0ni
Registered Rustler
When you're dieting, do you include carb refeeds once or twice per week? Do you take full diet breaks, and eat at maintenance for a couple of weeks to get your hormones back up a little bit?
Yeah I do 6-10 day keto runs followed by a carb up. It's not a full blown carb supercompensation just a 3-4 hour eating fest. I am currently taking a diet break before my deadlift competition to get my energy up- but it's still ketogenic.
I had a good chat with Jamie Lewis and a few other people. Calorie restriction for me wasn't the best choice as I am hyperactive with a metabolic furnace that "Heinrich Himmler would be envious of". Jamie came up with these recommendations because he was sat on his ass all day programming SQL scripts and was starting to turn middle aged. He dieted successfully on naught but chicken wings by the kilo before.
So after the meet, I'll follow a more auto-regulatory approach, keeping my general template and macros. But if I get to lunch and I am lethargic I'll have some ghee, cream and almonds on top of the usual lunch and have more fatty meats for dinner. If energy levels are peaking then I'll simply switch to leaner meats