Hey guys. I know there’s the debates about cheat day vs meal, cheating vs re-feeding, and all that. Basically, I know my own body, and how it reacts. I typically eat around 2600-3000 calories a day, to build muscle while slowly burning away body fat. (6’0 200lbs)…Once every couple of weeks, I smash a 3-4-5 thousand calorie meal, purposefully, to eat foods that I’ve stayed away from, as well load up on any fat or carbs that I may have been missing from my cleaner eating.
And the thing for me is, when I used to be fat and 300lbs, and ate a meal like this, I was sluggish, couldn’t do anything but sit on the couch and pass out.
Yesterday, (as with many cheat meals before this after changing my body & eating habits), I smashed a Triple Baconator, Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Large Fry and Large Chocolate Frosty for dinner (around 3000 calories)…and woke up in the AM feeling leaner than I did all week before. And that was before I went to the bathroom.
So, I know this works for me, and the calorie surplus will most definitely help my lifts for this coming week… but I was wondering if someone could break down the science of it, just for my own personal curiosity, and maybe it’ll help out some people along the way.