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Weekly defecit work ?

nomorebingesgirl2014
nomorebingesgirl2014 Posts: 378 Member
edited 2:28AM in Health and Weight Loss
I look at my calories on a weekly basis rather than on a daily basis now . ? Is this correct ? For instance I eat at maintenance ( 1500) , but some days I may have say 2000 calories and some days are lower .

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  • pepin1224
    pepin1224 Posts: 21 Member
    From my understanding, it should work. The main reason to try daily is to adjust your eating habits to that of a healthy persons. If you feel confident in using weekly and are not starving yourself on some days so that you can binge on others than it should be fine
  • VelveteenArabian
    VelveteenArabian Posts: 758 Member
    Weight loss and weight gain are all by averages. If it weren't, we would all have a much easier time being the weight we want to be!
  • Early_Riser
    Early_Riser Posts: 127 Member
    Works for me
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    If it doesn't, I'm in trouble!

    I average the month out.

    I'm trying to eat to my hunger. If I pay too much attention to the dailies, I won't do that - I'll be busy eating more or less than the days before.

    Since I'm halfway to my goal, it's time to start thinking about how this will work when I'm done. I plan to eat to my hunger then (duh), so I keep an eye on weeks, kind of, and a good review of the months. :)
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