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WA-KA-POW Day ... question mark

tiddlebit11
tiddlebit11 Posts: 182
edited February 6 in Food and Nutrition
Ive heard that you should have a day where you go above your normal daily intake in order to 'shake up' your metabolism and stop it stagnating or lowering itself to adjust to your normal daily intake levels

Is this true?

If so, how? In regard to:
- How often? Once a week/month etc
- Still below your target intake but just slightly higher than normal?
- Only on exercise days?
- Exercise more on that day?
- Only if bulking slash cutting?

Or just a load of bull shirt?

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  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    I would like to know this, as well. :)
  • tiddlebit11
    tiddlebit11 Posts: 182
    Bump
  • tiddlebit11
    tiddlebit11 Posts: 182
    Nobody? Sad face
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    having been on a prolonged weight loss journey I had my metabolic rate measured twice along the way and it didn't change hardly at all.

    So I don't really think there's a problem to solve.

    If there was a metabolic slowdown it would take more than a day to return it to normal, surely ?
  • tiddlebit11
    tiddlebit11 Posts: 182
    I would like to search for some studies on it etc, but not even really sure what to search for ??
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