I know you've been over this over and over again so bear with me. Why rice as opposed to say bread?
Also. On a cheat day-is it anything goes? I'm talking chocolate(high sugars), pizza, Chinese food?
My current diet consists all protein and fat, literally. Beef, eggs, sharp cheddar, whey protein, chicken, and fish. I started doing this diet after talking to you last February in a effort to simply blast body fat. The results were so dramatic and quick, I said fuck it and went balls to the wall. I havn't had a cheat day since March and I haven't touched candy since around the same time. Needless to say I'm in the best physical shape of my life and I'm literally addicted to being able to witness my body evolve on a daily basis.
First off, I enjoy the process and don't feel a overwhelming need to cheat. However, part of my thought process involves the thinking that if I overload my carb reserves, it will take a few days to deplete them all over again. To me it just seems counter productive when I'm in fat burning mode "now".
Is this a correct assumption. Or am I wrong in my thinking? What's your opinion?
this is a smartly asked question.
rice before bread simply bc it has no salt in it, salt makes for water retention and can trigger binges.
i find that salt free rice cakes and pale rice for carbs do much less optical damage than bread etc.
on a cheat day, i always keep it to a big cheat meal,really big.
it definitely does less damage than having the same cheat calories throughout the day, no idea why(well i do have an idea why, after the first meal,the stores will be kind afull and insulin will already be released, good enviroment for fat gains, when instead having all at once, its one insulin burst, and it seem that not even all the food is processed.sure maybe not most healthy idea but works).
anything goes is bit vage term.ofc can eat everything, but id stay away from sugars on that day or keep it to a minimum,chose whole foods instead,pizza lasagna etcetc.
its extremly hard to get back to clean food when starving for sugars.
then on top of that, its good to still observe somewhat how full the glycogen stores would be, some 700-1000gramms carbs that day after 5 keto days will be no roblem.
i reduce the damage by simply fasting afterwards for as long i can.until all is shit out,empty stomach.not until brain wants to eat agagin, thatd be withing 1 hr,lol.
this was i manage to stay totaly shredded all year.day in day out.
if you eat after such meal(S) before hungry, you can bet there will be some fat gains, esp when the glycogen stores are full,i mean where else would the food go?the fat will be stored,as long theres enough glycogen,the fat will just be stored(when there lack of glycogen itll be used first).further carbs will be stpred as fat,with risk of developing a fatty liver(metabolic syndrome after enough time), and even the protein will not be needed at this point.
so there will be full glycogen stores for 1-2 days(till the carbs clear takes 2-3 days, but youll be burning fat sooner), there will be up to 8lbs short term weight gain,mostly water, this will be out again if a fast and 1-2 clean eating days are done.
so its no big deal if there been 5 keto days prior AND if one fasts a bit afterwards and gets bakc to clean diet.
necesary its not,other than mentaly or before the body breaks down and gets sick.
physically needed itll be somewhere at 5% bodyfat, or you as a whole wont function properly anymore.
i say as long you dont feel the desire to cheat,take advantage of it and keep the diet clean, then youre doing it perfectly.
when lean enough, yeah eat once in a while.
btw that rice over bread thing is more for the non cheating days, when one choses high protein.no fat moderate low carbs diet.
one the cheat day(or meal), theres no way id prefer the rice to the bread
btw the difference bewteen cheat day and huge cheat meal of same cals seems to equal one more day of dieting for me,to undo the damage.
but initialy,it feels and looks like 3 days ,lol
