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Week 5: Happy Inadvertent Refeed Day!…I mean…Fourth of July! ;)

7/9/2014

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STATS:

Date                 Weight (lb)           BF%              Protein (g)          Carbs         Fat          Total Cal
7.9.14              109                         14.9              117                   121              24           1,168 (+49)
7.2.14              110                         15.6              117                   111              23           1,119 (+49)
6.25.14            110.5                     15.4              117                    101              22           1,070 (+40)
6.18.14            110                        16.1              117                     91               22            1,030 (+43)
6.11.14            112.5                     16.8              117                     81               20            987 (+40)*
START                                                                  117                     77               19            947

I was PERFECT on my macros up until this week. I have to be completely honest on here for the sake of the validity and reliability of this experiment. So every time I am over or under on macros, I will absolutely be posting with that information on my weekly stats updates.

The weird thing, though, is that this week I was significantly over on carbs on the fourth of July. That was the only day I was off. I went to a party and was just like, "screw it, I need to live life." So I am guessing that I ate about 100-200 grams over my usual carb intake. The next day I was up on the scale +2 lbs. After that day, I went back to being on POINT with my macros and was -2 lbs the next day. So obviously, the carbs made me absorb water, which got flushed out immediately when my body went back to what it was used to. A little voice in the back of my mind was telling me to go under on macros to make up for the abundance, but I forced myself not to. I will NOT go back to my previous dangerous habits of feeling guilty for fueling my body and starving myself. Nope, that was the old Cait. Anyways, my speculation is that I had an inadvertent reefed day and my leptin levels increased, causing a drop in body fat. Totally a hypothesis, but… interesting stuff!

SO! As of this week, I have dropped 2% body fat and have increased my calories by over +200 already! IT'S WORKING!

K I'm going to go make sweet potato pancakes and top it with cinnamon bun ice cream. I'm all about those ice cream gainz.

- C
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