Carrying over exercise calories

madsmith123

I'm quite new to MFP and have a quick question.

From what I've read I understand that I need to be eating my exercise calories - but do I have to eat them on the day I earned them?

I am currently attending exercise classes on Mon, Wed, and Thu nights. However, it is usually on a Friday or Saturday night when I want to indulge in the tastiest of foods and have a wee glass of wine or two.

Can I carry over the extra calories I have earned during the week?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated,

Maddie

CallieDerenthal

you can technically eat them whenever you like. a deficit of 3500 calories equals a pound lost, no matter which days the deficit occurred. if you want to lose a pound per week, you need to eat 500 calories per day fewer than your body requires to maintain it's current weight. so if you have a deficit of 250 calories one day and 750 the next, it doesn't matter, as long as the total is 3500 at the end of the week (assuming you're set to lose 1 pound per week). sorry if this is confusing, it's early and i just woke up.

Amo_Angelus

Technically yes. Weightloss is a cumulative effect, however, for best reults you shouldn't.

yager8725

Thank You!!! I finally understand the idea of eating back calories!

FairyMiss

personally i think all this saving exercise calories for eating something sometime. or for having drinks just gets a little nutty.

but then i do not get the whole exercising for the purpose of eating more, in MY thoughts that is not a proper relationship with food or exercise.

if you want exercise do it for the good it does your body, the whole good, not just the extra cals.

and if on a friday night you want a drink or a little extra something, have it, own it and move on!!!!


I think people can get a little psyco about the numbers

gsager

Yes, you eat them the day you earn them.