Kraken
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Lets say a person has their diet all set, cutting, maintaining, bulking, whatever. They plan a particular surplus or deficit for the day. They the decide, "wow it's a beautiful day I'm going to a bike ride!" and burn an extra say 300 calories. Should they eat some portion of that back? I understand there is a corresponding reduction in NEAT as a result, but probably not 100%. It seems if you're cutting or bulking, spending those 300 calories is going to mean 300 fewer calories available to maintain or build muscle. Or, it is just 300 calories of fat that was mobilized and made available for muscle?