We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Can calories be carried over?

Prayerwarrior7
Prayerwarrior7 Posts: 27 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
If I don't finish them today, can I use them tomorrow? Or is it simply don't use it, lose it? Thanks :)

Replies

  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    It's called banking calories, I use this sometimes when I have some food event on the weekend.
  • pointkoala
    pointkoala Posts: 66 Member
    Most definitely! That is (part of) how I account for food events, work dinners, etc. I know I'll be eating more calories on a certain day. Save 50-100 calories each day for the earlier part of the week. It seems to work OK for me.
  • kcn2bluesky
    kcn2bluesky Posts: 187 Member
    edited August 2015
    Sure, you can carry calories over to another day! Seek to have a weekly overall deficit, rather than a day-to-day deficit How you spend your available calories during the week is up to you. I routinely either cycle 20+ miles or run 15+ miles every weekend, in addition to my regular weekly workouts. I always have lots of leftover calories from the days I have my long workouts, and I use them to allow myself a treat or two during the week.

    Hope that helps!
  • LaurensE1
    LaurensE1 Posts: 199 MFP Moderator
    Sure you can. But then make sure you keep an overview over your whole week instead of just the days!
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Yep. Some people eat less during the week to eat more during the weekend or save up for a birthday/wedding/celebration. In order to do this you'll need the phone app to track your weekly calories.
  • hotasfire36
    hotasfire36 Posts: 235 Member
    Of course. I save calories for Saturdays
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    Lot's of people use a weekly total, so yes, they can.
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
    edited August 2015
    You need to trap them in a wicker basket or they'll float away. Those little varmints are quite elusive.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    If you want to, you can. :)
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    They sure can! I like to measure my progress by staying under a weekly TDEE rather than a daily one. This allows me to "budget" for more extravagant days by eating less on other days. For example, my mom and I plan on going shopping tomorrow and will be eating dinner out. I left about 850 calories uneaten today so that I can get pretty much anything I want when we go out to eat and still stay within my goals. I also could have eaten 100 fewer calories each day this week to achieve the same effect. I just like getting the whole thing over with in a day so that I don't have to worry about maintaining the deficit for the rest of the week in case something else comes up. :smile:
  • MondayJune22nd2015
    MondayJune22nd2015 Posts: 876 Member
    Also if you go over you Calories, you can make it up with Calories; from future days as well.
  • Prayerwarrior7
    Prayerwarrior7 Posts: 27 Member
    Thank you everybody. So great to know :)
This discussion has been closed.

Categories