Help! I went over my daily allowance by 2 calories!

takechances
takechances Posts: 65
edited December 22 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been on here for about five days now and I've seen a bunch of posts about how people are stressing because they "went over" by miniscule amounts.
I'm not going to pretend to be a weight-loss guru, but I've read enough that calorie counts are ESTIMATES. Counting is to give you an idea of how much you should be eating.
Seriously, if you're stressing about <200 calories, go for a walk. :)
Be proud of yourself for not giving up entirely.
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  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    Agreed.
  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
    Love this, thank you!
  • patchesgizmo
    patchesgizmo Posts: 244 Member
    amen to that. I know today is a bad day when I eat most of my daily calories in fruit and nuts for breakfast. :tongue:
  • shellsrenee01
    shellsrenee01 Posts: 357 Member
    I'm so happy your post wasn't really about stressing over 2 calories! :drinker:
  • SueD66
    SueD66 Posts: 405 Member
    that is funny i was going to come on here and go oh 2 calories, well geesh try 1000 for my Sunday. Well put in your post. and yes went out early this morning and did a nice walk:)
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    I opened this ready to be pissed off...glad it was the opposite.
    Thank you for "getting it".
  • mlewon
    mlewon Posts: 343 Member
    so true. :drinker:
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,628 Member
    I'll drink to that :drinker:
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Absolutely, I believe that the human body is WAY more tolerant of varying calorie intakes/expenditures than the whole 'You will lose xxx lbs for a calorie deficit of xxx' would have us believe.

    Historically it has to be so, it can't be a simple maths problem or we would not have survived the first ice age :)
  • Barbellsandthimbles
    Barbellsandthimbles Posts: 205 Member
    Whew, I'm glad you weren't serious. You are correct! :drinker:

    hahahaha...me too!
  • serentity78
    serentity78 Posts: 89 Member
    I agree the post actually make me laugh I mean really and half the time I over estimate when calculate.....LOL
  • letsgetskinny88
    letsgetskinny88 Posts: 59
    amenn
  • wantstolooseweight
    wantstolooseweight Posts: 166 Member
    Yeppers! agree completely!
  • barbara1982
    barbara1982 Posts: 349 Member
    so true!
  • NaturalinCO
    NaturalinCO Posts: 164 Member
    I'm so happy your post wasn't really about stressing over 2 calories! :drinker:

    Ditto! I so agree. And it's called living should we go over here and there. Sometimes my body seems to be really happy when I do go over - it's all good!
  • jayliospecky
    jayliospecky Posts: 25,022 Member
    Are you SURE you're not a weight-loss guru?

    Because what you say sounds a lot like common sensical hocus-pocus.
  • emmloubur
    emmloubur Posts: 21 Member
    well said! xx
  • Impy84
    Impy84 Posts: 430
    Let the congregation say AMENT

    glad this wasn't really over 2 cals.
  • Seaglass1123
    Seaglass1123 Posts: 500 Member
    Amen.
  • fatmom51
    fatmom51 Posts: 173 Member
    Like others, I bit and opened this post to see what it really was. You're so right!! I am routinely over my 1,200 (which I'm really beginning to think is set too low based on the scale). I like what you said about taking a walk. I was feeling like I had taken in a bit too much the other day, so after dropping my kids at the Y, I hopped on the treadmill for a half hour. Another day, I swam a few laps since I was at the pool anyway.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    I'm glad another sane person has joined mfp :)
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    You were over by 2 calories??? Obviously you're not serious about this weight loss stuff and need to get off this website.
  • sarah307
    sarah307 Posts: 1,363 Member
    haha... I agree!!

    I was afraid you were being serious at first!!

    Other people - "Oops, I went over by 10 calories :( !!"

    Me - "Oops, I went over by 2,000 calories :( !!" hahahhaa

    Just don't give up everyone!! and keep trying every day to make healthier choices :):):)
  • shimila1101
    shimila1101 Posts: 119
    Thanks for the early morning laugh! :laugh:
  • ChristineDiet
    ChristineDiet Posts: 719 Member
    I opened this ready to be pissed off...glad it was the opposite.
    Thank you for "getting it".

    This - I was ready to be like "geez" haha
    x
  • fatmom51
    fatmom51 Posts: 173 Member
    You were over by 2 calories??? Obviously you're not serious about this weight loss stuff and need to get off this website.

    Read the original post! She was expressing how silly it is to stress about going over your daily calories when this whole process is the start of a new lifestyle, and even suggested that even if someone is over by 200 calories they should just move on and maybe move a bit more by taking a walk or something to counterbalance the overage.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    I'm in a "fitness challenge" with a bunch of people I used to do Rocky Horror with. The bonus goal I set for myself a few months back was to be under goal every day that month. One day I was going to be over by 5 calories. I busted out 2 minutes worth of jumping jacks to get back under total. :laugh:

    Last weekend I went to a bachelor party. I got up early and did a double workout to have enough calories for shots. I still wound up over my calories by at least 400 calories, it was the only day I've been over my calories since January and that includes my birthday and the superbowl. I'm not stressing even though it's possible I missed a few shots. I'm doing great and that one day is like throwing a pebble in the river of my fitness. It won't change the course.

    Stressing over 2 or even 50 calories is silly, but I did it that day because I didn't want to lose to Alex that month. Now my bonus goals are things like 5k and 10k runs so I'm really not going to quibble about a few calories here and there as long as I keep fitting into smaller clothes and can run faster/further.
  • _stephanie0
    _stephanie0 Posts: 708 Member
    stresses me out just about as much as seeing all the girls that are having a hard time losing weight and they're "only eating 1000 calories"..... *pounds head against a wall*..... OBVIOUSLY!! EAT WOMAN!!! hahaha I'm losing at 1900 these girls are crazy!
  • stefanieceleste0530
    stefanieceleste0530 Posts: 177 Member
    You were over by 2 calories??? Obviously you're not serious about this weight loss stuff and need to get off this website.

    Read the original post! She was expressing how silly it is to stress about going over your daily calories when this whole process is the start of a new lifestyle, and even suggested that even if someone is over by 200 calories they should just move on and maybe move a bit more by taking a walk or something to counterbalance the overage.

    Um....I believe they were making a joke also.....
  • Lucille51
    Lucille51 Posts: 56 Member
    yeah well said! and lets enjoyed every little one of them :happy:
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