so you count calories like money?

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  • Cytherea
    Cytherea Posts: 515 Member
    That is EXACTLY how I talk/think about it! lol!
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    Yes i do that as well.
  • bellinachuchina
    bellinachuchina Posts: 498 Member
    Yes! I do this, and catch myself in public, like "That costs too much." or "I don't have enough (calories) for that" lol. It works for me :)
  • lindsaylove07
    lindsaylove07 Posts: 444 Member
    I have to think of it like money otherwise I just go calorie crazy!
  • djkymba
    djkymba Posts: 174
    Hmm, I haven't thought about it that way before but I will now. Thanks!
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Definitely! Your regular daily calories are like your regular paycheck. Exercising is like earning overtime or having a part-time job on the side for "fun money". And if you set yourself up to have enough of a daily deficit (like I do 1.5 pounds per week instead of 1 pound per week) you may even have a "savings" to tap into if you happen to go out for drinks or something extra like that.
  • jellybaby84
    jellybaby84 Posts: 583 Member
    To a certain extent, yes.

    I don't think in terms of 'expensive' ;cheap' or having a certain number to 'spend'

    But I do 'save' calories and think 'I can't afford' to eat that food.
  • caitastic24
    caitastic24 Posts: 674 Member
    hilarious and soooo true (:
  • mathlete99
    mathlete99 Posts: 133 Member
    Yes, me too! I listen to Dave Ramsey and follow his envelope system for my budget and when I found MFP I thought this is just like my budgeting system with money :)
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