When you eat more calories than anticipated how do you adjust your day? Feeling frustrated...

I'd get in a bit more exercise activity and continue with your original plan for eating. Being a bit over MFP recommended for 1 day shouldn't alter your weight loss.

I have had to talk to my OH about this a little too. I like @DebLaBounty 's comment to appreciate the effort he made (which I think you do) but you can also just talk to him about what works best for you so you can find a middle ground.

We normally make Kodiak cakes for breakfast on the weekends. I make it with water and an egg, and my OH usually does the same. Well, last weekend I walk in and he is mixing the batter after he just added 1/4 cup of half and half and two tablespoons of butter to it. I would not have known he added those in if I had not walked in at the right time (he is not a measuring cook, just one who can throw in ingredients by feel, I had to estimate those measurements based on his explanation of amounts used). I logged the additional calories that I normally would not have eaten, thanked him for cooking, but told him I would need to make mine separately from his if he had to add those things to the batter. In that case, I made vegetables the bulk of the volume of my dinner (a whole bag of steamed broccoli) and ate only a portion of the rest of the dinner (to hit my remaining calories) and saved the rest for left overs.

The next day, I woke up early and made them myself But I did add a tsp of vanilla extract and some cinnamon- they tasted awesome (more awesome, I guess, since I like the normal buttermilk flavor anyway).

weightforme8134 wrote: »

So funny penthesliea my husband does not measure things either and I have to be like "So wait how much cheese is in this?" "Oh about a half cup" grrr lol

Yeah, I have always needed to measure things for recipes but he can eyeball how much he needs for yummy food (it is an impressive skill, but frustrating for logging ).

The same thing happens to me a LOT, especially the "oh it was only a tablespoon of olive oil" (as I watch him pour in almost 1/4 cup). I just estimate the best I can and if I know I had more than I intended I'll say something like "Breakfast was amazing! I'll have to eat light the rest of the day though" (with a smile on my face)- that way he knows I appreciate the breakfast and am not complaining about wanting to eat light the rest of the day...but it lets him know- don't suggest pizza for lunch or dinner, lol! And if he does suggest something heavy later on I'll say "I have to pick and choose my splurges. Breakfast was awesome but I'm going to hold off on the pizza for a little while. It will be there another day when we want it." Might not work for everyone but it works for me and my hubby.

At the same time though, a lot of people have success looking at their weekly calories instead of just the daily ones- that way you can make small adjustment throughout the week rather than starving yourself the rest of the day to "make up for it" which can just lead to being miserable and binging.

Whatever you do, don't punish yourself or try to "make up for it" by denying yourself food if you're hungry. One day will not derail all your progress, and often it's best to just brush off the crumbs and move on.

If I put something in front of my wife which she didn't specifically ask for, she wouldn't eat it. That's proven. She's not on a calorie-counting kick either. She's just particular.

I can relate! Sometimes my boyfriend cooks dinner, and even though I know he's cooking I don't always know what it will be til the end of the day, and by then it's too late! I usually just try to add in exercise the next day or eat a light lunch.