the past two days I overate a lot. Like one day all day I ate probably around 4000 calories or Chinese food (for the entire day) and yesterday I had like 1500cals worth of cookies. I dont actually know how much I went over my maintenance yesterday but I know I went over. The thing is today Im not hungry. my stomach hurts because its that time of month and I really just didnt want to eat. I had a granola bar (180 cals), some Keefer milk (30cals) a small packet of oyster crackers (60 cals) and some sweetened tea with organic raw honey (60 cals) as well as a protein drink (200cal). Im almost positive this is all I ate today. so I had 530 calories at MOST and I also worked out for an hour today. my question is, is this ok to do? will this kill my metabolism? I didn't even want to eat this much I just tried to eat SOMETHING every 4 hours or so and after my workout. Is it ok to eat so little if your listening to your body and is most likely because of two days of binging especially if Im really not starving myself, Im just legitimately not hungry? Im confused as to whats the right thing to do. Thanks for the support guys!
The issue is what was going on before the chinese food and cookies. Chances are good you were restricting your calorie intake below what it should be.
You're 5'8 and somewhere around 149-ish lbs, you are very active so you need to be eating 2400 or so a day -- maybe more depending.
So, no it's not o.k. to eat a few hundred calories today because you don't feel like eating. You are on a restricting and bingeing cycle so you need to get your calories up to proper maintenance so it doesn't keep happening.
And even though you didn't want to eat today you decided to go workout? Not o.k. either. I know you tried to put something in you every 4 hours, but given that you weren't very successful, you should've passed on working out at the very least.
O.K. so given that we're at the end of the day now -- you need to eat 2400 calories tomorrow and every day after that. You don't need to lose weight, you need to stay healthy.
I am concerned about your food choices, too. Don't see a piece of fruit or a vegetable on any of those days. You need to look at why you are making choices like chinese food and cookies as your staples. It's okay to fall off the wagon now and then and indulge in a little something fun, but you did more than fall off the wagon - you hit the ejection button!
Did you eat like that for comfort or was it all that was available?
Im confused, I felt like this was a different question. I guess I just didnt know if there was a difference from taking it easy for a day and going hungry and not eating much for a day because your not hungry. And oh no! I didnt mean for you to misunderstand and worry! I do eat plenty of vegetables! I have a big plate of broccoli everyday with lunch and salads very often. my main stables are actually wholegrain turkey sandwiches with lettuce tomato and mustard and salad and beans. I often have vegetable stir frys too. This happened because I was at a school event and we did a lot of exercise and they provided tons of cookies for everyone with milk. being really hungry my inhibition was really low. I know Im not going below my calorie needs, I eat at least 2200 calories a day and I could never imagine that's way below my calorie needs? is it?
you will not kill your metabolism by taking it easy for a day. you could incur a binge cycle though. perhaps not eating the rest of the day, the next morning you will feel ravenous and make bad choices. i think this is a concern.
the other concern is always an ED concern, that you starve yourself to compensate for overeating. i wont make the call that is what you are doing, but i think that is the flag it raises. if you did a lot of exercises you shouldn't even be worrying about the cookies. i would say try to fit in a few more healthy snacks. maybe fruit and nut butter or something calorie dense. just so it isn't so low. shoot for the minimum of 1200 calories for today. and get back to at least 2200 tomorrow
ok so it wont kill my metabolism? I wasn't starving myself on purpose, I wasnt hungry. I was just confused on whether I should listen to my body or force extra food in me because its super unhealthy for one day. I have no intention of starving myself, I'm just trying to balance listening to my body and getting my energy needs!
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