How do you feel when you go over your calories?

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  • Troutrouter1968
    Troutrouter1968 Posts: 122 Member
    It doesn't bother me at all. Tomorrow is a new day. I don't dwell on the past.
  • Troutrouter1968
    Troutrouter1968 Posts: 122 Member
    Are you 46 or 28 as your profile says?
  • rikkejanell2014
    rikkejanell2014 Posts: 312 Member
    Troutrouter1968 wrote: »
    Are you 46 or 28 as your profile says?

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    won't the calories you're given be off if your age is incorrect?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,347 Member
    I think trout router was asking that to tunni, post above his - not to OP.

    And Maybe tunni was saying she is 46 kg now, not 46 years old. And is 28 years old, like her profile says.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,847 Member
    edited December 2016
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    When I was actively losing weight, I didn't go over my calories ever. That would have defeated the purpose.

    When I moved to maintenance, I didn't care if I went over my calories. :)

    This seems backwards to me. When actively losing there is a deficit built into your calorie target so if you go over one or two days in the week it's possible to still be in deficit for the week. In maintenance, for me, I'm more careful about those overages because I know I don't have that buffer to offset. Saying I don't care about going over cals in maintenance seems like a slippery slope to actual weight gain.

    I maintained my slender weight for most of my life, and I exercise more when I'm maintaining. So my normal diet is ... maintainable. Sure I might go over, and I might gain a bit, but then I'll go on a long, long, long bicycle ride and lose it again. It's a comfortable balancing act. :) And I weigh myself every day so I keep tabs on what's going on.

    But when I'm on a mission to drop weight (like if I've got a big climbing ride coming up), I watch my calories like a hawk because I must lose that weight.
  • hotasfire36
    hotasfire36 Posts: 235 Member
    I don't worry about it because I look at the whole week.
  • LenGray
    LenGray Posts: 883 Member
    Usually I feel full.

    I generally try to stay around my maintenance calories when I'm splurging (such as with a holiday) Since I pre-log most days, I can see problem areas and have a rough guesstimate of how many calories I have available when unexpected treats come up.

    It might be a good strategy to keep in mind as you go through your weight loss journey, OP :)
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