So today I kinda got a little out of control... :(

[hookemhorns0tx]

I feel kinda disgusted for letting myself go like this after eating clean and getting in 1800-2000 cal/day.

Oh well, tmw in a new day just means I got to lift harder.

Well here it is:

[jon1995]

oh noes you ate 500 calories over 2k.

[yepimonfire]

oh noes you ate 500 calories over 2k.

das liek a snax bruuuuuuuuuu

[jon1995]

das liek a snax bruuuuuuuuuu

fat gainz from 2.5k calories =OOOO

[JamesPhoenix]

Gordito.

[sharpieblet]

man up OP. today was my carb up/cheat day, maybe ate 2500 cals when i've been eating 1600 a day this past week, a whole digiorno pizza with cheese stuffed crust, couple oatmeal brownie things and a couple little debbie snow ball cup cakes...feeling pretty good right now cuz i know tomorrow my gym strength will be awesome.

[hookemhorns0tx]

fat gainz from 2.5k calories =OOOO

Lol it felt good eating all that, but the end of the day I felt like ****. Sticking to my chicken, brocolli, tuna, and turkey burgers now haha

[nlite2000]

Do yourself a favor and plan a controlled (4-5k) pig out day every couple of weeks. It's good for the body and mind, especially as you get leaner.


I would chalk today up as a win, really. You did more good than harm.

[Serpentarius]

now i just feel like a fatty mcfatfat eating 10,000 calories some days.

[hookemhorns0tx]

Do yourself a favor and plan a controlled (4-5k) pig out day every couple of weeks. It's good for the body and mind, especially as you get leaner.


I would chalk today up as a win, really. You did more good than harm.

Yeah I guess you're right, I haven't pigged out in a while so it felt pretty good. I know I'll have a giant pig out coming up exactly a month from now, and I'm not going to feel guilty about it

[th3pwn3r]

now i just feel like a fatty mcfatfat eating 10,000 calories some days.

I'd say that's retarded if you're actually doing that.

[Serpentarius]

I'd say that's retarded if you're actually doing that.

lol, once a month, its pretty easy with theater popcorn, donuts and pasta :X

[th3pwn3r]

Well, 10k cals in a single day is really extreme. The amount of work you'd have to do in order to balance that week out would be rough. My bad days don't even reach 5k and I compensate the next day with extended fasting and crazy amounts of cardio, today is a good example of that. Ran 10 miles, walked a couple, rode a stationary cycle for an hour, shadow boxed for 30 minutes and still haven't eaten yet, I think it's safe to say I hit a good deficit. My stomach hasn't STFU for the past hour now.

[Serpentarius]

When i was cutting (both times) i ate the same stuff every single day, and each time i did that i only gained half a pound at the end of the week,
and not doing anything extra like sessions of cardio, i think 6000 of that just doesnt get stored otherwise id have gained like 2 pounds lol
My woman friend who has lost a ton of weight did that stuff too and reported similar results. My hat is off to you for being able to run so far, my shins are pretty beat after 5k

[Dr2]

Learn to cheat day

[TheEther24]

Lol it felt good eating all that, but the end of the day I felt like ****. Sticking to my chicken, brocolli, tuna, and turkey burgers now haha

You realize there was nothing inherently wrong with the food you ate that day right? Take away 1 of the donuts you had in the morning and the milk and it was no different than your other days. Actually, it was better, for some reason your daily target only has 70g of protein :/

[hookemhorns0tx]

You realize there was nothing inherently wrong with the food you ate that day right? Take away 1 of the donuts you had in the morning and the milk and it was no different than your other days. Actually, it was better, for some reason your daily target only has 70g of protein :/

Yeah I don't know why it says 70g for my goal haha, I just ignore the macros the app gives me and just try to hit 160g protein and 65-70g of fat a day and do whatever for the rest of my cals.

[roybatty6]

70 grams of protein aint much and sugary snacks usually don't provide allot of protein/vitamins/minerals

A 500+ over your daily won't hurt too much.

[rim21]

Go for it man as long as it fits in your macros. I'm having krispy kreme tmw morning for breakfast(like 3 donuts) to reward myself, but I already calculated it and it easily fits into my macros. It just means I have to eat a bunch of chicken later on, no biggie

[hookemhorns0tx]

Go for it man as long as it fits in your macros. I'm having krispy kreme tmw morning for breakfast(like 3 donuts) to reward myself, but I already calculated it and it easily fits into my macros. It just means I have to eat a bunch of chicken later on, no biggie

Yeah when I calculated it that was without the 500cal pizza, pbj sandwich and was under 2k cals lol

[Jack101]

Lool dude, I spent a weekend away and was eating 3000+ calories instead of my 1600 cals for the 3 days. Was eating in restraunts and eating snacks all day, put on a little more weight oh well, you should be even more motivated to lose weight now

[Khabaal]

I'd feel like **** after eating donuts for breakfast too. The calories... pretty sure you get that it's no big deal by now. Eating close to maintenance for a day isn't going make you fat.

[nosix]

Well, 10k cals in a single day is really extreme. The amount of work you'd have to do in order to balance that week out would be rough. My bad days don't even reach 5k and I compensate the next day with extended fasting and crazy amounts of cardio, today is a good example of that. Ran 10 miles, walked a couple, rode a stationary cycle for an hour, shadow boxed for 30 minutes and still haven't eaten yet, I think it's safe to say I hit a good deficit. My stomach hasn't STFU for the past hour now.

Get help dude

[waqas11]

Op 500cal over is nothing!!

Saturday i went over 3k which included chicken breast fried, fried chips and wedges, chicken and lamb donner(gyno i think thats what its called) brownies,custard, cookies.

On sunday i went over 3k again which included 5 krispie kreme dougnuts, fried mars bar and chicken nuggets on naan bread.

Today monday a new day, shyt happens!

[Gusthebus]

Was expecting binge. Treat yourself every month or so brah one day isn't going to kill your gainz. I had Roscoe chicken and waffles yesterday. Instead of waffle it was two eggs and chicken breast. 1st cheat in a month and I was still at a 1000 cal deficit. Love cardio to get that 3k-4k maintenance

[kanis999]

Most of us tend to overestimate the effect of cheating because we fear fat. For the past 4 days, I was on vacation and I went all out. I ate an entire bag of doritos withinin 2 days, ate fast food once or twice a day, drank 30 oz mountain dews twice a day, and shopped at gas stations constantly. I hopped on the scale yesterday, expecting to have gained 3 pounds, but nope, not even a full pound difference. I look in the mirror and I look just like I did when I left for vacation.

The moral of the story is that 2 weeks or more of diligent dieting can't be ruined over the course of a few days of eating over 1000 more calories than you're used to. As long as the number of days you eat below maintenance is higher than the number of days you cheat, you're probably going to do just fine in the long run.

[cyco85]

Hahaha, looks like a maintenance day to me. I'd still be in a deficit with that ish. But, at any rate... not out of control at all, IMO.

[jhxetc]

It might be broscience, but I think once your body gets used to working a certain amount of calories and you shock it with a big cheat day, it goes into overload and dumps a good portion of those calories. Especially the lower in BF you are. So yeah you might eat 10k calories, but in reality you probably poop a whole lot of them right out. I know there have been several times that I cheated with like a 2k calorie meal of burger, fries and milkshake that sent me to the bathroom (full run lol) like 5 minutes after finishing. Now, if you eat that crap everyday, your body gets into a routine of storing them as fat and becomes pretty efficient at that so the fatter you are, the more you are going to store. Which is why it's probably better to not cheat or at least not go over maintenance calories if you have a lot of weight to lose.

[kanis999]

It might be broscience, but I think once your body gets used to working a certain amount of calories and you shock it with a big cheat day, it goes into overload and dumps a good portion of those calories. Especially the lower in BF you are. So yeah you might eat 10k calories, but in reality you probably poop a whole lot of them right out. I know there have been several times that I cheated with like a 2k calorie meal of burger, fries and milkshake that sent me to the bathroom (full run lol) like 5 minutes after finishing. Now, if you eat that crap everyday, your body gets into a routine of storing them as fat and becomes pretty efficient at that so the fatter you are, the more you are going to store. Which is why it's probably better to not cheat or at least not go over maintenance calories if you have a lot of weight to lose.

Lol. Honestly, I have noticed that trend myself. I also have no scientific basis for that claim, but it doesn't seem like every calorie you consume gets stored. Is there any scientific evidence that not all calories are utilized, and that significant amounts can pass right through us given the right circumstances?