Your body also looks at any cutting phase during a diet as potential starvation. If you’re really
cutting calories, the body will work on you physically and psychologically to eat. On the one hand
you’ll find your body saying eat, and your mind will be telling you you’ve got to continue to sacrifice
and starve because you’re entering a contest. This can become a real struggle. The positive aspects
of the Anabolic Diet, and its more satiating nature, do much to make your task far easier.
If you don’t use anabolic steroids, serum testosterone will also decrease during a cutting phase
of that carbohydrate diet. Your sexual appetite can be blunted. This, along with your growing
irritability, can have a negative effect on any relationship. If there’s already some problem between
people, this added stress can make the problem even worse. Even if things are on an even keel
in your life, you can become so stressed out and self-centered during a pre-contest period that
you can invent problems where none existed before. That carb-based diet can play havoc with
more than your physique.
PROTEIN LEVELS DROP
In the carb-based diet, it can be very difficult to maintain adequate levels of protein without
protein supplements. The high fat diet, on the other hand, is by nature high in protein. You’re
eating mainly red meats and eggs, sources renowned for their plentiful protein. If you’re in a
cutting phase and cutting back on carbs and practicing a low fat regimen, you’ll almost certainly
have to go to supplements to get the protein necessary for continued muscle growth.
INCONVENIENCE
Suppose you’re on the carb-based diet and end up going over to a friend’s house when you’re
in the middle of a cutting phase. They want to be hospitable and ask you if you want something
to eat. You end up saying something like, “I’ll have 3 egg whites, some tuna packed in water, and
a couple boiled chicken breasts.” Chances are your host is not going to say, “Coming right up!”
This is inconvenient and could be seen as even rude. You’ll run into the same problem at a
restaurant. If you’re in a restricted portion of your diet, there may be very little on the menu available
to you. Wouldn’t you much rather be in the position of saying, “I’ll have a steak”? The anabolic,
high fat diet could be what you’re looking for if you want to rejoin the human race.
RELUCTANCE TO CUT
The difficulty the carb-based bodybuilder has when cutting can make him very reluctant to
cut up with any frequency. You can even get a complex about it. It’s so depleting and exhausting
to go through a cycle, after awhile you just don’t want to do it anymore. It takes too much out
of you physically, socially and psychologically.
On the high fat diet, your goal is to keep muscle mass high while not going much over 10
percent bodyfat. By monitoring your bodyfat, you know when you’re getting a little above 10
percent, and at that point you just cut back on calories. You don’t have to cut back on the kinds
of foods you eat, so it’s not nearly as difficult. You’ve still got that 2-tiered diet week where
you’re allowed to eat what you want to. When you’re back to where you want to be, you can go
right back to your bulk up phase.
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