adrenalinaddict
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So Ive recently adjusted my diet way down (only brown rice, oatmeal, chicken, lean beef, turkey, raw egg whites, and some protein shakes mixed in for my added calories and protein. And some natty PB thrown in for flavoring and my fat. )
When I started this clean diet I also started incorporating two cheat meals a week so kickstart my metabolism again. It seems to be working real good and Im feeling very lean. Im probably at around 9-10% BF right now and Im doing barely any cardio. (I was doing a lot more before I cleaned up the diet and cut out the rest of my carbs, sugar, and sodium)
So my question is this. On the days I have a cheat meal, I usually go on a full blown cheat. A nice fast food meal, or some nasty chinese food or something like that. A nice high calorie, high fat, kickstart my metabolism, make me sane again, and actually fill my stomach up (3600 calories of pure clean food just still doesnt fill me up) When I do have these meals should I have them right after a workout?
The whole point of the cheat meal is to kick start your metabolism and make it burn fat faster...so if you do this after your workout (Cardio or Resistance) your metabolism would already be sped up. Its kind of a catch 22. This may be the best time to cheat because its kind of a free meal since everything will be soaked up. But at the same time, its seems it may defeat the whole purpose because your metabolism is already sped up from the workout, so the "cheat" meal may not really be doing anything beneficial for you.
Any thoughts on this?
When I started this clean diet I also started incorporating two cheat meals a week so kickstart my metabolism again. It seems to be working real good and Im feeling very lean. Im probably at around 9-10% BF right now and Im doing barely any cardio. (I was doing a lot more before I cleaned up the diet and cut out the rest of my carbs, sugar, and sodium)
So my question is this. On the days I have a cheat meal, I usually go on a full blown cheat. A nice fast food meal, or some nasty chinese food or something like that. A nice high calorie, high fat, kickstart my metabolism, make me sane again, and actually fill my stomach up (3600 calories of pure clean food just still doesnt fill me up) When I do have these meals should I have them right after a workout?
The whole point of the cheat meal is to kick start your metabolism and make it burn fat faster...so if you do this after your workout (Cardio or Resistance) your metabolism would already be sped up. Its kind of a catch 22. This may be the best time to cheat because its kind of a free meal since everything will be soaked up. But at the same time, its seems it may defeat the whole purpose because your metabolism is already sped up from the workout, so the "cheat" meal may not really be doing anything beneficial for you.
Any thoughts on this?