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just a quick question please

speciallisa
speciallisa Posts: 21 Member
edited February 25 in Getting Started
Im totally new to calorie counting, ive been on millions of diets and to a million clubs but none of them have been about calorie counting for me.
What I wanted to ask was if i went over my limit one day can i reduce it the next day or visa versa. i have worked out my whole week and some days im up and some days im down but there is only 10 calories difference over the whole week. is this ok?
i hope this makes sense to everyone xx

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  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    Yep that's absolutely fine! Quite a few folk choose to track weekly rather than daily.
  • speciallisa
    speciallisa Posts: 21 Member
    oh brill thanks hun, i was starting to panic! :)
  • angiez93
    angiez93 Posts: 63
    It's all about balance! Many people track weekly as opposed to daily - it's more of a long term "big picture" feeling - which is what weight loss is really about. A few more/less calories a day won't mean much. But on a weekly scale and beyond it means a lot!

    If you eat more than you'd like one day, you can certainly eat less the next day. But if you binge eat, don't starve yourself for a week afterwards. Everyone has bad days, it's best to just carry on normally. Good luck!
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    Yep that's absolutely fine! Quite a few folk choose to track weekly rather than daily.

    QFT, and here is some great reading if your new to this site or calorie counting.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here
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