In vs. out

madisonelenaa

Question:

Let’s say one day I go over my daily calorie limit by 300 calories. The next day if I work off 300 extra calories & don’t go over my daily limit will that offset my weight loss?

ladyhusker39

Yes

LivingtheLeanDream

Yep

Lesscookies12

You should be fine think big picture.

Seffell

Yes, but that might make you extra hungry and lead to overeating and perpetuate the whole thing. In general my advice is - when you go over, move on and ignore it. The important thing is to keep going.
300cal = 0.09lbs. This is how much you would have lost if you didn't go over today. Is it worth it? Don't overdo it tomorrow. Just stay at your limit as usual.

(1lbs fat = 3500cal)

Jrodasff

If you are having a tough time trying to stay within your calorie intake, don’t make it harder on yourself by removing 300 calories to try and make up. 300 cals over by one day isn’t going to make or break you in the long run. It’s better to move on to the next day and stay within your intake, then to have your diet be miserable and be hungry.

Seffell

I want to add to my previous reply:

I've been using MFP successfully for 2+ years. I have not been under/at my limit every single day. I haven't even tried. It would be absurd for me to succeed in such an undertaking. I'm far from a perfect human being and I don't beat myself when I fail to behave like one.

So...

If you have to lose more than a couple of pounds then you'll need to stick to this for many months or years. So make it possible for this to happen. Some days you'll be over. Some day's you'll be over by a lot! Sometimes you'll be over for a week while on holiday. It doesn't matter. What matters is that the overall trend is downwards, i.e. you have more days at your limit rather than over. And you keep logging whatever happens. However much you are over. (well that doesn't mean that you have to give up completely if you skip some days!)
Don't try to make up for the days you go over. You would be only setting yourself back.

ITUSGirl51

Or split the overage between two days so you don’t get too hungry.

gamerbabe14

I do this frequently!

CarvedTones

I push food into the next day sometimes. In other words, if I have eaten all my calories for today and I really want that last snack, I prelog it as a snack for tomorrow. Sometimes I end up doing it again the next day, but I even it out within a couple of days.

unfair_mom

CarvedTones wrote: »

I push food into the next day sometimes. In other words, if I have eaten all my calories for today and I really want that last snack, I prelog it as a snack for tomorrow. Sometimes I end up doing it again the next day, but I even it out within a couple of days.

Me too. I have been wondering how many others do this.