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Originally Posted by Etana
Won't a 4000 cal cheat day defeat a week of 1400 calorie deficit? (I don't know what your deficit is... A 1400 cal deficit becomes 1771 calories a day, which could be why you're not losing as much as you'd like...?
I'm just conjecturing here, because as we sit here I'm up 5 pounds. It's rough for me to lose...
Good for you for counting up your cheat day, instead of going unconscious.
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Certainly possible. This is partly the experiment... and once I go off the challenge, I'm going to give Cheat To Lose the full chance, rather than the partial chance it's getting now. Part of that program is to manipulate leptin levels and you are actually meant to increase calories/carbs through the week. Obviously, with a set deficit for the challenge, that can't happen.
However, a refeed day is also going to cut into a deficit too... so there's that. And I suppose it all depends on just what one eats there.
There may be hope for the wretched, unless I'm just delusional from brain fog. But I swear, this morning I tugged on my swimsuit. And then I stopped after and realized it didn't seem to be a struggle!
It's the same identical suit style and size I last bought, but this one has a really, really tight elastic for the "shelf bra" part. So much so that the first time I wore it, I could barely breathe. Well, the rest of the suit fits fine, but getting that blasted elastic over my hips is usually a tug o' war. Either the tug o' war happened and I was oblivious, or perhaps my losses this week are not pounds.
Here's hoping for a happy measure day tomorrow for us all!
Cynthia