Lunch disaster

No remorse lately since I've been planning better and bringing my lunches. Restaurants are notorious for hidden calories and in my case "gluten". Even stopping in at a grocery store to grab a veggie and dip from the produce section is better than that, but watch the dressing!

It happens to all of us. Just don't look back. Go on with your healthy eating plan. By the way....did the taco salad come in a deep fried bowl?

One meal won't kill you, so just eat normally for the rest of the day.

1200 isn't much anyway, so you've probably got room for a little error.

If you're obsessive about the calorie counting for a bit, you will eventually learn what good choices are, and what things that seem like good choices but (taco salad) aren't... but it takes some trial and error.

And as long as you're eating enough calories (do some research, don't just take MFP's word for it or set your goal for 1200 b/c that's the minimum) and getting your vitamins, you shouldn't get sick from dieting.

Good for your hubby for loving you as you are!

Good luck to you :-)
Jen

I totally relate to the "over watching"! Trying to plan meals with my boyfriend has been interesting. I try to plan 2 or 3 days ahead and he just looks at me funny!

A similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago eating sushi. It's raw fish and rice for heaven's sake. How bad could it be? When I looked up the calorie count on my three rolls it totalled over 1000 calories! I've learned my lesson and make better sushi choices (for instance as good as a rainbow california roll is, it's almost twice the calories of a regular california roll).

Don't let one lunch bug you so much. You're clearly doing well, and you'll recover quickly. Do a little extra time at the gym or skip your evening snack and most of all, pat yourself on the back for the good things you're doing and don't beat yourself up for one unintentional overindulgence.

I was eating 1200 calories for 9 weeks and working out 3 x a week and I mean a vigerous 1 hr 1/2- and actually found out I was under eating. AND: I did plateau after I lost only 10 pounds. I was so aggrivated and frustrated- head aches and still tired and so limited on food choices. But I did the TEDEE. Upped my calories to 1500 and Feel better -more food options and lost 2 lbs. and I just started this tuesday-today is thursday. Dont get so hung up on food and adjust your numbers according to what you burn- you will fail and make yourself sick. Hes right. Go to fitnessfrog.com go to the calculator- be GOD HONEST and get your TEDEE subtract 15 to 20% and roung down to the lower number (JUST an Example:TEDEE # -15% 1578=1500), and thats the calories you should be eating. Your body needs fuel to burn, otherwise you will go into starvation mode and get no where when your body holds on to every bit of food you eat. You have to eat clean. A little something here and there is ok, as long as you stay in your calorie range AND make sure its a health version (example: Ice cream= skinny cow (low calorie). Hope this helps.

But on the serious side, if I go to a restuarant I always look it up before we even go so I know what Im getting and what Im eating. Just good policy.

I do this too. I also enter in my meals before I eat them -- that way I can see how the calories are distributed and adjust accordingly -- i.e. eat more of the food that's "worth it," calorie-wise.

But I don't stress too much if I go over -- I plan for about 100 calories less than I should, just because that works for me psychologically. I had a run of 3 really bad days due to several events with food beyond my control, and know what? I STILL lost weight. Sometimes going over helps break a plateau.

I usually have 100-300 calories leftover at the end of the day that I leave open for dessert. If I feel like being good I'll eat a frozen fruit bar/skinny cow/Swiss Miss 100 cal fudge bar BUT if I want to splurge a little I have a cookie or two. In the begining I had a hard time with the whole dessert thing, but there are so many options, even with brownies.

As for your husband, tell him he can join too and so he can be more sympathetic and a lot less empathetic (just kidding). It's still an adjustment for him too. Whether he realizes it or not, both of you are going through this together. I had a similar issue with my children, but they fixed themselves - I once made two dinner meals and they would want to eat mine to try it so they could put in their two cents and after 3 days I was done making two meals and they were done with their comments. I make one meal for everyone and the kids are surprised on how yummy "healthy" food is.

I was eating 1200 calories for 9 weeks and working out 3 x a week and I mean a vigerous 1 hr 1/2- and actually found out I was under eating. AND: I did plateau after I lost only 10 pounds. I was so aggrivated and frustrated- head aches and still tired and so limited on food choices. But I did the TEDEE. Upped my calories to 1500 and Feel better -more food options and lost 2 lbs. and I just started this tuesday-today is thursday. Dont get so hung up on food and adjust your numbers according to what you burn- you will fail and make yourself sick. Hes right. Go to fitnessfrog.com go to the calculator- be GOD HONEST and get your TEDEE subtract 15 to 20% and roung down to the lower number (JUST an Example:TEDEE # -15% 1578=1500), and thats the calories you should be eating. Your body needs fuel to burn, otherwise you will go into starvation mode and get no where when your body holds on to every bit of food you eat. You have to eat clean. A little something here and there is ok, as long as you stay in your calorie range AND make sure its a health version (example: Ice cream= skinny cow (low calorie). Hope this helps.

I will do this when I get home.

Maybe I need clarification on this and maybe this is where I am going wrong. Say my log says this:

Goal Food Exercise Net
1830 1720 881 839

Does that mean I should only have 1830 per day like it says for my goal or am I suppose to have a NET of 1830?

I am going to assume your goal of 1830 is your TDEE at deficit and that you manually set it up on MFP (includes exercise calories). In a situation where you were burning lets say only 300 - 400 calories (I don't know your BRM but I will assume is not less than 1400) then you DO NOT need to eat the exercise calories back because it is already accounted for in your 1830. The problems with the scenario you put here are:
1) You are coming about 100 short of your daily food intake (1720 vs 1830)
2) You are burning almost 900 putting you at a net of 839! Your net should never be below your BMR. If you burn this many calories you should at least try to eat calories back to your BMR. Only in this case you eat exercise calories.

If this was setup by MFP, then this is the NET you need to achieve every day meaning that you should eat your exercise calories back but it looks too high to be a net number.

My wife and I went to Bob Evans. I got the light fit meal for 300 caps. Her breakfast bowl was over 1500 calories¡!!!!!

I am going to assume your goal of 1830 is your TDEE at deficit and that you manually set it up on MFP (includes exercise calories). In a situation where you were burning lets say only 300 - 400 calories (I don't know your BRM but I will assume is not less than 1400) then you DO NOT need to eat the exercise calories back because it is already accounted for in your 1830. The problems with the scenario you put here are:
1) You are coming about 100 short of your daily food intake (1720 vs 1830)
2) You are burning almost 900 putting you at a net of 839! Your net should never be below your BMR. If you burn this many calories you should at least try to eat calories back to your BMR. Only in this case you eat exercise calories.

If this was setup by MFP, then this is the NET you need to achieve every day meaning that you should eat your exercise calories back but it looks too high to be a net number.

1830 was set up by the MFP. I just re did it and now it says 1,866. I am 5'8" and weigh 243. That's what it came back as.
So basically I just need to make sure my net is not below the BMR? (I'm sorry if I'm frustrating at all . . . just trying to figure
out what I may be doing wrong).

Ok, now that I see your that you are pretty tall and your weight it makes sense that 1830 is your net to lose. You need to eat your calories back. You should calculate your BMR so that you know that you are at least eating enough to support your body but aim to eat the net of 1830. You should also look at the group Eat More to Lose more. Great information can be found in that group.
When you have time also calculate your TDEE based on the formula that was given by the other poster. That number will include your exercise calories. At the end of the day, the TDEE should be pretty close to your 1830.

Here is the group I mentioned earlier. It is called Eat more to weight less.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3834-eat-more-to-weigh-less

Last night I had two scoops of ice cream, because i looked it up prior and I had enough calories to spare. However, after I was done stuffing my face with DELICIOUS Cookies & Cream and America's Birthday Cake ice cream, I started thinking that both of those scoops couldn't be only 180 cals per scoop... and the guilt and regret set in. haha Oh well, at least it was delicious at the time.