Last Good Cheat Day
To better assist the body in adapting to a contest diet, it’s good to periodically shock the system. The body is always working to save itself and a strict diet will move the system into starvation mode. It’s important to know how your body is going to react, along with a gradual move into a strict diet. Cold turkey is not the key, but sometimes moving in stages to better assist the shock your body might undertake for the diet. My contest is nine weeks out and my cheat days are fast approaching their end.
The original diet consisted of six days on, with one day off. The off day had a challenge of eating about 10,000 calories in a day. The record on the cheat was approximately 14,000 calories in one day. This goes against common dieting focus of strict for so long, but it does assist the body in staying extremely clean for the diet duration. The cheat day focus will be broken down into two sections.
Part I will be from breakfast until 2:00 pm.
10 egg whites, oatmeal, ½ fruit 5-6 oz chicken, ½ cup broccoli x 3 Part II will be from
2:00 pm until 10:00 pm. ice-cream Pizza, cookies, donuts and mainly anything else I can consume in a short period.
This has been a consistent addition to my diet since it began in June and has been effective, not only in losing the weight, but keeping my diet sane. With eight weeks left, my diet will be changing tomorrow to focus on less fatty foods. This would be mainly be egg whites, since chicken has a higher concentration of fats.
