Lee

I got talking to a fella who used to do shows in our gym the other week.

I said to him i want to start dieting again soon and asked him what he used to do for cutting before his shows.

He said what he used to do was really simple.

A tin of tuna and an apple, 5 times per day.

Lower weights and increase reps.

40-60 minutes cardio per day

could this work with the correct fats and some glutamine?

big

If you added fats it could work, sure. If you were able to stick to such a bland diet.

Aside from that, isn't there only like 25g of protein in a tin of tuna? So he's getting 125g of protein a day and taking in probably less than 1000 calories? :crazy:

ChefX

That sounds about right as to most bodybuilders do. Then they wonder why they shrink in precontest. LOL

hackskii

I find that they look pretty good about 4 weeks or so out.
Then they start looking really small and are in catabolism.
I hate that look.
Trying to strip that extra couple of percent of bodyfat off comes at a loss of lean muscle.

I had a friend that just ate broccoli and salmon every meal.
Before his comp.
Then they posponed the comp and he was ****ed

Gridlock

What about if you used tuna in olive oil?

I actually quite like the sound of that.....before you all rip me apart let me explain,

The diet is very simple, so no problems sticking to it,
It's very cheap
With meals that size that often you would still feel hungry but it would be enough to take the edge off it, also your body would get used to eating less would also keep you metabolism working at some level and your stomach would shrink (not sure if this is what happens, but within a week of restricting my food intake I stop feeling hungry and cannot eat large portions)
You are going to see results FAST - (I know you will lose muscle)

So i propose this diet might be quite useful if used for just a week, maybe as a boost for someone just starting dieting (get used to less food and see fast results to keep motivated) or maybe if you are stuck in a rut and jsut cannot shift anymore weight, this might just gve you a kick

Another one I heard of is Boiled eggs and water - you can eat as many hard boiled eggs as you want but nothing else.

Lee

I actually thought i would get ripped apart for even posting this..

I tried this diet for 4 days and over all i started to feel tighter around the mid section. I stopped it though because i managed to get myslef a chest infection.

I noticed the cardio i do got a lot harder aswell (Due to lack of carbs probably)

I suppose it would be good just to add the odd baked potato in there aswell now and again just so you dont competly deplete yourself of carbs? also to keep the metabolism guessing aswell.

Apparently it is not recommended to do more than 2 weeks on this diet.

ChefX

Or Lee you could use a nice and healthy diet, take it slow and get the best results and health.

Lee

In an ideal world Chef yes i would love to do that, i even bought Diatia.

But with my shifts in work being up and down each week.. convenience will have to do, sure its not the best way to do it, but if it works it works.

hackskii

Keto diets work well too if you are looking for a couple to few weeks on.
I have tried them with success.

ChefX

Understandable Lee, the problem is it leads to deficiency in many things. Make sure you take a good whole food multi, apple pectin and fish oils every day with it.

Here would be a better sub I think
Tuna Bowl (makes 4 meals based on a 6 meal day) Tuna, salmon or chicken canned (about 8 oz/226g) (make sure to rinse well to get rid of the excess salt and then press out extra water)
Raisins (1oz/14g)
whole multi grain bread (1 1/2 oz/42g)
Mayonaise (1 tbsp/15ml) (could be olive oil, or butter)
seasoning tuna/mayo/raisin mixture with some curry powder and eat open faced on the toasted bread


then substitute other things, switch outthe mayo for butter and olive oil
switch out the rqaisins for microwave broccoli or fresh apples
maybe switch out the bread for some microwave noodles


ect ect


just trying to give you some substitute
cheers

Pscarb

the key here is that this guy said he used to diet this way...there are many better ways to diet knowledge and understandng of nutrition has come along way....

dieting for a show is alot diffrent from dieting for fatloss as HackSkii has pointed out up to the 4 weeks mark a comp BB looks really good but trying to lose those last 2-3lbs of fat is done at some sacrifice to muscle this last diet i reduced the amount of muscle i lost in those last 4 weeks by increasing Protein lengthening the duration of my diet and using certain AAS....

i would never advise anyone to have eat only tuna and apple when dieting i think you are setting yourself up there for failure these days.

Jimmy

NO tyson!

you cant do this diet LMFAO

samurai69

LOL

Gridlock

are you seriously going to do this Lee? - let us know how it goes, and don't do it for more than 2 weeks

ChefX

hahahahahahaha