any NONRUDE ideas?
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I don't mean to be rude when I ask this, but why didn't you eat anything the rest of the day? That's what would throw up the ED flags in this case. I appreciate you don't want this to happen again though.0
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Seriously, was it accidental burn?
If you knew it was coming, you should have eaten a bit extra in advance. That way you don't have to force yourself to eat afterwards
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today i exercised 800 calories off. and i wasnt hungery at all and i shoved down my throat around 650 calories... 643 to be exact. now it says i am in the negatives but im just not hungry and frankly feel bloated for some reason. how cani prevent this from happening in the future?
Maybe I'm in the minority here... but I would say that if you are maintaining or losing weight, don't worry about the few extra calories you did not eat back. Weight loss comes with a calorie deficit. You have to burn more calories than you consume. When I had more weight to lose, I ate back more of my exercise calories. Now that I'm just a few pounds from my goal, I am eating very few of them back. Do what is right for your body! If you feel you can't eat anything else, and your choices are healthy ones, why force it? Good luck to you! Only you know your body the best. Just listen to it. 0 -
my husband fills up with protein drinks when he is too low in calories, you can buy ready ones that taste good, called muscle milk, they are in the section where you can get protein bars etc, which are good idea too to fill calories and get good nutrition after a workout.0
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Seriously, was it accidental burn?
If you knew it was coming, you should have eaten a bit extra in advance. That way you don't have to force yourself to eat afterwards
i didnt know if i was going to the gym or not. it was just how my schedule worked out and it ended up i got left at the gym for two hours without a ride anywhere. so yeah. i didnt want to eat a million calories before and not exercise. so i didnt eat much cause i was kinda sick to my stomach this morning0 -
Depends what the 643 cals were.. was it a lot of bread? pasta? I have no problem eating my 1200 cals between 6pm and midnight and I feel perfectly comfortable and non-bloated as long as they are clean foods. Nuts, cheese, meat, veggies, stuff like that. And it doesn't bloat me up eating that much at once.
It's also possible that your body was busy trying to repair the muscles you worked out with and not enough blood got to your digestive system for digestion, resulting in bloating.0 -
eat more earlier? I had the same problem at first... plan ahead what you want to eat so you can keep in mind that you still have things to eat.
sometimes it happens just try not to make it a habit.0 -
*disclaimer*
do not be rude.
do not be a meany.
Do not call me stupid.
Do not say i have a disease or disorder because i dont.
Do not be rude.
today i exercised 800 calories off. and i wasnt hungery at all and i shoved down my throat around 650 calories... 643 to be exact. now it says i am in the negatives but im just not hungry and frankly feel bloated for some reason. how cani prevent this from happening in the future?
Maybe I'm in the minority here... but I would say that if you are maintaining or losing weight, don't worry about the few extra calories you did not eat back. Weight loss comes with a calorie deficit. You have to burn more calories than you consume. When I had more weight to lose, I ate back more of my exercise calories. Now that I'm just a few pounds from my goal, I am eating very few of them back. Do what is right for your body! If you feel you can't eat anything else, and your choices are healthy ones, why force it? Good luck to you! Only you know your body the best. Just listen to it.
If the OP was only a few hundred calories away from her net calorie goal I would agree with you, everything we enter is an estimate anyway and I don't think it matters if you are a little way off either way.
But, she says she ate 650 cals and exercised 800. Assuming her daily calorie goal to keep her alive and moving is 1200 then she should have eaten 2000 cals today - putting her at 1450 negative calories for the day. That's more than just a few missing!
One day won't matter, but in the long term this is a massive calorie deficit and isn't going to be healthy.0 -
Make sure its NATURAL peanut butter with no hydrogenated oil crap in it.
wanna know something gross? i was eating my peanut butter crackers and looked at the ingrediants and guess what? fake peanut butter. guess whos not eating that again!0 -
Rules one and five are the same, so I'm very confused about what rule 5 is REALLY supposed to be. I know I can't be rude, meany, call you stupid.....but can I be a smart *kitten*? I didn't see a rule against that.0
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*disclaimer*
do not be rude.
do not be a meany.
Do not call me stupid.
Do not say i have a disease or disorder because i dont.
Do not be rude.
today i exercised 800 calories off. and i wasnt hungery at all and i shoved down my throat around 650 calories... 643 to be exact. now it says i am in the negatives but im just not hungry and frankly feel bloated for some reason. how cani prevent this from happening in the future?
Maybe I'm in the minority here... but I would say that if you are maintaining or losing weight, don't worry about the few extra calories you did not eat back. Weight loss comes with a calorie deficit. You have to burn more calories than you consume. When I had more weight to lose, I ate back more of my exercise calories. Now that I'm just a few pounds from my goal, I am eating very few of them back. Do what is right for your body! If you feel you can't eat anything else, and your choices are healthy ones, why force it? Good luck to you! Only you know your body the best. Just listen to it.
her choice was not healthy. She ate 640 calories, and burned 800. That puts her at -150 (+) calories for the day. Not a -150 below 1,200 ... not -150 below her goal ... -150 period.
Now listen, OP .. I totally get having a day every now and then where I don't meet my caloric goal for one reason or another .. probably once a month I end up with a net 800 or so calories... and I don't stress about it. But what you did today was really irresponsible. It wasn't a weight loss trick, and it wasn't an accident. and you can't convince me otherwise. There are a lot of great suggestions here to help you eat enough to fuel your body, and I urge you to take them... and plan ahead in the future.0 -
Can I be just a little rude? I'll send flowers afterwards.0
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Can I be just a little rude? I'll send flowers afterwards.
I want flowers :sad: :sad: :sad:0 -
If it's just a one day thing then don't worry about it. I have random days where I'm just not hungry and I fall under 1200...but it's rare. I think you should've eaten something small @ least before working out...granola bar...something. But no biggie if it's just a one off!0
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*****. :flowerforyou:0
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Eat more.0
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Try eating 40 grams of protein within a half hour after waking up in the morning. That's three eggs. That should crank up your metabolism, which will make you hungrier and increase fat burning.0
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if you know if you are going to workout, then eat the calories earlier in the day0
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That should crank up your metabolism, which will make you hungrier and increase fat burning.
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Lucy
In all seriousness, this kind of thing is preventable.
Unless you hit the gym first thing in the morning, I'm not sure how you got to the gym having not eaten anything earlier in the day. Whether you are going to the gym or not doesn't change the fact the body needs fuel.
Clearly gorging to make up a calorie deficit didn't work. Now you know one way to not respond in the future. Eating multiple times throughout the day would seem the better strategy.
I know people on the boards from time to time pop up with something like," I only ate 750 calories today, and I can't eat anything else because I am not hungry. What do I do?".
Eating too little (this will vary based on individual physiology) because one is "not hungry" is just as unhealthy as eating too much because one "isn't full yet." Neither is a healthy relationship with food.
Food is fuel. We need a steady supply of quality food to operate optimally and reach our FITNESS goals. If we don't hit our calories and macro ratios but consume a large volume of food, then we are making the wrong food choices. That isn't any different than totally blowing past our calorie restrictions a small volume of hyper calorie dense food in one meal.
They may be different ends of the spectrum, but it is the same problem.0 -
That should crank up your metabolism, which will make you hungrier and increase fat burning.
LMAO!!! now I can go to sleep..thank you!
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I wondered what you ate to get those calories. If they were protein/carbs. I think you said you ate after working out, stuffed them and then felt bloated. I like to work out at night, around 7-8 pm because it helps me not sit and eat at home at night. Change the time of day when you eat. Eat your breakfast - you need to "break the fast" and get your metabolism going. Eat a really nutitious lunch, and then some fruit or maybe soybeans an hour before you work out. If you don't eat after a big/hard workout, just drink your water and you should be ok. I would caution that if this is a normal routine, your body is going to suffer more damage. It's just not meant to exist on that hard of exercise with that little nutrition. Lots of good suggestions on peanut butter, soybeans, almonds,etc.0
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I would start by always eating breakfast. Then consider what you did eat and if something isn't sitting well with you.
I like to exercise before eating when I can (I can eat with my toddler but exercising with him? Well that's how I gained 30 pounds!), but try to eat soon after, and only when that means exercise is the first thing I do (never waiting hours to exercise before I eat). I've been losing well by getting 25+ minutes in the morning and eating when I want, not tracking calories.
It's important to eat for nourishment rather than to avoid fats and calories! Nuts, nut butters, fruits, veggies and sea food help me get what I need without being uncomfortable.0 -
A couple of thoughts:
1) Does this happen to you on a regular basis? If not - don't worry about it... Seriously - everyone has days when they go over or under calories. Its not a problem once in a while.
2) When I do high burn days (up to 1600 cals so far doing half marathon distances) I find it really hard to eat all that back: I normally run in the morning and hate running on a full stomach so I have a light but high cal breakfast like porridge or a cliff bar (Only 250 cals max). When I get back I normally have a recovery shake - up to 300 Cals - and the rest of the day I tend to eat my normal amount with maybe slightly bigger portions, say, 300 cals over ... HOWEVER - day before I will eat maybe 300 extra cals of carbs (Pasta) and the day after I generally go over by 300-500 cals because I am HUNGRY - normally carbs and protein. So- Net over the 3 days its normally about right but on any given day I am +/-10-25% off. Apparently this is normal - alot of people find it hard to eat after a long workout.
In other words if you do this kind of thing regularly don't think in single days, think in blocks of 3-4 day averages.
3) Some high-but-healthy calorie options:
Whole grain pasta or rice
Porridge
Clif bars (or similar but these are my favourite)
Recovery Shakes
Bananas
Nuts (I like the Tesco Fruit and nut with cranberry mix: 30g is 120 calories and its quite easy to eat double that without feeling at all bloated).
Also - you will feel a lot better if you consume protein after a long workout so chicken, fish etc is a good choice - but I find both very filling.0
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