So I’ve been doing some reading, and I have some interesting findings.
The point of CICO diet is essentially to lean into the second law of thermodynamics and not worry about too many details. However, it’s true that after a while your metabolism will work to normalize to the caloric intake your feeding it. This causes the differential between your TDEE and intake to decrease, slowing weight loss. I’ve read studies/meta studies: (academic source 1, Survey of Metabolic/Diet interplay , press release article) that seem to suggest that throwing in a “cheat meal” or even a couple of weeks at maintenance is best for long term weight loss, the reason being that it’s much easier to loose weight when you can eat the same number of calories, but your body is burning much more than you are putting in. It seems to me that a cheat meal (or two) a week may be optimal for both long term weight loss, as well as metabolic maintenance.
What are the communities’ thoughts on this? Has anyone incorporated this sort of approach into their diet? I know the cico community here is pretty die hard about the thermodynamics, but I don’t think this is in opposition to that argument. In fact, it seems that if you wish to maximize the difference between your TDEE and caloric intake (thus enhancing our goal of sustainable, steady weight loss), this approach might be both more sustainable and more effective than vanilla brand cico.
I also think this may have psychological benefits as eating at a deficit everyday can be a drag after about two weeks. I’ve personally tried to eat really well during the week, and then have one cheat meal a day on the weekends (but never enough to exceed my TDEE)
P.S. It probably should be noted that those who struggle with food addiction, or other binge eating habits may experience a net negative result if they feel that this might lead to a slippery slope of longer term bingeing.
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