On the days that you don't exercise.

anira

How do you keep calories in the green. When I work out I know I'm going to be subtracting calories. But I find it difficult to stay withing calories (1550) when it's my rest day.
Of course I know just to eat fewer calories. But am I the only one who feels this way on rest day?

therealangd

I hate rest days for that reason. I wanna eat, dammit!

So, if I am having a particularly filling rest day, I will do a Wii workout or some yoga, or I just leave myself over on calories.

darylinny

Boy I know how you feel! Rest days! What are those? LOL I usually put in some form of cardio for about an hour, even if it's just walking. Slap on the heart rate monitor and go for a brisk walk at 20 minute intervals during the day.

lizard053

I don't always stay in the green! But on days I work out, I'm usually too low. So it always evens out in the end. If I'm really over, I'll do some sort of exercise after dinner. Go for a walk, do a video, play on the Wii. Anything to help offset some of those extra.

Ely82010

I don't care much if I am in the red on my "rest days," if I ate healthy meals. My calories goal is 1210 (maintenance), so sometimes is easy to go over by 100 or 200 calories, when I don't exercise and I eat out.

Most of the time I am under my net, specially when I have lots of exercise calories, so going over 1210 a day or two, has not made a dent in my weight.

auzziecawth66

I actually find if I cycle in a higher calorie day every now and again that I actually lose more weight... I think it has to do something with keeping my body guessing so my metabolism doesn't bottom out. (not necessarily true but that's my personal opinion lol)

anira

I don't stay in the green all the time neither. But I'm trying to get back on the wagon and I notice if I see myself going past my limit I sometimes have a forget it then day and end up bring over by like 500 that day.
How many rest days do y'all have 1? 2?
I did well losing 15lbs when I first got on MFP. And now I'm up 9lbs. Trying to get back in shape. Honeymoon over lol

CyberEd312

On days I exercise I eat 3200 calories a day (exercise 6 days a week) but on my rest day (either saturday or sunday) I eat to maintenance. My BMR is 2300 (and that is with my activity set at sedentary and a 500 calorie deficit built in) and by adding my deficit (500 calories) back in I have 2800 calories to eat which makes it alittle easier to manage... I still lose weekly with this method....

anira

Ed.
So with that method theoretically you have 400cals to spare? The 3200-2800?
I should figure my calculation but all of the calculator that tell me how many calories to consume to lose a pound a week said around 1600. I input it as 1550 on the MFP.

Tigermad

I don't care much if I am in the red on my "rest days," if I ate healthy meals. My calories goal is 1210 (maintenance), so sometimes is easy to go over by 100 or 200 calories, when I don't exercise and I eat out.

Most of the time I am under my net, specially when I have lots of exercise calories, so going over 1210 a day or two, has not made a dent in my weight.

Are you sure your maintenance is 1210? That's really low.

Ely82010

I don't care much if I am in the red on my "rest days," if I ate healthy meals. My calories goal is 1210 (maintenance), so sometimes is easy to go over by 100 or 200 calories, when I don't exercise and I eat out.

Most of the time I am under my net, specially when I have lots of exercise calories, so going over 1210 a day or two, has not made a dent in my weight.

Are you sure your maintenance is 1210? That's really low.

Yeap, I am 100lbs and barely 5 feet, and my BMR is 889 (edited to add this info).

mes1119

I go over and I don't care. I am usually a little under on exercise days so I figure it cancels out over the course of a week.

Heck, I usually don't even log on the weekends and those are my rest days. I'm working on fixing that tho :blushing:

BigDaddyBRC

On the days I dont, and do workout...I'm in the "green".

It's all about awareness.

Helloitsdan

Rest and eat less.
Up fats and lower carbs a little.

Enjoy the rest!

SWTTGAGURLL

I would just like to say WOW. I dont know how you have done it but congratuations on losing so much. I am just trying to lose like 50 so far I have lost 5.

deetra

hey how do u guys work out how many days a week to exercise and how do u no if you are in the red or the green how, what you are basing your calorie intake on ?

elishabeish

On days I exercise I eat 3200 calories a day (exercise 6 days a week) but on my rest day (either saturday or sunday) I eat to maintenance. My BMR is 2300 (and that is with my activity set at sedentary and a 500 calorie deficit built in) and by adding my deficit (500 calories) back in I have 2800 calories to eat which makes it alittle easier to manage... I still lose weekly with this method....

I am amazed at your weight loss and your before and after pics! What an inspiration you are!

meshashesha2012

it doesnt matter for me. it all evens out in the end. the days i go a bit over balances with the days i go under. i dont sweat individual days because i still average 1-2 pound loss a week