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Originally Posted by river_tilt
The plan is 2,700 a day, and additionally eat back exercise calories. MFP claims 2,700 as the level I need to gain 0.5 pounds a week.
I manage the 2700 OK; I struggle to eat back the exercise calories. If I go bouldering after work, I may get to the gym at 7; leave at,9; and back to mine for 10. I then need something like 2,000 calories for my supper, and I find that hard to do.
I'm not particularly fussed about it, though - I am at a healthy weight, and my current rate of loss is quite low - around 1 pound a month over the last 5 months.
What was the reason behind the bulk? Performance/muscle/recovery/hunger?
One thing I’ll say is it’s likely better to be ever so slightly in a surplus than a deficit for all of those goals listed above. You’ve walked around the last five months in a small deficit when 4/5 of those months could have been a small surplus and 1 month in a more aggressive deficit and ended up at the same weight but possibly with better overall progress. It’s something I’ve had to convince myself of recently and I’m finally bought into this idea. For active, naturally smaller folks it’s not difficult to drop weight and this method allows you to be in a surplus 80%+ time of the year.
I know you’re not worried about it just some food for thought.