Just ate 500 cals of chocolate and candy
deimosphoebos
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I've been consistently losing, logging and making great progress, but this afternoon I gobbled up a bag of Swedish berries and 3 turtle chocolate squares. The total calories eaten are approximately 500, so not to painful on my daily calorie intake.
I'm curious as to what caused this strange urge/binge. My diary is open, I am generally eating well, and had a hearty breakfast (high in protein and fats) not 2 hours ago.
I'm curious as to what caused this strange urge/binge. My diary is open, I am generally eating well, and had a hearty breakfast (high in protein and fats) not 2 hours ago.
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You want complete strangers to tell you the reason that you yourself decided to eat some chocolate? What possible insight could I honestly have? Person most informed about that is you.40
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make note of the situation. mad habits usually triggered my situation. for example on my long commute home, i had the habit of stopping for a snack of junk and/or fast food to break.4
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I'm not sure I understand the question are you never planning on eating turtles and Swedish berries again?
Indefinite High deficits eventually break. You may want to visit the refeed and diet break thread. Re examine the size of your deficits. Start thinking more about maintenance. And start laying the groundwork for the slower road ahead.
The less fat you have available to lose the slower the loss and the more lean mass gets lost together with it...10 -
In my experience, the answer is "because it's there"
My hubby regular brings home grocery bags full of marked down holiday candy (his calorie allowance is twice as high as mine). Some days I can ignore it, some days I can't. Obviously, my first choice would be for it not to be in my house.19 -
It was there and looked yummy?13
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Had you been thinking, not planning, but thinking about such things in the few days before?5
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I'm not sure I understand the question are you never planning on eating turtles and Swedish berries again?
Indefinite High deficits eventually break. You may want to visit the refeed and diet break thread. Re examine the size of your deficits. Start thinking more about maintenance. And start laying the groundwork for the slower road ahead.
The less fat you have available to lose the slower the loss and the more lean mass gets lost together with it...
I recently decreased my deficit, upped my daily intake by approximately 500 cals. But I may have to read up on refeeds, because my loss has been quite rapid. Thanks for the advice.5 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Had you been thinking, not planning, but thinking about such things in the few days before?
Actually, not at all. To be honest, I have been a bit fluey the last 24-48 hrs. It was all of a sudden. I had a great breakfast, lunch packed, but right before walking into the office I stopped by the store and bought the candy and chocolate. Almost like my body said, I need this now. It was weird.10 -
No idea why you did, but I suspect it's just that you wanted something sweet and chocolatey.
I have over 25 pounds of chocolate in my house most of the time.
I add 100 cals of it to my daily intake. Every day without fail.
It helps reduce the cravings.9 -
deimosphoebos wrote: »JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Had you been thinking, not planning, but thinking about such things in the few days before?
Actually, not at all. To be honest, I have been a bit fluey the last 24-48 hrs. It was all of a sudden. I had a great breakfast, lunch packed, but right before walking into the office I stopped by the store and bought the candy and chocolate. Almost like my body said, I need this now. It was weird.
It may be something to study curiously for a while. A smarty-pants once said "If we craved what we needed, we would crave vegetables and fruits."7 -
Consider a sudden psychological need. Having a bad day at the office? Or bored? If you want to manage your blood sugar, try keeping trail mix or nuts handy at work. If blood sugar isn't an issue, and if you don't do it often, why worry?7
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There's no automatic guilt reflex with a particular food. I had to train myself before I could live with that because from all our trustworthy and untrustworthy sources comes information that demonizes food and choices. I'm always in control and if I am then I need absolutely zero reason or justification for having a food I decide to have in the moment. But that context needs to always be that I am in control.
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It's called being human.14
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deimosphoebos wrote: »I've been consistently losing, logging and making great progress, but this afternoon I gobbled up a bag of Swedish berries and 3 turtle chocolate squares. The total calories eaten are approximately 500, so not to painful on my daily calorie intake.
I'm curious as to what caused this strange urge/binge. My diary is open, I am generally eating well, and had a hearty breakfast (high in protein and fats) not 2 hours ago.
Sometimes you just have cravings for something. A couple of weeks ago, it was pizza for me, and definitely more than 500 calories worth
I wouldn't worry too much about it unless it starts becoming a regular habit.5 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »You want complete strangers to tell you the reason that you yourself decided to eat some chocolate? What possible insight could I honestly have? Person most informed about that is you.
Well that was helpful.11 -
I was having a miserable day today, so I totally went to McDonald's for supper, and then Tim Hortons for an iced Capp and timbits later, now I feel horrible, but tomorrow is a new day I plan to get back on track8
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I was having a miserable day today, so I totally went to McDonald's for supper, and then Tim Hortons for an iced Capp and timbits later, now I feel horrible, but tomorrow is a new day I plan to get back on track
Every once in a while, it seems like I have one of those days. Just need to get back on track tomorrow 0 -
As long as it fits in your calories don't worry about it. Yeah, it wasn't the best thing to eat but oh well.
I have jellybeans from Valentine's Day I plan to eat at some point, lol1 -
You’re about to get your period.25
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deimosphoebos wrote: »
Glad I could help. ;-)4 -
I just upped my intake by 190 and my first impulse was to eat a 200 calorie chocolate and nuts Kind bar even though I had already eaten 2 small chocolate snacks. And I did eat the Kind bar. It sounds like you had a similar reaction. It's like the brain says "I know this will get spread around evenly to eat a little more good food at each meal, but let's throw a little party first"deimosphoebos wrote: »I recently decreased my deficit, upped my daily intake by approximately 500 cals.
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I literally did that two days ago, after a snack, after a multi hour workout (except, make "500 calories" 1 riesen...4 riesen...6 riesen....the entire bag).
Lesson: never go into a store hungry.5 -
OP I do the same thing sometimes. It just seems to happen. Frustrating, when most of the time I can just say “no thanks” and go about my day without eating that unplanned food.2
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I'm happy to hear that I am not alone. Thanks for all the helpful advice.4
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You lost control. Cravings will come and you have to commit to not giving into them.12
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iwishiwasskinny2 wrote: »You lost control. Cravings will come and you have to commit to not giving into them.
Or at least commit to not committing hari kiri when you do.9 -
iwishiwasskinny2 wrote: »You lost control. Cravings will come and you have to commit to not giving into them.
Nope. This all or nothing thinking is more toxic than helpful.
OP- this is a lifestyle, manage the rest of the day the best you can and start fresh tomorrow. You’re not out of control, you’re human.9 -
I think sometimes it can be anything or nothing. If I am tired I tend to find it harder to avoid sugary things during the day. Personally I like chocolate and evenings are when I struggle so I save calories for the evening and have some chocolate. Most of the time in the day I can avoid it but ocassionally my willpower weakens and I just have it. If you managed to fit it in to your calories then no harm done really.
Do you allow yourself the odd sweet treat? Maybe working something in on a regular basis, would stop a 500 cal splurge?1
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