How often do you go over your calorie limit?

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  • Mercenary1914
    Mercenary1914 Posts: 1,087 Member
    I'm just curious because in the almost four weeks that I've been using MFP I have never gone over. I hit my goal this week and I'm thinking about getting going to the Chinese Buffet tomorrow.

    I go over all the time....sometimes by a few cals sometimes by a lot...but if you look at my week as a whole I am consistent..


    There are a lot of strategies to eat buffets...Cause I do that myself.

    1) You could run in the AM to have extra cals to eat
    2) You could eat a light breakfast, light lunch and prep for you buffet dinner or maybe it is for lunch
    3) You can not give a dang about cals...and kick butt going forward...It's not like you will all of a sudden gain 20 lbs.


    As long as you are not hitting up a buffet every week and going over Cals constantly,....No biggie.
  • kitinboots
    kitinboots Posts: 589 Member
    Maybe once a week or less. I had trouble sticking to 1200 and would often try and squeeze extra exercise calories (cleaning anyone?) to justify my appetite. I upped my calories to 1400 and now I only go over if I go to a party and drink.
  • Brizoeller
    Brizoeller Posts: 182 Member
    I eat about 1900 a day, so not often lol. When I was on 1200 i went over once every couple weeks as my "cheat" day. Now i find i don't deprive myself of anything so I don't need a cheat day.
  • srpm
    srpm Posts: 275 Member
    I try to keep my weekly and monthly averages as close to my goal as possible, my weekly average is usually over whenever we travel or have people visit but I try to make up for it by keeping myself in line the rest of the month.
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    I'm just curious because in the almost four weeks that I've been using MFP I have never gone over. I hit my goal this week and I'm thinking about getting going to the Chinese Buffet tomorrow.

    I go over all the time....sometimes by a few cals sometimes by a lot...but if you look at my week as a whole I am consistent..


    There are a lot of strategies to eat buffets...Cause I do that myself.

    1) You could run in the AM to have extra cals to eat
    2) You could eat a light breakfast, light lunch and prep for you buffet dinner or maybe it is for lunch
    3) You can not give a dang about cals...and kick butt going forward...It's not like you will all of a sudden gain 20 lbs.


    As long as you are not hitting up a buffet every week and going over Cals constantly,....No biggie.

    Don't let him fool you; he's only over because he steals food from his friends' diaries!
  • montana_girl
    montana_girl Posts: 1,403 Member
    Almost daily :)

    thank you for saying that! I was beginning to think I was the only one.

    I tend to go over by 50 to 200 calories most days, but I'm still able to maintain, so I don't stress about it. :happy:
  • Mercenary1914
    Mercenary1914 Posts: 1,087 Member
    I'm just curious because in the almost four weeks that I've been using MFP I have never gone over. I hit my goal this week and I'm thinking about getting going to the Chinese Buffet tomorrow.

    I go over all the time....sometimes by a few cals sometimes by a lot...but if you look at my week as a whole I am consistent..


    There are a lot of strategies to eat buffets...Cause I do that myself.

    1) You could run in the AM to have extra cals to eat
    2) You could eat a light breakfast, light lunch and prep for you buffet dinner or maybe it is for lunch
    3) You can not give a dang about cals...and kick butt going forward...It's not like you will all of a sudden gain 20 lbs.


    As long as you are not hitting up a buffet every week and going over Cals constantly,....No biggie.

    Don't let him fool you; he's only over because he steals food from his friends' diaries!


    Shhh! LOL! :wink:
  • sazzyp1973
    sazzyp1973 Posts: 517 Member
    every now and then but when I do - well I do big time ;o)
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I'm just curious because in the almost four weeks that I've been using MFP I have never gone over. I hit my goal this week and I'm thinking about getting going to the Chinese Buffet tomorrow.

    Daily? Quite a bit. Weekly? Almost never. I don't worry if my daily calories are over, so long as my weekly average is correct. Your body doesn't run your totals from midnight to midnight, like my FitBit does.
    This. I go over pretty often, but I am under pretty often. It balances out.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    Well it depends what you are using for your limit? MFP has me at 1200 so I go over everyday :tongue: I try to stay within my BMR though


    Yep-MFP tells me 1200 a day, but that's not my "real" goal. So I'm over almost every day. But I'm one of those people who sets their alarm clock 10 minutes ahead so I can pretend that I'm still getting up at the same time after I hit the snooze button.

    You guys can change your goals to whatever you want. MFP had me at 1200, but my BMR is more like 1450, so I changed my goal to that. That way it's not confusing or discouraging when you see red numbers, and you have a more accurate reflection of what you should be consuming each day for protein, fiber, etc. (though I customized those as well)


    Yeah-I have left mine at 1200 because when I see red I know it's time to be careful. When I was actually netting 1200 a day-I had a good gap between there and maintenance-so I wasn't too worried if I went over. Now-I'm much closer and there's not so much leeway. The red indicates I need to actually pay attention to what I shovel in my mouth for the rest of the day. I generally just aim for my weekly average on the graph to be in the range I'm looking for anyway. I could change it to my "actual" goal-but I think this makes me a little more cognizant - but I'm well aware it's really no different than my approach with the alarm clock lol.
  • tommytorquestick
    tommytorquestick Posts: 57
    I'm just curious because in the almost four weeks that I've been using MFP I have never gone over. I hit my goal this week and I'm thinking about getting going to the Chinese Buffet tomorrow.

    Daily? Quite a bit. Weekly? Almost never. I don't worry if my daily calories are over, so long as my weekly average is correct. Your body doesn't run your totals from midnight to midnight, like my FitBit does.

    That's a good point. Besides, my MFP goal includes over 900 calories in deficit, so if I do go over a little bit I'll still actually be in a deficit.

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