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well here is the thing. I'm wanting a diet to where I can grow and not gain bf (haha everybody's dream right
). I don't feel like going through the timed carb diet again. My mind is not prepared for it. Right now i'm thinking of having some days where I eat carbs then have other days where I have minimal carbs around 50. Just switch it up but not sure if that is good or not??
). I don't feel like going through the timed carb diet again. My mind is not prepared for it. Right now i'm thinking of having some days where I eat carbs then have other days where I have minimal carbs around 50. Just switch it up but not sure if that is good or not??
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I mentioned my diet in my "How I Squatted 830 Drug Free" post. My diet now is very different. Check that out. The biggest thing is dont make it complicated.
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I stopped being a retard last week and cut out all the cookies and icecream. A few donuts snuck in this weekend. I swear hanging around girls all the time kills my good eating habits, but sometimes it's worth it haha. From now on though time to start being stricter with my diet I will stay around 220 I thought there for awhile I would get up to 230 but screw that I want to compete in the 220's this year.
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Matt76 said:well here is the thing. I'm wanting a diet to where I can grow and not gain bf (haha everybody's dream right
Well the timed card diet is not tailored for maximum muscle gains. It is tailored to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time. So you won't make any crazy or astounding jumps in muscle or in fat. It is a slow and controlled diet. Where as a "lean" bulker is more geared towards muscle gain with little to no fat, and a straight cutter is more of somethign Big Willy is doing.
But if you choose to do the Timed carb diet you are to have a certain amount of no carb days, preferably at around 3-6 days in a row. Then carb up for 2 days and back at no carb. This way your body never adapts. You need the long days with no carbs to lose the weight, but if you do that too long your body will adapt and stop the weight loss so that is why the carb up days are in there.
If looking for more muscle/strength than a timed carb diet is not an optimal diet or meal plan IMO. Yes, you get stronger, but not as strong as you can if you change it.
If worried about fat gains I suppose you can always do a carb rotation diet. High carb days on training days, low/medium carb days on the off days. Stick with some a.m. cardio to keep the fat off.
I personally just went with a high carb way the whole way through with early carb cutoffs and by making sure my meal plans were structured right and sticking with carbs such as oats, yams, etc and lean proteins I didn't add one bit of fat. Well until my biceps acted up.
My meal plans and day look liked this:
A.M. CARDIO ON NON-TRAINING DAYS
complex carb / lean protein
complex carb / lean protein
TRAINING ON NON-CARDIO DAYS AND THEN A PWO SHAKE
complex carb / lean protein
complex carb / lean protein
fats / protein meal (preferably an EFA for the fats)
nightime shake (was with EFA and slow release protein)
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I'm getting in a to of food right now. Try to get most of my protein from solid foods. I keep carbs about 250g protein at 450g and fats vary around 50-60. I don't take in carbs after my last 2 meals. Carbs sources from low GI. I use Dextrose every now and then PWO..
