Dave Palumbo Diet

The key IS CHEAT MEAL, I tried the whole day last week (in a bad mood) and I am UP 2 pounds!! Man I'm sensitive, or I gained 2 lb os muscle in one workout

Phats

Well you're supposed to be UP the following day or two so that's normal. Honestly, I know Dave says do 1 cheat meal in 1 sitting within 1 meal but I haven't done it that way for the last 4 weeks and I've had no problems. Pizza + oatmeal granola bars then once I catch my breath I have some cake ;ater.

Yeah I do 2 last meals.. I crave lots..
And I'm up. In weight until my next week cheat meal , what I was doin
g if my end of week. Wt doesn't drop.... No cheat??? Gunna have to add cardio soon

Phats

anyone ever try LOW CARB BEER as their CHEAT MEAL? lol just curious how that works out

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Originally Posted by natenator

so I'm back on Keto for who knows how long. Carbs and a torn MCL (limited ability to do much) is not a good thing so am back to keto. I am hitting the gym 6 days a week focusing on all upperbody.

No legs obvious which isn't necessarily a bad thing. My other knee could use some time to heal up as well. lol

Just looking for a bit of a small recomp as I am using keta diet + tren + prop + gh (3iu/day) so we'll see how it goes without any cardio.

After gorging on carbs and shit food for the past 2 weeks, I forgot how sluggish this diet makes you feel right off the bat. Haha. good times!

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so since I decided I am going to see if I want to compete again I stopped keto and went back to my 50/50 carb split (still expect to recomp) but **** me I forgot how hungry I am with carbs in my system. Basically eating the same amount as keto but jesus! hunger is outta control :(

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Originally Posted by natenator

so since I decided I am going to see if I want to compete again I stopped keto and went back to my 50/50 carb split (still expect to recomp) but **** me I forgot how hungry I am with carbs in my system. Basically eating the same amount as keto but jesus! hunger is outta control :(

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yup! you're also probably really lethargic too. I'm so not looking forward to introducing carbs lol

these cheat meals are absolutely killing me. My stomach must have shrunk or something. All I ate was a bowl of pasta with some sauce and chicken, a granola bar and a piece of cake and I literally can't breathe.

3 months ago I'd have been still hungry after a meal like that.

Will this diet work for a natural?

yep...

I'm going to give this diet a shot for 12 weeks starting Mar 1. I'll use Dave's standard diet for a 200 pound man and see what happens. So far the wife is supportive so I may make it. It looks to be about a 2600 calorie diet so I suspect that I will lose about 2 pounds a week through the first 8 weeks or so. What I'm curious about is what difference it will provide over a zone type calorie restricted diet.