How many of you do a 'Spike' day?

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  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    Another interesting but technical article :)

    http://www.leangains.com/2010/11/cheat-day-strategies-for-hedonist.html
  • phechan3
    phechan3 Posts: 60
    Hi everyone. :) I'm just starting out with my diet (again..) and so I'm not quite into the swing of things yet. So I was wondering who should do spike days? Is this more so for people who burn a lot of calories frequently? If I'm only exercising for about 30 mins to 1 hour of exercise a couple times a week is that too little for me to justify having a spike day? Thanks for your help. :)
  • Luvmysixpack
    Luvmysixpack Posts: 43
    I do a spike day once every two weeks or if I get stuck on a plateau. It works. I try not to go over a lot or I will try to balance those cals over with exercise.
  • Shaz_74
    Shaz_74 Posts: 100 Member
    quote chrisdavey:

    So the conclusion we came to is that it is a better strategy to stick to your diet every day knowing full well that you are bound to have a "dietary incident" here and there.

    Include higher carb days if needed, but avoid unnecessary junk.

    As John Berardi once said, as long as you are perfect 90% of the time, you'll get all the results. So try to stick to your clean diet as much as you can, don't plan specific cheats but accept that once in a while you will have a little something here and there.

    Now THIS makes sense. Thank you. :drinker:
  • stuffinmuffin
    stuffinmuffin Posts: 985 Member
    I recently looked through my diary and there's not a week without one or two days that I've gone over my cals. This is normally social or drinking occassions and to be honest, although I've gone over the allotted calories for the day if I've been out for a meal then I've made the best choices I could. It never hindered my weight loss and gave me a bit of boost too. During the rest of the week I would be below my calorie intake and basically the only time I've been unhappy with myself is going over weekly net goal. I believe that so long as everything balances out in a week you'll be fine! : )

    No I'm trying to learn how to maintain and include my spike day....
  • shakybabe
    shakybabe Posts: 1,578 Member
    I recently went gluten free/low carb and lost 7lb almost instantly then it seems to have got stuck again so reintroduced carbs for few days, had pasta and garlic bread, jacket potatoes, then dropped back down to low carb again.

    I try and save my treats for my monthly cravings as I get bad ones for chocolate but replaced choc brownies with choc chip snack-a-jacks which also have no flour in them. (i suspect I might have a mild wheat intolerance) I also allow Rice Krispies cereal and Rice cakes for snacks, but replaced Rice for dinner with 'cauliflower rice' which is just a cauli whizzzed in a processor till its size of rice or cous cous then steamed in microwave. i do 4 mins take out, add cooked mushrooms/onions etc and bit of garlic butter for flavour then put back in for 1 min and can have loads for much less calories.. yummy with a low fat curry on top!

    I replace roast potatoes with butternut squash or chips with parsnip chips (I allow sweet potato chips once a week also). I replaced bread with gluten free bread but only have it once a week as its much higher calorie than regular bread but lovely with eggs on top (the brand I get kind of tastes similar to toasted muffins). And still have enough spare calories for a small choc bar if I'm absolutely desperate for one! :happy:
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