Has anyone else become stingy with their calories...

SteveHunt113
SteveHunt113 Posts: 648 Member
edited November 10 in Food and Nutrition
Now that I'm tracking every single thing I eat, I find that I've become very stingy with my calories. Sometimes I will hop on the bike so I can burn more calories so I can indulge myself with a piece of candy ... or maybe a 64 calorie beer. Anyone else going through the same thing now that they have MFP to monitor their calories?
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  • Heidi64
    Heidi64 Posts: 211 Member
    Definitely! My motivation to exercise? So I can eat more!!! lol
  • Gioooo
    Gioooo Posts: 301 Member
    When I know I'm going out to eat or am going to have a cheat day I make sure I get a good work out in too..
  • mtretter
    mtretter Posts: 12 Member
    Sounds like me! I will walk an extra mile or so to earn a little more grub. I log everything I eat, my wife thinks I'm nuts, but it sure does give you a true picture of exactly how much you are eating when you track everything.
  • DLJ_77
    DLJ_77 Posts: 100 Member
    I find myself looking ridiculously forward to food...and trying to figure out ways I can eat the most for the least amount of calories! I guess that's the point, right? ;)
  • Cakepiebeer
    Cakepiebeer Posts: 392
    Now that I'm tracking every single thing I eat, I find that I've become very stingy with my calories. Sometimes I will hop on the bike so I can burn more calories so I can indulge myself with a piece of candy ... or maybe a 64 calorie beer. Anyone else going through the same thing now that they have MFP to monitor their calories?

    Nope, you're doing it right. That's what counting calories is all about. Being stingy in regards to what your goal is. Losing/maintaining/gaining Yea, you have to be stingy. It's like a game of chess. Thinking and planning ahead.Prepairing for your next intake, your next burn, your next reward, deficit, surplus, cheat meal. You learn the necessary tools and what works for you and YOU are in control of your body. And it gets easier and easier the more you focus

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  • bigjeffyc105_deleted
    bigjeffyc105_deleted Posts: 64
    I do the same thing, I find that if I want to have a special treat I work out to get something extra but I don't end up needing it anyways.. But it motivates me to work out so it's all good..
  • blueham5
    blueham5 Posts: 67 Member
    Yes, I've turned into a foodie and everything I eat has to be worth the calories. So if I eat icecream, it has to be my fave favour and brand or even with fruits or vege. It has to be fresh from the farmer's market.
  • debilyn574
    debilyn574 Posts: 92 Member
    Yes, I just found out that the Jolly Ranchers we have at reception sometimes have 20 calories... now I'm like, if I eat 2 of them, that's an extra 40 calories that I never log! Of course the flip side is that it's only 20 calories, is it going to make a HUGE difference??
  • kirstyg1980
    kirstyg1980 Posts: 302
    yes very much so and now I also do it with sugar content - lost count of how many times I've said to someone - you any idea how much sugar is in that!! :blushing:
  • chiera88
    chiera88 Posts: 155
    most definitely!
  • blv0267
    blv0267 Posts: 100 Member
    Oh yeah! We were going out to dinner Saturday night to my favorite restaurant so I walked extra, I Zumba'ed extra and then walked some more. Just so I could eat whatever I wanted and not feel tooooo bad about going over my calories for the day.
  • lambertj
    lambertj Posts: 675 Member
    Yes, I never ever drink my calories anymore and I was a Pepsi addict but I can get so much food for those calories
  • easuess
    easuess Posts: 53 Member
    On Super Bowl Sunday I walked 8.4 miles on the treadmill at 4% grade so I could eat the party food I wanted.

    So, yeah. I know EXACTLY what you're talking about. :laugh:
  • galegetsthin
    galegetsthin Posts: 1,340 Member
    I have been, but I dont eat back all my calories. just like 10 -20 % of them. So I dont get a whole lot extra. I just plan and save for the things I want every now and then.
  • lpeace2u
    lpeace2u Posts: 94 Member
    I excercise for wine!!!! LOL
  • sfh0wrd
    sfh0wrd Posts: 82
    I exercised extra long yesterday so I could eat an entire Ritter Sport candy bar. It was my birthday, dang it!
  • slay0r
    slay0r Posts: 669 Member
    I find that even though I've essentially been in maintenence for the last 4 months that even now when I see something that can fit in my calorie allowance, I STILL avoid it..I've just programmed myself not to eat anything bad whatsoever. Not sure if that's a good thing in the long term but if I have a cheat meal it makes it incredible!
  • tracyfeathers
    tracyfeathers Posts: 4
    I am VERY new to this...but, yesterday was the first day I plugged in excercise and got extra calories....That was the best thing since SANTA! I am totally going to be stingy.
  • dsjohndrow
    dsjohndrow Posts: 1,820 Member
    I decided to eat the amount of calories for the weight want o be at. So, I don'teat exercise calories. Just stick to the 1800-2000 per day.
  • mslack01
    mslack01 Posts: 823 Member
    YES!!! I try to save room for a half cup of ice cream. LOL.
  • sculley
    sculley Posts: 2,012 Member
    I often have the mentality as if it were money...Like do I really NEED that lol..... Yes I am stingy
  • MarincicS
    MarincicS Posts: 265 Member
    I try not to eat back my exercise calories and never eat back all of them.

    Today i poured out a whole 12.6 ounce bag of dark chocolate M&Ms to count EXACTLY how many there are in a "serving."

    In case you're interested, there were 428 M&Ms in the bag, a serving size is then equal to 53.5 M&Ms and 210 calories, which i divided in half (26.75) and rounded down to 25 M&Ms since it's hard to eat 0.75 of an M&M.

    I really wanted a treat, but there was NO way i was going to blow 210 calories on one!
  • beejam13
    beejam13 Posts: 2
    It is the inevitable outcome of gaining an awareness of the effect calories have on weight. Just don't try to outrun the calories - be smart.
  • timadotcom
    timadotcom Posts: 653 Member
    Definitely! My motivation to exercise? So I can eat more!!! lol

    ^^^ This! My burns are so I can eat and not be scared i'm going over my calories
  • Lokah13
    Lokah13 Posts: 13
    I decided to eat the amount of calories for the weight want o be at. So, I don'teat exercise calories. Just stick to the 1800-2000 per day.


    I try to do the same thing. However being in Afghanistan some times makes it hard to track what you ate. So I exercise daily and try not to intake the extra calories!
  • MarincicS
    MarincicS Posts: 265 Member
    I exercised extra long yesterday so I could eat an entire Ritter Sport candy bar. It was my birthday, dang it!

    Happy Birthday!!
  • Just1forMe
    Just1forMe Posts: 624 Member
    Nope, you're doing it right. That's what counting calories is all about. Being stingy in regards to what your goal is. Losing/maintaining/gaining Yea, you have to be stingy. It's like a game of chess. Thinking and planning ahead.Prepairing for your next intake, your next burn, your next reward, deficit, surplus, cheat meal. You learn the necessary tools and what works for you and YOU are in control of your body. And it gets easier and easier the more you focus

    Well said!!!
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    Moderation might work for weight loss, but I'm not exercising and tracking my food intake so I can eat ****ty food every day, just in smaller amounts. I'm doing it to stall or reverse any diagnosed and undiagnosed health issues caused by morbid obesity, to be stronger, fitter, and hopefully live a long, happy, active life. I don't need chocolate cake and beer to do any of that, and I'm certainly not going to justify it by hopping on the elliptical or treadmill. Maybe for a special occasion, like a birthday or anniversary or whatever, but to me, that's outside of the boundaries of moderation and I'd still try to fit it into my normal calorie/sugar/sodium intake for the day.
  • mrpurdy
    mrpurdy Posts: 262 Member
    << Will run for beer!
  • shellyt1
    shellyt1 Posts: 119
    I'm very careful with my calories during the day so I can enjoy at night and will even count shopping as walking a leasure pace for excercise! Your not alone!
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