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Can you "bank" calories?

olishotter
olishotter Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Can you bank calories? so eat say 200 under your daily goal each day, and have a 1400 calorie treat at the end of the week?

would you still lose the same amount of weight?

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  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Yes
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    yup.

    how do you think i pay for my jack on the weekends ;)
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    Yes, do it all the time.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    I do it all the time!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Sure.
  • gramarye
    gramarye Posts: 586 Member
    Yep. I just aim for an overall weekly deficit. :)
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    Yes, many of us follow a weekly deficit. It all averages out.
  • songbird13291
    songbird13291 Posts: 120 Member
    Exactly. I used to follow Weight Watchers, which is set up to do just that -- you get an allotment of "weekly points", which you don't have to use, and which you can spread out over several days or use all at once. So when I came here and started calorie counting, I decided that as long as I had a weekly deficit I was OK. It's been working.
  • paulbrttn
    paulbrttn Posts: 72 Member
    If you were going to have a 'binge' is there any difference in whether you cut your calories the week before or week after?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Yes it's how I lost
  • srecupid
    srecupid Posts: 660 Member
    I don't see why not. I mean it's a weekly average that's important not so much the when you eat it
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    paulbrttn wrote: »
    If you were going to have a 'binge' is there any difference in whether you cut your calories the week before or week after?

    Never borrow from the future only from the past

    That way madness lies ..you'll always be catching up with yourself
  • Ohwhynot
    Ohwhynot Posts: 356 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    paulbrttn wrote: »
    If you were going to have a 'binge' is there any difference in whether you cut your calories the week before or week after?

    Never borrow from the future only from the past

    That way madness lies ..you'll always be catching up with yourself

    ^Yup. Totally agree!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I can and I do.
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    yes. And I'd love to find a calorie-bank app. One that syncs w/ MFP and my Fitbit so I can easily see my running total!
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    paulbrttn wrote: »
    If you were going to have a 'binge' is there any difference in whether you cut your calories the week before or week after?

    Never borrow from the future only from the past

    That way madness lies ..you'll always be catching up with yourself

    Credit card versus saving for something ahead of time!

  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I do all the time. It's the only thing that has kept my sanity.
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Carry Over - Unused Calories From Past Week
    That's my entry ^^ it's in the food database
    For my drinking tequila and pretzel saturday nights.
  • erinc5
    erinc5 Posts: 329 Member
    I have been banking calories all week, so I am having a cupcake tonight!
  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    I do my best to stay on a very even keel the entire week. I've done super well for the past 3 weeks and go to a birthday party tomorrow night. I've lost 11 lbs so if I gain back 1 or 2 lbs I won't obsess about it. And will get RIGHT back on track Saturday.
  • kristengregson43
    kristengregson43 Posts: 10 Member
    Are you guys banking your exercise calories and saving them for a treat or are you just going into a deficit with your normal daily calorie allowence?
  • kettiecat
    kettiecat Posts: 159 Member
    Side question: How long is a banked calorie good for? :)
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