Lee Labrada, President of Labrada Bodybuilding Nutrition:
When done correctly, a methodical reduction in the amount of carbohydrates can help you achieve your ideal shape. To maintain your physique after a competition, you have to follow the natural laws of metabolism: base your diet on small, frequent feedings, consume adequate protein to maintain muscle mass (the foundation of metabolism) and manipulate carbohydrate and fat calories to meet your energy needs.
Keith Klein, founder of the Institute of Eating Management:
Even if your intentions are to stay lean after a contest, when you start eating more normally, your brain is going to turn up your appetite. The body doesn’t know the difference between true starvation and the purposeful withholding of food. Have an exit strategy with a formula that will work for you. For example, when the competition is over, celebrate and eat whatever you want that night and for brunch the next day. But on Monday, resume your clean eating, except for a “cheat day” once per week.
Hal Louis, founder of Better Reflections:
If it took you 12 weeks to get into contest shape, allow at least 8 weeks to return to an eating program that you can maintain for life, slowly adding back small portions of “normal” food. Continue with your cardio and weight training, and strive to stay within 10-15 lbs. of your competition weight. Remember that you have achieved what millions fail to do every day!
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5 comments:
ahh u see this is where i went wrong. DOH!!!! have corrected it now though. as far as sweetner goes, I am having splenda on my oats and in my cups of tea. I figure it is not a huge quantity so i am happy to live with it. I don't miss real sugar at all now.
great posts Charlotte, good read and very interesting
I would have never touched artificial
sweeteners before training for comp, must say I do use some now. I do try to use stevia and xylitol though in preference to the others on the market.
Have a greet weekend,
Ali xx
Great post. No enough emphasis is placed on this part of our competing, everthing leading up to this point is easy and this is where the real work is. :o)
Where did you find this information and is there more?
Thanks for the link, I'm heading there now. :o)
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