One day a week refuel meal/all you can eat

tamaraworrall

Would one day a week be a good idea to have an all you can eat buffet as in Chinese or pizza to refuel your body if you were finding it hard to eat more calories some days and do a lot of exercise?

RoxieDawn

No I do not guess so. I presume that you have under eaten your calories during the week and can afford to take these calories from your calorie bank for the week..

I would not call it a refuel. I would call it eating your calories you did not eat during the week or eating at maintenance to take a diet brake one day a week..

But I am confused as to what "hard to eat more calories and do a lot of exercise means"..

tamaraworrall

It was just whilst reading some of the things on here it got me wondering really

RodaRose

Here is the One Meal A Day group:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/20634-omad-revolution

tamaraworrall

I didn't mean one meal a day ,that's just crazy .
I meant like a treat day once a week and if you've not been able to eat up to maintenance calories every day that it makes up for it if that makes sense?
Not overindulgence though as still eating within your calories.
Doing a lot of exercise as in very active

jessicarobinson00

My question is: what kind of exercising are you doing to reflect the calorie burns that you are having?

tamaraworrall

Various types, Zumba, walking,swimming, gym,body combat etc

TavistockToad

tamaraworrall wrote: »

Various types, Zumba, walking,swimming, gym,body combat etc

Or just eat enough to fuel your exercise every day?

tamaraworrall

Been trying to do that for a while and some days I get quite close to maintenance and others not .
I've always said losing weight was the easy part and maintaining it is the hard part

_Waffle_

tamaraworrall wrote: »

I didn't mean one meal a day ,that's just crazy .
I meant like a treat day once a week and if you've not been able to eat up to maintenance calories every day that it makes up for it if that makes sense?
Not overindulgence though as still eating within your calories.
Doing a lot of exercise as in very active

Mostly impossible scenarios unless you're doing a death march across Death Valley all day long every day. There's no reason that you can't eat your maintenance calories most days of the week. What's this scenario? How many calories are impossible to eat during the week? A daily goal is......?

Lounmoun

If it is within your weekly calorie goal I think it is fine and a good idea but if you have trouble most days getting enough calories maybe you should change what you eat daily or cut back on exercise.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1

TavistockToad

tamaraworrall wrote: »

Been trying to do that for a while and some days I get quite close to maintenance and others not .
I've always said losing weight was the easy part and maintaining it is the hard part

So what are you trying to do, lose or maintain?

Either way, look at your weekly goal rather than daily, you can be under one day and over the next and still balance the week.

tamaraworrall

I'm trying to maintain ,how can I look at the weekly goal instead of the daily one ?
I've cut exercise out and introduced rest days but I enjoy the exercise I do

_Waffle_

tamaraworrall wrote: »

I'm trying to maintain ,how can I look at the weekly goal instead of the daily one ?
I've cut exercise out and introduced rest days but I enjoy the exercise I do

How many calories are you trying to eat each day? What's a typical day look like for you?

TavistockToad

tamaraworrall wrote: »

I'm trying to maintain ,how can I look at the weekly goal instead of the daily one ?
I've cut exercise out and introduced rest days but I enjoy the exercise I do

It's in the food diary summaries

If you're not able to fuel all your workouts you need to cut out more before you do yourself any damage.

This isn't the first thread you've posted saying you over exercise and under eat.

_Waffle_

TavistockToad wrote: »

tamaraworrall wrote: »

I'm trying to maintain ,how can I look at the weekly goal instead of the daily one ?
I've cut exercise out and introduced rest days but I enjoy the exercise I do

It's in the food diary summaries

If you're not able to fuel all your workouts you need to cut out more before you do yourself any damage.

This isn't the first thread you've posted saying you over exercise and under eat.

Without more information it sounds like the OP wants to starve herself so she can pig out on one day a week. The only time I have *some* issue is on long run days where my calorie goals are over 5000 and it's not really that hard to eat it all back. My typical daily goal is 3000 - 3500. It's pretty darn easy to get that many calories.

tamaraworrall

I've been upping my calories a lot and it's not over exercising as I have seen people do a lot more .
To maintain if says 2160 I think and then on top you are meant to eat back some of your exercise calories aren't you?
I was only asking if it was a good idea like when people have treat days

tamaraworrall

Il go and look to see if I can change it thanks

TavistockToad

_Waffle_ wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

tamaraworrall wrote: »

I'm trying to maintain ,how can I look at the weekly goal instead of the daily one ?
I've cut exercise out and introduced rest days but I enjoy the exercise I do

It's in the food diary summaries

If you're not able to fuel all your workouts you need to cut out more before you do yourself any damage.

This isn't the first thread you've posted saying you over exercise and under eat.

Without more information it sounds like the OP wants to starve herself so she can pig out on one day a week. The only time I have *some* issue is on long run days where my calorie goals are over 5000 and it's not really that hard to eat it all back. My typical daily goal is 3000 - 3500. It's pretty darn easy to get that many calories.

No, in a previous thread op is eating around 1500 cal and exercising for 2 hours plus without eating cals back and obviously not maintaining her weight though that's what she is supposed to be doing.

tamaraworrall

I don't starve myself but thanks for pre judging .and pigging out is when you binge which I don't do .it was just a question really about having a treat day like so many others do .

_Waffle_

tamaraworrall wrote: »

I've been upping my calories a lot and it's not over exercising as I have seen people do a lot more .
To maintain if says 2160 I think and then on top you are meant to eat back some of your exercise calories aren't you?
I was only asking if it was a good idea like when people have treat days

You're asking if you can eat 2160, skip the exercise calories, and then make it up on the weekend? I suppose but that's not the best way to go about this. Try to get closer to your goal each day. Nothing wrong with banking 100 calories a day for a splurge however. Fine by me.

TavistockToad

tamaraworrall wrote: »

I've been upping my calories a lot and it's not over exercising as I have seen people do a lot more .
To maintain if says 2160 I think and then on top you are meant to eat back some of your exercise calories aren't you?
I was only asking if it was a good idea like when people have treat days

I eat less cals Monday to Thursday so I can eat more on a weekend - plenty of people do it that way.

tamaraworrall

Thanks Tavistock toad ,I don't want to be restricted to a treat at the weekend long term if that makes sense .
If I want a treat in the week like pizza hut buffet or similar i want to do it

_Waffle_

TavistockToad wrote: »

_Waffle_ wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

tamaraworrall wrote: »

I'm trying to maintain ,how can I look at the weekly goal instead of the daily one ?
I've cut exercise out and introduced rest days but I enjoy the exercise I do

It's in the food diary summaries

If you're not able to fuel all your workouts you need to cut out more before you do yourself any damage.

This isn't the first thread you've posted saying you over exercise and under eat.

Without more information it sounds like the OP wants to starve herself so she can pig out on one day a week. The only time I have *some* issue is on long run days where my calorie goals are over 5000 and it's not really that hard to eat it all back. My typical daily goal is 3000 - 3500. It's pretty darn easy to get that many calories.

No, in a previous thread op is eating around 1500 cal and exercising for 2 hours plus without eating cals back and obviously not maintaining her weight though that's what she is supposed to be doing.

It's sustainable until it's not and you finally crash and burn.

TavistockToad

tamaraworrall wrote: »

Thanks Tavistock toad ,I don't want to be restricted to a treat at the weekend long term if that makes sense .
If I want a treat in the week like pizza hut buffet or similar i want to do it

Then do that. Doesn't matter what day it is, it's about your weekly goal being there or there abouts to lose/maintain/gain.

tamaraworrall

Thanks

_Waffle_

tamaraworrall wrote: »

I don't starve myself but thanks for pre judging .and pigging out is when you binge which I don't do .it was just a question really about having a treat day like so many others do .

You clearly said "All you can eat meal" right there in the title. Doesn't that mean eating until you can't eat any more?

Call it whatever you like. Nothing wrong with that if you're hitting weekly goals.

#StopTheFoodShame

endlessfall16

OP, I do that all the time, what others call pigging out, treat days, cheat days, at buffets, regular restaurants or at home on special occasions (birthday, graduation, etc). I don't suppose you can eliminate going to special occasions or going and only watching other people eat, can't you?

I don't change or want to change this part of my life.

Just eat less on the days before and after the treat days. Also throw in 30 minutes of walking here and there.

How much can you binge at an all you can eat restaurant? By rough estimate I can't eat over 5000 calories.

tamaraworrall

The first time I went to pizza hut buffet after not going for over a year I did overindulge so when I went again I knew where I went wrong and listened to my body that time.
I went to an all you can eat Chinese a bit ago for first time in over a year and I went at lunch so less choice and again I listened to my body, I went on my own and sipped water in between and only had a bit of everything and took my time .
I really enjoyed it .
If I go out for meals with family or friends I always stick to the low calorie option though if the kids leave a few chips I will help them eat them ha .
That's exactly it I can't not do these things for the rest of my life,my next one to do is the evening buffet because more choice but that is going to be a while off still

_Waffle_

tamaraworrall wrote: »

The first time I went to pizza hut buffet after not going for over a year I did overindulge so when I went again I knew where I went wrong and listened to my body that time.
I went to an all you can eat Chinese a bit ago for first time in over a year and I went at lunch so less choice and again I listened to my body, I went on my own and sipped water in between and only had a bit of everything and took my time .
I really enjoyed it .
If I go out for meals with family or friends I always stick to the low calorie option though if the kids leave a few chips I will help them eat them ha .
That's exactly it I can't not do these things for the rest of my life,my next one to do is the evening buffet because more choice but that is going to be a while off still

One of my favorite splurges is Panda Express. I know, that's mostly high calorie crap but it tastes sooooooo good. I give in about once or twice a month and get a meal there. All this talk about a Chinese buffet is making me hungry.

catsdogsh

I do that every other Friday night and I'm still losing just fine. I never eat back any exercise calories though and very rarely eat over 1200 calories any day except my one meal every other Friday. That Friday I don't eat anything else all day either. I go any restaurant I want and eat everything I want lol