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Originally Posted by Celestialmom
Bytsi, sounds like you have a great plan going-I'll be interested to see how you do and what is effective for you. I think I'll have to go look up that thread to get the gist of the conversation, but it seems really logical.
Anyway, good luck, and glad you had such fun weekend!
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Hey Celeste - I hope my plan works... one thing I'm learning is that I'm going to have to be completely flexible. Set a plan - can't just wing it - but adjust the plan constantly - keep on fine-tuning...
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Originally Posted by kfisherx
Bytsi to answer your question from a purely Mathmatical point of view a 1000kcal overage one day could easily result in 10 days of no loss if you are only in a 100cal a day deficit. If you are at a 400 cal a day deficit and you do a 3000 cal cheat one day then it could wipe out the next 7.5 days of dieting and being hungry. You really have to ask yourself if that is worth it when you start doing the Math. That is why I never cheat. It is not worth blowing away the work that I have put in and will have to put in to make up for that cheat.
And if you are getting PRs in your lifting and feeling strong as you are lifting that is a good indicator that you are not eating at a deficit. I feel like shit in my lifts right now and only am losing a lb a week.
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Hi Karla - you're right, mathematically it was STUPID to cheat. I'm eating around 500 kcal deficit (but of course that varies based on activity for any given day). I know the shake was a big stupid cheat mistake, and I paid for it in calories and nausea
. I plead exhaustion in my poor decision... that's all I got!
I do wish that hormones and water and all the other stuff wouldn't play into weight-loss - I'm nowhere near as fine-tuned as you are in my science experiment - but every screw-up is a chance to learn more, right? (Not a natural optimist, but every once in a while I give it a half-hearted try
)
Continuing with recovery week. Nothing but karate planned today, and of course NEAT. Sitting on my exercise ball as I type, gonna go walk a couple laps and then maybe even come back to the computer and do what I'm paid for
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