Is damage control allowed??

I did WW as well, What is your weigh in day? I feel that If you have a bigger meal in the week, but work out more than you normally would that week, in the end (as long as it is not too close to your wigh in day) it should all average out. That is one thought, now my doctor also told me that for every 500 calories you eat over the calories you need in a day, it equals one pound. I have actually found this to be fairly accurate. Big meals will happen, we can not avoid all of them. What I say? You may need to lose an extra pound on top of what you want to lose before Wed. that way when you gain or if you gain back a pound or so, you still end up with a loss for the week, if not finishing out with no loss but no gain is not bad either. Drink tons of water, half you body weight in ounces, if you do this it will also help get all the retained water off you before and after the meal and it makes you more full so that you won't overindulge too much, it is hard, I struggle with the same, but as lng as we don't completely lose control and eat less than we would have before, we are still changing and that is good.

This is a personal choice, but personally, I would say each day is its own day and should be treated as such. That being said, everyday should be the same, not decreased all week, because you know there is going to be a bad day coming up, especially if you are going to be under 1200 for several days, and even more especially if you are working out and under 1200 calories.

Maybe try to get a good workout in before the big meal, instead.

There is a whole method of calorie cycling where you do percisely this. I have definately done this and it has never been a problem. Your body does not shut a gate every 24 hours saying "THIS IS THE EFFECT" your body operates 24/7. Enjoy your special event and the planning you did to make it happen.


Sidenote: I also work out that day to earn extra calories.

now my doctor also told me that for every 500 calories you eat over the calories you need in a day, it equals one pound.

that's consistently 500 cals over, every day for a week though, isn't it?

Your body is not on a 24 hour timer.

you know, I am not quite sure. I use that as a guideline but I am sure it is not like that for everyone. For me, if I eat about 500 cals over, I gain about a pound but I think it is water weight from sodium because after I have a ton of water (and bathroom trips) I am only a matter of ounces in gain

if you are weighing yourself just after eating its probably just the weight of the meal, its not that you have put on a pound. as killagb said a pound of body fat is about 3500 cals so if you cut your calorie intake by 500 cals a day you would lose a pound a week and like wise if you increase your intake by 500 you would gain a pound.

While I'm not personally a fan of the idea of banking calories (how exactly would your body know you're "saving" all those uneaten calories for another day and do we really think we can trick our bodies like that?), I'm here to comment more so on The Melting Pot nutrition info. If you just contact them in advance they'll send you a file that has all of the most up to date info for the location that you'll be dining at. When I contacted them when the hubby and I went back in January they even notified the wait staff who brought a copy to the table when we arrived and we actually got really special service all night with the manager checking in to make sure everything had been provided properly and letting us know that since they rotate their menu often we could always feel free to contact them and ask for updated info. They're on top of it with that stuff.