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Once the body gets habituated to using fat stores for energy rather than glucose or glycogen, there's no particular need or urge to eat after exercise.


What if you are low on fat stores?


Define low.

Unless you're a competitive body builder on show day, you've probably got enough fat to cover a few weeks worth of energy needs.


12% is not that low, but hardly weeks worth of energy needs.


12% fat on a 150 pound person is good for about 63000 kcal. 31 days at 2000 kcal per day.




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