What happens if you can't eat all your cals?

at 7:57 pm the world will stop turning and the cars will run off the road

seriously tho
nothing happens

you just need to plan bigger portions earlier in the day next time

its OK

at 7:57 pm the world will stop turning and the cars will run off the road

seriously tho
nothing happens

you just need to plan bigger portions earlier in the day next time

its OK

Geez Dave... I was going to say you explode!

Okay, I"m new at this so don't laugh- but as long as you are over 1,200 cals, eating fewer calories is better, right?

I've just learned it depends on how heavy you are, and your personal chemistry. I have over a hundred pounds to lose, and am currently eating about 1/3 of my exercise cals (those are the ones you burn on top of you base cals e.g. 1200) But if you don't have as much to lose, eat those calories so your body doesn't turn on you and start burning lean tissue for fuel. There are lots of great threads on this written by banks. You can do a search in the forum. Hope this helps more than it confuses! :laugh:

I also NEVER EVER EVER have this problem - I am jealous!!

i understand i generally have about 700 calories left at the end of the day and if i were to eat anything else i would have to force myself

Stop thinking in days - look at the bigger picture and see how you look over several days or a week - think in terms of average calories per day in a week - this is how I have approached it and it seems to work (this includes sometimes eating exercise calories and sometimes not all of them) :glasses:

Yes, Just because you earn extra calories dont mean you have to eat them! You will loose more weight faster if you dont.:drinker:

i hear you lose weight really fast if you starve yourself completely. :noway: :huh:

That made me laugh so hard and quickly that I snorted.

You donate them to someone that can use them, like me.

seriously what are you people eating? I NEVER have this problem! EVER! :laugh:

Ditto :grumble: :ohwell: :glasses:

I personally go with whatever feels better for the day. Some days I'll fill it in with peanut butter, other days I'll just let it slide because I'm genuinely not hungry. For example I still have 700 calories to eat today thanks to my daily run, and I'm STUFFED because I had a massive dinner.

As a side note: did you know tomatoes are mostly water, so you can eat a whole one for like, 25 calories? Mmmmmm.

and they have tons of potassium too, which is great. They're like a banana without all the sugar (well, not THAT much potatssium, but still a lot)