First Splurge

MiniMansell1964

I dropped 2 stone last year, very happy, i found it quite easy to do.
Took a month of two to get used to maintaining, the lower amount of calories i needed initially seemed tiny in comparison to what i had been used to. I am very active though, averaging 500 - 600c per day in exercise. (i am a mountain bike coach) and these calories get eaten for pleasure.

i have maintained now for 6 months.

Tonight, is a special night at home. i am going to have my first day of excess in over a year.

cant wait.

Tomorrow i look forward to standing on the scales, and being heavier, just from the bulk in my gut.

L1zardQueen

How will you be splurging?

cmriverside

Enjoy!

sijomial

Friday night is takeaway night!

Enjoy your splurge.

wunderkindking

Mondays are BOGO burgers at one of our local places. It's a weekly tradition for my husband and 2 grown kids.

Poobah1972

Just make sure tonight ends by tomorrow and your golden.

have fun!

ahoy_m8

Wow. 6 months without a splurge. You're a steady Eddy. Enjoy it!

MiniMansell1964

Good Food, good wine and great company

and today, absolutely no change on the scales.

winner.

AnnPT77

Glad to hear you had fun, and didn't see stressful aftermath!

Not to be a downer: Keep in mind that metabolizing food takes time. I've seen research saying that full digestive transit can take 50+ hours. I mention it more as a caution not to feel stressed if you see some scale weirdness in the next few days.

IMO, this is not doom - no reason to over-react. Give it a week or so, if anything unusual does happen.

Rationale for saying this: I prefer an eating style where in I bank a small number of calories routinely in maintenance, to allow for periodic big indulgences (well over maintenance calories). I've found that a very, very big day (like 2-3X maintenance calories, which I've done occasionally) never seems to net out to the fat gain I'd expect from that number of calories, after time for digestion and water weight to settle out.

There are videos of 10,000 calorie days with various lab tests after, and some processes seem to upregulate after very high intake. (My resting heart rate seems to go up the day after major indulgence, and I get more frequent hot flashes, as a couple of minor examples. I've seen quite a few people report rip-roaring workout intensity after a high-calorie day, also.) I also wonder if it might be possible to eat so much that one's body just passes some of the nutrients all the way through the pipe unharvested.

Glad you had fun: Enjoy a more relaxed maintenance! 🙂