Hi, all, I am 24.6% bf at 221.5 lbs eating about 2100 kcals/day in T-Dawg diet fashion, and I simply add Surge to workoutdays. So workout days become 2450kcals. Currently doing CW’s Big Boy Basics with 45mins Nordick Track x 7days/week AM fasted. Also, am taking MAG-10 (non-Legacy). My RMR is 2700-2800kcals from trial and error.
My question is will it hurt me to skip the scheduled cheat meal/day altogether on the quest for muscle preservation and optimized fat loss?
Hey, there, jponry! Looks like you have everything dialed in pretty nicely.
Re the cheat meal, my vote goes for skipping it for the time being if you’d like. But do leave it as an option for special events or situations down the road. The longer you diet, the more your metabolism and sanity will benefit from a cheat meal/afternoon.
Cheat days are usually there to help you psychologically moreso than physiologically. If you can handle not doing cheat days then go ahead. They are more helpful once you’re closer to reaching your goals. At least they are for me. Everyone is diff.
[quote]Tampa-Terry wrote:
Hey, there, jponry! Looks like you have everything dialed in pretty nicely.
Re the cheat meal, my vote goes for skipping it for the time being if you’d like. But do leave it as an option for special events or situations down the road. The longer you diet, the more your metabolism and sanity will benefit from a cheat meal/afternoon. [/quote]
I don’t know about the T-Dawg diet (as I don’t follow every diet on this site), but I have found that extending the time between cheat days works for me. That means if I was doing this once a week for the first couple of week, I gradually increase the time between cheat days until I can go about 2 weeks without it. I personally feel much better after a cheat day, especially if it has been pushed back a significant amount of time. My strength usually increases as well.
On an unrelated note, do you think 7d/wk of Nordic Trak is the best option? Maybe a couple days off for rest/recovery?
[quote]t bone y2j wrote:
On an unrelated note, do you think 7d/wk of Nordic Trak is the best option? Maybe a couple days off for rest/recovery?[/quote]
rest/recovery is so individual that some ppl can probably do cardio 2x7d/wk while others can detioriorate their muscle/overall health at only 3x/wk. my background in high school was wrestling practice for 3 hours x5d/wk, so 7d/wk at 45min isn’t even touching that work capacity.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought a cheat meal or a cheat day also physiologically helps the body because it will “jump-start” one’s metabolism. I read this somewhere, I wish I had the link to the article but I do not recall where I saw this. So eating a cheat meal helps the body not get used to your every day diet routine… true or false??
I would monitor physical performance while weight training and doing cardio. If you notice a drop in performance then it could be a sign that your glycogen levels are depleted significantly. I don’t think that metabolism should be an issue with a well planed diet. If doing really low carb days (50 grams or less) then a carb up day every 4th day would be beneficial, that’s from the modified cheater’s diet. If your goal is to lose as much fat as possible i would stick to P/F or P/C meals on cheat days also and never have P/F/C. laters pk