so what do you do.....

beckyi88
beckyi88 Posts: 604
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
when it is only 4pm and you are already 175 calories over your daily limit?
This is my 3rd day on the site, but only the 1st where I've tracked calories.
Do I not eat until breakfast, or have a protein shake for dinner? I did plan for my calories to be heavier early in the day, but apparently I went overboard.
What do you do?
Becky

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  • beckyi88
    beckyi88 Posts: 604
    when it is only 4pm and you are already 175 calories over your daily limit?
    This is my 3rd day on the site, but only the 1st where I've tracked calories.
    Do I not eat until breakfast, or have a protein shake for dinner? I did plan for my calories to be heavier early in the day, but apparently I went overboard.
    What do you do?
    Becky
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    its 4 pm

    do some cardio and earn more calories to eat

    dance
    skip rope
    clean something
    move and then eat


    have some fun
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,191 Member
    :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    I suggest that you treat yourself as a person learning something new and not expect perfection right away. When I started I planned my three meals and a snack ahead of time without knowing the calories and stuck to the plan, no matter what. After a few days of doing that, I moved on to logging in and being aware of the calories. As you plan your day ahead of time, you can change and rearrange so you don't go over. Once you've eaten it, you can't change the plan.


    So
    have a protein shake for dinner. Then plan your meals for tomorrow and be sure that you keep your calories the way you want them. It helped me to notice things like making smaller meat portions and larger salad and veggies, eliminating sauces, condiments, spreads, and other stuff that was high in calories without any real substance. What you'll get is gradual improvement in your choices.

    Take it one day at a time and take baby steps
    aim for progress, not perfection.

    Good luck, you can do it. :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:
  • Chenoachem
    Chenoachem Posts: 1,758 Member
    its 4 pm

    do some cardio and earn more calories to eat

    dance
    skip rope
    clean something
    move and then eat


    have some fun

    I second that. Do a workout.
  • tayner
    tayner Posts: 372
    exercise
  • getfitwithangela
    getfitwithangela Posts: 23 Member
    Get in a workout for sure and then you can eat supper!! Earn those calories!! :smile:
  • Zara11
    Zara11 Posts: 1,247 Member
    Yup. Exercise. If you burn around 500 calories, you can have a light dinner of some meat or fish with lots of veggies. Maybe half a sweet potato. And when you sit down to eat that meal, first log your food while you chug water. Then eat the veggies. Then eat the rest. If you're not hungry partway through, take a break. You have the rest of the evening to eat it if you get hungry again.

    I need to buy a jump rope.
  • Zara11
    Zara11 Posts: 1,247 Member
    Oh, and P.S. Don't beat yourself up. Just smile, learn something new, and move on!
  • rlw911
    rlw911 Posts: 475 Member
    its 4 pm

    do some cardio and earn more calories to eat

    dance
    skip rope
    clean something
    move and then eat


    have some fun

    I second that. Do a workout.

    I third it. :smile: There's plenty of time left in the day to burn off some of those calories so that you can have a light dinner.
  • BrenNew
    BrenNew Posts: 3,420 Member
    Dance to some fast music for exercise to burn some of those calories.
    Also, I always recommend logging your foods BEFORE you have them, rather than afterwards. I sometimes even log 3 and 4 days ahead! :smile:
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
    Don't skip dinner, whatever you do. A protein shake is not enuf. If you can burn cals, great. If you can't, you know that you can eat up to the deficit without "gaining" weight, for example because I'm large my cal deficit is over 700. But if you have a smaller deficit, you may already be there. It takes 3500 cals to gain a pound of fat... doubt if you'll eat that much! So eat a light, but healthy dinner, lots of lettuce (very low cal) to fill yourself up, drink your water... and learn from the experience. We've all done it.

    Like they said, in the beginning it's easier to log your calories for the entire day before you eat, so you can rearrange some things or do a bigger workout. I did that for a few weeks and then was able to get a handle on things after that. My cals just went down by 100 a day so I might have to start doing that again so I don't go over on days I don't exercise!!
  • Treadly
    Treadly Posts: 17
    Evaluate your daily consumption goals you have set for yourself. Do this by estimating what you were eating per day and what your goal is. I am assuming you have been faithful with your nutrtion the past 3 days, so if have been good then go foward and make adjustments if neccessary?

    I know what you don't want to do, and that is to starve yourself or go a long period of time without snacking. This will encourage overeating and thus eating bad things. I would take the positive out of this day,... you ate a good meal for breakfast ( which is what you should do to get your body energized and metabolism kicked in). Also, eating breakfast and excersize in the morning is the best way to get the day started.

    It is easy to say go excersize and earn more calories, but you may be at a point that requires fitness to start slowly and and work your way up. Remember starting a diet and fitness are 2 habits, and like quitting 2 habits at one time is hard, so is starting 2 habits at one time. I go by the rule of thumb it takes 21 days to start or break a habit.

    I encourage you and wish the best foy you.

    Please let the community know about the great progrees you are making. I look foward to hearing about it!
  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    Evaluate your daily consumption goals you have set for yourself. Do this by estimating what you were eating per day and what your goal is. I am assuming you have been faithful with your nutrtion the past 3 days, so if have been good then go foward and make adjustments if neccessary?

    I know what you don't want to do, and that is to starve yourself or go a long period of time without snacking. This will encourage overeating and thus eating bad things. I would take the positive out of this day,... you ate a good meal for breakfast ( which is what you should do to get your body energized and metabolism kicked in). Also, eating breakfast and excersize in the morning is the best way to get the day started.

    It is easy to say go excersize and earn more calories, but you may be at a point that requires fitness to start slowly and and work your way up. Remember starting a diet and fitness are 2 habits, and like quitting 2 habits at one time is hard, so is starting 2 habits at one time. I go by the rule of thumb it takes 21 days to start or break a habit.

    I encourage you and wish the best foy you.

    Please let the community know about the great progrees you are making. I look foward to hearing about it!

    NIcely put.
  • keiko
    keiko Posts: 2,919 Member
    Evaluate your daily consumption goals you have set for yourself. Do this by estimating what you were eating per day and what your goal is. I am assuming you have been faithful with your nutrtion the past 3 days, so if have been good then go foward and make adjustments if neccessary?

    I know what you don't want to do, and that is to starve yourself or go a long period of time without snacking. This will encourage overeating and thus eating bad things. I would take the positive out of this day,... you ate a good meal for breakfast ( which is what you should do to get your body energized and metabolism kicked in). Also, eating breakfast and excersize in the morning is the best way to get the day started.

    It is easy to say go excersize and earn more calories, but you may be at a point that requires fitness to start slowly and and work your way up. Remember starting a diet and fitness are 2 habits, and like quitting 2 habits at one time is hard, so is starting 2 habits at one time. I go by the rule of thumb it takes 21 days to start or break a habit.

    I encourage you and wish the best foy you.

    Please let the community know about the great progrees you are making. I look foward to hearing about it!

    NIcely put.

    Very nicely put! This is great advice!
  • beckyi88
    beckyi88 Posts: 604
    Thank you for all the tremendous advice and support.
    I am a compulsive overexerciser (3-4 hours daily since August) so I certainly appreciate the advice which helps me in my weaker area of food control, but the exercise is also a great idea. I just have to learn how to balance it all! I can not even begin to imagine the number of calories I've been consuming daily to exercise the way I have and while not lose weight, miraculously didn;t gain any either! I'm so grateful for this site and how easy it makes tracking your meals. I love the idea of pre-recording meals. I would never have thought that one out!
    Thanks again! :flowerforyou:

    Becky
  • Treadly
    Treadly Posts: 17
    Hi Becky,

    So you excersize a lot. Your story reminds of well,... myself.

    I went to the doctor for my annual physical August 21, 2005. I have always worked out 5-6 days a week. I found out I had high cholesterol reading (211). I knew it was the result of poor eating habits. I started tracking my food on August 25, 2005 with a calorie load of 2600 calories per day, and maintained my same workout routines. I weighed in at 193 August 25 with a height 6'1'' . I could pinch 2 inches :)

    I really had cut down on how many calories I was eating, and only eating 2600 ( and actaully less than that) a day was tough at first. By September 30, 2005 I had only dropped to 188, ( I figured my body was was thinking I was teasing it and the result was little weight loss and probably no cholesterol reduction. Then all of a suddenly by Jan 1st ,2006 I was down to 163 and my cholesterol readings were under 130. I had to actually start eating more food to gain weight, which was just awsome. I have maintained a weight between 170 - 173 lbs for almost 4 years now. My profile picture is how I have looked for the 3 years.

    I have gotten so used to recording my food that it is second nature. This is the 3rd program I have used and by far the best. The nutrtion info this sight has is not only helpful but very sobering!

    My wife and I have lived by 1 simple rule since August 25, 2005, We don't eat scavenger type meats, pork, lobster, carp, shrimp., and we don't eat at fast food places at all. We love Subway, and Quiznos. Although Quiznos you need to be very careful of what you select! We also eat out at higher end places, but are very careful of what we eat. Oh yea I will have a small blizzard a week during the summer time.
    I also encourage you if you are not doing it to do zone workouts during your cardio sessions, that will make a tremendous difference in you calories burned and funtion of you cardiovascular system.

    I hope this gives you a positve outlook and something to look foward to.

    Cheers,

    Randy (Treadly)
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