Going over your calorie limit

samanthas2531
samanthas2531 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
I am used to the weight watchers model that has a certain amount of points you can use in one day, and then extra points you can use throughout the week. So if you have one day when you eat a lot more than your daily allowance, you can make up for it in the rest of the week. On my fitness pal do you just try to eat less calories in the days after one when you exceed your calorie limit?

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  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    yep
  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
    Yep, and I don't stress over it if I am over. :smile:
  • stacyjh1979
    stacyjh1979 Posts: 188 Member
    It is a matter of personal preference but a lot of people look more at the overall calories for the week rather than each day individually but in terms of the software it is going to track it for you daily...nothing "rolls over" from one do to the next. I think with the new premium option you can change your goal daily if you wish to. Everyone has their own way of making it work for them. I generally don't go over but if I do or if I know I will ahead of time then I try to keep a bigger deficit the other days so I'm still in a deficit at the end of the week.
  • SillyCat1975
    SillyCat1975 Posts: 328 Member
    Is it recommended to eat any of the calories back that you earn? If so, how much should you eat back? Just a question.
  • geotrice
    geotrice Posts: 274 Member
    SillyCat1975 wrote: »
    Is it recommended to eat any of the calories back that you earn? If so, how much should you eat back? Just a question.

    Just don't eat less than 1000 calories a day to "earn" a deficit. Probably should be more conservative and say don't eat less than like 1200. But I'm not a nutritionist.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited April 2015
    SillyCat1975 wrote: »
    Is it recommended to eat any of the calories back that you earn? If so, how much should you eat back? Just a question.

    If this this an exercise question....

    MFP as designed expects you to eat all your exercise calories back. They gave you a deficit with zero exercise factored in. Calorie burns are estimates, so if I used MFP data I would just eat back 50-75%

    Really large deficits make it hard for your body to maintain existing lean muscle. Eating enough helps you to lose a larger percentage of fat.
  • PJ3937
    PJ3937 Posts: 13 Member
    WW tells you not to go below a certain amount of points. If I fall off my plan, I watch the starchy carbs the same day or the rest of the week.
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