Caloric Defecit vs. Health

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  • marniesworld
    marniesworld Posts: 74 Member
    My point is that IMO there is not a food that is healthy enough to justify going over your calorie goal to eat it.

    ETA - If butter would fit in the calorie goal and coconut oil would not, I would choose butter.

    That answers my question perfectly. Thank you.
  • For something that small you can always go for a short walk and burn it off. If it was going to put me more than 200 calories over I probably would not do it.
  • Morgaath
    Morgaath Posts: 679 Member
    Put it in and then drop and go for a nice little run/body weight workout.
    Or maybe go out dancing.
    Or play some Kinect games.
    Or just figure that the 150 cals I was under my goal yesterday cancels out my overage today.

    I try not to focus on my daily number as much as I do my 7 day average. Most days I am under, and that 10-200 less each day for 5 out of 7 means I have a little moral wiggle room when I want a beer or 2 at the end of the day, as I still wind up under my rolling weekly goal.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member


    So, for my cooking with butter/coconut oil example - Coconut oil is higher in calories but "better" for you. Which would you choose, personally? That is essentially exactly what I was asking. Probably should've given that example to begin with.

    coconut oil as I like the taste better. I would make either fit into my daily goals though. The theory behind coconut oil increases fat burning is that because a portion of it is a medium chain tryglyceride as opposed to long chain like most fats it can be broken down quicker and less likely to be stored. I'm unaware of any studies that have proven this though.
  • volume77
    volume77 Posts: 670 Member
    put down the coconut oil and have an oreo.