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Slept in, can't get all my cals in..help?

hydrocannon
hydrocannon Posts: 10
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Woke up extremely late, missed breakfast and lunch...does anyone else have this happen to them? I can't get all my cals in with dinner alone. Help? What would you do in these kind of situations?

Replies

  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,469 Member
    booze night.:laugh:
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    One low day won't kill you any more than one high day will.

    Eat properly tomorrow.
  • tbhoover
    tbhoover Posts: 402 Member
    Yeah its not the end of the world to have a day lower in calories. If you are really worried about it eat some peanut butter
  • Sunshiny2
    Sunshiny2 Posts: 24 Member
    Put butter on things
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Personally, I take those opportunities to eat ice cream. But if you can't do that, then almonds, avocado, peanut butter are all high cals in small amounts. If you drink something low/no cal for dinner, then drink a big glass of milk instead.
  • Thanks everyone for your input! Tomorrow will be a new day :)
  • Spanaval
    Spanaval Posts: 1,200 Member
    You can bank it and have a splurge meal later if you'd like. You don't have to do anything if you don't want to, of course. Missing a couple of meals isn't going to hurt anything.
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    You slept, you weren't burning many calories so you don't need to make them up. Just have a nice dinner & call it a day.
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    Don't worry about it. You'll be hungrier tomorrow and will want to make up for it.
  • norbott
    norbott Posts: 1 Member
    When I need extra calories, I use that time to eat something I never let myself eat anymore! And I know you can load up on lots of cals just by having a glass of milk and oreo cookies! LOL! Not exactly healthy....but don't beat yourself up over one day! It's not worth it! Keep up the good work!
  • fitniknik
    fitniknik Posts: 713 Member
    I will take them! I really screwd myself today with mine!
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I had that problem on Sunday. I still had 1300 calories left to use at 7 pm, so my son and I split a pizza, and then I had two single serving size Ben & Jerry's. It was pretty awesome. :smile:
  • kimberly0416
    kimberly0416 Posts: 123 Member
    Peanut butter
  • GreenEyedDork
    GreenEyedDork Posts: 42 Member
    I know what you mean I sleep late everyday.
    And it's hard for me to get everything in before it resets at midnight.
    But all I can say is try your best...
    I sometimes don't get to log in some things but usually not much to make a difference and I keep in mind what my calorie intake was at before it reset.
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