Gal and No One,
Assume someone uses the diet you recommend and loses the fat he has to, coming down to, say, 8% bodyfat. He then wants to put some muscle on. I don't want to use the word "bulk up" because an outright bulk is usually counterproductive and results in too much fat gain. But we are talking about a slight caloric surplus for 3-4 weeks.
Would you recommend one goes from a big caloric deficit to a slight caloric suprlus suddenly? Or first let things settle a bit and maintain, then go to a surplus.
The conventional wisdom is maintain a bit and then go to a surplus. But I feel that a sudden jump to a caloric surplus might be better. One of the reasons is that after a long deficit, the body is very resistant to put on fat and you can pig out for a number of days before fat starts to accumulate -possibly because the hormones enabling fat storage have been downregulated in the meantime.
What do you guys think?