Too good to be true?

[FitnessSeeker8]

I had a question that might be a little dumb.

Yesterday I had a perfect day going in terms of diet (so eating healthy, counting exact calories etc.) until I had a dinner at Bonefish Grill and I had almost a full appetizer of bang bang shrimps, two bang bang shrimp tacos and half a slice of key lime pie.

When I came home from dinner, I entered the calories into myfitnesspal and realized I was still under my calorie goal for the day (so I've been getting 1500 calories a day and my maintenance is 2300). Then I wondered whether its really possible that after having such a heavy dinner I could still be under my calorie goal. Like is it possible to fulfill your temptations and have bad food but still be under such a high deficit? Have you ever have thoughts like these? As in I'm eating bad stuff but I'm still not just under maintenance, but actually hitting calories that would make me lose a lot of weight. My calories until the dinner were 550 and then I had 980 calories at dinner.

Was it because I had been eating healthy until evening? The whole concept behind if it fits your macros, is that really true? Perhaps those bad foods have more calories than they're advertised? Maybe I'm just being paranoid?

[blissful88]

550 calories before dinner is super low, and then you had a large dinner, not surprised.

Idk what "bang bang shrimp" is but it's fun to say and I want to try it.

[spradish]

Double check your calories. By my count you ate about 1960 at the restaurant:

Shrimp appetizer - 790
Tacos - 740 (order of 3 = 1110)
Pie - 430 (full slice = 860)

https://www.bonefishgrill.com/nutrition-information

[CommitmentRulz]

Double check your calories. By my count you ate about 1960 at the restaurant:

Shrimp appetizer - 790
Tacos - 740 (order of 3 = 1110)
Pie - 430 (full slice = 860)

https://www.bonefishgrill.com/nutrition-information

Nice.

And this is a perfect example of why we see posts like "I'm eating at a deficit (I KNOW I am) and gaining weight?!

[FitnessSeeker8]

Double check your calories. By my count you ate about 1960 at the restaurant:

Shrimp appetizer - 790
Tacos - 740 (order of 3 = 1110)
Pie - 430 (full slice = 860)

Shoot man.

Never in my wildest dream did I ever imagine I could take 1960 calories in one meal.

I’ll take it as a lesson to apply precaution when eating and counting calories from now on!

[spradish]

Shoot man.

Never in my wildest dream did I ever imagine I could take 1960 calories in one meal.

I’ll take it as a lesson to apply precaution when eating and counting calories from now on!

Always check the restaurant's website for nutrition info. Never assume that MFP has the correct calories listed.

[JamSumo]

The meal you had is great for a cheat day and nothing wrong with that. Love Bonefish grill for a cheat day but if you have to be there for a non-cheat meal then just go with salmon and veggies. I lose weight with 2 cheat days but I am super strict mon-fri.

[xsquid99]

Never in my wildest dream did I ever imagine I could take 1960 calories in one meal.

Thats not hard to do at all, people drastically underestimate how much they're eating; the average restaurant meal is around 1500 calories these days. Why do you think so many people are walking around obese?

[Tommy W.]

Shoot man.

Never in my wildest dream did I ever imagine I could take 1960 calories in one meal.

I’ll take it as a lesson to apply precaution when eating and counting calories from now on!

In your OP you stated you had a deficit of 800 calories. Unless you've lost around 6 lbs in the last 4 weeks your counting and tracking are off. I'm guessing that being surprised at taking in 1900 calories in one meal is a sign that your overall counting is off

[ItsUncleMcNasty]

Make sure that those restaurant calories are correct.

Sometimes there is bad info in MFP, and a lot of it is estimate anyway