24 hours & 4 pounds later, my morning weigh in was 148.5. Waist measured up a bit at 30.25— definitely (albeit temporary) the effects of a high calorie day.
By the way, I have been seeing/hearing about a regurgitation of an “axiom” that refeeds/cheat days/meals are the devil and should be avoided.
Well, possibly that may be true if one is obese, or closing in on the final stage of contest preparation. But, for most of the populace, the positives far outweigh the negatives.
You are not going to destroy a diet by what you eat in one day, let alone one meal.
Read that again.
You are not going to destroy a diet by what you eat in one day, let alone one meal.
Physically, you may show a small increase on the scale (again, temporary), but within a day or two of regularly intelligently planned nutrition, you will be back to where you need to be (possibly even better than that if you are of very low body fat—this is a topic for another time.)
Mentally/emotionally, you will feel much better because you will have satisfied and rewarded the carrot/stick mechanisms of your psychology (another topic for another time.)
This lifestyle approach, like most things of value, is two steps forward, one step back.
Training:
Squat 60×5, 75×5, 90×5, 105×5
OHP 50×5, 60×5, 70×5, 80×5
Deadlift (trap bar) 115×5, 140×5, 160×5, 185×5
Chin-ups BWx5, BW+10×5, BW+20×5, BW+30×5
Dips BWx5, BW+20×5, BW+40×5, BW+60×5
Nutrition: Calories 2,666 Carbs 203 Fat 90 Protein 139
