There's a deli right next to my gym that has great desserts in their bakery case, and about once per month for the past year I've gotten a slice of their apple pie from there to go after my workout. Obviously there's no way to know the calorie count of an apple pie in a bakery case at a random deli, but based on a bit of research I estimated that it was 470 calories per slice (1/6 of the entire pie, they cut big slices). Long story short, I found out where they order the pies from tonight, looked it up, and was dismayed to learn that 1/6 of the entire pie is actually 570 calories, not 470. Initially I was kind of pissed and thinking, "Well looks like I can't have this anymore." But then I realized that I maintained my weight over the past year despite under-estimating the pie. It made me realize something that is a good general idea to keep in mind: the things you do every once in a while don't matter nearly as much as what you do every day. There's no need to beat yourself up about going over your calorie goal once in a while, and don't get stressed out when you can't know the exact calorie count of food. If you know the calorie counts of what you eat frequently, you can absolutely lose/maintain your weight even if you miscalculate something every once in a while. I just thought I'd share because I see a lot of people on here get upset when they go a few hundred calories over their calorie goal once after a month straight of staying under goal or get really stressed because they don't know the exact calorie count of their restaurant order.
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