Strategic Overating & Weight Loss...

[Cautious_Optimist]

I overeat (roughly 1200 cal of food) once every 5-7 days while eating clean/lean and working out 4x/wk otherwise. I have dropped about 25 lbs. in a year and am ~ 10 lbs from my goal weight.

Anyone else do this as part of planned weight loss..?? The theory is you keep your metabolism at full burn thus preventing /stopping weight loss plateaus and keeping the weight loss steady...I imagine/hope it holds for weight maintenance too (and perhaps what "normal weight" people do by default)...

 

[Maya]

I believe I have mentioned this in one of the threads where I set a day for myself to eat what I desire. I have lost 17 lbs. I also workout intensely for about 5 days a week to keep the metabolism going. My goal is to lise another 10 lbs which I don't believe is far out but this requires a lot of discipline and dedication.

 

[Cautious_Optimist]

I believe I have mentioned this in one of the threads where I set a day for myself to eat what I desire. I have lost 17 lbs. I also workout intensely for about 5 days a week to keep the metabolism going. My goal is to lise another 10 lbs which I don't believe is far out but this requires a lot of discipline and dedication.

Congrats on the weight loss. And yeah they say the last 10 are the hardest.

I am hopeful I'm not at a maintenance weight as I'm not sure I can comfortably cut food/calories any further...

 

[Maya]

I don't think I need to cut back on food and calories because stress has been playing a part on my overall eating at the moment. Stress can affect you greatly I tell ya 8)

 

[Issac Sinclair]

Why do you want to lose weight so much? If you looked good in the mirror would it matter how much you weigh?

Adderall and stimulants kill my appetite, I was 110 from 120 doing absolutely nothing.

Why don't you count your calories? Eat more fiber and skip shit like peanut butter, that has more calories than a mcdouble. I counted it once, and I was undereating, and I thought I was a hard gainer. No I was malnourished.

 

[ilikestims]

Why don't you count your calories? Eat more fiber and skip shit like peanut butter, that has more calories than a mcdouble. I counted it once, and I was undereating, and I thought I was a hard gainer. No I was malnourished.

Calories are overrated. Peanut butter (raw, natural peanut butter) is one of the healthiest foods in the world. Comparing it to a McDouble is lol.

 

[Issac Sinclair]

Calories are overrated. Peanut butter (raw, natural peanut butter) is one of the healthiest foods in the world. Comparing it to a McDouble is lol.

Just sayin' you can lose weight even if you eat McD. As long as you have less calories, you will lose weight. I don't think peanut butter is one of the healthiest, not after its been processed as it usually is, but it does make for a very nice calorie rich food (I don't eat a lot of food).

 

[Maya]

Why do you want to lose weight so much? If you looked good in the mirror would it matter how much you weigh?

I actually like this response

I had been counting my calories as well and been tryin to eat as healthy as I can but there are situations (like stress) where I would eat a lot lol. It's been good so far though, I exercise a lot and make sure to push myself further in my workouts. The only thing though is, it seems for some people, metabolism slows down at a certain age. I remember when I was 22-24 I never had problems losing weight faster but when I reached 27+ I noticed how it slowed down drastically.

 

[Issac Sinclair]

Yeah, I feel like a lot of girls especially have a weight obsession. Its like I want to be this weight, rather than I want to look like this. My weight fluctuates within 10lb often, and I look pretty much the same, wear the same clothes, etc. Guys usually go I want muscles and no fat or something, and at the end its like wow I gained a few lb but I look great!