? can you really save calories and use them later

galprincess

Yes you can its about balance. If I know I'm going to be going out or eating out I save as far in advance as a month. After all s day doesn't change much i look st my weekly/monthly calories

arditarose

MysticRealm wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

Wait...I think it gives me the running total still...No? Maybe I already have it switched to net. I just don't like how it looks.

I actually don't math so I go in and quick add approximately how many calories I'll eat each day for the week.

You still get a running total?! That's not fair!

My "calories under weekly goal" should say in the 3000's right now, instead it's says 100 and some! I don't even know WHERE they are getting that number from!

Wait wait maybe I don't. I never looked at the total much. I would just look at how many I had left.

MKEgal

professionalHobbyist wrote:

Calories are units of energy you get from food.
They don't bank aside of your body banks them as fat.
So yes, you can bank lots of calories! That is why most of us are here.

Yes, this. This is exactly what I thought when I saw the thread title.

slaite1

MKEgal wrote: »

professionalHobbyist wrote:

Calories are units of energy you get from food.
They don't bank aside of your body banks them as fat.
So yes, you can bank lots of calories! That is why most of us are here.

Yes, this. This is exactly what I thought when I saw the thread title.

I think you guys are missing the concept behind banking or saving calories. But to each their own

kami3006

slaite1 wrote: »

MKEgal wrote: »

professionalHobbyist wrote:

Calories are units of energy you get from food.
They don't bank aside of your body banks them as fat.
So yes, you can bank lots of calories! That is why most of us are here.

Yes, this. This is exactly what I thought when I saw the thread title.

I think you guys are missing the concept behind banking or saving calories. But to each their own

No kidding. I eat 100 fewer today so I can eat 100 more tomorrow. It works fine.

DeterminedFee201426

arditarose wrote: »

kristydi wrote: »

professionalHobbyist wrote: »

Calories are units of energy you get from food.

They don't bank aside of your body banks them as fat.

So yes, you can bank lots of calories! That is why most of us are here.

Why not just record accurately what you intake and let it all work out.

Those that claim to bank calories say it all works out that way too. So why falsify your intake.

I don't see why do it. Just record what you actually do. If you don't, then you won't be able to see if it actually really does work out.

I don't think anyone is suggesting people record inaccurately. Just that they eat (and record) a bit less for several days so they can have a bigger calorie count on certain days without going over their weekly goal. They're just splitting up their weekly calories in unequal parts. For example my daily goal is 1500 calories. That's 10500 per 7 day period. Rather than eating 1500 every day, I may eat 1400 for 6 days and eat 2100 on 1 day. The weekly total is still 10500. I'm still in a deficit and I haven't falsified anything.

What she said.

yap

Francl27

You don't 'bank' anything. You just burn more calories for a few days then might gain a bit of weight back for a day when you eat more, but it will average out in the end.

LivingtheLeanDream

I bank cals during the week for the weekend. ..it works just fine

Conspiracy19

I don't drink myself but I wanted to know this too I'm going for a meal for my sister's engagement soon and I just know I'll overeat then. This is good to know

Blondie9292

Thanks guys I appreciate everyone's response!

ncboiler89

michelledadams92 wrote: »

I like red wine. I don't drink every week but when I have it I do like 3 or 4 glasses. I know it's really bad for the belly. Can I really bad k those calories I don't use during the week and use them 2 or three times a month towards this without a huge negative impact?

Losing weight is calories in versus calories out over any amount of time. For example; If in a week you eat 3500 calories fewer than you burn you will lose a pound. If in a year you eat 3500 calories fewer than you burn you will lose a pound. So yes they are bankable.

That being said, due to logging errors you should not bank them for a long period of time. Most people look at a calorie intake by the day because that is much more manageable.

Blondie9292

ncboiler89 wrote: »

michelledadams92 wrote: »

I like red wine. I don't drink every week but when I have it I do like 3 or 4 glasses. I know it's really bad for the belly. Can I really bad k those calories I don't use during the week and use them 2 or three times a month towards this without a huge negative impact?

Losing weight is calories in versus calories out over any amount of time. For example; If in a week you eat 3500 calories fewer than you burn you will lose a pound. If in a year you eat 3500 calories fewer than you burn you will lose a pound. So yes they are bankable.

That being said, due to logging errors you should not bank them for a long period of time. Most people look at a calorie by the day because that is much more manageable.

Blondie9292

Makes perfect sense!

Liftng4Lis

Yes

Kalikel

I so seriously wonder about this. I know that when I get enough sleep, on a regular basis, I lose more than when I don't. So sleep has to be tangled up in it all in some way(s). Do some chemicals do some kind of reset that I don't know about...that nobody knows about? I dunno. The sleep thing fascinates me, though.

Obviously, you can't cut 20 calories a day for a year and then pig out for a couple days and have it not count. There has to be some limit to the banking.

I'm not really sure exactly how it works.

I do go over and under all the time, sometimes by a lot. I continue to lose.

MysticRealm

Kalikel wrote: »

Obviously, you can't cut 20 calories a day for a year and then pig out for a couple days and have it not count. There has to be some limit to the banking.

Technically you could. If you were very accurate in your logging then it would all even out to you losing the same amount in that year than you would if you at the same amount of calories spread out evenly. (though you may have some extra water weight after a few days of pigging out)

WyshIKnew

Just my own thoughts, but.....

I don't think it is a healthy attitude to look at saving calories up for the sole purpose of having a splurge on such and such a day.
That, to me, seems to indicate that your food is still the boss of you whereas you should be the boss of your food.

My own thoughts are that this is a lifestyle change and not a life sentence of being scared of your food and letting it rule your life.

I feel that rather than 'saving' calories it should be a case of "so I splurged today on my birthday, Christmas, wedding anniversary whatever. So freaking what!". Just continue to make healthy choices following the splurge.

'Normal' people don't let their food rule their life to such an extent that they go into a tail spin of self recrimination if they eat extra on one particular day. They just continue making healthy choices before and after that day.

I for one do not intend to live my life too scared to attend a party, go for a few beers once in a blue moon etc.

Having said that, I think this is an attitude that can only be properly achieved with time, allowing your body and mind to eat and exercise normally. I certainly wouldn't advocate splurging within the first few months of your fitness plan!