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Thank you for the reply, Banks. I think this could explain why I've reached a bit of a plateau when I increased my running mileage - I'd been doing more of the balancing calories over the course of each week, rather than maintaining a static deficit. I appreciate your comment that it's certainly a less predictable way to…

Thanks for all the great info, Banks! I've been reading through the thread, and just want to clarify one question I've had. Before reading this thread, I thought that as long as my calories for the week averaged out to the recommended amount, I was doing okay. But now I'm concerned that having one day with a larger deficit…