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rmallip1


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hey, so whenever i get to my high carb day on my carb cycle, even though i KNOW it's a high carb day (complex), i feel guilty about eating the carbs. i feel as if the carb are going to slow down my progress. like this week i was on low carb, putting up new PRs in the gym, and really slimming down steadily, and after my hard leg workout i had my high carbs (as planned).

but i was still like, "uggggghh...i shouldnt be doing this."

anyone feel this way during contest prep? it's so stressful!

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I felt like that the last week before the show because of the carb depletion and then the carb up. I was afraid that I was going to, for lack of better words, "get fat." Now looking back, the amount of carbs that I have now in one day is higher than the amount of carbs I had in the two days before the show....and I'm not fat now.

Its just your mind playing tricks on you. Contest dieting is like that because you have this tunnel vision of what you want to accomplish and the diets we follow are sometimes counterintuitive so you get all conflicted.

Best thing to do is stay the course and adjust when necessary. Focus on the results (gym performance and the way you look from week to week) and if the results are coming don't worry about the plan; because that means the plan is working.

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rmallip1


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You're completely right. It's so mental. Like as soon as I woke up this morning (after my high carb day yesterday) I looked in the mirror, and I was like, "Oh thank God! My abs are still there!" You're right. The stress of the contest and the "I'll get fat" mentality is stupid and annoying. I'll continue with my carb cycle plan. Frankly, it's got to be working cause I have been looking better each week, and hell, even my strength is going up!

Thanks.

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your body needs the carbs/glycogen! Dont sweat it! It's a necessary part of dieting. If not, your progress would suck. Want that?! I think not.
I used to feel the same way-now, I loooove it. It keeps me going on the lowest days, knowing there will be a high one in just s few days.

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