Higher calorie day?

Jubee13

I was reading the blog of someone who uses MFP and she is losing really well. She has one day per week where she eats at maintainence to keep from slowing her metabolism down. It's not a cheat day or cheat meal - she doesn't go all out eating. She just eats a few hundred more calories one day per week. I'd love to do this as well. It would really be something to look forward to, but I don't want to slow down my weight loss. I eat about 1200-1400 calories per day and lose about a pound per week. Does anyone have experience with this?

DeguelloTex

If you eat more, all other things being equal, you'll lose less.

Slowing your metabolism, to the extent it happens, takes steep deficits for long periods of time and lack of exercise.

BurnWithBarn2015

Your metabolism doesn't slow down or speed up by doing so.

But this is her way to keep on track. To do it the way she likes it.

I have it the same way, ate a certain amount for days, weeks etc. And than sometimes a higher day that was still under maintenance. And i had days i went over maintenance.

Just normal life.


Important is that you create a deficit that is all

And you are on the right track with losing 1 lbs a week. So why fix what isn't broke? On the other hand when you need/want a day were you eat some more...well do so. It wont hurt your weight loss or speed it up.

MarcyKirkton

I did have yesterday.....a wedding. 64 days of staying on track. I decided yesterday not to worry. Didn't gain any weight. (Didn't lose either!) But I did find that relaxing for a day about the diet deal was good for my brain.

middlehaitch

You could look at tracking weekly instead of daily.
Eat a little under each day to give yourself one day when you can treat yourself.
It would be similar to what the blogger is doing but you would still lose your 1 lb a week as you are eating the same amount of calories that week, just adjusting by 50-100 cals what you are eating per day.

Cheers, h.

Francl27

She'd probably lose more if she didn't have that day, but in the end it's not going to make a huge difference.

DeguelloTex

14.3% difference, more or less.

Liftng4Lis

You're not going to slow your metabolism, without a history of long term dieting and or under eating and even then, its negligible.