Over your daily caloric limit? It's ok!

KBmoments

Weekly calorie counting. I've been doing this method for awhile now and I love it. It really makes it easier to reach my goals without freaking about going over one day. Here's a great article that explains weekly calorie county instead of strictly daily counting. Try it out if you get down about going over your daily count once in awhile!

http://articles.elitefts.com/training-articles/the-weekly-caloric-method/

bwogilvie

I've been doing that. I'll be over my calorie limit today, but I'm doing my "long" run tomorrow morning (only 6 miles, so not that long) and will be under for the day. It all balances out.

esimmons9607

I don't understand the calorie deficit thing. My doctor told me to eat 1200 calories do that's what I'm trying to do. I log all my food, exercise and water but then when I close my log fire the day it has said I'm not eating enough calories. I am 5'9 & weigh about 247 pounds. I'm only counting walking as exercise and I do a 25 minute stretch video every night. T25

mrsKOrtiz

bwogilvie wrote: »

I've been doing that. I'll be over my calorie limit today, but I'm doing my "long" run tomorrow morning (only 6 miles, so not that long) and will be under for the day. It all balances out.

THIS!

allanakern

sure that makes sense and so does daily counting. either way you're going to be tracking it daily so its not really any different.. for me I think it'd get messy to overeat one day and starve the next because it'd set me up to feel like binging. but it all is the same

mymodernbabylon

esimmons9607 - your doctor may not know a thing about nutrition. You are well under-eating for your size and height. I would suggest figuring out your TDEE using the Scooby Workshop calculator: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/. Then figure out how much of a deficit you want - 15-25% is usually an okay idea.

waynefc22

If you eat to little around 1200 calories you will lose weight to quickly and lose a lot of muscle mass. Don't punish yourself, use the I want to lose 1lb or 2lb a week on here. The predefined deficit normally suits most.

tdub2013

esimmons9607 wrote: »

I don't understand the calorie deficit thing. My doctor told me to eat 1200 calories do that's what I'm trying to do. I log all my food, exercise and water but then when I close my log fire the day it has said I'm not eating enough calories. I am 5'9 & weigh about 247 pounds. I'm only counting walking as exercise and I do a 25 minute stretch video every night. T25

@esimmons9607‌ , Happy New Year! My first ever post here. This happened to me a lot during my weight loss. My goal was 1,200 too. I think you're getting that message because the system looks at your net calories. If you didn't exercise at all, you would be at the 1,200 calories you consumed, but given your T-25, walking, etc, you picked up some free calories that you burned. So if you burned 200 calories as your adjustment, MFP sees your net calories for the day as 1,000 which it then flags as below your minimum requirement. You'd need to log 1,400 to make it see 1,200. Make sense?

4bettermenow

waynefc22 wrote: »

If you eat to little around 1200 calories you will lose weight to quickly and lose a lot of muscle mass. Don't punish yourself, use the I want to lose 1lb or 2lb a week on here. The predefined deficit normally suits most.

This is not true for everyone. Many perhaps, but not everyone. I eat 1100-1200 daily. I lose on average .50 to 1 lb a week. I am 5'2" and currently weigh 178. I've lost 25lbs this way. My muscle mass is doing fine. If I eat more than 1200, I either don't lose or I gain. This is from months of experience.

esjones12

Weekly counting for me would = loving the first half of the week and hating the second half! It is nice to remember that if you go over 100-300 calories one day, it is OK and can be made up for the next day. It is the long term that matters....however some people find it easier to take one step, bite, and day at a time. Accomplishing small goals add up to accomplishing big goals. But everyone is different! So hopefully this puts it into perspective for others!

esimmons9607 wrote: »

I don't understand the calorie deficit thing. My doctor told me to eat 1200 calories do that's what I'm trying to do. I log all my food, exercise and water but then when I close my log fire the day it has said I'm not eating enough calories. I am 5'9 & weigh about 247 pounds. I'm only counting walking as exercise and I do a 25 minute stretch video every night. T25

Get a new doctor. At your age and weight (male or female) you can easily eat more than 1,200 calories a day and lose weight. I have talked with various doctors, personal trainers, and nutritionists (RD's) who agree that the majority of people need to consume a net of at least 1,200 a day.

wahmx3

mymodernbabylon wrote: »

esimmons9607 - your doctor may not know a thing about nutrition. You are well under-eating for your size and height. I would suggest figuring out your TDEE using the Scooby Workshop calculator: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/. Then figure out how much of a deficit you want - 15-25% is usually an okay idea.

Totally agree, please start eating more to have a healthy body. You need food to fuel your heart, lungs, brain and every other part of your body.

LAWoman72

Hmm. I just kind of naturally do this. I have days where I'm a handful of calories over, but then I'll have days where I don't eat all my calories because I'm simply not hungry for all of them.