saving calories up for the weekend

xbabeykayx

Does anyone know if you dont eat your reccommended calorie allowance and/or your excercise calories could you save them up for the weekend!! ??

bhb301

I wouldn't do this myself. I have done weight watchers in the past, and the rule was "Eat them or lose them". This is what I stick with.

jdrop

Agreed.

If you're on a weekly goal, I suppose you could, but it doesn't really teach you anything aside from deprivation, and binging later.

judz46

That's how we did it on Weight Watcher's.

eillamarie

Your body kind of goes on a 24 hour schedule, "saving" only half works-you'll still experience a gain the next day from bloating most likely. But doing it once in a while shouldn't harm your weight loss. If I know that I'm going to be going out on the weekend & will have a few drinks I try to give up one thing from my diet during the week that isn't super healthy and that I can do without.

amysj303

some people do average their calories over a week, but I don't know if you can really do this. There was an article I saved about how someone could maintain being obese eating just 700 calories a day on average:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/core_march_8.htm
I would go for more of a like a cheat day, where you can eat what you want, but still not exceed your calories by more than 20%.

GlutenFreeWench

I do a 7 day rotation of about 500 extra calories. I tend to use them for eating out, etc. But no more than 7 days, and no more than 500 calories seems to be the trick. If I do any more than that, the gain sticks around for more than 1 day- and god knows I don't want that!

xbabeykayx

okayy just to be on the safe side i think i will eat less and esxcercise that day i want a takeaway or a drink with my freinds Winning both ways doing that aint i...

EmelyJ

I wouldn't do this myself. I have done weight watchers in the past, and the rule was "Eat them or lose them". This is what I stick with.

I agree. I think it's a eat them or lose them thoery.

kdiamond

Weight Watchers has a 2 out of 1000 success rate...I'd say probably not the best way to go about it...

MisdemeanorM

I do this for special occasions, but not on a regular basis.