Cheat Meals are Good For Progress

[breakthrough]

I was feeling desperate for a cheat meal a little while ago so I decided to do a little research to see what it would result in. I remember 2 years ago having great results still having pizza once per week, maybe even twice. I started to think that it probably jumpstarts your metabolism and keeps it from slowing down too much. Research confirmed that this can be the case. I also know for me, that no carbs doesn't work. My metabolism slows down too quickly and results stop fast. I need 1/2 cup of plain oats ED with breakfast to achieve the proper balance. I found a couple articles on cheat meals I wanted to share. I'm sure there are more but here are the two I read:

Bodybuilding.com - How Should One Incorporate Cheat Meals? - Topic Of The Week

Cheat Days: Is it O.K. to Pig Out and Have a Cheat Day Once a Week?

[DBOY]

Originally Posted by breakthrough

I was feeling desperate for a cheat meal a little while ago so I decided to do a little research to see what it would result in. I remember 2 years ago having great results still having pizza once per week, maybe even twice. I started to think that it probably jumpstarts your metabolism and keeps it from slowing down too much. Research confirmed that this can be the case. I also know for me, that no carbs doesn't work. My metabolism slows down too quickly and results stop fast. I need 1/2 cup of plain oats ED with breakfast to achieve the proper balance. I found a couple articles on cheat meals I wanted to share. I'm sure there are more but here are the two I read:

Bodybuilding.com - How Should One Incorporate Cheat Meals? - Topic Of The Week

Cheat Days: Is it O.K. to Pig Out and Have a Cheat Day Once a Week?

back to your typical lame ass posts, huh......lol j/k bro glad you brought this up, i also agree , no carbs kills me....when im on ketosis or low carb diet, i need a junk meal weekly to jump start my metablism.............what kind of diet are you doing these days bro...........

[breakthrough]

Originally Posted by DBOY

back to your typical lame ass posts, huh......lol j/k bro glad you brought this up, i also agree , no carbs kills me....when im on ketosis or low carb diet, i need a junk meal weekly to jump start my metablism.............what kind of diet are you doing these days bro...........

Just chased 2 slices of pizza with a big ass bowl (4 cups) of Special K in skim milk. My diet may typically look as follows:

1 scoop casein, 1 scoop whey, 4 tbsp hemp protein, 1/2 cup oats in water blended together. (sometimes I actually make the oatmeal in hot water and eat it with eggs but I've been liking the breakfast shakes lately)

PWO shake - 1 casein, 1 whey, 4 tbsp hemp protein in water (sometimes I leave the oats out of the 1st shake and put them into the pwo shake but it doesn't make a difference in the way I feel pwo so it just depends on how hungry I am when I wake up)

4 scrambled eggs (sometimes this meal is the same as the two that follow or it may be a shake)

2 grilled chicken breast, 3-4 cups broccoli

2 grilled chicken breast, 3-4 cups broccoli

Depending on the day (what time I woke up, what I did etc...) I may have a third chicken broccoli meal. I also have flounder from time to time and turkey burgers but the fish is more common than the turkey. I cook up a whole BBQ's worth of chicken at a time so it's always available. I keep it simple because I hate food preperation. I put granulated garlic powder on my chicken and that's as far as I go to spice things up. I get the 10lb bags of Tyson from Sams.

2 scoops casein, 4 tbsp hemp protein in water immediately before bed.

[WetWorks]

your right, but the no carbs or very low carbs are for losing fat not trying to gain muscle, but just maintaince. if your bulking 200g to 300g carbs a day will be all you need. my 0.02

[WetWorks]

Originally Posted by breakthrough

Just chased 2 slices of pizza with a big ass bowl (4 cups) of Special K in skim milk. My diet may typically look as follows:

1 scoop casein, 1 scoop whey, 4 tbsp hemp protein, 1/2 cup oats in water blended together. (sometimes I actually make the oatmeal in hot water and eat it with eggs but I've been liking the breakfast shakes lately)

PWO shake - 1 casein, 1 whey, hemp in water (sometimes I leave the oats out of the 1st shake and put them into the pwo shake but it doesn't make a difference in the way I feel pwo so it just depends on how hungry I am when I wake up)

4 scrambled eggs (sometimes this meal is the same as the two that follow)

2 grilled chicken breast, 3-4 cups broccoli

2 grilled chicken breast, 3-4 cups broccoli

Depending on the day (what time I woke up, what I did etc...) I may have a third chicken broccoli meal. I also have flounder from time to time and turkey burgers but the fish is more common than the turkey. I cook up a whole BBQ's worth of chicken at a time so it's always available. I keep it simple because I hate food preperation. I put granulated garlic powder on my chicken and that's as far as I go to spice things up. I get the 10lb bags of Tyson from Sams.

2 scoops casein, hemp in water immediately before bed.

looks good, but WHERE'S THE BEEF

[yohimbe]

You need a carb up once per week at least to replace muscle glycogen and raise leptin levels while on keto

[breakthrough]

I'm looking for lean muscle. I don't want bulk at all. I'm confident I can build lean muscle without the high carbs. I've done it in the past. If I get 2 pounds of solid keepable lean muscle per cycle, I'm ok with that. There are essential proteins and fats but not carbs. As long as Calories are up and protein is high, I'll do well enough to suit my goals. Here's an interesting article that supports what I'm saying:

Build Muscle Without Carbs Following the Anabolic Diet

[breakthrough]

Originally Posted by WetWorks

looks good, but WHERE'S THE BEEF

I hit the drive throughs every once in a while and order plain double cheesburgers and just eat the meat and cheese. My parents have the occasional BBQ where I eat up on steak. I stay leaner on the leaner meats. Not trying to be huge so I'll do ok with the whites.

[WetWorks]

Originally Posted by breakthrough

I hit the drive throughs every once in a while and order plain double cheesburgers and just eat the meat and cheese. My parents have the occasional BBQ where I eat up on steak. I stay leaner on the leaner meats. Not trying to be huge so I'll do ok with the whites.

eye of round is damn lean beef

[breakthrough]

Originally Posted by WetWorks

eye of round is damn lean beef

Yea but chicken is less than $2/lb right now!

[DBOY]

Originally Posted by breakthrough

Yea but chicken is less than $2/lb right now!

for steak i usually eat flank, pretty lean, but not the cheapest.......as for chicken, i eat so much dam chicken im shittin feathers.......lol...turkey pretty good two for a change

[WetWorks]

Originally Posted by breakthrough

Yea but chicken is less than $2/lb right now!

yes chicken is cheap, but beef packs on the muscle for me

[breakthrough]

Originally Posted by WetWorks

yes chicken is cheap, but beef packs on the muscle for me

....it's what's for dinner