Should you eat all your daily calorie allowance?

bek13
bek13 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Should you ensure you eat all your calorie allowance for best weight loss?

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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    It depends on what you mean by "best." You're not going to lose weight any faster by "topping off" that lat handful of calories -- you'll lose weight a tad more slowly -- and it's fairly unlikely to make the difference between sufficient nutrition and lack thereof.

    If you have extra calories and are hungry, eat them. If you have some left over, there's no real point in eating them just for the sake of hitting a number.
  • Renae_Nae
    Renae_Nae Posts: 935 Member
    It depends. I'll eat some back if I'm hungry but because often we underestimate calories we eat, and over estimate how much we burn I don't unless I've done something like ran a half marathon or done two major workouts in a day.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    bek13 wrote: »
    Should you ensure you eat all your calorie allowance for best weight loss?

    If by best you mean, in accordance with your desired rate of weight loss and in a controlled manner then yes.
  • irsyadnh
    irsyadnh Posts: 38 Member
    Depends. If you have extra calories to eat and gone hungry, just eat as long reasonable. Usually I try to keep my calorie intakes 20% less than my goal, since my calorie calculation sometimes miss actual goal. but I add calories (usually fruits) double-check if it was solid number of calorie after total calculation and I'm not fulfill calories.
  • youdontknowwhatyousaw
    youdontknowwhatyousaw Posts: 221 Member
    If you're hungry, yes.
  • Llamapants86
    Llamapants86 Posts: 1,221 Member
    I won't always. Usually if I wasn't hungry at the end of the day I'll need those extra calories tomorrow or for a bit of a treat later in the week.
  • rosnigetsfit
    rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
    First, define 'best'. I don't usually eat all my calorie allowance. I leave 100-200 cal for errors or it depends if I'm really hungry.
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