Treat weekends

xxharleyquinnxx
xxharleyquinnxx Posts: 166 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
This may be a silly question but if you have a treat day where you dont track calories how does that make you gain weight? What I mean is I only dont track cals now if I'm at a special ocassion however been to quite a few recently as Jan/Feb is a lot of birthdays etc however in the week I've been eating like less than what MFP says I should be on but still end up gaining weight? I even exercise doing HIIT at least three times a week then other exercise as well. Surely I am not eating that much to gain every single week?

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  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    You need to eat around 3500 cals above maintenance to gain a pound of fat. It's entirely possible that having a lot of non-tracking days could be enough to cause a true gain over several weeks.

    However, if the gain you see if just a scale increase following a weekend of over indulgence, then chances are this is just a water fluctuation - if so then it will subside after a few days back at deficit.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    xxharleyquinnxx wrote: »
    This may be a silly question but if you have a treat day where you dont track calories how does that make you gain weight? What I mean is I only dont track cals now if I'm at a special ocassion however been to quite a few recently as Jan/Feb is a lot of birthdays etc however in the week I've been eating like less than what MFP says I should be on but still end up gaining weight? I even exercise doing HIIT at least three times a week then other exercise as well. Surely I am not eating that much to gain every single week?

    You don't know how much you are eating and you can easily eat your defecit or more if you don't count

    I don't ever "cheat" I work in going out into my weekly calorie defecit, I continue to log...why lose all the hard work over 5 days by not learning how to be appropriate on days out / celebrations
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    edited February 2015
    I am tracking everyday and not doing cheat days. Other wise, I am wasting my time. This is my real life.
  • 01divey
    01divey Posts: 50 Member
    I have lost weight plenty of times, but when I got there I would tend to binge or think I could eat what I want, and slowly gained weight back.
    It got to the stage when I realised I had to start again... I had crept to 220lb.

    I have been reading up on this site again and tracking for the last 5 weeks, and
    incorporating what I want to eat into my diet, just less of it and its working wonders,
    I no longer crave "treats" as I allow myself what I want as long as I hit my macro's.

    This keeps me happy, I don't feel the need to have a Sunday "blowout" like I used to
    as I have small treats throughout the week but keep within my limits.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I don't hide my treats. Every Sunday I take myself out for breakfast - 2 eggs, french fries, bacon, oj, toast and coffee. I log everything.
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