Now that I am caught up on Mel's log and had the chance to download the HELL plan I am better able to figure out a bit about what you guys are up to with this one. When you cycle calories does it make your cravings worse? It sort of make sense to do that but I am pretty comfortable right now keeping my cals steady so am worried to change things around too much.
I am very new to this so pardon my newbie question if it is offensive. I am wondering why you are switching diet plans? I see this actually with others too and perhaps I will ask it in the nutrition folder as well. Do you go on different diets for maintaining or is this because you are wanting to be in a loss mode again? I am hoping to be in a deficit for some time (12-16 weeks) and then go to maintain mode and stay there for a nice long while. So far I haven't had to learn about different diets rather I have just been logging what I eat and then focusing on getting a certain percentage of proteins and carbs and fat into those cals. My trainer helps guide me in this but I don't think it is any special sort of diet rather just getting a balanced diet which consists of eating only nutritious foods as opposed to empty foods. So far it is working I think. I was hoping that once I get this down I would have it for life. Will I have to switch things around one day too?
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