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Question about logging

aezaidan
aezaidan Posts: 31 Member
edited February 3 in Health and Weight Loss
So, I wanted to see if this method makes sense to anyone else, or if I'm just messing up logging.

Yesterday I ate quite a bit over my calorie goal, so today I did my workout in the morning and instead of logging it on today, i logged it for yesterday. So in theory, I ate back my exercise calories yesterday so I don't need to eat them back today. Does that make sense??

Is it "allowed" to work off your calories after the fact?

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  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    There is nothing to be gained by playing numbers games - what happened, happened - just log it the way it happens.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    I look at a weekly average rather than just one day. I log everything for the correct day though, because I want to be able to look back if a problem comes up and remember exactly how the day went. Example:
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  • itsscottwilder
    itsscottwilder Posts: 317
    Consistency over the long haul matters far more than the little day to day ups and downs.
  • NonnyMary
    NonnyMary Posts: 982 Member
    Just log in what you did for the day.

    It will balance it self out for the whole week,but i would not recommend playing with the numbers, what if you forget?
  • vickyplum
    vickyplum Posts: 193 Member
    Have to agree that you should take the average and not just the one day

    It has to be about the long term goal

    Vicky xx
  • emjean76
    emjean76 Posts: 116 Member
    There's days I'm over and there's days I'm slightly under. Just track it exactly the way it happened. Then you can pull the reports by week, month, etc. and see the bigger picture. Consistency is going to pay off. Don't worry about one bad day.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Only your body can tell us the answer,


    Come back in a few weeks and reveal whether that was a good or bad move. Or whether ( as I suspect) it didn't make any difference.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    It's one of the reasons I just use TDEE-20% to be honest! It's just much easier overall.
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