How To Not Gain Weight After A Cheat Day

20 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this concise YouTube monologue, Eric Roberts shares his personal transition from a weight‑loss phase (2,400 kcal/day, 20 lb loss in 10 weeks) to a maintenance phase at 3,000 kcal/day. He notes an initial scale spike caused by extra carbs and water weight, but after about a week his weight stabilised at the same level as before the calorie increase. Roberts uses this experience to reassure viewers that, once they stop losing weight, they can safely raise their calorie intake without fearing weight gain. He also directs viewers to a free calorie‑calculator link in his bio for personalized deficit or maintenance calculations.

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I'm eating 3,000 calories per day and not gaining weight. Here's how. I was in a calorie deficit losing weight, eating around 2,400 calories per day. I was able to lose 20 pounds in 10 weeks, and I now like where my body weight is, so I don't want to lose weight anymore. I want to maintain. Instead of being in a calorie deficit to lose weight, I increased my calories to my new maintenance to maintain my weight. So I went from eating 2,400 to 3,000 calories per day, and at At first, the scale did spike up due to water weight from eating more carbs and just more food in my stomach. But it's been about a week and my body weight is the exact same as it was when I increased my calories. So when you're ready to be done losing weight, just know you can eat more calories and you don't need to be afraid of gaining weight. And if you need to know what your calorie deficit or calorie maintenance should be, click this link in my bio to use my free calorie calculator.