Somebody in the know!

Do you know your TDEE?

Personally I think its fine - smart even - to have a day with a higher goal.

Ok so here's my new plan . Six days a week I have; 1500 cals daily however must burn 300 cals exercise so I'm netting 1200 daily . If I'm not exercising just have 1200 cals a day . Then one day a week treat day of 2000 calories . Wil this work to loose around 1lb a week ? I'm 4ft 11 Weigh around 8st

There's not enough information here to tell you if that is right or not. We don't know what your TDEE is.

This is what I would do....

Tell MFP you want to lose 1lb a week. Take that calorie number and multiply it by 7 to know how many calories you should consume per week.

If you don't want to eat the same amount of calories every day, then you can take that weekly number and break it down into 1 higher calorie day and 6 equal days.

Hope that helps

Maintenance cals 1555 would mean you'd need to consume 10885 per week + exercise.

Consuming 1200 net x 6 + 2000 = 9200. Deficit of ~1685. So about .5 pounds per week.


If you're not trying to lose weight then 1450 net (so 1450 on days without exercise, or 1450 + exercise) would have you about even with a higher day once a week.