Can I count calories in two days instead of one?

endlessfall16

Hi All,

Is it advisable to do 1200 on day1 and 1800 on day2 to meet your daily 1500 allotment? If so, what's the most imbalance you can do healthily?

Thank you.

malibu927

Yes, it's fine. Many people here average their calories out over the week so they can splurge on the weekends or for special events.

mitch16

MFP doesn't allow you to set it up/track it that way, but it's perfectly fine to do--as long as you are at a deficit over time you should still lose weight.

raineholmes

Yeah, I do that all the time. Over 200 one day, under 200 the next. It all evens out, and you still loose weight.

CyberTone

mitch16 wrote: »

MFP doesn't allow you to set it up/track it that way, but it's perfectly fine to do--as long as you are at a deficit over time you should still lose weight.

The free version does not have that feature; however, the Premium version allows users to set custom calorie and macro goals by day of the week.

https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1935024-what-are-the-features-of-myfitnesspal-premium-

scolaris

Weekly works great for me.

BurnWithBarn2015

Weekly here for me too. Works perfect.

And for the "extra calories" one day and the MFP settings. You dont have to be Premium, you can also make your own entry in exercises...call it for example 500 calorie extra day" And log that the days you want the extra calories
It shows up as a burn but is calculated right in your food logging.

endlessfall16

Thanks everyone.

I started my calorie counting this week and quickly realized that the daily counting was not ideal for me since dinners in my family were not "equal". I was afraid that since doing a deficit by default (to lose lbs) was already tough on the body, running up even more deficit for tastes reason seemed right down abusive. Glad to hear people are doing well with weekly counting. That's amazing!