Ate over calorie limit

Panone2

if I ate over my calorie limit can I just burn it off? and if I do burn it off will my weight increase the next day?

Zedeff

Panone2 wrote: »

if I ate over my calorie limit can I just burn it off? and if I do burn it off will my weight increase the next day?

Yes you CAN exercise to compensate. In fact if you do that, your weight is likely to INCREASE due to water retention from muscle injury.

Exercise if you want, alternatively just log it and start again tomorrow. Your choice. You cannot exercise enough today to lose meaningful weight tomorrow though.

cwolfman13

your calorie target isn't a maintenance weight target....it is a substantial deficit....even if you go over, you're still likely to be in a deficit of energy (calories). what you do is move on the next day. weight management isn't predicated on day to day minutia...it is predicated on what you're doing most of the time.

In that RE, if you're in a deficit, you're in a deficit...it may be smaller or larger or whatever...but being in a deficit of energy is what burns fat and causes you to lose weight over time...again, bigger picture, not day to day minutia. you don't gain fat overnight...that's not how your body works. I would strongly suggest you take a read of some of the stickies....

also, weight management is all about trends and averages, not exact numbers...weight isn't static and weight loss/gain isn't linear....

jaqcan

Your weight can increase when you don't over eat. Go by a weekly or monthly average, not day to day fluctuations.

Liftng4Lis

Log it and move on.

MommyL2015

I ate at maintanence level today and almost all my exersize calories. It's my b-day and I loved every bite. One day doesn't do any damage.

Robbnva

I noticed the scale goes up after a bad day, but that's mostly water weight. If you go back on track it comes off. Just don't make the mistake I did. I went on vacation and ate terrible, came back almost 10lbs heavier and I'm struggling to get back to my pre-vacation weight, plus I'm hungrier now so it's really hard to stay in my calorie limit

Florida_Superstar

One day won't matter in the long term. Yes, the scale may go up the next day, but that will mostly be due to excess salt/water weight. Drink a lot of water and get back on track.

pondee629

Weight increase the NEXT day? Are we weighing ourselves each day? I find that to be counter productive. Weigh in days are Sunday mornings after getting the papers before breakfast. Once a week seems more than sufficient. Anything more seems, again, counter productive. Day to day fluxuations can be disappointing, confusing, agravating...

What are everyone else's thoughts?

PinkPixiexox

pondee629 wrote: »

Weight increase the NEXT day? Are we weighing ourselves each day? I find that to be counter productive. Weigh in days are Sunday mornings after getting the papers before breakfast. Once a week seems more than sufficient. Anything more seems, again, counter productive. Day to day fluxuations can be disappointing, confusing, agravating...

What are everyone else's thoughts?

I personally don't weigh-in every day.

I do however understand why people do. Sometimes it's good to track the patterns and trends, sometimes it's good to see how your body reacts to certain situations. It can be a positive thing if you have a good relationship with scales (I generally don't, so it's once a week for me!)

nordlead2005

pondee629 wrote: »

Weight increase the NEXT day? Are we weighing ourselves each day? I find that to be counter productive. Weigh in days are Sunday mornings after getting the papers before breakfast. Once a week seems more than sufficient. Anything more seems, again, counter productive. Day to day fluxuations can be disappointing, confusing, agravating...

What are everyone else's thoughts?

Even weighing in weekly doesn't eliminate fluctuation. I've gone up over a week, or even 2 weeks only to plunge down the following day. If you can't handle daily fluctuations how are you going to handle a week of no loss?

Anyways, my opinion is do what works for you. If you get obsessive about the scale, then you may need to scale back (no pun originally intended ) Daily weighing is fine also. Recognizing that water weight plays a huge role is the most important thing.

cwolfman13

pondee629 wrote: »

Weight increase the NEXT day? Are we weighing ourselves each day? I find that to be counter productive. Weigh in days are Sunday mornings after getting the papers before breakfast. Once a week seems more than sufficient. Anything more seems, again, counter productive. Day to day fluxuations can be disappointing, confusing, agravating...

What are everyone else's thoughts?

a lot of people weigh in daily and for those that understand these fluctuations, it isn't a big deal...nor is it counter productive. weighing in weekly is fine...but it doesn't eliminate fluctuations. I'm 2 Lbs heavier today than I was last Friday...if I weighed in weekly, and I didn't understand natural weight fluctuations, I'd probably get my panties in a wad over a perceived 2 Lb gain even though I'm doing everything right...

Kalikel

I put in more exercise time when I seriously pig out. But if it's just a few hundred calories, who cares. So I don't lose as much that day. Big whup. I don't care.

dubird

One day isn't a problem. Just log it and start fresh next day. One bad day doesn't make you a failure, it makes you human.

Robbnva

pondee629 wrote: »

Weight increase the NEXT day? Are we weighing ourselves each day? I find that to be counter productive. Weigh in days are Sunday mornings after getting the papers before breakfast. Once a week seems more than sufficient. Anything more seems, again, counter productive. Day to day fluxuations can be disappointing, confusing, agravating...

What are everyone else's thoughts?

I weigh myself everyday, but record it once a week.

kshama2001

pondee629 wrote: »

Weight increase the NEXT day? Are we weighing ourselves each day? I find that to be counter productive. Weigh in days are Sunday mornings after getting the papers before breakfast. Once a week seems more than sufficient. Anything more seems, again, counter productive. Day to day fluxuations can be disappointing, confusing, agravating...

What are everyone else's thoughts?

If I hadn't started weighing myself daily I wouldn't have realized I gain weight at ovulation, in addition to premenstrually. Otherwise I would have been wondering what on earth was going on.

So I log every day and track this in a spreadsheet, and when a new low has stuck on the scale for a few days record this as my "official" weight in MFP .

brianpperkins

How many pounds per week did you tell MFP you wanted to lose? How much did you eat? How does the amount you ate compare to your maintenance level?

VykkDraygoVPR

I'm over my goal for today (steak, pizza, cider, and bourbon, it was a good day), but still in a deficit. Tomorrow I plan to eat at maintenance, and even then, averaged out, I will be in a deficit. Weight gain and loss isn't really immediate. Just stay consistent, and try to keep in a range of the calorie goal. As long as you don't always eat at, or over maintenance, then you will continue to lose weight.

Verivus

I go over my calorie limit by 100+ calories probably 2 times a week, though very rarely over maintenance. Usually this happens because a friend wants to hang out/grab some food together or it's a special occasion, so I really don't care if I go over a bit. I refuse to give up on having a normal life just to stick to a rigid diet. I'm still steadily losing 1lb/week and my friends are happy, my boyfriend's happy, and I'm happy. Being too hard/rigid on yourself is bad, IMO. It sets you up for failure.