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High calorie recovery days.. How to deal?

EmotionalEater84
EmotionalEater84 Posts: 311 Member
edited March 6 in Food and Nutrition
I had a rather large calorie day for me yesterday. My breakfast today is half or less of my usual and I'm just not that hungry. I'm not going to force feed myself today just to hit my calorie intake.

My question is, when you go overboard the previous day and don't feel like eating the "proper" daily requirements, do you force yourself to eat it anyways to ensure you're "following the guidelines" of MFP or do you only eat what you FEEL like you should eat?

I have found some people get obsessed over the calories.. whether it's eating over or under, those numbers seem to have a strong hold on a ton of people on MFP!

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  • jrline
    jrline Posts: 2,353 Member
    If you have a big day one day and a low day the next they balance out for the most part.

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  • tsimblist
    tsimblist Posts: 206 Member
    I am currently doing a calorie cycling thing where I deliberately eat around 20% over MFP goal on a weightlifting day and then 20% under MFP goal on the following day. So it all averages out over the long run.
  • CdnRower
    CdnRower Posts: 28 Member
    I go through this on occasion. The next day, I just make sure to hit my protein numbers and don't worry about the overall calorie count for the day. If that puts me 700 cal below, so be it.
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    As long as the week balances out, don't sweat it.
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