Is it time to eat at maintenance?

[dasheek]

I've stuck with my calorie deficit for 112 days. I average 1 "cheat" day a week. Sometimes on "cheat" days I only go over by 50 calories and other days I'm eating maintenance equivalent calories.

Since starting my deficit I've learned that every 3 months you should eat at maintenance or more for 1-2 weeks to give your body a recovery period.

Should I be doing that even though I've been incorporating "cheat" days?

Also, during recovery should I be eating over my maintenance?

My maintenance is 2,255 my deficit has been 1,692 if that helps.

H 5'4" SW 265 September weigh in 260 CW?

 

[sandralois]

@dasheek Youre overthinking this. If the cheat day works for you, you don't need a recovery week, but otherwise replace the cheat day with a week at maintenance. They're both just ways of making eating at a deficit more bearable over a long period of time while you lose weight.