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Originally Posted by FlaPatsFan
Gained a few pounds over past month. Good weight, I’ve been more consistent with getting more food/calories in.
How do you guys feel about cheat days? Especially at our age. Good? Bad? Beneficial?
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My thoughts are that they are fine when you are in a calorie deficit and need to stimulate your thyroid after dieting for awhile. In fact I find that the leaner I get, the more of them I can actually get away with as your body tends to partition the calories better when your insulin levels are typically lower on average.
During a bulk I think they can be detrimental as you are already in a surplus and your body is in "storage mode".....but I'm also not anal about trying to be in 100% shape year anymore.
When you are maintaining, I think they are acceptable 1-2 times a week as long as you are replacing the calories you are normally eating and not going into a surplus which can cause BF to creep up on you if not careful.
But overall...I feel that if you stay within a shape that allows you to use a small deficit and be back where you want in 3-4 weeks without killing yourself....you are good.
Is that confusing enough? LOL. JMO of course and I am not an expert...just know how my body is!