Yes, immediate compensation is useful, even if one has no idea how many calories have been involved (I would not usually know).
Although, in my experience, one needs to be very careful at least for the next two days (if not three) in order to avoid a partial bump.
The most difficult situation is when there are few “wrong days” in a row (e.g. guests are staying, and so on).
But, generally speaking, it seems that there is (often) a very strong asymmetry between the directions of “up” and “down”, the system has a bias to go “up”, that’s what one is fighting against.
Very drastic changes (like serious drugs, or like making one much stronger (and more consistently) committed to some set of goals, not necessarily directly related to one’s body) might sufficiently shift the equilibrium, that’s true...
Yes, immediate compensation is useful, even if one has no idea how many calories have been involved (I would not usually know).
Although, in my experience, one needs to be very careful at least for the next two days (if not three) in order to avoid a partial bump.
The most difficult situation is when there are few “wrong days” in a row (e.g. guests are staying, and so on).
But, generally speaking, it seems that there is (often) a very strong asymmetry between the directions of “up” and “down”, the system has a bias to go “up”, that’s what one is fighting against.
Very drastic changes (like serious drugs, or like making one much stronger (and more consistently) committed to some set of goals, not necessarily directly related to one’s body) might sufficiently shift the equilibrium, that’s true...