Viewing eating as a weekly thing?

I track my food daily, with the intent of coming out to 1200 per day on a weekly basis (I'm only 5 feet tall which is why my cals are so low).

This gives me some wiggle room so I can socialize on the weekends without totally breaking the bank.

I have lost an average of 0.8 - 1.2 pounds per week this way.

maxit wrote: »

Maintaining homeostasis is something we are programmed for. Animals (which we are) are wired to manage being over-fed one day, under-fed the next. My own experience is that when I am eating very few processed foods (that is, food that I eat is close to its natural state except for being cooked), I wake up quite hungry on the day after I may have left too many calories unconsumed, and not hungry (more like - I could eat now, or I could take the dog out for a couple of miles before breakfast) on the day after I have eaten closer to (or above) "maintenance."

It isn't a question of whether we are capable of averaging over an extended period. That's why we're all fat. We're averaging over several years and our bodies are storing food until we need it. The real question is what method will do the best at ensuring that consistently use the previously stored food. For me, that is daily, because if I push calories off into another day then I'll keep pushing it forward. That may not be true of other people, but it is for me. When I reach the end of the day and I only have a few calories left, I convince myself not to go over by reminding myself that in a few hours I'll have a new 1600. I would hate to wake in the morning and already have some number of calories taken away from that because I over ate the day before.

herrspoons wrote: »

BernadetteChurch wrote: »

I'm not quite sure you grasp the difference between opinion and experience.

I said I track calories monthly. That is my EXPERIENCE. Had I said anything other than what works for ME, and suggested anything was right or wrong for everyone, that would be OPINION. And I don't recall offering my OPINION anywhere.

You said what I do is dumb, dumb as a sack of rocks, in fact. That is your OPINION, and of course you're entitled to it. But the only person actually ASKING for opinion in this thread is the OP. And no one, anywhere, is ever asking for plain rudeness.

Err... your diary is open. Since you started recording in December you have been as follows:

1/12 228 under, 2/12, 103 over, 3/12 43 under, 4/12 43 under, 5/12 5 under, 6/12 1 under.

So you are tracking weekly, if not daily, not monthly. You might do a count at the month end and if you have a surplus treat yourself to a cookie or whatever, but this isn't the same thing because you're not creating a surplus over a period of days or weeks that you have to make up later in the month.

With respect, you know sweet FA about me, what I'm doing and how I'm doing it.

So please stop just saying stuff because you think it proves whatever point you're trying to make.