1 day off from counting calories a week?
emily23dw
Posts: 14 Member
Wondering if anyone thinks this is an okay idea or if it has worked for you. Counting calories 6 days a week and then having one day without thinking about the numbers. This wouldn't be a "cheat day" or binge because I allow myself unhealthy foods in moderation throughout the week. It would be more of a mental break from the numbers and measuring. I eat in a 500 cal deficit 6 days a week and I only have 15-20 pounds to lose so my deficit shouldn't be that big anyways so I figured one day off wouldn't hurt? But I could be wrong, need advice.
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People vary. It would be too frequent for me - I can easily top 3000cal if I take a day off logging - I reckon I could get to nearly 4000 if I got carried away. So I could only really afford to do this maybe once a month, not once a week.
But you may be more restrained than me.4 -
I do this on my rest day which is Sundays. I don't log any food or exercise, I just comment on people's posts and feeds for the day. It does give you a mental break. It has been great for me I am 3 months in and have lost 12 pounds.3
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I've tried this before, but couldn't do it. My compulsion was to log it all, i just cant NOT log.
If i do have a cheat day, i log it and try not to go over my maintenance calories. Which really isn't a cheat, it's more of a IDGAF day
OP if you think you can do it without wiping out your weekly deficit, then I see nothing wrong with it.10 -
Try it and see. I tend to go way overboard on non-logged days. I was erasing my weekly deficit with less strict weekends.
But that was me. You may do just fine.
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Give it a try. It would be a good way to get used to estimating moderate portions - which is a skill that will be very useful in the long term.
You will soon see how it works for you - if you aren't losing any weight (or are going up) over a month or so, then you need to think of another strategy.3 -
I have been the same weight for the last 4 months doing this, not deliberately but our of laziness, busy life and bad mindset. Luckily I've maintained but i wipe out my deficit every time.0
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This would never work for me. I'd never lose an ounce.6
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I would eat too much, without a doubt. If you're sure you won't wipe out your weekly deficit, then you could try it. But I'd be careful.
When I have a "cheat" day, usually Sunday, I still end up with a deficit because I can't stand the thought of eating loads when I log. If I didn't log, I would eat so much more.2 -
There's no way I could do this. Even if I decide to have a day where I allow myself to eat more than normal, I have to log everything. It keeps me from going way overboard which I could very easily do.
But that's just me and if you have more restraint then it might work for you.1 -
One day a week - I eat food made by other people- I'm not going to force them to weigh all the ingredients - I make reasonable guesses and enter them. For standard food - I guess the weight. Entering an estimate for the day will stop me going totally out of control.2
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Why not eat in a 750-1000 calorie deficit on 6 days of the week and then allow yourself a higher calorie day but still maintain your weekly deficit.4
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That depends on your self-control. I know people who re-eat (is that a word?) their entire weeks calorie deficit on their cheat days. Then they wonder why they're not losing.5
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I don't log on Saturday evening! Normally that's my cheat meal night.0
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For myself, I wouldn't. I could easily demolish a week's calorie deficit in one day.5
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The problem is that if you don't count on that day off from logging you could wipe out your total weeks deficit on that one day....
A lot of us bank calories for the weekend but we still know how much we are consuming on our splurge day.3 -
I could never deprive myself of the fun of weighing/logging, not even for 1 day! It's like a game.6
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85Cardinals wrote: »I could never deprive myself of the fun of weighing/logging, not even for 1 day! It's like a game.
Cool, I'm not the only one who thinks like this!
I don't find it burdensome at all. There are times I have to estimate - eating in non-chain restaurants, for example - and those can induce a bit of stress. But I have a lot of fun with logging otherwise!3 -
I could easily undo 2 weeks of progress in one day because I am an over achiever like that. My logging is rarely as precise as a lot of people on here, but it is goid enough, and I am losing. Like if i steal a gold fish from my kids..i don't log it, but they often take bites of my stuff..i figure it evens out.2
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you eat gold fish in america?2
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