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Originally Posted by scribess
Lynn, have you stopped losing? If not, then keep on doing what you're doing--it's working. 
Eating at a deficit for five days and then upping cals for 2 ensures that the body doesn't think there's a shortage of food and thereby slow down metabolism (lower body temperature, less NEAT, etc). Some sort of variation of this (often called refeeds) are very common and not "roller coasters" at all.
One other thought is that if indeed you have stopped losing, you might want to consider tracking food intake even though, yes, it takes time and planning. It could be that if you stalled you're either eating more than you think you are or less. Simple fix to a simple problem.
Good luck! |
Yes I have been holding steady at 213 for sometime. I have heard of "refeeds" but haven't looked into them because they really scare me. Last thing that would make sense to me is to eat more than I should, when I do do that I feel awful, guilty, mad at myself. So I dunno, it just doesnt sound like a good thing for me to be doing.
Yeah I know I should track but man you get behind one day and wham before you know it a whole week has gone by.