Gained 4 Pounds

[RBZen]

Yeah, baby!

My 30th birthday was yesterday, so it was my "Eat all you want, calories be damned" day.

And it was good. My biggest surprise, though, was that I was not able to eat nearly as much as I used to be able to. Half as much, at best. I used to be able to stuff myself with 2 plates of salad, 4 plates of pizza/cheesybread/muffins/bread, a bowl of spaghetti, and a soup bowl of ice cream. Hey, no wonder I got fat.

Yesterday, I just had 1 plate of salad, 1 plate of pizza/bread/muffin, and a small bowl of ice cream. This is a lot more food than it sounds, since it was piled high, but still, less than half as much as I used to be able to do.

No regrets about this fat gain. Back to the grind today, though! Knocked out week 2 cycle 2 heavy day of Allpro Beginner's weightlifting this AM, and back on the diet.

The food tasted like heaven, though, after abstaining from such goodness for nearly 6 months.

[igglesphan]

The good news is, most of that 4 lbs you gained is likely water weight, so it will be gone in a few days. Happy Birthday!

[dvntnation]

Happy Birthday! How long have you been training before you hit the big 3 0? I just mention from my personal experience, I have always been that dude to come up with "reasons" to cheat on my diet. Cheating is awesome on a weekly basis but for myself I don't consider it total cheating because I still eat clean on those days, I just don't limit myself on how much I intake. Good luck to you bro.

[Serpentarius]

you wont and cant gain 4 pounds of fat in a day, the body cannot make use of so many calories and partition them as fat in one sitting. That means 14000 calorie surplus which didnt happen.

[elgatito71]

The good news is, most of that 4 lbs you gained is likely water weight, so it will be gone in a few days. Happy Birthday!

this ^^^

[abendm]

you wont and cant gain 4 pounds of fat in a day, the body cannot make use of so many calories and partition them as fat in one sitting. That means 14000 calorie surplus which didnt happen.

^This

[RBZen]

Okay, I should have re-phrased that as 4 pounds of weight, not fat. I meant, I am 4 pounds heavier than yesterday. I know I didn't make 4 pounds of fat :P

Happy Birthday! How long have you been training before you hit the big 3 0? I just mention from my personal experience, I have always been that dude to come up with "reasons" to cheat on my diet. Cheating is awesome on a weekly basis but for myself I don't consider it total cheating because I still eat clean on those days, I just don't limit myself on how much I intake. Good luck to you bro.

Oh, I never really come up with reasons to cheat. This is actually my first cheat day since December 6, 2012, which is the day I started my weight loss journey. I won't have another cheat day until Thanksgiving.

I know a lot of people have weekly cheat days, but I don't need it (in the sense that I don't have cravings to do so). At worst, I will eat excess calories one day to make up for undereating the day before, but that's not really a "cheat" day... more, "whoops, I ate too little, better make up for it"

As far as how long I've trained... I was at like, 10% body fat (very visible abs) until I was 22. Ballooned up to 295 when I was 23, went down to 190 at 25. Then up to 395 at 29. So I've been lifting, athletic, fit for the vast majority of my life. Just with 6 years or so where things went to hell.