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Some of the psmf threads got me back into calorie cycling, I like to try different diet approaches and see how I react.
I was doing a straight 3k calories every day, isocaloric. But then I switched things up to get some psmf days and like the results so far in terms of satiety and have lost a few lbs, possibly just water, but look leaner each day going by the mirror.
Previous diet 3k calories per day, 21k per week, isocaloric
New diet
4 days low, 2k, psmf
I day medium, 3k isocaloric
2 days high, 5k , all protein and carbs
I know many do calorie and carb cycling, but what do people feel about the extreme differences in calories (2k vs 5k) vs more moderate high and low days?
One advantage I can think, you can train lagging parts in the high days and maybe that will help stimulate some growth. On the low days, you could potentially burn some fat. Yet your total weekly calories are the same, so in theory no. But on those low days you can have an extreme protein to energy ratio (bboy talked about this) which has some advantages.
Obviously training intensity and overall food intake are the main factors that determine growth and fat loss, but we also know psmf, carb cycling, depletion, insulin sensitivity can impact things if all the major factors are already optimized.
I was doing a straight 3k calories every day, isocaloric. But then I switched things up to get some psmf days and like the results so far in terms of satiety and have lost a few lbs, possibly just water, but look leaner each day going by the mirror.
Previous diet 3k calories per day, 21k per week, isocaloric
New diet
4 days low, 2k, psmf
I day medium, 3k isocaloric
2 days high, 5k , all protein and carbs
I know many do calorie and carb cycling, but what do people feel about the extreme differences in calories (2k vs 5k) vs more moderate high and low days?
One advantage I can think, you can train lagging parts in the high days and maybe that will help stimulate some growth. On the low days, you could potentially burn some fat. Yet your total weekly calories are the same, so in theory no. But on those low days you can have an extreme protein to energy ratio (bboy talked about this) which has some advantages.
Obviously training intensity and overall food intake are the main factors that determine growth and fat loss, but we also know psmf, carb cycling, depletion, insulin sensitivity can impact things if all the major factors are already optimized.