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Carry calories over!

Gail_1901
Gail_1901 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hi - is there a facility to carry calories over. Eg if you know you have a party or something special to go to where you know you'll be exceeding your daily allowance. Is it possible to bank calories through the week so you can use them on a specific day instead?

Thanks in advance


Gail

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  • girlsjustwanna13
    girlsjustwanna13 Posts: 20 Member
    Yes, sure you can do that. You can't log your banked calories on fitness pal, but if you overeat one day after having "saved" calories for a few days previously it will still balance out in your overall weekly calorie report. Don't be under eating regularly though, metabolism and all that!
  • Curlychip
    Curlychip Posts: 292 Member
    Yep sure, just + or - calories with 'quick add' :D
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,588 MFP Moderator
    definitely

    a great tool for this is on the phone app, go to nutrition, and click the tab for weekly, it will show you a bar graph of your intake over a week with and average at the end
  • Brolympus
    Brolympus Posts: 360 Member
    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    definitely

    a great tool for this is on the phone app, go to nutrition, and click the tab for weekly, it will show you a bar graph of your intake over a week with and average at the end

    Yeah this is the route I would take too. Fat loss & muscle gain is a slow process, so it really comes down to your weekly calorie goal being on target anyways
  • jessupbrady
    jessupbrady Posts: 508 Member
    girlsjustwanna13 wrote: »
    Yes, sure you can do that. You can't log your banked calories on fitness pal, but if you overeat one day after having "saved" calories for a few days previously it will still balance out in your overall weekly calorie report. Don't be under eating regularly though, metabolism and all that!

    This is how I usually do it too... but, if I really want to target something in the middle of the week and want to make sure I don't eat more than X more calories on that day. Then I would log a personal exercise "Banked Calories" that burns X calories so MFP adjust my calorie goal for that day.
  • debrakgoogins
    debrakgoogins Posts: 2,033 Member
    I never noticed the weekly option before under nutrition! What a great tool.
  • rides4sanity
    rides4sanity Posts: 1,269 Member
    For me I keep it in a 3 day range rather than a week. If I try to bank more than that, I tend not to see results. However, having one really high day every 3-4 weeks isn't a big deal. For me it causes a snowball effect. It becomes weekly and then slides to twice a week and before I know it I'm just not paying attention and I start gaining...
  • snowflakesav
    snowflakesav Posts: 649 Member
    This does not work for me while I am trying to lose weight but it is what I do to maintain my weight.
  • Gail_1901
    Gail_1901 Posts: 6 Member
    Thank tou ladies - that is really helpful. I was adjusting up or down on my goals to take it into account! I will definitely start using the weekly calories tool from now on x
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