Daily Calories V.S Weekly Calories

catmurray2

Hey everyone! How do you guys look at your calories overall, by that I mean, is it more important for you to see your daily caloric intake, or weekly. I was thinking about starting to set my goal for weekly calorie consumption, I can see that it may be a little less stressful. Any opinions? :flowerforyou:

omnisis

In the end it is all about averages, but if you are bad at hitting a daily target you will be even worse at hitting a weekly target. I think it's easier for people to think about daily targets just because it fits into the rhythm of your day-to-day (see what I did there?).

ravenmiss

Always weekly.

krawhitham

Weekly or monthly

Daily calories don't matter as long as you're hitting your weekly and monthly goals, then you're hitting your daily goals too.

If I eat over 500 cals one day, I'll eat 100 calories less for the next 5 days to make sure my weekly / monthly goal is achieved. (For example)

Francl27

Weekly, but to be quite honest, I lost better when I was sticking to the same amount of food every day.

FireStorm1972

Daily here as I prep my meals daily. But like most says its about your average at the end of the week. Over 200 one day under 200 the next, same thing

meltoine

I focus more on my daily calories, but in use my weekly totals to adjust for days I know I'll go over my daily amount - parties, date nights, etc.

sympha01

I do daily for calories, protein, and fiber, and just check in weekly on other nutrients. Works well for me. I think I feel better if I get more protein on lifting days, so I gotta watch that daily.

But I can see doing weekly making sense for the kind of person to finds it easy to be UNDER at least 3 days a week. If you're stressing about being OVER on a daily basis, going to weekly will just make things worse.

Branstin

I track by the week because it gives me more flexibility.