Counting Calories...Cheat

marielenrdz
marielenrdz Posts: 52 Member
edited September 22 in Food and Nutrition
I have a question about counting calories and whether this would be considered cheating. If I happen to go over my calories one day, I don't log the overage for that day and instead post it on my next day's log. It lowers my allowed calories for the day and I follow the new calorie goal. Is that cheating? Or does it just average itself out and will still induce weight loss.

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  • JustAmy
    JustAmy Posts: 291
    I think since you are the one that has lost 40 pounds (congratulations!) that is must be alright!!:bigsmile:
  • Chiquita_Banana
    Chiquita_Banana Posts: 500
    i think everyday is its own day, because if you look at it, you burn only a certain amount of calories a day. lets say one day you eat more, then those calories you don't need may just be stored by your body. i dont think a couple hundred calories would be devastating though...
  • sallyLunn
    sallyLunn Posts: 381
    I think since you are the one that has lost 40 pounds (congratulations!) that is must be alright!!:bigsmile:

    exactly.
  • pamp1emousse
    pamp1emousse Posts: 282 Member
    I expect you'll get mixed answers for this, but personally I don't think so at all. I'd avoid a binge/starve pattern, but if you're only going over & under by 200 or less and it works for you, great!
  • PLUMSGRL
    PLUMSGRL Posts: 1,134 Member
    who would you be cheating?:wink:
  • pamp1emousse
    pamp1emousse Posts: 282 Member
    I think since you are the one that has lost 40 pounds (congratulations!) that is must be alright!!:bigsmile:

    exactly.

    i agree too :)
  • khk2010
    khk2010 Posts: 451 Member
    People use the zig zag system to eat high and low calories throughout the week. As long as it adds up at at the end of the week I think it's fine. And agree with Amy - you've lost 40 lbs and you must being doing something very right!
  • BrendaKayS
    BrendaKayS Posts: 38
    In the end I agree with the others - if its' working for you then I would just keep doing what you are doing :) If you have a stall or tough few weeks then you could think about tweaking that but in the end it's not like your body resets at 12 midnight - as long as you are logging I'd think you'd be good :)
  • WhiskeyBravo
    WhiskeyBravo Posts: 92
    I've thought about that too, so I just go by the week....My goal is to create a 3500 calorie deficit per week thur calorie restriciton and another 3500 thru exercise 6 times per week...on work days I can only get in about 45 min of cardio ( about 450-500 calories) and on non-working days about 60 minutes about 600 calories ( the extra burned calories make up for the day I don't go to the gym). So I log them but don't eat them so that it balances at the end of the week.
    Did that make sense?!?
  • marielenrdz
    marielenrdz Posts: 52 Member
    Whiskey...lol...yeah, that made sense. Thanks for the replies! I've used a variety of methods to lose the 40lbs I lost this year. Zig Zagging my calories is an easier one to live with because it allows for those special occasions when you go over just a bit. I don't know why I felt like I was somehow cheating the "system"...what system, I have no idea!! lol Luv this site and all of your support!! xoxo
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