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

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takechances
takechances Posts: 65
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
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    Agreed.
  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
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    Love this, thank you!
  • patchesgizmo
    patchesgizmo Posts: 244 Member
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    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
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    I'm so happy your post wasn't really about stressing over 2 calories! :drinker:
  • SueD66
    SueD66 Posts: 405 Member
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    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
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    I opened this ready to be pissed off...glad it was the opposite.
    Thank you for "getting it".
  • mlewon
    mlewon Posts: 343 Member
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    so true. :drinker:
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,659 Member
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    I'll drink to that :drinker:
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
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    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
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    Whew, I'm glad you weren't serious. You are correct! :drinker:

    hahahaha...me too!
  • serentity78
    serentity78 Posts: 89 Member
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    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
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    amenn
  • wantstolooseweight
    wantstolooseweight Posts: 166 Member
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    Yeppers! agree completely!
  • barbara1982
    barbara1982 Posts: 349 Member
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    so true!
  • NaturalinCO
    NaturalinCO Posts: 164 Member
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    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
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    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
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    well said! xx
  • Impy84
    Impy84 Posts: 430
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    Let the congregation say AMENT

    glad this wasn't really over 2 cals.
  • Seaglass1123
    Seaglass1123 Posts: 500 Member
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    Amen.
  • fatmom51
    fatmom51 Posts: 173 Member
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    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.

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