Reverse roll over calories

you can still loose weight if you go over one day, or even two. I always allow myself two naughty days a week, usually the weekend, and although the following day you might see a 'gain' its not a true gain, and the day or two after that, you will start loosing again. for instance, last week, I did really well mon-fri, lost 0.6lb (i don't have a lot to loose in total so this is a good weight loss for me) then sat and sun I went over as I went out for dinner and cocktails sat, then out for lunch sunday, monday I had 'gained' 1.4lbs but yesterday (monday) I stuck to my calorie goals and voila, this morning I have not only lost that so called 'gain' but lost more on top of that, (0.2lb) so my total weight loss from mon-following tues is 0.8lb! :-) also, this is how I did it a few years ago when I successfully lost a stone and a half (21lbs) I find by doing it this way, it means I am able to stick to a routine and dont feel restricted or resentful. I don't have to say no to invites and can enjoy myself too. Good luck :-)

600 proberly wont effect how much you lose as it takes over 4,000 in cals to make 1lb (its hard to explain but to add on 1lb it takes just over 4,000cals but to lose 1lb only 3,500) - in short. so dont worry but if i go over i tend to reduce cals by 150aday, you wil be really hungry otherwise.

You don't need to make it up by subtracting at all, a lot of people have a regular weekly treat day or "spike"day where they eat over their calorie goal and they find it actually helps them lose weight faster. :-)

Can you add a little exercise in? I wouldn't recommend cutting 600 out for the day.. that seems like that would be a lot and if you are hungry might end up throwing the rest of the week off. I would try to stick to the daily goal, get some extra exercise (maybe an extra 10 min) and viola.. you should be back on track.

I would just carry on as normal. I went over my calories the day before weigh in day and still lost 3.5 pounds. It's what you do the majority of the time not the odd lapse. :flowerforyou:

I think it's okay to go over some days (cheat meals make healthy eating maintainable!) and a little under on others. It's not about hitting an exact calorie amount every day, but about a balanced bigger picture. For example, if I know I'm going out to a nice dinner on Saturday night and plan on having dessert and a glass of wine, I'll cut around 100 or so calories each day for a few days leading up to it. Or if I noticed the last couple days I've gone a little over, I'll do a little extra cardio and/or cut back a little bit on my calorie intake for a few days. That way I maintain my weight overall.

That being said, I don't think you should regularly really overeat on the weekends and severely cut calories/work out overmuch during the weekdays to make up for it- that's just binge eating and can be detrimental to your metabolism/dedication overall.

As John Lennon would say "Let it be":flowerforyou:

I found that with the 1200 calorie intake, a day every 7-15 days with an addl 500 or so calories actually helped keep me from plateuing.