Cheat meal = Flatter Stomach

[ForensicFreak]

So I've been cutting at 10% less than my maintenance for the past 3 weeks. The cravings finally got to me last night and I caved, having a cheat meal last night of approx. 1,728 calories (I know pretty weak). The meal consisted of: Cheesy garlic bread, buffalo wings, calamari, pork sausage, beef ribs, pork ribs, lamb ribs, deep fried chips and to top it all off hazelnut chocolate mousse. Tasted pretty amazing I must admit and I walked out of the restaurant waddling.

The weird thing is this morning I woke up and my stomach was flat as anything. Abs peaking through (currently 13% bf) and generally my abdomen was looking pretty good.

Has anyone else had this happen to them? Have a nutritional blowout and wake up looking great?

[maximuminc]

One meal wont ruin all your previous 3 weeks of dieting - sounds like a fantastic feed though! Good luck moving forward with your cutting goals.

[Jeffthepump]

One meal wont ruin all your previous 3 weeks of dieting - sounds like a fantastic feed though! Good luck moving forward with your cutting goals.

did you even read OP's post??

[Ahmed81]

Perhaps you experienced a "whoosh". Your body flushed out the water your fat cells were holding, in turn allowing you to actually see the fat you've lost.

[ForensicFreak]

Perhaps you experienced a "whoosh". Your body flushed out the water your fat cells were holding, in turn allowing you to actually see the fat you've lost.

I hadn't thought of that but it does make sense, considering it was a shock to the system after being in a deficit for so long. Just thought it was an interesting observation and thought id see if anyone else had noticed it.

[Tommy W.]

The cheat meal had nothing to do with it. You're coincedentally seeing results of your previous week's dieting. Your body doesn't react overnight to these things.

[ForensicFreak]

The cheat meal had nothing to do with it. You're coincedentally seeing results of your previous week's dieting. Your body doesn't react overnight to these things.

Like I said it was only an observation. Thought it was interesting.

[RyGla]

possibly all the carbs made your abs pop?

[ForensicFreak]

possibly all the carbs made your abs pop?

Considering most of the meal was meat i doubt i hit enough of a carb surplus for that to happen. I thought that also so i worked out an estimate of macros for the meal and got >100g protein, >100g fat and only about 90g carbs.

[Delgadido]

read this OP
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat...uishy-fat.html

[ForensicFreak]

read this OP

Makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the interesting read

[ThousandEyes]

sounds like you ate less carbs and lost water weight

[n0useforaname]

It's pretty common. I cut down to 170 and didn't gorge in food for 4 months.. On my Bday I decided to eat everything under the sun for one night and woke up the next day at 168.... and looked more cut than ever.