How do you overcome the mentality of forcing the same general food into your body on a constant basis. No matter how I prepare it , no matter how I try to mix it up. I just can't stand eating chicken breasts for 3/7 meals and then you add rice//veggies//etc.

is it possible for a lactose intolerant person's guts to start producing lactase after monthes of consuming milk every single day? I mean drinking something like half a gallon of milk a day.

if you are lactose intolerant no way you can drink half a gallon of milk

Hey Raynor,

do you have any example 80/20/20 diets around 1900 calories a day.

This post was edited by dgkblack on Jun 15 2011 10:14pm

yea i can, i actually drank 1 gallon a day. I took lactase pills.

lol i take lacose intolerant pills too and i cant have even 1 glass of regular milk or icecream i have to get the lactose free milk/ice cream

hey man, I've been doing a bit of research on naturally increasing testosterone but I'd like to know your opinion

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hey there.

well no matter what, pre-contest carbs need to be tapered out. Theres really no other way to go about this. However, that doesn't mean you have to continue keto. You can instead use a low-carb approach, and use calorie modifications to reach your goals. Just remember, the week of the contest you would be carb depleting instead of carb loading. You would then begin a carb load around 24-36 hours pre-contest for the muscle thickness/fullness but also maintaining maximum leanness and that dry look.

Now to address each point...


1. keto we already addressed above
2. You can indeed slow your metabolism with caloric depletion. Best bet is to increase total calories and also increase exercise levels to combat any potential fat loss.
3. The amount of cardio you were doing was not "too much". Most pro BB'ers tend to do 1-1.5 hrs of cardio per day, 6 days a week pre-contest.
4. Your current weight is definitely water weight - no worries there...just remember the pre-contest dehydration preparation.
5. Yes, slowly begin adding cals and also keeping exercise level high. You can increase cals up to 1,000 cals per day from your current. Try 300-350 / day for 3 days. Keep at eye on the mirror, the calipers, and the scale.
6. On the workout days having low fat is ill advised. Keep the proteins at no less than 50-60g per day no matter what.

Let me know if you need anything else brother

Hello.

The diet you posted above is pretty good, keep that one up.

Protein shakes don't "bulk you up".

I recommend protein shakes as meal replacements and/or snacks and so forth.

Try Optimum Nutrition Pro Complex