Twice in a row now, as soon as I switch from ~12 weeks of consecutive calorie deficit (over 500 daily) to a maintenance phase to drop diet fatigue, I lose 2-3 lbs as soon as I increase calories. This weight stays off the entire duration of the 6-8 week maintenance phase. Common sense would have told me that my weight would go UP as I up calories. My only idea is that perhaps there was a significant amount of stress hormones during the diet that caused water retention. What do you think is going on?
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10-26-2020, 04:34 PM #1
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Big whoosh at the onset of maintenance - hormones?
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10-26-2020, 05:16 PM #2
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It could be stress/cortisol related, or possibly the food you eat in a deficit has more sodium that what you are switching to? Are you taking creatine?
However, from recent personal experience I know that I gain 3-4 pounds within a couple of days of switching back to maintenance.~ Like Tae-Kwon-Leap, my goals are not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon.
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10-26-2020, 05:44 PM #3
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10-26-2020, 08:23 PM #5
Happened with me recently as well
I had to take an off from the gym and pause my running because I got sick with the flu...
I increased my calories by 500 and did no exercise except walking in my house... to my surprise I had lost 1.5 kgs by doing nothing and just increasing calories... but now it means I can diet on higher calories
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10-26-2020, 08:37 PM #6
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