I actually go to school for dietetics so the dieting goes pretty easy for me. I have done carb cyling, keto diets and everything seems to work for me.
this show I did old school approach that my trainer put me on.
very simple
200g of carbs a day (starting 16 weeks out, only oats, red potatoa, rice cakes, brown rice,some fruit)
then at 8 weeks out I switched to only brown rice and rice cakes.
protein is around 420g a day or so.
16 weeks out, fish, lean steak, tuna, whey, egg whites almost anything lean is acceptable>
8weeks out. I only take in chicken lean white fish and whey
only 10 g of added fats. the rest of the fat is from what is naturally ocurring in food. I had about 1 1/2 tablespoon nat PB a day thats it
total the diet is maybe 2500 calories. u can also eat pretty much as many veggies as u want, there not to be counted in the diet. water intake was really high 2-3 gal a day. also drank a ton of green,black and peach tea.
oh and absolutley no cardio untill 6 weeks out I started walking on tredmill 2x a day 30min sessions on 2. last couple weeks I did a bit more, just out of obsessive compulsive behavior.
I was eating 6600 calories in offseason and was to fat. so when I started this diet I dropped dramtically in weight from 252lbs to 234 in 2 weeks. then it leveled out a bit and I have been losing 2 or so a week.
this next offseason I wont make the mistake of getting fat. my last show I lost 60lbs. this show 50lbs.
I would like to stay within 25 or 30 for my next one. so I am going to lean bulk this year instead of pig out.