Can i borrow some calories?

If i go over my calories by say 50 today, can i just have 50 less tomorrow?

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  • JK1542020
    JK1542020 Posts: 73 Member
    Thanks everyone :) I guess I'll just forget about it then, i guess its not a big deal. I like the idea of saving some cals for the weekend. That might ultimately be better then using a big chunk of my saturday calories so i can have a drink.

    Thanks as always for excellent advice ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
  • lgfrie
    lgfrie Posts: 1,449 Member
    I am firmly in the "just get up tomorrow morning and carry on" camp.

    An extra 50 or 100 calories means nothing in the grand scheme of things - literally 1/70th or 1/35th of a pound, nothing you could ever see or feel on your body. But what could mean something is: getting tied up in a cycle of trying to make up for yesterday's imperfect dieting behavior by eating too little food to feel satisfied. That kind of thing could lead to binging.

    If you've got a good caloric target, it already represents the amount of calories you're comfortable with. It's a bad idea to go under if you don't have to.

    Others feel differently about this.
  • ja20102004
    ja20102004 Posts: 349 Member
    At 50 calories, I wouldn't even worry about it.

    If you chose to lose 2 pounds per week, your daily deficit is 1000 calories per day, which means the extra 50 calories just changes your deficit to 950 calories for today.

    I agree. If l am more than 100 over then l worry. But 50 isn't a huge deal.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    IMHO going over calories one day and then reducing them the next is more likely to set you up into a binge/purge cycle. Your MFP calorie goal already has a deficit built in (if you are aiming for 2lbs a week that is a 1000cal deficit)

    i say just move on if you go over and start fresh the next day - so maybe you lose 1.5lbs this week instead of 2 - you still lost weight