
Originally Posted by
gbrice75
You're right. Your body isn't on a 24 hour schedule and doesn't add shit up at the end of the day. We are so programmed to think in terms of 24 hours, because it's convenient for us to track. It has it's place, but we have to realize our body doesn't 'know' this.
People always think your body has to be in either a constant state of deficit, surplus, or maintaining. The truth is it is in all 3, at different times throughout the day. Your body is constantly breaking down and building up. take IF dieting for instance. When you are in the fasting period, you're in a deficit, burning bodyfat (assuming you're doing everything right). When you're in the feeding phase, you're in a surplus, restoring glycogen, building tissue (again, assuming the right stimuli are present). Simple really.