I messed up...

zfitgal
zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
I mistakenly forgot to add my protein bar which was 190 calories...so now I am 183 calories over my budget. I did do 1 hour of weight and 1 hour of cardio...i usually only eat back 150 calories for one hour...Do u think I over are back exercise calories for 2? I'm so upset I messed up!
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  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    Don't stress. It will be ok. Maybe eat a little less tomorrow....it's done.... and it isn't going to sabotage your entire week unless you've messed up a lot. :)
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    It happens. You've logged it now, and 183 calories over isn't terrible at all. You can cut 50 calories off the next few days to make up for it, or just let it go as you're still under maintenance calories.
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    I feel so bad, i was doing so well
  • TheCupcakeCounter
    TheCupcakeCounter Posts: 606 Member
    Yeah no biggie-it's going to happen to everyone. Just adjust going forward by about 50 calories the next few days like the previous posters suggested.
    And please remind me I said this next time I lose my battle with the checkout lane peanut butter cups.
  • _benjammin
    _benjammin Posts: 1,224 Member
    Relax, no worries. Maybe eat a little less tomorrow but not necessary. Don't beat yourself up.
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    would it be bad if I subtracted 180 calories from tomorrow?
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    MFP says I need to eat 1380..i exercise I hour a day, I'm not really sure how much I burn so i put my daily calories at 1550, no less no more. I feel that's a great starting place...but I could eat 1380 tomorrow because of my little less up
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    zfitgal wrote: »
    would it be bad if I subtracted 180 calories from tomorrow?

    No, it wouldn't, but please keep things in perspective. 180 calories is 0.0515 lbs.

    I have no idea what that means lol
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    Po_210 wrote: »
    zfitgal wrote: »
    would it be bad if I subtracted 180 calories from tomorrow?

    If you did, what do you think will happen?

    it's my first week, I wanted it to be perfect ..
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    You're STILL doing well. If you want to eat less tomorrow that's fine...it's more of a cumulative / weekly (give or take) thing anyway than just one day. DO NOT BEAT YOURSELF UP.

    These things happen. How you deal with it is key. Shrug it off, be more careful tomorrow...it's all cool.
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    I might get very hungry but I'll deal
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    zfitgal wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    zfitgal wrote: »
    would it be bad if I subtracted 180 calories from tomorrow?

    No, it wouldn't, but please keep things in perspective. 180 calories is 0.0515 lbs.

    I have no idea what that means lol

    it means its basically nothing....your not going to put on weight for eating an extra 180 calories or even stop losing likely because its literally not even 0.1 of a pound
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    Lots of people use their weekly totals as their measurement of success. Whether you borrow from tomorrow or spread it out over the next few days is up to you. It certainly wouldn't be "bad".

    But you don't even need to do that, IMO. We have a saying here: "Log it and move on". Iow, treat tomorrow like any other day. Don't try to compensate or worse yet, punish yourself for today.
  • ajoseph5
    ajoseph5 Posts: 25 Member
    Keep moving forward, tomorrow is a new day. Don't short change yourself. We will have days when we mess up. Dust yourself off and keep moving towards your goal. Hope this was helpful.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    180 cals is NO BIG DEAL. You didn't mess up, you don't need to correct for it and "perfect" is a really hard ideal.

    You're being way too hard on yourself and considering this is only week one, your attitude will set you up for failure - not because you go over calories but because perfection is not sustainable.
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    should I do a little extra cardio ibstead?
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    that's better then limiting my food
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    I know, but I wasnt on planning on getting on the scale until next sunday, yea u guys are right, it's no big deal
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    There we go. /thread
  • alejandrocd85
    alejandrocd85 Posts: 10 Member
    You got it, it is no big deal!
  • Aftronthegreat
    Aftronthegreat Posts: 54 Member
    Everyone goes over now and then! No problem, no big deal!!!! :smiley:
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    You're a personal trainer, right? What advice would you give one of your clients if they came to you with this issue? You could always rely upon your own training and experience as to how to handle such a situation.
  • zfitgal
    zfitgal Posts: 519 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    You're a personal trainer, right? What advice would you give one of your clients if they came to you wh this issue? You could always rely upon your own training and experience as to how to handle such a situation.

    I'd tell them not to worry and focus on the bigger picture...but I'm harsher on myself
    :/
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,342 Member
    You're acting like you fell face down in a chinese buffet table. It's a minor blip. If you shaved 25 calories a day off the rest of the week it would even out, though that would probably be pointless because 25 calories a day is well within the margin for error on calculating your intake on any given day, in any event.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    You're acting like you fell face down in a chinese buffet table. It's a minor blip. If you shaved 25 calories a day off the rest of the week it would even out, though that would probably be pointless because 25 calories a day is well within the margin for error on calculating your intake on any given day, in any event.

    Not that that's always a bad thing....
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