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Jingsi84
Jingsi84 Posts: 127 Member
in Motivation and Support
I’ve read over and over about how people underestimate their calorie intake but thought for sure that couldn’t happen to me. Then I was bored and thought to work out the recipe for holiday cookies I had been previously logging using a general descriptor. Turns out I was under-reporting almost 150 calories per day which is a ton when you are petite and its more than 10% of goal. Argh. Just glad I caught it now but it stinks because I thought I was doing so well, and was just waiting for a whoosh. Thanks for letting me vent. My fam is morbidly obese and would throttle me if they heard me lamenting 150 calories. :)

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  • 88olds
    88olds Posts: 4,491 Member
    edited January 2018
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    Good work. Hard numbers are better than generic. Generic is ok in a pinch.

    If you’re keeping a food diary and crunching numbers like this, I’d say you’re doing very well. No human undertaking is mistake free. Keep going.

  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited January 2018
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    We learn something new each day - its as well you caught on when you did :smile:
  • suerlewis2
    suerlewis2 Posts: 126 Member
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    Well they say knowledge is power - you now have a little more power. Smile, it's done.
  • Jingsi84
    Jingsi84 Posts: 127 Member
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    Thanks everyone. "knowledge is power." I like that!

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