Overeating
idk319
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If I overeat my calorie goal can I count those foods on the next days diary?
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Many MFP users look at their weekly calories rather than concentrating on being spot-on each day.2
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Lately I have been overeating everyday and counting the foods on the next day, but eating past my calorie goal on that day too1
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Lately I have been overeating everyday and counting the foods on the next day, but eating past my calorie goal on that day too
Well you have to stop that if you want to lose weight.
But do you need to lose weight? Are you overweight?
Have you set your calorie goal properly? What's your height and weight, and what rate of loss did you pick?
Are you eating well? Fruit, vegs, protein and fat? Variety? Food you like?
Do you get enough sleep and rest?
Do you exercise moderately?1 -
Lately I have been overeating everyday and counting the foods on the next day, but eating past my calorie goal on that day too
I kind of have a feeling that the habit of pushing the extra to the next day is creating an unfavourable cycle. A sort of 'I can always fix it tomorrow'. Log everything you eat that day, so you can have a better idea of where you're going over and more importantly why.5 -
I work to a weekly goal rather than a daily, but from what you've said you're just tricking yourself by thinking "I'll fix it tomorrow" but tomorrow never comes. In answer to your question - sure. Will it work for weight loss? Eh, probably not.0
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I wouldn't. Pushing it to the next day just gives you less that you can eat then and so you'd be likely to go over again and start a cycle. Take the one overeating day as a 'cheat' day and then try to get back on track. (Working to a weekly goal is fine too, and may even be better, but I don't think that the counter here is set up that way, so it would make tracking more difficult.)1
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I have been known to take the number of calories I've gone over and put them as quick calories the next day. The important thing for me is to get rid of them within a couple days. If I found myself carrying over every day and that amount getting bigger, I'd really have to think about whether I need to change my daily goal or my behavior.1
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