Cheat meals and carb cycling...

[Will2BLean]

I'm not really sure how to go about this. I'm having a cheat day Saturday, which is also a high carb day... should I just let loose and eat whatever my little heart desires? Or should I go about the day as usual? We'll be out of town that day, so I'm trying to figure out if I should take a bucket of oats and wheel barrel full of protein powder with me. I guess I'm just confused as to whether or not it's automatically considered a "cheat" since it's a high carb day.

 

[Sassy69]

Carb cycling implies that you are on a very targeted phase of diet. This is my opinion anyway -- if you want to run the carb cycle optimally then I'd keep to very clean sources of carbs. If I"m running a static macro ratio all week I'd definitely do a cheat MEAL of whatever. That probably doesn't help you much, but that's my opinion.

 

[Will2BLean]

Okay, that makes sense to me. Now I know what I need to do/pack for Saturday! Thanks, Sassy!