A little snippet of the Indian Feast I had for my surplus day. I must confess, this one was phenomenally amazing and likely my most painful surplus day, yet...LOL. This girl ingested around approximately 3954 cals. Let's just round it up to 4000 cals. And, yes that was the goal.
But, I also have to confess I just don't think this stomach is cut out for the 4000 cal mark. A "Stephanie Buttermore" I am not! I don't know how that girl did it going all in on around 5000 cals/day!!! This was probably the first time when I felt so full, I almost felt sick.
But, it was sooooooo good. I hadn't had Indian food in almost a year. Eating this food is liking singing the song of my people...LOL - It's home to me. I'm half Bengali and grew up eating Curry and Rice the way people eat oatmeal and cereal. So, it was painful but it was fabulous and I have no regrets.
I can say 3500-3600 hundred feels more like my max for ultimate fullness without so much pain and discomfort. So, this is a good baseline to remember for future surplus days. I didn't know if I could actually do 4000 cals, so this was a bit of an experiment.
My Macros ended around:
451 Carbs
115 grams of fat
158 grams of protein
On the daily, I'm usually a little under the average I need in all of these accept protein. And yes, all of this will be going to fuel a very active lifestyle. I also did a ton of cardio yesterday so "maybe" around 1100-1200 cals might be stored as fat, which at 112.8 lbs is okay when you're trying to hold onto and increase muscle mass.
The whole of yesterday's meals included:
1. 2 egg, mushroom, bacon, and cheese omelette scramble w/o'brien potatoes
2. 2 pieces of toast with peanut butter and jam
3. Protein Bar, Protein chips, and a blueberry muffin
4. Appetizers: 1 Samosa, and a quarter serving of "Naan-chos"
5. Chana Masala, Pork Korma, and Pork Korma with Basmati Rice
6. Garlic and Plain Naan bread
7. 1 BIG piece of chocolate cake with a full serving of Sea Salt Caramel Halo top Ice Cream.
8. 3 glasses of red wine
And, this mornings unofficial weight in....drumroll
118.0 lbs! Wow, 5.2 lbs is more than I've gained post surplus day in a while. I'll do an official weigh in tomorrow and Monday morn. I don't expect all of this to go down in 2 days, but discomfort aside I think we can say it was a success!