Can you use your exercise calories tomorrow?

Makoce
Makoce Posts: 938 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I hiked 10 miles today and burned like 500 calories. But in not feeling so good. I've reached my normal calorie goal for tonight, but I'm wondering if I could log the 500 calories for tomorrow and eat them then?
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  • bentobee
    bentobee Posts: 321 Member
    I say yes. Weight Watchers lets you use earned exercise points anytime within that week. Same difference.
  • red_road
    red_road Posts: 761 Member
    Sure. Lots of people go by weekly goals instead of daily.
  • red_road
    red_road Posts: 761 Member
    plus you've lost 50 lbs already ( great job ) so i bet you can trust your own judgement
  • Makoce
    Makoce Posts: 938 Member
    Thanks! I'll probably do that then :)
    Was just making sure because I'll be netting like 590 something..
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    Why not just be honest with yourself and log things you've eaten and exercises you've done today in today's journal?

    Wait, that's just crazy talk. Sorry.

    #notreallysorry
  • bluesmaven1
    bluesmaven1 Posts: 27
    This is something I have been struggling with. I was so accustomed to eating once a day and now trying to get so many calories/meals in is hard. I am seriously NOT hungry. I want to exercise I desire to bust it out at the gym but to have to eat all the calories I burn seriously dampens my enthusiasm.
  • MrGonzo05
    MrGonzo05 Posts: 1,120 Member
    I wouldn't feel so good if I walked 10 miles in the woods, either. Yes, you can use the calories tomorrow.
  • Makoce
    Makoce Posts: 938 Member
    That's the thing I'm a previous binge eater. So staying under calories every night is a struggle still even after over 250 days of logging. So I figure at least those Calories can help me tomorrow since I for some reason don't have an appetite. Hahahha


    And yeah. I'm not sure why that's why I don't feel good or not. I walk a lot. But not that a lot.
  • Spiderkeys
    Spiderkeys Posts: 338 Member
    Didn't know that myself, So technically can I just eat once a week, meaning I would have to eat 10500 calories on my 1500 calorie a day diet, so I could have a party once a week, because of my 1500 calorie a day diet.

    I would presume I would mess up my metabolism system.
  • Makoce
    Makoce Posts: 938 Member
    Didn't know that myself, So technically can I just eat once a week, meaning I would have to eat 10500 calories on my 1500 calorie a day diet, so I could have a party once a week, because of my 1500 calorie a day diet.

    I would presume I would mess up my metabolism system.


    Probably. But this is sorta a one time thing.
  • Wooly_I_am
    Wooly_I_am Posts: 109
    Yes, I like to look at everything over a weekly period rather than daily. At least then if a bad day was to appear you can always try and make it up.
  • TigerBite
    TigerBite Posts: 611 Member
    Yes, it's not really a daily thing ... you don't gain or lose weight in one day ... it's more an average over a few days/a week ...
  • albertine58
    albertine58 Posts: 267 Member
    That's pretty much what I do- I don't eat back my exercise cals each day, but I usually have a high-cal day on the weekend where I go out and drink and eat a little more, so basically I'm using my exercise cals then. I keep track in a spreadsheet of my weekly calories because MFP can't do that. It's the Weight Watchers approach- each week you get "Flex" points to use whenever you want- all at once, or just a few each day- and you can earn more with exercise.
  • lau444
    lau444 Posts: 120 Member
    Sure! As long as you're not on a starve/binge cycle (900 calories today/3100 calories tomorrow) type of thing, then it's perfectly fine. A lot of people go by weekly numbers instead of daily numbers.
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    Lots of different opinions...personally I don't eat back my calories.
  • bluesmaven1
    bluesmaven1 Posts: 27
    Thanks for starting this thread because I feel better now about using the exercise cals on the weekend. I can really burn some calories on the elliptical!
  • GenoPrice
    GenoPrice Posts: 477 Member
    Personally I very rarely eat back exercise calories. I weigh every day but only log on a Monday. By Friday I have lost 3-4 pounds from the Monday and then maybe gain 1 or 2 pounds over the weekend.

    Still results in a couple of pounds lost over the week and I can still have a good weekend.
  • coolraul07
    coolraul07 Posts: 1,606 Member
    Yep. Personally, I "bank them" but consider them expired after 2 days.

    FYI: Plenty of thought and trial-and-error went into my 2-day rule...
  • GenoPrice
    GenoPrice Posts: 477 Member
    Yep. Personally, I "bank them" but consider them expired after 2 days.

    FYI: Plenty of thought and trial-and-error went into my 2-day rule...

    Maybe there is merit in your 2 day rule. My approach hasn't always resulted in a loss - never a gain just stayed the same. I now train extra hard on a Thursday/Friday knowing it will be worth it for the weekend and still get a loss for the week.
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  • jimshine
    jimshine Posts: 199 Member
    The body doesn't work on a 24 hour cycle. We just come up with methods to use existing time frames. I actually do my exercise at the very end of my day, log it into the following day, and eat back all those calories. Been doing that from the start. So I am proof it works not just occasionally, but daily if you wish.
  • bonjalandoni
    bonjalandoni Posts: 136 Member
    If you are doing TDEE then no, you dont eat back calories but if you are using this process, you know that already.

    I eat a little more in the weekends and I have a little extra "space" in the weekdays. This seems to work for me. So, If you are doing it the MFP way, then yes... But honestly, if you are full why do you have to eat more?
  • bonjalandoni
    bonjalandoni Posts: 136 Member
    Yep. Personally, I "bank them" but consider them expired after 2 days.

    FYI: Plenty of thought and trial-and-error went into my 2-day rule...

    I like this idea. :-)
  • nytrifisoul
    nytrifisoul Posts: 499 Member
    You can absolutely eat those calories the next day, even a few days later. When we have a family bbq picnic comming up, sometimes i will eat only a 400 calorie bowl of cereal the night before just so i can pig out all day at the picnic. Always worked for me.
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Yep. Personally, I "bank them" but consider them expired after 2 days.

    FYI: Plenty of thought and trial-and-error went into my 2-day rule...

    I do this also but if I know I have some strenuous exercise coming up I will borrow against my future bank. For instance I am playing 36 holes of golf tomorrow so I will eat more today if I feel like it.

    It's all about the weeks average for me.
  • firesoul19
    firesoul19 Posts: 37 Member
    I definitely do this! I usually work out 5 days a week, but Tuesdays and Saturdays I do Zumba and Body Pump back to back. Rather than eating an extra 700+ cals on those two days, I usually bump up my Wednesdays and Sundays a little as well. I think it's fine as long as it evens out over the week.
  • somerisagirlsname
    somerisagirlsname Posts: 467 Member
    A lot of people view the calorie goals on a weekly schedule. I personally am saving up my exercising for tablegating (tailgating but watching the game on TV instead). Sausage dip and beer. Mmm. I already have 900ish saved up!
  • rubixcyoob
    rubixcyoob Posts: 395
    On the mobile app there is a daily view and a weekly view ... if everything balances up at the end of the week then you're still on target. Weight isn't gained in one day and it isn't lost in one day, it takes balance and time.
  • Pangea250
    Pangea250 Posts: 965 Member
    Absolutely you can eat them tomorrow. Or next week or next year. It's all calories in and calories out. It's how we got overweight in the first place.

    I don't move exercise calories into other days, though. I log 'em where they are. I'm low one day and over on another. It all works out in the end.
  • bugaha1
    bugaha1 Posts: 602 Member
    I hiked 10 miles today and burned like 500 calories. But in not feeling so good. I've reached my normal calorie goal for tonight, but I'm wondering if I could log the 500 calories for tomorrow and eat them then?

    How do you hike 10 miles and only burn 500 calories? I think you left out a digit.

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