do you burn more calories when sick?
Hey i'm just curious, do you burn more calories when you're sick? Usually I do 1 hour cardio 5 times a week and eat very strict and do weights about 6 times a week and have been maintaining my weight for the past month or so. However, for the past week ive been sick with a fever (coughing, sore throat, slight headaches and feeling heaps tired) so I haven't been doing any cardio at all, and along with that I have literally been eating double the calories of what I normally eat along with sleeping at least 9 and a half hours a night (usually sleep 7.5 - 8 hours a night) and I havent gained any weight at all, I even lost weight at one stage. Is this because I am sick? or is it because I have been following a strict program for a while now and the excess calories have basically just been like a refeed / recover week? or a bit of both? Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this when sick?