For 3 months I've been eating 1700 calories per day. WTF happened?
Since November I've been eating around 1700 calories per day. I am 5'10 and during the start I weighed 188 pounds and now weigh 173 so I lost 15 pounds in 3 months and literally 1 pound per week. I've done it in a healthy fashion because I haven't lost muscle and only gained in strength.
I hit a plateau and didn't lose any weight for 2 weeks straight so the past 2 weeks I've been doing an "experiment" and basically had about 3 cheat meals per week and increased my portions. I'd imagine I averaged 2000+ calories per day. I checked my weight today and I have stayed the exact same weight after 2 weeks straight of eating more.
Does that mean that my metabolism increased? At 1700 calories I stopped losing weight and at 2000 calories I didn't gain any weight and stayed the same. Does that mean that my metabolism increased and now if I go back to around 1700 calories per week, I should lose weight again? Did my metabolism permanently increase or is the effects only temporary?