Using exercise calories for weekend cheat meal (s)

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angelsja wrote: »

collectingblues wrote: »

angelsja wrote: »

Well it didn't work for me I had my birthday coming up so did extra exercise (alot) didn't eat them went out for my birthday scale obviously went up but then took 2 full weeks to come back down to pre birthday weight -_- so all that extra exercise was a big waste if time/energy

And, as we've discussed many times before, that's part of why you need to get yourself away from this restrict-overexercise-overeat cycle that you're in.

And why you need to start understanding scale fluctuations.

I do understand scale fluctuations and my weight trended upwards for a few days then dropped back down but took 2 full weeks to go back to pre birthday weight where I was steadily losing previous to that on 1500 cals per day

You have to look at what else you did.

You exercised like crazy=damage and water retention. Birthday dinner=replenishment of glycogen and sodium.

Weight trend delay: your weight trend is meant to change more slowly than your deficit.

Your change of behavior will not reflect immediately, though the inflection points will be captured quite correctly after the fact when you look at your graph a few months down the road.

Look at your calorie totals over rolling 6 week periods and the weight trend differences. Are they matching closely? Based on other posts of yours they do quite nicely.

So relax.

You know this works. You just need consistency and the application of a small deficit over a longer period of time

Your over restrictions and search for quicker validation at times are what is causing rebound problems!

Look back to your data and start being easier on yourself.

Frankly, once you have verified that your counting seems to be working close enough you don't even need to verify the weight trend other than as an occasional check.

And if your "diet"/way of eating/way of moving is sustainable and something that you will keep to for the foreseeable future... , what does it really matter if you made a bigger or smaller stride forward and hit exactly half a pound or 1 pound or half a pound or a quarter pound as long as you continue to *not regress*?

You hyper-focus tells me that you're still pushing yourself harder than might perhaps be optimal.

As always: take care of yourself!