Weekly calorie goal vs daily

rachaee
rachaee Posts: 46 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hiya everyone, im new to mfp but have always tracked when being "good"! I find that when losing weight if I plan to eat clean or specific foods I just cant do it...id rather have a punnet of grapes than a sandwich! Anyway, im currently on a 12 week placement in a hospital as im a student nurse so I work 12.5 hour shifts, 3/4 times a week. Because of this i think im going to focus on a weekly calorie goal of 8400 rather than daily of 1200 so I can have more when I need it. Has anyone tried this method? And is there a way to see weekly calorie totals on the food tracking page as well as daily?

Thanks!

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  • susanfrancis40
    susanfrancis40 Posts: 55 Member
    Hi,
    I am new myself, it is only my third day so I can't really offer advice on the weekly vs daily totals. However I have just finished my three years as a student nurse so I advise you to wear a pedometer during your 12.5 hour shifts and to add these extra calories earned into your tracker. I know that when my placements were ward based rather than community I walked for MILES!! Up and down the ward with only two 15 min breaks in which to sit down. I found that I ate better while working due to being busy and the structure of the day (it is days off that are my downfall).
    Good Luck
    Su
  • caramellattekiss
    caramellattekiss Posts: 32 Member
    As far as I know, you can't look at weekly figures on the website, but you can see weekly amounts with the mobile app.
    I don't see why logging weekly wouldn't work, as you'll be keeping all sorts of strange hours with your job!
  • jbpretty
    jbpretty Posts: 221 Member
    I do this all of the time and I think it works great! It takes the pressure off if I do badly one day. Yes you can see weekly amounts on the mobile version either on a phone or iPad.
  • jevoyager
    jevoyager Posts: 59 Member
    This is what I started out doing initially, since my workfriends were doing WW, and kept talking about flex points, I thought why not allow myself some 'wiggle room' as far as my calories over the course of the week. Now I started on another tracking site that did allow you to view points weekly, which made it easier. Since I switched to MFP I ended up switching daily for the most part. You could do it on MFP if you use the mobile app (honestly I like the reports it offers - why oh why they don't have it on the website?!) But having done both there's not (for me) been any advantage to one or the other with regards to results. It sounds like a weekly plan would meet your needs better though.
  • suziecue66
    suziecue66 Posts: 1,312 Member
    Hiya everyone, im new to mfp but have always tracked when being "good"! I find that when losing weight if I plan to eat clean or specific foods I just cant do it...id rather have a punnet of grapes than a sandwich! Anyway, im currently on a 12 week placement in a hospital as im a student nurse so I work 12.5 hour shifts, 3/4 times a week. Because of this i think im going to focus on a weekly calorie goal of 8400 rather than daily of 1200 so I can have more when I need it. Has anyone tried this method? And is there a way to see weekly calorie totals on the food tracking page as well as daily?

    Thanks!

    With a low calorie amount to start with of 1200 calories per day it could be hard to get lower on some days so that other days can be higher on cals. Adding in some Intermittent Fasting like 1 x 16-24 hr fast can help.
  • stuffinmuffin
    stuffinmuffin Posts: 985 Member
    I did this through weight loss and still do now through maintenance. Personally with a fairly unpredictable lifestyle in terms of work and social life eating to a set number of calories each day just doesn't work for me.

    I'd seriously recommend it and it's an easy way of continuing the lifestyle into maintenance when you reach your goal.

    I think this is the trick that naturally skinny people use subconsciously anyway. Eat less one day, more another, and it all just evens out in the end.
  • suziecue66
    suziecue66 Posts: 1,312 Member
    I did this through weight loss and still do now through maintenance. Personally with a fairly unpredictable lifestyle in terms of work and social life eating to a set number of calories each day just doesn't work for me.

    I'd seriously recommend it and it's an easy way of continuing the lifestyle into maintenance when you reach your goal.

    I think this is the trick that naturally skinny people use subconsciously anyway. Eat less one day, more another, and it all just evens out in the end.

    I agree that naturally skinny people probably doing this subconsciously.

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