Originally Posted by
thetruepitbull
I'm no pro at this, but I've dieted myself down 4 years in a row and every year I crack once.
Don't take my advice as anything more than a matter of opinion.
I have the same issue as you and the thought of food increases as you diet longer, excercise harder, cardio in greater duration, drop your cals, eat the same shot everyday, etc....and the only reason I'm replying to this is because it's about food.
I had my re-feed day last Friday. 1000g carbs pancakes, bagels, ff frozen yogurt, candy and such. Saturday I was feeling really low again, poor Attitude, cold as a mofo, weak as as possible, couldn't think, walk, or talk properly.
Well, Sunday rolls around and I go to the gum do 30min of light cardio and plan to take the day off and just stretch, bump up healthy fats, add a little more protein, etc... Well....that lasted until 10am.
That's when I had a full on cheat day. My first one for the duration of my diet. At that time I was 3 weeks and 6 days out from my show. 12 hours later and 10k calories later I got all of my cravings out of my system and jumped on the diet the following day.
Went up only 3lbs. And now am down 0.albs from last week and still have 2 days of dieting left before I am 3 weeks out.
I took this day as a psychological break, a metabolism boost and a practice for my junkload.
Just my opinion, but cheating, which is what I officially did cause it wasn't planned will not harm 16 weeks or so of dieting. If I was pro I might be able to handle everything that comes along with dieting but I am not.
Do what you seem fit to do. But I truly feel this helps.
Get more opinions and responses though. Do your research, assess yourself physically, and psychologically and decide what needs to be done.
You could also try bumping up healthy cals, backing off training a bit or just suck it up and deal with it.
Good luck with the contest.
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