Cheat meals..

You got me interested in this hours thing. I might pick your brain some more 2morrow

like i said there are many factors that u need to take into consideration when doing this...the hours things is quite a winner idea cos honestly i think working your way up to a whole day refeed the leaner u get the better,but its a process in order to do that,u have to do quite a few things and adjust weekly, just finished my nando's burger,2l of coke and my oven bake chips,now i have my goodies to eat when the movie starts... my old lady is looking at me rather strangely seeing that i have a packet full of sugary goodness next to me and i am not letting one near it...my lady has already had her hand smacked for getting to close...

lol, u must learn to share :laugh:

Whats the reason for a cheat meal

solvtech wrote:

Whats the reason for a cheat meal

Sugars are stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen. During exercise and when carb sources are low your body converts stored glycogen to glucose using the hormone glucagon. On a keto diet, glycogen becomes depleted, esp during exercise and your body burns stored body fat as an energy source. Once a week, you have a cheat meal to restore glycogen to the muscles for the following week of training

to be honest i still have a lot to learn :blush:

Well you've learnt something new today and this is what the forum is here for...to help you learn...HAPPY LEARNING

So this is what you are talking about ive'd google it

Glycogen is the molecule that functions as the secondary long-term energy storage in animal cells. It is made primarily by the liver and the muscles, but can also be made by glycogenesis within the brain and stomach.[2] Glycogen is the analogue of starch, a less branched glucose polymer in plants, and is commonly referred to as animal starch, having a similar structure to amylopectin. Glycogen is found in the form of granules in the cytosol in many cell types, and plays an important role in the glucose cycle. Glycogen forms an energy reserve that can be quickly mobilized to meet a sudden need for glucose, but one that is less compact than the energy reserves of triglycerides (lipids). In the liver hepatocytes, glycogen can compose up to 8% of the fresh weight (100–120 g in an adult) soon after a meal.[3] Only the glycogen stored in the liver can be made accessible to other organs. In the muscles, glycogen is found in a much lower concentration (1% to 2% of the muscle mass), but the total amount exceeds that in the liver. However the amount of glycogen stored in the body, especially within the red blood cells[4][5][6] liver & muscles, mostly depends on physical training, basal metabolic rate and eating habits such as intermittent fasting. Small amounts of glycogen are found in the kidneys, and even smaller amounts in certain glial cells in the brain and white blood cells. The uterus also stores glycogen during pregnancy to nourish the embryo.[7]

thnx BEE i think with da help of you guyz i wil do much better in da gym

Well I'm glad to see that you took my advice to research the answers that members give you on the forum

ive got like 100+ files on my pc;read the forums then google and last copy paste or download to my files

@Dj, you say your weight varies that much?

Over the past 2 weeks or so, my weight hasn't varied by anything more than 500grams - strange.

i am talking about for 4 days post cheat meal,as i hold tons of water from the carbs,4 days after cheat meal i am usually lighter than the day of the cheat meal...

Beesting wrote:

solvtech wrote:

Whats the reason for a cheat meal

Sugars are stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen. During exercise and when carb sources are low your body converts stored glycogen to glucose using the hormone glucagon. On a keto diet, glycogen becomes depleted, esp during exercise and your body burns stored body fat as an energy source. Once a week, you have a cheat meal to restore glycogen to the muscles for the following week of training

this is not only a case for keto diets sting,if u are doing a carb cycling diet u can get yourself really depleted quite quickly by doing HIIT cardio ontop of your normal weight training...though when dieting this is not such a good idea unless your pre and post HIIT cardio nutrition is that of a work out...if doing a carb cycling diet with a cheat meal/day i suggest doing a no carb day the day before and to do 1 x 20mins cardio session at 75%-85% effort on a cross trainer/orbitrek to make sure that u are 100% depleted for the feed the following day...

Agreed

djeasye wrote:

u are 100% depleted for the feed the following day..

Sounds like frikkin vampire talk here...LOL :laugh: