100 calories over?!
alysha_x
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Do you think it is the end of the world if you are 100 calories over your daily limit?! Also does anyone put down their steps so they can eat more calories back?
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Not the end of the world at all unless it's happening every single day and then some! LOL I sometimes go over and it's not a big deal. I'll typically work out a tad longer the next day or eat a little less for a few days to make up for it, but I don't stress over that. You can burn 100 calories pretty quickly by taking a walk or a 15 min bike ride.4
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In the context of a single day, absolutely not.
Your MFP goal already has you at a deficit. Even at the lowest goal (250 calories a day in deficit), you'll still have 150 calories if you go over 100.
If your calorie goal comes from MFP, it's designed for you to eat your exercise calories back.6 -
A 100 calories over isn't too big of a deal, so don't worry. : ) It happens every once in a while. If it bothers you, you can try making up for it the next day by eating a little less. When I put my steps and exercise in my diary, I eat back some of the calories, but I'll usually leave some there untouched. Just in case the exercise calories were overestimated by the machine/fitbit.0
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Do you think it is the end of the world if you are 100 calories over your daily limit?! Also does anyone put down their steps so they can eat more calories back?
Your calorie goal is a deficit...so you're still in a substantial deficit...so no, far from it. In the grand scheme of things, it's absolutely meaningless.8 -
Do you think it is the end of the world if you are 100 calories over your daily limit?! Also does anyone put down their steps so they can eat more calories back?
100 calories is nothing in the "grand scheme of losing weight." lol. I took a walk on my afternoon break and burned 125 calories in 15 minutes... easy peasy to make it up.
Yes, you should definitely keep track of your steps to see how much you've burned through exercise. I don't usually eat back my calories, but it's nice to know they're there if I need them.0 -
To keep to your goals you're supposed to eat to your goal and you're supposed to account for your actual exercise whether in the form of steps or anything else.
Eating a little bit more will result in slightly slower weight loss. Eating a little bit less will result in slightly faster weight loss.
Picking the wrong goals or eating a lot more or a lot less and doing so persistently will yield results you may not enjoy.
100 calories is... insignificant.5 -
100 calories is roughly a large banana.
Why freak out over a banana
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Do you think it is the end of the world if you are 100 calories over your daily limit?! Also does anyone put down their steps so they can eat more calories back?
100 calories vs. 3,500 calories for 1 pound. So 100 calories is 1/35th of that. This would not be a big deal to me.
Also MFP gave you a calorie goal before exercise, so IF you took steps above & beyond your stated activity level, then yes you earned more calories.
http://www.fitnessforweightloss.com/rate-your-activity-level-based-on-steps-per-day/
This is the same principle that FitBits apply. Compare actual activity to planned activity.2 -
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It's not the end of the world as others mentioned also i try to eat back half of the workout calories I burned even walking counts. So you may not be over if you haven't factored this in.0
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kenyonhaff wrote: »100 calories is roughly a large banana.
Why freak out over a banana
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There's this Monty Python sketch........4 -
Do you think it is the end of the world if you are 100 calories over your daily limit?! Also does anyone put down their steps so they can eat more calories back?
1. When I was on a mission to lose weight, I never went over my calories. Not ever. But now, I'm kind of in a maintenance but I wouldn't mind lose a couple more kg phase, and if I go over a bit, that's OK.
2. I track most of my exercise and eat back at least half of my exercise calories.
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I probably am not nearly as strict as many, but I go over by 100-300 at least 30% of the time and many times by 500. I also go under by way more on high activity days - not intentionally, just how the days work out. But I track it day to day to watch the average. I'm trying to keep a steady 1000 deficit, and to be honest if I had a choice I'd rather be at -900 than -1400 (which I sometimes can be on an extra high activity day - like yesterday). It turns out I average about -1150 and I would like it to be smaller. Then again MFP is an estimate, TDEE is an estimate, and I've averaged about a 2 pound per week loss since I started tracking.
Individual days don't matter as much to me...it's the aggregate that matters.
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Being 100 calories over your daily limit simply means that you have slowed down your weight loss by less than half an ounce - and we aren't even talking about gain here. Now you tell me, would that be the end of the world?
How I handle that, personally, is I either put in the steps, eat less next day, or simply let it go. The reason I take measures sometimes is because I want to for numbers sake, not because I feel I need to, and if I don't want to I just continue with my plan like nothing happened. It's not a big deal, really.
ETA: do you think there is a disconnect here? Why is being over by 100 calories the end of the world but being under by 100 because you're not hungry is not (I take similar measures to eat the remaining 100 if I'm under if I want to, again, for numbers sake)?3 -
I look at my calories over the week before I freak out! I'm on maintenance now, so I know that while 100 cals on one day is no big deal, if I do it every day it will be 1lb in a month (more or less). I like to be under by around 200 cals overall on a 7-day period, because there are those 7 days when I am over by a bit. But as long as everything still fits and I am keeping up my exercise regime (I eat back exercise calories) I don't stress about it.0
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amusedmonkey wrote: »Why is being over by 100 calories the end of the world but being under by 100 because you're not hungry is not (I take similar measures to eat the remaining 100 if I'm under if I want to, again, for numbers sake)?
Great point.
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Because those 100 calories under can be used later for something yummy, but the 100 calories over have to be worked off somehow
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*If* your goal was for maintenance and *if* you were 100 calories over every single day and *if* the formulas worked perfectly for you, it would still take you a whole month to gain 1 pound.
Being "over" a calorie goal that's still in deficit is irrelevant. Being "over" a calorie goal for just one day is irrelevant. (It'll probably get evened out by a day or two when you're slightly under.)0
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