Cutting and Bulking

bad old man

I've decided to try an experiment with my own diet. Since I see a lot of people that want to bulk up and loose fat at the same time I thought I'd try to make a diet plan that would work.

The idea is to change body composition, I'm going to be judging progress by body measurement, how I feel in the gym and last but not lease body weight which should stay about the same if I'm only changing composition.

I'm not getting real fancy with calorie count either. Mostly how i feel and general rules of thumb. something that can be easliy followed. Keep in mind I've been bulking for about 6 weeks. Gained a total of 12 pounds and had plenty of fat to shed at the start.

Here's the plan
Day 1: Low to no carbs, high protein restricted diet about 2500 calories
Day 2: Same
Day 3: Moderate carbs, high protein moderate diet 3000-3500 calories
Day 4: no restrictions plenty of carbs, high protein atleast 4,000-4500 calories
Day 5: same as day 4
Day 6: Same as day 4 and 5
Day 7: Same as day 3

Last week I lost 5 pounds through day 1 and 2 gained 2 pounds back through days 4,5,6. Strength stayed good and I was able to add weight or reps to my lifts. (Full body 2-3 times a week) Lost 1/2 inch around waste.

Starting week 2: Through day one so far and down two pounds for the week. I have an all day party at the office tomorrow so this weeks test will probably be tainted.

I'll keep a log of my progress for 6 weeks if anyone is interested. If all goes well I should end up with good fat loss and continued gains in the gym.

Sorry to be long winded, your thoughts are welcome

bulldozer

A dude on another board gave me a dead simple way or carb cycling which might be easier mate. He is a competitor (ex) and has used this diet to get into contest shape.

Its dead easy.

Protein per day stays constant. Say 1.2/1.5g per lb of bodyweight.

Fats stay constant. Between 60 to 100g a day.

So both protein and fat stay stable no matter if its a low/med/high day or whatever.

Carbs you simple cycle like this. 100/200/300 . Low/med/high repeat. Then have a day where your a bit more lax with a cheat MEAL. (not day)

Thats just an example of 100/200/300. That gives you an average of 200g of carbs a day. Keep doing this until the weight stops coming off. Then drop the carbs to 50/150/250 say. then drop further if needs be.

That way its easy to prepare meals because they are the same everyday, except for the carbs. And its easy to add some rice or pasta or whatever.

These numbers are all examples dude, you would have to adjust to suit your goals. but you get the idea.

Just a suggestion matey.

razg

A key issue that's not being taken account of here is hormonal changes. Your T will drop during a caloric deficit and rise during a caloric excess - a few days however is not enough to maintain upper normal T levels as you would hope to on a hypercaloric diet and full body routine.

Extreme

I think Bulldozers sugestion is spot on, I think this will still allow new tissue development and allow the body to burn off stored energy too.