My Mother is an exercise science physiologist, and she taught me that cardiovascular workouts are great warm-ups for exercising, but unless you do some weight training you're not going burn off the fat - or keep it off - in an efficient or effective manner. Also, women tend to gain water weight which is best countered by drinking a lot of water to flush it out. Plus, eating after exercising, while your metabolism is high, is better than working out after eating. Never eat fattening foods before going to sleep; it's a surefire way to gain weight.
Another thing that helps to keep the weight down is to be sure to eat whole foods (i. e. non-processed) and take the time to enjoy your meals: don't scarf it down and run off to do something else; sit there, enjoy every bite, and remain seated after eating for a little while before going on to other activities.
It's also wise to eat plenty of meat, because the body expends more energy breaking down meat than it does fruits, vegetables, and starches. I'm not recommending you only eat meat or have a huge steak with minimal sides, I'm recommending you eat some meat with every meal to be sure your body is using the energy from the food to break it down, rather than storing the unused energy as fat.
Finally, it's better to eat many small meals throughout the course of the day than it is to eat a few big meals.
Look at the French: they eat tons of butter, heavy cream, and other fattening foods, but they're mostly in shape because they eat whole foods, they have small meals and take their time to enjoy them, and they stay active.
You should wait more than half an hour after eating. Going for a high-paced walk or a run is a great way to burn some of those calories. Strength training can help in the long-run.
This is a tough question and most people here can't give you a valid answer because there are a lot of factors influencing weight gain and weight loss.
First off, at what time do you tend to eat: Do you eat mostly during breakfast and lunch or do you binge eat at 2am in the morning.
How many meals during a day: 1 or 5?
At what time do you excersise: In the morning or in the afternoon?
What kind of calories: Pasta, bread, butter, etc?
How much protein do you consume?
How nutricional is the food that you eat?
Do you eat organic or do you eat whatever crosses your horizon?
Do you tend to starve yourself?
All these things will determine whether you will be a fat 30 year old or a Slim one.
If you want to continue to eat the way you are and actually know how much exercise you need get a heart rate monitor that calculates the calories your burning. Keep track of both. As long as you burn off more then you take in you'll lose weight or stay at the same level
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In theory that works fine, in reality it's a losing battle. You need to workout 30 -40 min just to make up for one big cookie
In your case you should be fine for the day, don't worry about it. Just stick to your limit from now on
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