On days you do NOT work out, do you go over your calorie limit for the day?

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  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    edited May 2015
    My calorie count is 2050. I don't even eat that much on days like today when I do work out. Although I do need to eat more because I am starting to lose weight again when I should be maintaining.
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    edited May 2015
    If the people here knew how much I moved and train (why I log 1 calorie for my workouts and erace MFP calories everyday) I would be told to get medical help but have lost over 100lbs eating 1600- 3000 calories a day. My pictures tell the truth
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    betuel75 wrote: »
    a suggestion for cutting calories is replacing the 425 calorie chicken wrap at lunch with a steamable bag of broccoli and 4 oz turkey or chicken breast. You can save close to 200 calories this way and have the extra later on in the evening. Then maybe have a bag of 100 calorie popcorn or pretzels or PB2 powdered peanut butter and sugar free jelly with only 10 calories per tablespoon. The lowest calorie greek yogurt is Dannon Light and Fit greek for only 80 calories.

    This is what I started doing. Nix the wrap and just have the middle parts and I have 200 calories for something else later on.

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,615 Member
    On days you do NOT work out, do you go over your calorie limit for the day?

    No.

    But then ... I have to be sick or something to not get at least a 20 min walk in.
  • DanPonting
    DanPonting Posts: 25 Member
    If you're not working out, you don't need carbs on that day.

    Metabolic flexibility is where your body can switch between using glucose and fats for fuel. Ideally, this is where we're all striving to be.
    If you're not working out, you don't need carbs that day. Increase your fats, and keep protein at whatever level you usually do. This will also help to increase insulin sensitivity.

    On my rest days I drop to BMR calories and replace calories from carbs, with calories from fats.
  • BrownEyedG1rl
    BrownEyedG1rl Posts: 625 Member
    The only reason I had that chicken wrap is because I went to lunch with coworkers. It's not what I would normally eat.
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    edited May 2015
    Jenn3878 wrote: »
    The only reason I had that chicken wrap is because I went to lunch with coworkers. It's not what I would normally eat.

    Don't feel guilty you can still eat those I'm going to have an 1100 calorie calzone today and love every bite of it!! The key is calories calories calories!! I rode my bike 17 miles this morning so 400 calories in the bank I can withdrawal at will or not..

    35 year old, 5'6' tall, weight 220

    Figure out your TDEE google it and put in your info. I did it for you-- Your BMR is 1758 and your TDEE is 2417 so drop your calories to 1917 and you will lose 1lbs a week- drop your calories to 1417 and you will lose 2 lbs per week. Personally I would go in between and do 1667 a day 78 lb loss in a year.. The best part is one year from now you can weigh 142 lbs if you just follow the calories!! You can do it so many have you just have to put your mind to it!!
    Now go have an amazing day!!

  • kmsoucy457
    kmsoucy457 Posts: 237 Member
    I think you can spare a few hundred more and still lose quickly.
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Also, look at it this way...if you go over, you're still going to be in a deficit...just a smaller one.
    And this ^ It took me a few weeks to wrap my head around that one. Now I don't stress that my diet is blown if I go over by a hundred calories; I just understand that the loss will be a little slower.

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