintenance but had not gained when I weighed one week later.
Any time I've tried to make up for overeating by working out madly and/or undereating severely under my normal calories allotment, I've either rebounded horribly and made matters worse, or wanted to, and sat there suffering. And in the end I didn't lose significantly more that way, and overall I have lost pretty consistently.0 -
Did you not know about the "important function" when you overate? Chances are nothing you do is going to matter in regards to the way you look in two days, that just seems absurd. Get over the fact that you overate and do the right thing from now on. To loose water weight I guess you could go sit in a sauna and sweat a bunch, but then your just gonna be dehydrated for your function. People who look amazing don't just starve 2 days before a function...it takes work and dedication and time.0
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Thanks for all your advice everyone, I'll just eat as I normally do today and stay under my calories. I went to the gym today, ran for 15 minutes and biked for 15 minutes but that's about it.
I'll drink a lot of water and won't overeat,
Thank You everyone!0
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