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Eating a litte over your calories

TaraEpersaud
TaraEpersaud Posts: 86
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Can eating like 10 calories over your daily calories effect your diet?
or
eating a few calories less than your daily calories effect you diet?

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  • chgudnitz
    chgudnitz Posts: 4,079
    No, not at all.
  • LilMissAngi
    LilMissAngi Posts: 127
    I find it difficult to get the EXACT number. In fact it maybe impossible, lol depends.

    I go over or stay under my 1200 limit all the time and I am still losing.

    So no, It won't affect it.
  • pamw22
    pamw22 Posts: 77
    Your deff good! Dont worry! :happy:
  • heather62803
    heather62803 Posts: 266 Member
    no - you really have to think of it more as a calorie range - I can go about 50 -100 calories over a few times a week and not notice a difference - I can also go about 100 - 200 calories under and a few times a week and not notice a difference. So I am allowed about 1400 calories before exercise and I usually try to aim between 1300 and 1500 - or a little higher if I exercise. Make sense?

    The things I usually try to watch is to never allow myself to go below 1200 - for me that usually leads to binging, and to never go above 1600 because then I usually end up feeling too full and uncomfortable and sluggish. You have to find the range thats good for you. Good Luck!
  • dj_stevie_c
    dj_stevie_c Posts: 270
    I'm guessing you've had more than one day below your calorie goal? These things balance, as long as you're not going 500-1000 calories over (okay maybe the very odd special occasion) then you're fine.

    If you feel guilty do 1 minute of step ups or something :)
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