Ok so my PT told me to have a cheat day after 4 days of very healthy low carb high protien eating to create a calorie deficit to trick you metabolism. But I read some where that said you have to fast the day after??
Cant that be bad for muscle retention? Do any of you use the cheat day method??
thanks!
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02-18-2010, 08:16 PM #1
Fasting the day after a cheat day!?
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02-18-2010, 08:20 PM #2
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02-18-2010, 08:37 PM #3
Also, don't follow nutritional guidelines given to you by your PT. Quite obviously they're trainers, not nutritionists.
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02-18-2010, 09:06 PM #4
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02-18-2010, 09:19 PM #5
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Fasting sounds like a bad idea. Even if on your cheat day you ate twice as much as a regular day and you wanted to balance it out, disperse that surplus over a couple days/week if you are concerned. Though my advice is if it was a planned cheat day, eat normal the next day. If it was planned, it was part of your diet...technically not cheating.
Also, if you are concerned about tricking your metabolism, you could apply that theory but not so drastically. For example, if your caloric intake goal is X calories for the day, you can eat like the following:
Day 1 X cals
Day 2 X+300 cals
Day 3 X-300 cals
The net effect should be the same. I just would avoid extremes like double calorie day then no calorie day. Eat drastically too much in a day and that is most likely gonna end up as fat. Eat nothing for a day and you most likely will lose muscle. The net effect is a worse body comp than before.
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09-10-2010, 07:38 PM #6
im gonna try the cheat/fast method. most people have this unfounded fear that they will lose muscle in a day's time. how can this be true if you muscle and liver glycogen stores are full after a big cheat day? the body doesnt utilize healthy tissue for energy unless it absolutley has too. Intermittent fasting is a good way to give the digestive system a break and to get back on track
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09-10-2010, 07:44 PM #7
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09-10-2010, 07:51 PM #8
I practice intermittent fasting every day, so that means fasting every day.
However, damage control is never good. It just leads to binge-starve cycles, which can develop an unhealthy relationship with food and trigger eating disorders.
I can bet you anything if you go to sleep tonight and just forget about it, you'll wake up tomorrow the very same person, to a new day, and you'll notice the world has not exploded. Therefore, you are fine.^_^
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09-10-2010, 07:52 PM #9
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09-10-2010, 08:06 PM #18
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09-10-2010, 08:07 PM #19
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09-10-2010, 09:25 PM #20
It takes 2 to 3 day for your food to go through your GI. In the meanwhile, it's slowly digesting. If your cheat day is 3,000 kcal or more, a lot of it will still be inside you and still digesting. "fasting" for a day won't catabolize your muscle unless you workout heavy that day. You'll also have glycogen stores in your liver to use.
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09-10-2010, 09:27 PM #21
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09-10-2010, 10:07 PM #22
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