Question on cutting

protonball
protonball Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Ive been cutting for 2 weeks and today ive had a chest meal (600 cal).

My maintenance is 2200 and I'm currently.at 1600 cals. Ive been doing 1000 cals defecit s day until now.

Will this cheat meal spoil my cutting phase? Thanks!

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  • melissafawnw
    melissafawnw Posts: 67 Member
    No, it will decrease your deficit for the day. Doing this all the time will stop your loss considerably. But I like "cheat" foods for sanity, some may disagree :)
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Why are you cutting so severely? You should be eating 1500 minimum a day.
  • nosebag1212
    nosebag1212 Posts: 621 Member
    edited June 2017
    I don't understand the question, if you're in a 1000 cal deficit and you ate an extra 600 calories, you'll still be in a 400 cal deficit that day how can that ruin your cutting phase?

    also if you're at a 1000 cal deficit then you're eating 1200 a day? that's too low, don't go below 1500
  • protonball
    protonball Posts: 3 Member




    Thanks for the responses. :)

    This is a short cutting phase (3 weeks to go) so I thought that a 1000 cal defecit would be ok - that's what ive read on multiple threads on bodybuilding.com anyway haha. They say between 500 and 1000 is fine.

    Why do you find it too low?


    malibu927 wrote: »
    Why are you cutting so severely? You should be eating 1500 minimum a day.
    nosebag1212 wrote: »
    I don't understand the question, if you're in a 1000 cal deficit and you ate an extra 600 calories, you'll still be in a 400 cal deficit that day how can that ruin your cutting phase?

    also if you're at a 1000 cal deficit then you're eating 1200 a day? that's too low, don't go below 1500

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