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weekly calories vs daily calories.

FitspoEm
FitspoEm Posts: 94 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
does anybody count weekly calories instead of daily? ive been thinking of starting to count weekly instead.. so for example im allowed 8400 calories a week (averages 1200 a day).. which will allow me lee-way for each day without stressing. does this work?

can anybody share there experiences/thoughts of this?
obviously it wont be like oh ive ate 2000 calories today therefore im only allowed 400 tomorrow.. il just know i need to exercise more throughout the week.

thankyou xx

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  • Blueberry09
    Blueberry09 Posts: 821 Member
    If you're consistent with your workouts you could spread those cals over the week so you're not as hungry on non-workout days.

    For example - I burn at least 350 cals in my workouts Mon thru Thurs. That works out to 1400 for the week. Divide by 7 days and I add 200 cals a day to my allowance.

    Just make sure your starting number is reasonable. Personally I think 1200 is too low. I'm currently at 1450.
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