Cheating is cheating for craving's sake. It has no benefit whatsoever to the process but a temporary stir up of the glandular balance as it was. The key is not cheating and a no carb diet is the most natural easiest way to do that. It is not the end of the world if one cheats. But we were discussing the IDEAL way to diet oneself in shape.
Since the glycogen stores in the liver and muscles are depleted, carbohydrates go straight to refilling them, instead of being added to the body's fat stores, this occurs when there's excess. Hence on refeed day if one does not over eat and maintain a medium portion of carbs this will prevent going too flat if the goal is to maintain muscle mass. I never notice fat gain when I refeed, infact the next morning I feel solid and muscles feel full yet the skin is tight, a refeed boosts metabolism as well which slows right down with a deficit of calories and energy sources for 5 days.
What people fail to understand is that we're all different, in a metabolic way as well as a psychological way. A blanket fits all type of dieting is not the answer
BTW my protocol is 5/6 days very low and one to two days carb refeed. At the beginning I only have one carb refeed.
Then again my goal is usually getting solid abs for a holiday, not a 4% bf....cos going from arounf 7/8% to 4% is a totally different game.
