only have 350 cals left and its only 1:20 pm

[sv24]

was hungry and went out with my co-worker for brunch and checked calorie totals after.

2 scrambled eggs, rye, bread and 12oz steak tips (1,200 cals) damn those steak tips are deceptively high in calories.

including what I ate earlier and now i only have 350 left for the day. I was planning on going to the gym later, but now i thinking
maybe i should just run instead of lifting because I'm limited in how much protein i can consume. (pretty much already hit my
fat and protein macros)

What would you guys do in my position with 350 cals until i go to sleep???

[unleashthelion]

You should be full so you won't need to eat again until 5 or 6.

Have an egg white omelette with fat free cheese, a big spinach salad, and a huge bowl of sugar free jell-o with Greek yogurt mixed in -- if you want a lot of volume. Or you can eat half of a Pizza Hut personal pizza or one of a million other things.

Just figure out what you want from those remaining calories and do that.

[jayte]

I do this stuff to myself all the time. Recommending two cans of tuna and an egg mixed and fried hamburger patty style with hot sauce. Decent meal, cheap, keeps you full, easy to do. Chicken and broccoli also a fantastic choice

[sv24]

what do you guys think about skipping the lifting though (usualy need protein/carbs brfore and after) and just doing cardio on empty stomach
then have one of those small meals

[Former300lber]

1. The food you ate at lunch will still be digesting, the amino acid's will still be circulating through your blood stream ready to rebuild muscle, Don't worry about protein PRE or POST workout, someone in your state doesn't have to worry about any benefit of meal timing.

2. 1550 Calorie's is extremely low, you can afford to eat more.

3. Don't torture your self over 1 day of over eating if that's what happen's, It's 1 fking day, Go to the gym, lift, do some cardio, go home and eat some fking food if your hungry, don't obsess over this man, I'm telling you it's only going to bring you down a dark alley way, and it's going to turn into some OCD, and your going to start going down the wrong path.

Take it from someone who's been through it all, Been obese, Been lean, Battled eating disorder's, Battled body dysmorphia, only till the last few months, have I realized there is a lot more to life then fitness, I love fitness with a passion, It truly is my #1 hobby, and go to, but it's not my life, and you should not stress over it, if your hungry don't starve your self, It's not worth it, I promise.

[GoalPoster]

1. The food you ate at lunch will still be digesting, the amino acid's will still be circulating through your blood stream ready to rebuild muscle, Don't worry about protein PRE or POST workout, someone in your state doesn't have to worry about any benefit of meal timing.

2. 1550 Calorie's is extremely low, you can afford to eat more.

3. Don't torture your self over 1 day of over eating if that's what happen's, It's 1 fking day, Go to the gym, lift, do some cardio, go home and eat some fking food if your hungry, don't obsess over this man, I'm telling you it's only going to bring you down a dark alley way, and it's going to turn into some OCD, and your going to start going down the wrong path.

Take it from someone who's been through it all, Been obese, Been lean, Battled eating disorder's, Battled body dysmorphia, only till the last few months, have I realized there is a lot more to life then fitness, I love fitness with a passion, It truly is my #1 hobby, and go to, but it's not my life, and you should not stress over it, if your hungry don't starve your self, It's not worth it, I promise.

^^^^^^^ X100!!!!!!

I hardly think you're gonna burn in the fires of hell for eternity for blowin' the calorie count today. If that were the case, I'd be smokin' a fattie with some 500 pound lepur dressed like Liberace, whilst seated in the burning pit of Hades as we speak.

[WolfgangOsis]

I ate some Halloween candy today. I am not going to work out tonight beyond a little 10 minute ab routine. Nor am I going to starve myself. If I go over I go over, not a biggy, I will make it up tomorrow which is my biggest workout day of the week. It's not really a daily thing so much as a weekly thing calorie wise IMO. Just easier to keep track of daily.

[TNF1986]

It's good to have a 24 hour period mentality for sustainaibility and many other reasons but don't get too stuck on that and starve yourself over it so you can hit your daily target. It really makes no difference to your body where you eat 400 extra calories today, and compensate tomorrow by eating 400 less. What matters is what happens intake vs output over extended periods of time. If at the end of the week you are happy with your total numbers, then you've done a good job.

[Tommy W.]

It's good to have a 24 hour period mentality for sustainaibility and many other reasons but don't get too stuck on that and starve yourself over it so you can hit your daily target. It really makes no difference to your body where you eat 400 extra calories today, and compensate tomorrow by eating 400 less. What matters is what happens intake vs output over extended periods of time. If at the end of the week you are happy with your total numbers, then you've done a good job.

Go easy and keep the cals as close to 350 as you can. If you're 400 over just be 200 under the next 2 days and don't worry about it. Cals are valid more on a weekly than daily basis.

[Mdenatale]

what do you guys think about skipping the lifting though (usualy need protein/carbs brfore and after) and just doing cardio on empty stomach
then have one of those small meals

Man up and lift.

[JordanCABJ]

Do Cardio. I've over ate like 500-1000 Cals and did 1000 of cardio to be sure. That's just me though

[Former300lber]

Do Cardio. I've over ate like 500-1000 Cals and did 1000 of cardio to be sure. That's just me though

Get help before it's too late.

Btw, unless you did 2 1/2 hours of straight cardio, you didn't burn no 1,000 calories lol

[JordanCABJ]

Get help before it's too late.

Btw, unless you did 2 1/2 hours of straight cardio, you didn't burn no 1,000 calories lol

I did 2 hours walking at 4.5.

Wasn't as hard as it sounds, first hour I listened to a house set and than talked on the phone for the other hour. Came out to like 1023 Cals lol

[Ralikar]

Lift... eat a bit more... "refeed" day.

[vismal]

Most filling low calorie recipe I have ever used:

[jubjubrsx]

just had a 6egg white ommette and a 4oz of chicken tenders
216cals/0c/1f/54p put some sirracha on top and win.

[skyjumper]

Lift and do cardi... Use up some extra cals and eat! And like everyone said, don't sweat it.

[sentinel3]

what do you guys think about skipping the lifting though (usualy need protein/carbs brfore and after) and just doing cardio on empty stomach
then have one of those small meals

do an intermitent fast and have a 50 gram protein shake before bed. You will survive.

[Mdenatale]

do an intermitent fast and have a 50 gram protein shake before bed. You will survive.

Why did you dig up a 1 month old post? I imagine the OP figured out what to do on Nov 1st.