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Originally Posted by dms6k
then you end up going over your calories earlier in the day, how do you finish off the day if you are already over your limit and especially if you are way over your daily limit. Do you not eat anything else (which is hard if its early in the day) or do you just go ahead a eat whatever since you already messed it up or what.
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Definitely
no on the whatever. You stay on plan--or get right back on plan. If you stumbled down the first stair, would you say "oh well" and then throw yourself down the entire flight?
I always seem to go over my daily limit because I love carbs and it seems there are always snacks or junk around and its very hard to resist.
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For those who write down their day in advance, how do you stick with the plan for the day? I seem to sway from my eating plan.
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I enter my eating plan into MFP the night before--I go in the kitchen and scan anything that can be scanned, enter quantities--everything. I tell myself I have NO CHOICE but to stick with my eating plan. Changing it isn't an option--if I want something not on my plan, I can plan it for the next day, but changing for today is
not an option.
After each time I eat, if I've made minor changes (e.g. 1/2 cup strawberries instead of 3/4 cup) (or the other way: 4.5 oz of ribeye instead of 4), I update MFP
right away. I don't rely on my memory or wait until the end of the day. It keeps me aware of where I am relative to my goal net calories.
I'm really good at this on work days and I find it much harder on weekends. I haven't kept to my entered plan yesterday or today--but I've kept to calorie range.
It's hard--it's really hard. For me, though, a pre-entered plan makes a huge difference, since I am not keeping to "rules"--I am keeping to a plan I made myself--and have the power to change for the next day.