Does "banking" calories work?
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Because I'm a tried and true American, I spend my calories before hand and pay back the man afterwards.10
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This excites me, as I went over yesterday but had "leftovers" from the week.1
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Someone said your body doesn't reset at midnight or Monday, but by doing this you are assuming it resets weekly??? That doesn't make sense.
No one's saying it "resets" at all. It doesn't. We're saying a deficit over time is what matters, so it makes more sense and/or is simpler to keep an eye on the weekly (or monthly) totals.5 -
It's not working for me now. I used to think that it did.0
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Someone said your body doesn't reset at midnight or Monday, but by doing this you are assuming it resets weekly??? That doesn't make sense.
No one is assuming it "resets" at all. The philosophy is to look at your calorie intake as a rolling average and realising that daily increases/decreases are not of great importance. A week is a nice round chunk that everyone can easily go by.9 -
Is there a way to bank calories using the mfp app.? Or does everyone just compute them manually?1
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I'm also wondering if there is a way to view your week as a whole. I use android app but would hop on the computer if viewing weekly is possible .0
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I really should start banking too but I'm set to 1200 a day for 10 more pounds so I hate the idea of getting to eat even less some days. Maybe I should just cut 100 6 days a week so I have an extra 600 to play with on Sat or something. Plus I could add more with working out2
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Intentional_Me wrote: »I'm also wondering if there is a way to view your week as a whole. I use android app but would hop on the computer if viewing weekly is possible .
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workinonit1956 wrote: »Intentional_Me wrote: »I'm also wondering if there is a way to view your week as a whole. I use android app but would hop on the computer if viewing weekly is possible .
Found it! Thank you1 -
yes, that's what I've been doing and it still allows me to enjoy life.1
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I'm doing this next week to account for Thanksgiving! I'm banking every other day that week so make room for dessert and to not be stressed on Thanksgiving. I want to sit back and enjoy a nice meal with my family and not agonize over measuring and guesstimating calories (I'll be at someone else's house--no way to accurately measure).2
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I do this but in reverse. If I go over my calorie allotment one day I'll cut back over the next few days to make up the difference. I find this works better for me than cutting back before hand when I don't know exactly how much over I will be.4
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Skyblueyellow wrote: »I'm doing this next week to account for Thanksgiving! I'm banking every other day that week so make room for dessert and to not be stressed on Thanksgiving. I want to sit back and enjoy a nice meal with my family and not agonize over measuring and guesstimating calories (I'll be at someone else's house--no way to accurately measure).
Ahhhh! It IS next week! Criminy.
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trigden1991 wrote: »Someone said your body doesn't reset at midnight or Monday, but by doing this you are assuming it resets weekly??? That doesn't make sense.
No one is assuming it "resets" at all. The philosophy is to look at your calorie intake as a rolling average and realising that daily increases/decreases are not of great importance. A week is a nice round chunk that everyone can easily go by.
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Intentional_Me wrote: »I really should start banking too but I'm set to 1200 a day for 10 more pounds so I hate the idea of getting to eat even less some days. Maybe I should just cut 100 6 days a week so I have an extra 600 to play with on Sat or something. Plus I could add more with working out
If you are down to the last 10 lbs, you should have your goal set to 0.5 lb/week rate of loss which would be a deficit of only 250 cals/day from maintenance (excluding exercise if you're using MFP NEAT method). If you aren't already set at these goals, then that might give you some extra calories in your baseline target which makes the ability to bank cals easier when you have higher goal to start with. Going under 1200, even if you plan to eat the cals back later in the week, can be challenging since you really need every one of those calories to fill your day.0 -
To the OP, yes, I bank cals during the week for more indulgent weekends. I often end 100-200 cals below my goal (sometimes more if I'm really saving up but I'm in maintenance and my TDEE is 2200 so I have wiggle room) and save 500-1000 or so for the weekends. I used this approach while losing and now even more while I'm maintaining.
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WinoGelato wrote: »Intentional_Me wrote: »I really should start banking too but I'm set to 1200 a day for 10 more pounds so I hate the idea of getting to eat even less some days. Maybe I should just cut 100 6 days a week so I have an extra 600 to play with on Sat or something. Plus I could add more with working out
If you are down to the last 10 lbs, you should have your goal set to 0.5 lb/week rate of loss which would be a deficit of only 250 cals/day from maintenance (excluding exercise if you're using MFP NEAT method). If you aren't already set at these goals, then that might give you some extra calories in your baseline target which makes the ability to bank cals easier when you have higher goal to start with. Going under 1200, even if you plan to eat the cals back later in the week, can be challenging since you really need every one of those calories to fill your day.
I still have 85 or so to lose. Sorry for any confusion. I meant I am still set to 2 pounds a week for about 10 more pounds before I go to 1. 5 a week and so on.
And I'm 5 '3 so I'm thinking my maintenance may be around 1500 if I'm not actively working out. Makes me sad. Lol0 -
Intentional_Me wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Intentional_Me wrote: »I really should start banking too but I'm set to 1200 a day for 10 more pounds so I hate the idea of getting to eat even less some days. Maybe I should just cut 100 6 days a week so I have an extra 600 to play with on Sat or something. Plus I could add more with working out
If you are down to the last 10 lbs, you should have your goal set to 0.5 lb/week rate of loss which would be a deficit of only 250 cals/day from maintenance (excluding exercise if you're using MFP NEAT method). If you aren't already set at these goals, then that might give you some extra calories in your baseline target which makes the ability to bank cals easier when you have higher goal to start with. Going under 1200, even if you plan to eat the cals back later in the week, can be challenging since you really need every one of those calories to fill your day.
I still have 85 or so to lose. Sorry for any confusion. I meant I am still set to 2 pounds a week for about 10 more pounds before I go to 1. 5 a week and so on.
And I'm 5 '3 so I'm thinking my maintenance may be around 1500 if I'm not actively working out. Makes me sad. Lol
Ahh, makes sense. Sounds like you are taking the smart, stepwise approach. Are you eating back exercise calories today? Are you losing at 2 lbs/week currently?
For what it's worth, I'm 5'2, and I have a high TDEE, not because of strenuous exercise but because I've worked to raise my daily activity level in addition to exercise. My maintenance is 2200, and that's mostly from walking (15K steps/day) and some light circuit training. So it's definitely possible to still be able to eat more even when petite!
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