Rest Days -- What do you eat?

Same things, just less of it... but I usually don't take days off. Even if it's just a walk for 30 minutes, I'll do something.

I've done some vigorous exercise this week - lots of advanced yoga and cardio. It's time to take the day off. What do you eat? Back off on fats to promote my own fat burning or pump up on carbs to replace glyogen for the next round. I'm hoping to lose fat and preserve muscle. I don't really need to lose weight. Thoughts?

Dietary fats do not make you fat...neither do carbs...overconsumption of food above your TDEE does.

Your rest days and workout days should have the same goals. Eat 0.35 grams of fat per pound of body weight for health, 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass to preserve lean muscle, and fill in the rest of your calories with whatever you want, whether it is more fat, more protein, or carbs. Just remember to eat a moderate deficit under your TDEE to lose fat.

It isn't a magic pill or anything of that sort but it is the most natural diet a person can every eat.

Yeah, super natural. Leaving aside the fact that there's no scientific support for much if what this diet is based on do you really think that meat these days is the same as what it was in the Paleolithic period? The food fed to animals, the anti-biotics, the hormones...

Pretty much all junks McDonald, ice cream, chocolate , cakes... you name it I know it's very bad but I just can't help it at least just once a week and I eat them in moderation after my " rest day " I just feel more motivated to get back to my normal diet, maybe it's my guilt ( of binging ) talking

whats a rest day?:laugh:

i try and exercise every day, even if its 20 min on the treadmill or a walk

if I have a not so active day, I need to eat more veg coz I don't have the earnt cals to eat
I try and eat clean, I don't eat too many carbs, so most meat, veg, yoghurt and one G/F toast

I don't plan my rest days; some days i wake up starving and just want to eat and eat, so i wait until those days hit me and have them as my rest days, (as long as they only happen once a week, otherwise i'll power through it). But when i do have a rest day i'll eat anything i want, although i do try not to go too crazy and over my daily calorie intake. However, i've found recently that i don't need cheat or rest days; i manage to eat whatever i want and still lose weight, so long as it's in my daily calorie intake. Last night i made a cheesecake and had a huge slice. The night before me and my boyfriend devoured an entire tub of choclate brownie ice-cream between us. The night before that i baked rock cakes and we demolished nearly the entire batch. So, i don't really see the need for cheat or rest days

I don't plan my rest days; some days i wake up starving and just want to eat and eat, so i wait until those days hit me and have them as my rest days, (as long as they only happen once a week, otherwise i'll power through it). But when i do have a rest day i'll eat anything i want, although i do try not to go too crazy and over my daily calorie intake. However, i've found recently that i don't need cheat or rest days; i manage to eat whatever i want and still lose weight, so long as it's in my daily calorie intake. Last night i made a cheesecake and had a huge slice. The night before me and my boyfriend devoured an entire tub of choclate brownie ice-cream between us. The night before that i baked rock cakes and we demolished nearly the entire batch. So, i don't really see the need for cheat or rest days

Oh my gosh - you can eat like that AND lose weight? I want to be you!!!!! But, those aren't very healthy food choices :-) When you get old (like me) you might regret it :-)

Lol, i wouldn't be wishing those things if i were you! I've been very silly with food in the past, and before i decided to stop being silly and start being healthy i was on 700-800 calories a day. It was a living nightmare, and one that was very hard to break out of. Now i'm on 1200 a day, which is still very low, but high for me all things considering, and because my body is so used to eating so little, i feel surprisingly full on that many calories a day. I tend to only get through 500 calories (net) at the most throughout the day, (breakfast, lunch and snacks) because my boyfriend has no need to worry about his weight, meaning that he makes me eat proper dinner, (bless him for it though, because i can't cook to save my life!) This means i know i will be consuming most of my calories in the evening, which is why i try and save them as much as possible. I have to walk to work and back, which is over five miles altogether, and i usually go to the gym after work too, and since we are going on net calories i usually have over 1000 left for dinner. So, when my boyfriend suggests having fish and chips for dinner, or asks me to bake a cake for dessert, i know i can eat it without feeling guilty. And it's been a long time since i could eat stuff like cake and chips without feeling guilt stricken afterwards! I know i will probably pay for it later on in my years, but for now i am enjoying eating what i want and feeling fine about it, and finally losing the weight i want without having to be stupid about it

See? Rest days aren't that scary