WoW is the game that made it less efficient even in Vanilla , to an extent . In MMOs before that , like Everquest , you simply could not level up solo past a certain point . <| sep |> I am at sister in laws with no scale so I ' m not sure of my spike . I tried to log everything to the best of my ability though . I guesstimated that I either was eating at maintenance or maybe 100200 calories into surplus , nothing horrific . I just tried to be mindful of portions and the meal had me so full that I ate no breakfast or dinner last night . Guess eating your entire days worth of calories in one sitting will do that to you . Anyway this morning I am back up and at it , measuring and tracking precisely . This is what a holiday is supposed to be 14 days a year when you truly splurge , not the three month binge fest it has been for me in the past .