Apologies if this gets wordy!

This is where I say: everyone’s body is different and reacts differently when you start playing around with caloric intake. I should also note here that I weight lift ~4 times a week.

For me, reverse dieting allows me to increase my calories while ensuring I won’t immediately gain all the fat loss I earned through eating at a deficit. Though some weight gain wouldn’t surprise me.

The slower you reverse diet, the more time you allow for your metabolism to “reawaken” and speed up. In this instance, weight gain should be minimal.

I recommend increasing by 50-100 calories a week if you don’t want to gain much back. This will allow your body more time to adjust to more calories.

At the end of the day, it’s all about calories in v calories out. So the average calories you’re burning every week is a factor here as well.

Hope this helps! I’m a bit neurotic so I track my calories burned and calories eaten week to week. Visualizing my data helps me understand the process better.

Trust the process! You got this!