How many calories do you try to have remaining?
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I like to calorie cycle so there are some days I will have a few hundred left and then there might be a day where I am negative a few hundred. I look more at weekly rather than daily so that I can hoard some calories for the weekend!!!0
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I usually try to leave 100 calorie buffer just in case I'm off on a measurement or have a late-night munchie attack.
thats a good idea... i dont always fully believe the actually calories they say0 -
I leave 50-250 on weekdays (depending on how hungry I am) and gobble them up on Saturday and Sunday! :drinker:
haha I like this gobble them up.. thats me all over x0 -
none but i like to leave a couple hundred for late night snack0
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I shoot for 200 or less if its a day I don't work out.
I don't mind going over by 200 if it's a day I did exercise.
I feed my body when it's active...and leave it alone when it's not.0 -
I usually have calories remaining, but am not trying. It just happens.
Love food, thus why I have to work it off lol...0 -
200 calories... not because I need them to eat but in case the database/ingredients/etc were a tad off0
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I aim to leave 100-300 depending on how active I've been during the day. I always feel better if I've left a few calories and not consumed them.0
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None...i eat up to my calorie limit.0
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I never try to have calories remaining. I just attempt to eat a calorie window. I figured 1 lb loss and 2 lb loss and am happy if I can eat between those numbers. If I exercise I try to still hit the bottom number by the end of the day if at all possible.0
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I usually have maybe 100 - 300 left sometimes, especially on high exercise days.
The bigger my weekly calorie deficit, the more weight I lose.
Simple mathematics.0 -
i always ended up having around 700-1200 remaining but i also excersise 1000 calories a day.. however i've hit a plateau and haven't lost anything for about 2-3 weeks i'm hoping for now its just water retention and not anything else lol.
What?!0 -
depends on the day and the week. This week has been a crap shoot so I was under today. If I have normal weeks, I eat all of my calories.0
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I think that also depends what goal you have yourself set for.
For example, I have my goal set for to lose 1lb / week. However, I looked up the values to lose 2lbs/ wk and .5lbs/wk. I always eat enough to meet the 2lbs / wk goal, and if I go over, I try to keep it under the .5/bs/wk goal.
My goal is to get this into my daily life, especially since some days I might want to eat less, or more, and let it average out at the end of the week. I'm still working on this.
I also reduce the amount of calories MFP says I burn during exercise since I feel like I never burn the amount it says. (Which, I suppose is the same as not eating back all of your workout calories) That only gets me closer to eating my recommended calories for 2lbs/wk some days though when my overall goal I track is 1lb/wk0 -
My goal is to loose 2lbs a week. Based on my height and current weight, MFP calculates I have to consume up to 1310 calories a day. So I ensure I eat to that or a lil bit more. I exercise religiously, 6 times a week but the nature of my work is sedentery. So I've made a conscious decision to not eat my exercise calories, but ensure I eat the required calories daily. I clock in exercise calories between 750 - 850 per workout on average.
It was worked for me these past 3-4 weeks, loosing a steady 2 lbs every week.
I guess it's different for individuals0 -
I don't really have a goal of how many calories I have left but its usually within a couple hundred.0
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Either 0 or over, I do TDEE minus small deficit so I don't worry about going over.0
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I have a lot of weight to lose and have it set to lose only one pound a week, so I have a large amount of calories. On my rest days, I easily come within a hundred calories of goal. On exercise days, I will dip into a few of my exercise calories, but usually are about 300 under.
That still has me averaging 1700- 2000 calories. When I am closer to goal and get less calories, I will eat back my exercise calories more.0 -
It varies for me. I'm still training myself to eat back my exercise calories.0
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I like to look at the weekly average. I want my average to at least be right around goal (up to 200 over or under), but I prefer to try and meet it. :drinker:0
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I like to go over by 1 calorie...
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I agree. 100 cals is a good number. I was peckish. The other night so I sat down with a few king prawns! If you save 150 or so you could have a piece of toast with butter! It's best to save some over in case the munchies come and then you can be in control0
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i find it hard just to get over 1200 each day its even harder when i exercise too. by the end of the day i am full but still have about 200 left on some occasions i am spot on but most days i am not eating enough. i eat 5 times a day but all my portions are small. should i put more on my plate?
Wow, such an alien concept to me. I struggle to not exceed my 1450 but I'm usually hungry, so I'm rarely under and if so then by less than 100. If I exercise then I'm ravenous!0 -
I plan to eat the 1200 calories but I am often 1 or two hundred under or over. (seems like under more often than over) It's not intentional.. it's just my weird timing for eating. I have a tendency to put off eating over doing other things and that throws everything off timing wise.0
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200. Between the inaccuracy of Nutrition facts and production variation, and my own eating habits, I'd rather leave little to chance.0
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It's a goal, I try to reach it.
Would you give up on your goal weight with the same % miss?0 -
I aim for somewhere around +/-50 calories (goal is TDEE - about 500 to 700 calories)........except on days with workouts where I usually aim at 200-250 calories below to compensate for what I would have burned just lounging about instead of working out and creating a buffer deficit for when I don't log in the weekends and allow myself to eat at or more than TDEE (Even if I had just sat on the couch I would have burned around 100 calories /hour).0
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I must admit Iike to see a green calorie number everyday, but I like it best when its less than 10. My goal is to get all the macros into the red though. I eat 1880 cals a day, so I don't sweat it too much if I'm over or under by say 200 or so0
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I use my "calorie counting" on my food diary a little different than most. My main goal is to exercise, and I goal myself to burn 500 calories a day from exercise, though I usually end up doing 300-400/ day. I have my NET at 1,025 so that I eat usually 1,200- 1,500, and like to eat pretty much all my calories back, if I can at least stay under 1 calorie, I'm fine with that. Rarely do I have 100 calories leftover.0
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Im mostly short of 100-200 calories, its days when I exercise and cant figure out what to eat anymore.0
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