What do you do when you have calories left

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  • TheCupcakeCounter
    TheCupcakeCounter Posts: 606 Member
    annacole94 wrote: »
    Wine. It's like you can see me right now.

    Yup...wine
  • FoxyMars25
    FoxyMars25 Posts: 112 Member
    Bank the calories for drinking wine over the weekend!
  • lawsonsaysread
    lawsonsaysread Posts: 53 Member
    Almonds
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    Tough choice...

    Chocolate or cheese...
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    I "save" them for another day and if I never use them, it's an extra oomph in my deficit.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    I'm still at the point where I don't feel like I need to be eating back my exercise calories, and I prelog my day so that I'm meeting my protein goal and I tend to plan right up to my 1650 limit. Sometimes the day gets away from me and I'm too busy to eat the snacks I planned/brought with me. When that happens I save the snacks for another day and add something to dinner. Generally I just adjust portion size of what I was already going to eat, like last night I was able to double my portions of refried beans and sour cream for taco salad night and was super satisfied. I'm trying my best not to use empty calories but I know I will give in to special occasions from time to time. It's just easier not to have chocolate or ice cream on hand, and I don't drink alcohol on work nights. I'm summation, when I have extra calories I either have a little more dinner or just let them be/not worry about eating them.
  • don9992
    don9992 Posts: 49 Member
    Sell them on eBay.

    But seriously, if I don't feel like eating why would I stuff my face. MFP whines at me once in a while for not "eating enough calories" but I see no reason not to ignore it.
  • cbelc2
    cbelc2 Posts: 762 Member
    It depends on how hungry I am. If I'm feeling satisfied, I quit eating. If I'm hungry, I look to see what I'm missing and fill the void. It also depends on time of day. After 8? I go hungry.
  • Golbat
    Golbat Posts: 276 Member
    I get a headache if I go much under my calories, so I'd probably have a little ice cream or something.
  • PrincessMel72
    PrincessMel72 Posts: 1,094 Member
    If I'm not hungry I'll bank them for the weekend. If I'm still hungry, I find snacks to fill the amount that I have left without going over. Some favorites of mine are Halo Top Ice cream, Fudgcicles, fruit with whipped cream, or some chocolate!
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Ice cream.
  • Loze2Winn
    Loze2Winn Posts: 1 Member
    How do you bank unused calories for another day?
  • RedheadedPrincess14
    RedheadedPrincess14 Posts: 415 Member
    I guess it depends on if you're hungry B)
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
    I give them to my hungry friends.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Loze2Winn wrote: »
    How do you bank unused calories for another day?

    Keep a note of them, then if there is a day when you feel like eating more, eat over your daily calorie budget by as many calories as you have banked if you wish.
  • wintersjourney94
    wintersjourney94 Posts: 3 Member
    That's enough for me to have 2 glasses of wine! Lol
  • skellymama1
    skellymama1 Posts: 83 Member
    fascha wrote: »
    Eat chocolate

    This is exactly the first thing I thought of when I read the title of this thread
  • SiegfriedXXL
    SiegfriedXXL Posts: 219 Member
    Bank for the weekend or do a lighter workout one day on the weekend.
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    TheCupcakeCounter wrote: »
    annacole94 wrote: »
    Wine. It's like you can see me right now.

    Yup...wine

    wine AND chocolate :)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Hthrbee1978 wrote: »
    If you're full... then just leave them there. You are not a trash can to shovel food into just because you can. If I'm full and still have calories left, I will go for a walk.

    Do not understand the logic.

    Also, if having a piece of chocolate when I have calories left prevents me from going way over two days later because I'm going to binge on chocolate because I restricted myself too much, it's a pretty good trade off.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Hthrbee1978 wrote: »
    If you're full... then just leave them there. You are not a trash can to shovel food into just because you can. If I'm full and still have calories left, I will go for a walk.

    Do not understand the logic.

    Also, if having a piece of chocolate when I have calories left prevents me from going way over two days later because I'm going to binge on chocolate because I restricted myself too much, it's a pretty good trade off.

    If I want chocolate, I never wait to see if I have calories left. I eat it long before that. :p
  • caryll4
    caryll4 Posts: 21 Member
    Can we bank them for another day
  • Larissa_NY
    Larissa_NY Posts: 495 Member
    It's 340 calories, let it go. You don't have to eat right up to the 0-calories-left mark every day. In fact, given the inherent inaccuracies involved in counting calories, that's a very good way to put yourself into a surplus without realizing it.
  • lumenosis
    lumenosis Posts: 66 Member
    I wasn't so much worrying about eating the leftover calories. I never eat right up to zero, what I was really wondering is when you have a chunk of cals left but only space in sugar/carb macro spots.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    lumenosis wrote: »
    I wasn't so much worrying about eating the leftover calories. I never eat right up to zero, what I was really wondering is when you have a chunk of cals left but only space in sugar/carb macro spots.

    'Space"? You know you don't have to eat EXACTLY to your percentages. I try to get in the protein primarily. Carbs if I need it (long bike ride / workout coming up). Otherwise I don't worry about it. If you are hungry, then eat what you want.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,748 Member
    If hungry, I eat. If not, I bank it for the future. I will eat them eventually. Some days I do a lot of exercise so have extra calories, but on the days I don't do as much, I can eat over my calories without worrying about it. Having excess calories left over is only a problem if it is consistently way too low and if you are ignoring hunger signals.
  • 8675mir
    8675mir Posts: 10 Member
    I usually go for a cup of skim milk or a piece of fruit!
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    edited April 2017
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    . It's also okay to eat when not hungry if that's what someone wants if they have extras lying around without being swayed by baseless moral judgements.

    There's still the obvious fact that they need to lose some weight, no?

    Eating per want and not need is usually what got people here in the first place.

  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    . It's also okay to eat when not hungry if that's what someone wants if they have extras lying around without being swayed by baseless moral judgements.

    There's still the obvious fact that they need to lose some weight, no?

    Eating per want and not need is usually what got people here in the first place.

    Please note the "if they have extras lying around", meaning extra calories.
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    . It's also okay to eat when not hungry if that's what someone wants if they have extras lying around without being swayed by baseless moral judgements.

    There's still the obvious fact that they need to lose some weight, no?

    Eating per want and not need is usually what got people here in the first place.

    Please note the "if they have extras lying around", meaning extra calories.

    I know it's extra calories. What I get at is the strategy to do with them.

    I would save them for a need that likely comes soon. It always does. Eating just because I want, have extra lying around, is a bad strategy.
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