High/Low calorie days

selina884
selina884 Posts: 826 Member
edited January 20 in Food and Nutrition
Does anybody else have different calorie requirements for each day so long as the weekly calorie target does not exceed?

This is my method;

Workout days - 1700 calories
Non workout days - 1200 calories
Saturday 2500 calories

All opinions are welcome.

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  • xampx
    xampx Posts: 323 Member
    I work on a basic of 1550 and then count my exercise calories seperately, so workout days I get about 400 extra.

    Weekends at home I do longer workouts and eat over 2000, weekends at my bfs we are usually busy and hes not foody so I try to net a minimum of 1200 and then I sometimes have a chunk leftover so I can have whatever i want for dinner on Mondays :)
  • groovy_dhruvy
    groovy_dhruvy Posts: 35 Member
    I definitely let myself go a bit at the weekends - I work hard in the week but give myself a break at the weekends and let my hair down. The over-all result is still a weekly calorie deficit on my maintenance rate but I don't feel like I can't go out with my friends etc.

    Also, yes, on exercise days I try to eat a little more although I didn't manage it yesterday - I just felt too full. Maybe watching what I eat has changed how much food my body considers to be 'normal' so that what used to eb a normal portion is now too much to handle.
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