Do calories carry over??

susanfrancis40
susanfrancis40 Posts: 55 Member
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Day out in London today...thought I was being so good ordering a salad for dinner...just got home and entered it on this site and it was bloody 891 calories!!!! AArrrgh!!! Have gone 68 calories over :(....had a few calories remaining on Tues and Weds though, can these carry over from day to day?

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  • feast4thebeast
    feast4thebeast Posts: 210 Member
    Some people have had success by calculating their calories over the course of a week. I wouldn't worry too much about 68 calories though. Sometimes an ocassional 'cheat' which if planned is not actually a 'cheat' can help to reset some hormone levels and stop your metabolism from crashing completely. Google leptin and cortisol
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    The short answer is yes.

    You're fine. I promise.
  • Anayalata
    Anayalata Posts: 391 Member
    Your body doesn't immediately reset at midnight.

    Weight gain/loss is going to happen over the long run meaning if you go over 1000 calories today and under 1000 calories tomorrow it's essentially the same thing for your body.
  • senyosmom
    senyosmom Posts: 613 Member
    68 over really isn't so bad. Especially since its clearly not a daily thing for you....

    Try looking up your restaurant before you go and picking something when you can look up the nutritional info before hand.
  • cardozm
    cardozm Posts: 78 Member
    hmm u got me thinking
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    Yep! I always looked at my calorie goal for the week more than day-by-day, and i did just fine :)
  • susanfrancis40
    susanfrancis40 Posts: 55 Member
    Thanks everyone - I think I need to buy myself a decent mobile phone so I can get this app and search calories before I order :smile:
  • littlelol
    littlelol Posts: 539
    ohhh im glad you can carry them over ;)
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    68 calories over is nothing. As you presumably know, everything we enter here is an estimate. Make a best effort to log accurately, but even with the most diligent logging, the actually number of calories consumed and burned will certainly be off from what was logged. If you're within +/- 100, I would call that a good day. Within +/- 50, I would call perfect. So for you this was a good, and almost perfect day.
  • noparties4me
    noparties4me Posts: 2
    Yes, calories do "carry over". Think of it this way - each time you consume 3,500 calories more than you burn in any given period, you'll gain 1 lb. Conversely, when you consume 3,500 fewer than you burn in any given period, you'll lose 1 lb.

    It doesn't matter if it's one day, one week, or one month. When it's all added together, it's a game of net over/under for consumption versus calories expended by the body.
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    It depends what service provider you're using. I think AT&T still does carryover calories.
  • lkplibra
    lkplibra Posts: 147 Member
    Salads can be so sneaky evil!
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    I think worrying about the overall calorie count for the week is fine. If I know a special event is coming up I try to eat about 300-500 calories less the day before so I have a few extra calories for the special event . I think your overall calories is what matters

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