How many calories can I carry over to another day?

Kathrynha77
Kathrynha77 Posts: 103 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Got a big weekend ahead, and have over 800 calories left today, which I don't need (could snack them this evening but don't need to). Earnt loads from exercise today. Am I ok to save the calories for tomorrow for my birthday?

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  • aeroback
    aeroback Posts: 66 Member
    One day is not going to kill you. But since it's only 1:30 in the afternoon today, you cannot go through the rest of the day with no calories. You need to eat to lose. Your body should eat every few hours, even something light, to keep it fueled to burn. If you go over alittle to morrow, it's ok as long as you don't make a habbit of it. And that being said, you have lost almost 30lbs already, you must be doing something right so if you want to "treat yourself on your birthday, go for it!

    Happy Birthday!
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    That's fine. I don't worry about meeting my goal for each day; I just add it up for the week.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    One day is not going to kill you. But since it's only 1:30 in the afternoon today, you cannot go through the rest of the day with no calories. You need to eat to lose. Your body should eat every few hours, even something light, to keep it fueled to burn.
    That's not necessary. Meal timing and frequency aren't really important. Also, not everyone lives in your time zone.
  • tlamarch
    tlamarch Posts: 105
    I think what your wanting to do is called zig zag your cal. intake, I hear alot of people doing it. check it out
  • Becka_D89
    Becka_D89 Posts: 60
    One day is not going to kill you. But since it's only 1:30 in the afternoon today, you cannot go through the rest of the day with no calories. You need to eat to lose. Your body should eat every few hours, even something light, to keep it fueled to burn. If you go over alittle to morrow, it's ok as long as you don't make a habbit of it. And that being said, you have lost almost 30lbs already, you must be doing something right so if you want to "treat yourself on your birthday, go for it!

    Happy Birthday!

    Take into account timezone, its later in the UK than in US :)
  • LemonBurns
    LemonBurns Posts: 538 Member
    Ummmm - it's your BIRTHDAY - nothing counts on your birthday. nothing! Have whatever your little heart desires and ENJOY IT - Guilt-free!

    HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!!!!
  • Kathrynha77
    Kathrynha77 Posts: 103 Member
    Thanks peeps.

    Yes I'm in the UK, had my dinner, and just settling down for the evening.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Got a big weekend ahead, and have over 800 calories left today, which I don't need (could snack them this evening but don't need to). Earnt loads from exercise today. Am I ok to save the calories for tomorrow for my birthday?

    Absolutely. I don't think I would have maintained my loss for a year if I didn't bank some calories for the weekends.
  • Jess830409
    Jess830409 Posts: 285 Member
    Ummmm - it's your BIRTHDAY - nothing counts on your birthday. nothing! Have whatever your little heart desires and ENJOY IT - Guilt-free!

    HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!!!!


    Totally agree!! It's one day out of the year :)
  • kmoore02
    kmoore02 Posts: 167 Member
    Ummmm - it's your BIRTHDAY - nothing counts on your birthday. nothing! Have whatever your little heart desires and ENJOY IT - Guilt-free!

    HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!!!!

    What she said. Its a lifestyle not a punishment. Enjoy your birthday guilt free, you have so much to celebrate!
  • Tourney3p0
    Tourney3p0 Posts: 290 Member
    You'll burn a little extra muscle on the day with a large deficit and store a little extra fat on the day you go over. Net weight will be the same (assuming you meet the same caloric deficit as you would have under regular circumstance), but your body fat will be slightly higher. Over two days though, the difference is negligible.
  • babykell19
    babykell19 Posts: 72
    my birthday was last month and i KNEW i wanted pizza and beer on my birthday and nothing was going to stop me! so i kept that in mind all week and then come my birthday BAM. pizza and beer. guilt free. enjoy your day!! happy birthday, lady!

    buuut..just remember..its a birthDAY. not a month :)
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