Can you do anything you want with left over calories?

StuartW1991
StuartW1991 Posts: 15
in Health and Weight Loss
Lets say I've had a really low calorie day and have only eaten about 1200 calories. Would it be okay to the go eat a chocolate bar of 400 calories at the end of the day because I am allowed 1600 calories per day?
Obviously I know it will throw my allowed sugar way off but Im still within my calories...

Been wondering about this.
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  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    Do whatever you want with em.. save em for a rainy day.. donate em to your friends.. why stop at a chocolate bar!
  • scot30316
    scot30316 Posts: 169 Member
    i do believe you could. I prefer to tuck mine into a little ball and rock it slowly like Baby Drac. Hi em :)
  • crevices
    crevices Posts: 226 Member
    you can do anything with any calories lol
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I usually chain them in my basement.
  • angelac1296
    angelac1296 Posts: 48 Member
    i do believe you could. I prefer to tuck mine into a little ball and rock it slowly like Baby Drac. Hi em :)


    ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOOOOOOO funny!!!

    I like to eat my 'leftover' calories. Sometimes I have junk, sometimes I have a ton of healthy stuff. Depends on my mood!
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    Go for it! Especially if it's a Snickers... *drools*
  • ceeceesmom
    ceeceesmom Posts: 9
    technically you can, but 400 calories of chocolate bar isn't good nutrition. I helps me to think of my body as a fireplace and the difference of putting a good hard-wood log on the fire vrs a pile of paper. A sugary meal is like a pile of paper - up in smoke!
  • hwoeltjen
    hwoeltjen Posts: 199 Member
    Honestly, instead of eating chocolate....you are better off eating something that will keep you full. I don't think it will necessarily hurt you. However, later on when you get really hungry and maxed out your calories with chocolate...you may end up going over your caloric needs.

    Just my opinion.
  • BluejayNY
    BluejayNY Posts: 301 Member
    Mine go to chocolate and ice cream. The things that make life worth living.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Sometimes, I don't have enough calories in the day to have "left over" calories...so I'll steal some from my friends list when they're aren't looking.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    I donate mine to a shelter
  • gabbygirl78
    gabbygirl78 Posts: 936 Member
    You can do whatever you want with them I wouldn't use a roll over plan though. :tongue: I like to just pretend they dont exist and just pretend I used them up. Sometimes I do have to get my chocolate fix tho:bigsmile:
  • xRiverX
    xRiverX Posts: 149 Member
    Id save them especially if Ive already have had some chocolate ;)
  • MsMimidoll
    MsMimidoll Posts: 249 Member
    Sometimes, I don't have enough calories in the day to have "left over" calories...so I'll steal some from my friends list when they're aren't looking.
    lol you can take some of mine, I almost always have some left over
  • Sublimely_Self_Righteous
    Sublimely_Self_Righteous Posts: 429
    I like to draw little pictures of them and give them names.
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    Give them to meeeeee!!!!:devil:
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    beer.
  • sarah_lou22
    sarah_lou22 Posts: 79
    I don't like to use them unless they fit into my macros...
    but to each his own :)
  • DashDeV
    DashDeV Posts: 545 Member
    Of course! That's the best part about tracking calories. Left over calories = guilt free whatever you want to eat.
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    Beer. The answer is always beer. What a silly question.

    If you don't drink, them dress them up in little costumes and put on a play for the neighborhood children. Teach them how to ea properly. Joy will be had by all!




















    But seriously, beer. Drink the beer.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I like to keep my left over calories in Tupperware. They are always fresh when I need them later.
  • K_Serz
    K_Serz Posts: 1,299 Member
    Lets say I've had a really low calorie day and have only eaten about 1200 calories. Would it be okay to the go eat a chocolate bar of 400 calories at the end of the day because I am allowed 1600 calories per day?
    Obviously I know it will throw my allowed sugar way off but Im still within my calories...

    Been wondering about this.

    Obviously....

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  • MG_Fit
    MG_Fit Posts: 1,143 Member
    Usually some for of alcohol finds its way into my diary when this happens.


    Then I'm like confetti.gif
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    beer.

    this except whiskey
  • CouleeRunner
    CouleeRunner Posts: 256 Member
    Joking aside, go ahead and have the treat. :)
  • markheusser
    markheusser Posts: 26 Member
    If you are doing IIFYM and it wont go over on your other macros...yeah eat that ****.
  • Nikoruo
    Nikoruo Posts: 771 Member
    Well if i have extra and I always always do sooo... more like, if i haven't reached at minimum 1200 calories a day than i like to find something that will kick it over the line a good 10 or 20 calories extra while also being within my macros. So as an example... I'm under my calories minimum of 1200 calories by... 100 or so but my carbs are nearly maxed out!! well then i'd choose about 120g of chicken breast to fill up the void.

    Now if i'm not looking into macros at all (so like a cheat day or something, as on cheat days where i only watch calories) than maybe a nice chocolate bar or some candies if i feel like it to kick it over my min of 1200 calories.

    Usually i'm a firm believer of logging all food ahead of time but some days it just doesn't happen. At that point you just eat what you need to (within reason aka within calorie +macros) to boost it up before bed time if you were short on calories. :)
  • lollypoppet
    lollypoppet Posts: 103 Member
    You can always treat yourself once in a while :)
  • mafke
    mafke Posts: 6
    Usually if I'm going to reward myself I only do it after alot of intense exercise aka burn a ridiculous amount of calories. So if you under ate so you could have a 400 calorie desert bar I'd say NO it's not ok
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    Choose your philosophy.

    Personally, if I've hit my macros and micros, I use them for evening treats like ice cream, chocolate, chips, alcohol, etc.... If I've not hit my macros/micros, I use the remaining calories to ensure that I do.

    If you're of the 'clean eating' persuasion, then you should stick to your personal philosophy and keep it clean. Personally I don't feel it's necessary, but to each their own.

    Finally, you could 'bank' them. Effectively this involves running a slightly higher deficit some days allowing you to indulge a little more on another day while keeping your weekly deficit constant. For example you may know you have a party coming up at the weekend where there will be loads of good food and drink you want to enjoy. If you 'bank' an excess 200 calories every other day of the week, that gives you 1,200 to splurge at the party.

    There are probably a dozen other opinions out there, and in my opinion most are perfectly valid (after all, by it's very definition pretty much any diet philosophy that hits your macros will fit under IIFYM). About the only one I wouldn't subscribe to is regularly not eating them - that artificially increases your deficit, potentially from a safe, steady level to a reckless one. If you've carefully picked your deficit, you should stick to it. You chose it over a higher option for a reason.

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