Question: do you log today's workout in order to

leelafit_mtl
leelafit_mtl Posts: 132 Member
edited December 18 in Health and Weight Loss
do you log today's workout in order to be under the day before? I mean, take for instance yesterday I was over my kcal intake goal, but couldn't do enough exercise to be under... So the day after, I did more exercise so it count for yesterday... Understand me?

Is it okay to do so, thinking that it's your week in total that matters more than day by day..?

:)

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  • GrnEydGrl86
    GrnEydGrl86 Posts: 154
    Interesting....I think it would work :-)
  • Cathyvil
    Cathyvil Posts: 230 Member
    Your body doesn't work on a 24 hour cycle so that's fine :)
  • heatherpg47
    heatherpg47 Posts: 211 Member
    I try to focus day to day. That is just me though. I know if I try to make up for the day before, eventually I will not be able to. For example I may go over twice, and think to my self well I can make it up with my run Friday. When I don't it just makes me feel bad. To stay away from all the emotional turmoil I try to just go day to day. Sorry. Went a little long.
  • xlolitabandita
    xlolitabandita Posts: 242
    Yes, in theory you should be focusing on your weekly intake. This is how people get away with zig-zagging their calories and what not. Sometimes I do that, and sometimes i log late night snacks as my breakfast for the next day and then do extra exercise in case I get hungry from skipping a meal. It's been working great for me!
  • MsNewBooty83
    MsNewBooty83 Posts: 985 Member
    i take it day by day, but alot of people look at entire weeks at a time. every days a new day for me, i think i kinda level put for the most part anyhow! lol
  • DesignGuy
    DesignGuy Posts: 457 Member
    I don't do that, but I do look at a week at a time for my overall happiness of what I did or didn't do, so that could work.
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    I look at my weekly deficit and care more about that than the day by day deficit :0)
  • cyclerjenn
    cyclerjenn Posts: 833 Member
    I do this and it works just fine for me.
  • leelafit_mtl
    leelafit_mtl Posts: 132 Member
    thanks everyone! I see I am not the only one who's thinking like this! Doing more exercise the day after for the day before is actually a pretty good way to stay under your weekly goal!

    Keep up the good work all! :D
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    you don't have to log it for the prior day though--if you are over 200 calories one day--then your calories remaining the next day can be "200" (a 200 deficit greater than "planned"). as long as when you add them all up for the week your calories remaining = 0 then you've hit your target.
  • sa11yjane
    sa11yjane Posts: 491 Member
    A weekly view is surely better than a daily one so I would assume it is fine and, if you know you went over the previous day, how much better to do some exercise to try and counteract it than to just give up? It can't fail to be good for you!
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