Go over my calories 1 day a week??

missnaynay
missnaynay Posts: 28 Member
edited November 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all just a general question, I have a day off dieting on a Saturday and usually have around 2500 calories that day, my daily goal to lose 1.5lbs a week is to eat 1500 calories. So I then go on to have about 1200 calories a day to even out my weekly calories so I'm still netting 1500 a day. Would eating like this affect my loss or is it okay? Thank you!

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  • amanh7044
    amanh7044 Posts: 33 Member
    I think it wouldn't have too much negative effect as long as your sticking to the diet on the remaining days and keeping active!
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Nope. Many people will eat lower during the week to save additional calories for the weekend.
  • ttreit
    ttreit Posts: 59 Member
    It doesn’t matter when you eat the calories it’s just the deficit over time.

    So for example if you eat 6000 calories in one day but adjust all the other days so your weekly, monthly, quarterly, or even yearly CICO numbers hit a particular goal you’ll still lose the same amount of weight over that time span as if you had divided them up differently.
  • sksk1026
    sksk1026 Posts: 215 Member
    Agree with everyone that what's important is deficit over time. You might be interested in the 5-2 diet which is about eating much fewer calories 2 days per week so you can eat more for the remaining 5 days. There's lots about it online - it's big in Britain so there are recipes/meal plans in online British newspapers like dailymail.co.uk.
  • JRSINAZ
    JRSINAZ Posts: 158 Member
    I like the weekly recap I get from MFP. Looking at it that way it all averages out.
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