We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Counts

texasbbaygirl972
texasbbaygirl972 Posts: 16 Member
in Getting Started
Do I eat the same calories on the weekends as I do for the week.

Replies

  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,375 Member
    edited February 2024
    yes, unless you 'bank' extra calories for the weekend by eating lower on 1 or more weekdays.
  • texasbbaygirl972
    texasbbaygirl972 Posts: 16 Member
    ccrdragon wrote: »
    yes, unless you 'bank' extra calories for the weekend by eating lower on 1 or more weekdays.

    I have you eat lower calories on one weekend
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,673 Member
    texasbbaygirl972 wrote: »
    ccrdragon wrote: »
    yes, unless you 'bank' extra calories for the weekend by eating lower on 1 or more weekdays.

    I have you eat lower calories on one weekend

    Timing doesn't matter. If your calorie goal is (making up a number) 1500 daily, that's 10,500 per week. You'll get about the same weekly results whether you eat exactly 1500 every day, or 1400 on 5 days and 1750 on 2 days, or some other breakdown.

    The scale readings may be a little uneven if you eat more some days that others (because of more food waste in your digestive tract on the way to the exit after higher days, so a little extra scale weight the next day or so). But the long-run average weight change will be the same.

    It's not healthy to eat crazy low a lot of days, in order to eat ultra-high a couple of days, but you can vary the daily calories within reason as long as you average around goal for the week.

Categories