Envy Problems

hipari

alteredsteve175 wrote: »

nutmegoreo wrote: »

braewe wrote: »

Thanks! I think I will try the 'look at the menu before going' idea. And I guess I hadn't planned far enough ahead for 'never' eating out.

I also hadn't considered the budgeting for a splurge, by extra activity or saving. I didn't even know you COULD 'save' I thought each day was just, each day.

Some people look at the week as a total, having high and low days. They all even out in the end. After a higher calorie day, it's not uncommon to have the scale read a bit higher. That's a combination of water and extra waste, not fat. So don't allow that to shock you.

Good strategy there. I have a daily calorie target, but really pay attention to the weekly totals. That lets me fit in a restaurant visit or drinks or eat a treat meal without blowing the whole program. Had a party with some old friends Friday night - was over my daily target but will not exceed the weekly allowance. Keep working on this and checking here for advice and you will figure out something that will work for you.

Same here, it's weekly totals I'm looking at. Or, more specifically, weekly averages for burn and intake, and overall weekly deficit (I recently lost a lot of weight in a week where I consistenly ate 2700-3000 calories per day, but I was hiking and burning 4000+, so it's the deficit that matters).

Looking at weekly totals/averages instead of days doesn't mean you can go from fasting to bingeing and back all the time. Find a pattern that's suitable for you. For example, my daily goal is 2000 but I simply try to keep the average at 2000 and the daily between 1600 and 2400. Empirically, below 1600 is too low for me and always makes my stomach a bottomless pit the next day. So, if I want to "bank" a thousand extra calories for an event, I have to spread that out over a few days of eating a little bit lighter.