How many calories do you let yourself go over?

Well if I am really dedicated/motivated I don't let myself go over, but most days I am hungry and eat more than I "should." Now to lose a pound a week myfitnesspal makes it so you're eating 500 less calories then you burn. So I naturally burn aprox. 1800, as long as I'm under 1800 calories a day then I'm happy. (This does result in slow weight loss though.) I've set my goal to eat 1450 calories a day though.

I try not to go over ever, but sometimes I accidentally go over if I selected the wrong entry in the database. I did that recently with provolone cheese.

depends on the day, i usually try to get no more than a couple of calories, but then again i dont log calories are too small to count, if its 3-5 cals and overuse it than i dont log it. some days when im hungry i'd do maintenance if i have to, but usually 150 extra cals if i really had to.

i try not to go over by more than 50 - 100. but i also figure if im too hungry there is no harm in going over by up to 500 as that is still maintenance.

I look at the week. I want the week to average out to my daily goal.

The weekly overview on the phone app gives a nice graph.

Meh, don't worry about one calorie. I go over by 500-600 at least once a week, if not more often. I'm on maintenance, so I don't eat at a deficit any longer and this has not hindered my fat loss progress or made me gain any weight.

I'm 5'8 and weight 157. I maintain on 2,700 when strength training 3x per week. So, it's nothing for me to have a 3,200 calorie day. Don't fear the food. Enjoy it! Just enjoy the amount that is appropriate to your body. What is appropriate for YOU? Well, read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet and it will help you figure it out. :drinker:

I don't want to lose anymore weight so I've gone as high as -516 calories and i'm still losing! on average, though, i'm going about -300 calories.

One day I could care less. It's all about the weekly average. Shoot, I went ober 200kcals last night and still stayed under for the week. Usually have a 5-10% +/-

It depends. But I have been logging consistently for 3 years and I do go over by quite a lot, occasionally. Here is what I do:

As someone else said, I mostly go for the weekly average. I "save" calories to enjoy Sunday (which my dad always said every Sunday is a "little Easter" - that's why it's Sunday). I allow myself on Sunday to go up to the number of saved calories, as long as it is not more than 1000. If it is more than 1000, I limit it to 1000.

During the week it is uncommon (but not "rare") that I go over by more than 200-250. Most days I am under by roughly 100. Do the math- if I am under by 100-150 every day, I have on average 700+ calories saved for Sunday. If there is a holiday, or a dinner out or whatever during the week then I adjust accordingly.

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When you are logging your food, even if you are one calorie over, you are in the "red zone". How many calories do you guys safely let yourself go over? Just curious and looking for ideas...

My goal is always to hit maintenance by weeks end...

I don't worry about it at that level of precision on a day to day basis. I keep a rolling average of "everything" to ensure I remain at my %age of TDEE target over a longer period of time.

I look at the week. I want the week to average out to my daily goal.

The weekly overview on the phone app gives a nice graph.

This, also, especially the part about the graph on the app. I usually 'bank' a few calories during the week so that I can relax on the weekend without going over.

I'm on 1200 calories a day so I generally try to end with a net calorie of +/- 100 cals each day.
The maximum I would let myself go over is 400 calories which takes me to my maintenance level (1600).