Diet Breaks/Refeeds

queenliz99 wrote: »

Steve_ApexNC wrote: »

i said abone k a day deficit. not 1000 cal a day.

rif.

But diary tells a different story.

i did not ask about my diary. i asked about others experiences with breaks.


@all....nevermind. i see folks are not interested in my question but rather talking down to me when they do not have all facts.

IsaackGMOON wrote: »

Steve_ApexNC wrote: »

IsaackGMOON wrote: »

But will OP ever return?

FIND OUT IN NEXT MONTHS EPISODE

wow. i have been gone a bit over an hour. i am running errands.

Sorry I thought you'd died because you're at a stupidly low caloric intake for a male.

Sure, you need a diet break. Have a break from 1000 calories a day and then return with an adequate caloric intake which isn't too low.

wow. you are a real gem of a human. First, I am eating more than 100calories per day; I am eating a deficit of 1000 per day on average - you should try reading. Second, I find MFP's analytics tools to be useless so I developed a database of my own which is more accurate to my own needs. I often true up my daily calories at the end of a day after looking at my home db tools which calculate a great deal of things using my historic data rather than guesses that MFP makes (which, by the way, says I should be at 1390 per day). Those true ups are not reflected in my logs here because in the long run I won't use MFP to track calories. For now, it serves as a decent way to ensure my database is working correctly.

As I said before and I say it again - folks here do not have all the facts. I didn't ask anyone to dig into my logs here and solve anything. I asked folks about experiences with diet breaks. First poster out of the gate decided they needed to jump into my diet rather than talk about the subject I asked about. Everyone else piled on because to a person, they thought they were being smart when, in fact, they were making false assumptions.

dhimaan wrote: »

Since people have been criticizing you the diary has been privatized. It's not constructive OP.

yes. I closed it. please read the entire thread. my diary is not completely accurate and I am not looking for feedback on my diary.

VintageFeline wrote: »

You see OP, when someone asks a question and makes mention of specific problems they are having (fatigue in your case) then it is prudent to answer in context. This context being that it appears you have been grossly undereating. MFP has given you the bare minimum recommended calories BEFORE exercise because you've out in a too aggressive weight loss goal. I couldn't eat at a 1000 per day deficit and not do some serious damage to my overall health in the long term.

This isn't people being unhelpful, quite the opposite. So listen to them and EAT.

1. I am NOT undereating. I eat at a 1K per day deficit. I have a far greater handle on my calories in and calories out than I suspect most anyone here does.
2. My MFP log is not completely accurate thus my post above (which you clearly haven't read) and thus my statements about not knowing all the facts.
3. I didn't ask anyone to solve problems for me. I asked about the theory of diet breaks.

You see, I wasn't looking for feedback on my diet, but what people think of diet breaks. What has since dawned on me is that most folks here don't know what the theory of a diet break is. Since you want context, a diet break, in theory, allows the body's hormones to go back to pre diet levels. This is based on the idea that the fat levels are a regulated system within the body much like body temperature. The science on this is not definitive thus my curiosity on the experiences and knowledge of others. This is the topic I wanted to discuss.

In truth, however, I actually appreciate that some folks are tryign to be helpful and I understand how my log is misleading (thus I closed it). I've tried to divert the topic back to a discussion of diet breaks and not my actual intake (WHICH IS NOT PROPERLY REFLECTED ON MFP). However, it seems that group think is going to rule like it often does on message boards.