How many calories do you try to have remaining?

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  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
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    I try to have at least 50 remaining and no more than 150 remaining. I have once or twice had between 10 and 20 remaining. I have on heavy run days had more than 300 remaining but that's not very often either. I am much more concerned and not going over than coming under but I try to make sure I eat most of my NET. My net is 1500 calories but I exercise 6-7 days a week so I eat much more and in fact I am now forcing the one rest day a week I'm supposed to take on my 1/2 marathon training schedule and I just plan for lower calorie foods that day.
  • itsscottwilder
    itsscottwilder Posts: 317
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    Zero. And I also stop eating 3 hours before bed time.
  • My0WNinspiration
    My0WNinspiration Posts: 1,146 Member
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    0
  • shortie32
    shortie32 Posts: 8
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    i find it hard just to get over 1200 each day its even harder when i exercise too. by the end of the day i am full but still have about 200 left on some occasions i am spot on but most days i am not eating enough. i eat 5 times a day but all my portions are small. should i put more on my plate?
  • hzliiz
    hzliiz Posts: 166 Member
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    I will often leave 100 - 200 per day but ONLY because I eat over my calories once a week on date night by about 600 - 1000 calories. By the end of the week I don't want any calories left over. Cause I get how MFP and math work.
  • ivinzi
    ivinzi Posts: 10
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    i always ended up having around 700-1200 remaining but i also excersise 1000 calories a day.. however i've hit a plateau and haven't lost anything for about 2-3 weeks i'm hoping for now its just water retention and not anything else lol.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,411 MFP Moderator
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    i find it hard just to get over 1200 each day its even harder when i exercise too. by the end of the day i am full but still have about 200 left on some occasions i am spot on but most days i am not eating enough. i eat 5 times a day but all my portions are small. should i put more on my plate?

    Eat higher calorie foods... that will help add calories.
  • pwnderosa
    pwnderosa Posts: 280 Member
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    I leave 50-250 on weekdays (depending on how hungry I am) and gobble them up on Saturday and Sunday! :drinker:
  • BarbieAS
    BarbieAS Posts: 1,414 Member
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    Ideally, I'd be within 100 or so one way or the other at the end of the day.

    However, in real life, it doesn't always happen. Some days I go over. Some days I have a really good workout and/or I feel stuffed on less than my goal and so I'm decently under. Too many more "over" days than "under" days lately, sadly :embarassed:, but for the most part if my weekly graph bar on the app is close to my net goal at the end of the week (within, say, 500 or so calories for the entire week), I'm a happy camper.
  • maillemaker
    maillemaker Posts: 1,253 Member
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    I like to be 200 under as a safety margin since I do not weigh all of my food all of the time.
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
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    I like to calorie cycle so there are some days I will have a few hundred left and then there might be a day where I am negative a few hundred. I look more at weekly rather than daily so that I can hoard some calories for the weekend!!!
  • emzyloo88
    emzyloo88 Posts: 145 Member
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    I usually try to leave 100 calorie buffer just in case I'm off on a measurement or have a late-night munchie attack.


    thats a good idea... i dont always fully believe the actually calories they say :)
  • emzyloo88
    emzyloo88 Posts: 145 Member
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    I leave 50-250 on weekdays (depending on how hungry I am) and gobble them up on Saturday and Sunday! :drinker:

    haha I like this gobble them up.. thats me all over x
  • red_road
    red_road Posts: 761 Member
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    none but i like to leave a couple hundred for late night snack
  • VixenArgentum
    VixenArgentum Posts: 91 Member
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    I shoot for 200 or less if its a day I don't work out.

    I don't mind going over by 200 if it's a day I did exercise.

    I feed my body when it's active...and leave it alone when it's not.
  • nyrina4life
    nyrina4life Posts: 196 Member
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    I usually have calories remaining, but am not trying. It just happens.

    Love food, thus why I have to work it off lol...
  • missmegan831
    missmegan831 Posts: 824 Member
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    200 calories... not because I need them to eat but in case the database/ingredients/etc were a tad off
  • vtotheicky
    vtotheicky Posts: 62 Member
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    I aim to leave 100-300 depending on how active I've been during the day. I always feel better if I've left a few calories and not consumed them.
  • kazsjourney
    kazsjourney Posts: 263 Member
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    None...i eat up to my calorie limit.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
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    I never try to have calories remaining. I just attempt to eat a calorie window. I figured 1 lb loss and 2 lb loss and am happy if I can eat between those numbers. If I exercise I try to still hit the bottom number by the end of the day if at all possible.

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