Banking Calories

PinkPixiexox
PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi every one :)

I'm quite confused about banking my calories and when my week starts.. (I hope this makes some sort of sense to you as it's hard to explain!).

I eat 1500 calories per day (I do not eat back exercise calories - this is simply my amount). There are some days during the week where I eat 50 under, some days 20, some days 10 etc. I came up with the idea of adding up all the little 'left over amounts' I compile from Monday - Friday and add them to my Saturday calories so I can have a treat (Saturdays are my eating out days!) and still eating at my deficit.

My question .. and this is where I confuse myself and probably every one else.. When does my fresh week start? In other words, am I simply carrying these calories over onto a brand new week that I haven't banked anything for?

I weigh in on Friday mornings though I'm not sure that makes any difference. I hope this makes some sort of sense and you see what I'm getting at.

Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you :)

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  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    I just add up my deficit from the previous 7 days and use those.
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    I just add up my deficit from the previous 7 days and use those.

    So literally just count back 7 days and add up whatever you didn't use? Sounds simple enough to me!
  • maplehouse200
    maplehouse200 Posts: 53 Member
    Think of a week as 7 days.
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    So (please forgive me for asking another silly question) I use what is banked from the previous 7 days on the Saturday. Come Sunday it is back to normal tracking.

    The following saturday morning, I can add up the previous 7 days again to get my banked once more?
  • Steve4239
    Steve4239 Posts: 62 Member
    edited September 2015
    i see what you mean. if you look on Saturday morning before you eat it will tell you how many under your weekly goal you are so lets say 200 for sun-fri + 1500 for Saturday you have not logged allowing you to eat 1700 that day.

    probably best to let Saturday be the last day of your week as your eating your remaining calories then.

    ""but if you where to look friday night see what you can eat tomorrow then that would include last saturday!"
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    Steve4239 wrote: »
    i see what you mean. if you look on Saturday morning before you eat it will tell you how many under your weekly goal you are so lets say 200 for sun-fri + 1500 for Saturday you have not logged allowing you to eat 1700 that day.

    probably best to let Saturday be the last day of your week as your eating your remaining calories then.

    ""but if you where to look friday night see what you can eat tomorrow then that would include last saturday!"

    Brilliant! So I check Saturday morning (Sun-Fri).
    What would I do without you all? Thankyou so much! :)
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    To complicate things even further - What If one week I wanted to use Sunday as my 'banked calories' day? Would it be the same situation (Checking sunday morning to see the previous 7 days I have remaining?)
  • Steve4239
    Steve4239 Posts: 62 Member
    edited September 2015
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    To complicate things even further - What If one week I wanted to use Sunday as my 'banked calories' day? Would it be the same situation (Checking sunday morning to see the previous 7 days I have remaining?)
    sounds good to me
    "but when you change back to saturday it will be including the previous sunday!"

    think that may be over complicating things
  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
    There's no magic to a week. Your body doesn't have a calendar. You're also dealing with calorie variances (20 calories, etc) well within the margin of measuring error. You can enjoy an extra glass of wine on Saturday because you're usually under during the week, without the need for faux precise bookkeeping.
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    You guys have been very helpful. Thank you.

    I'm new to the idea of banking calories but if I have them left-over, I may aswell use them! :D

    I have a big night out with my friend planned this Saturday so I expect to be drinking more wine than I normally would so this 'banking' idea is a godsend right now!
  • Protranser
    Protranser Posts: 517 Member
    I set my weekly nutrition setting to start my week on Mondays, the default was "7 days ago"

    Mondays, any unused calories gets wiped clean for next week.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    a lot of people work on a weekly deficit. I don't intentionally do, but my weekly deficit generally covers the case of beer i drink on the weekends ;)

    #priorities

    LOL

    70 odd pounds down and whatever im doing is working LOL
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    a lot of people work on a weekly deficit. I don't intentionally do, but my weekly deficit generally covers the case of beer i drink on the weekends ;)

    #priorities

    LOL

    70 odd pounds down and whatever im doing is working LOL

    Hehe! Congratulations - what an AMAZING loss! It's DEFINITELY working :D
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    a lot of people work on a weekly deficit. I don't intentionally do, but my weekly deficit generally covers the case of beer i drink on the weekends ;)

    #priorities

    LOL

    70 odd pounds down and whatever im doing is working LOL

    Hehe! Congratulations - what an AMAZING loss! It's DEFINITELY working :D

    thanks :)
  • alt5057
    alt5057 Posts: 62 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    So (please forgive me for asking another silly question) I use what is banked from the previous 7 days on the Saturday. Come Sunday it is back to normal tracking.

    The following saturday morning, I can add up the previous 7 days again to get my banked once more?

    If I was doing the banking thing, that is what would make sense to me.
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    Excellent, thanks a lot! I'm going to try that :)
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