Do i get calorie credits??
kimiejo76
Posts: 24
Every other day, my app yells at me that I am undereating... in in starvation mode... bla bla bla. So yesterday, due to some sangria, i went over. Am I right to justify it in my head, because I always under eat? Does it all average out through the week?
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It's fine to take a weekly approach to your net calories. That's what I do.
However, consistently eating under your calorie goal isn't going to be healthy or sustainable, long-term. I haven't seen your diary and I wouldn't presume to know anything about your history, habits, or goals, so I'll just gently suggest re-evaluating your approach and leave it there. Good luck to you!:flowerforyou:0 -
Some people track per day and others per week. I focus more per week because it gives me more flexibility.0
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I look at the week more also. I don't worry if I go over 100 calories or so because I will or already have a day where I was under by that amount.0
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I hate the "starvation mode" saying. It takes a long time to get into starvation mode. LOL0
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Depends what you mean by "undereat." Many people here on MFP advise that we are probably measuring our food wrong (I agree), so I tend to leave a buffer every day of somewhere between 100-300 calories. (Like, if I ate out that day, I'm leaving a bigger buffer, because I KNOW I didn't enter in the food correctly, even if I did my best.)
If you're talking 500+ each and every day, or not entering in your exercise calories, or something...yeah, you probably might need to re-evaluate.0
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