You know, this is such a great statement. Only recently have I realized it is not in my best interest psychologically, emotionally, mentally to compete. I have always "dreamed" of competing in just one Figure show. But everytime I try, I sabotage myself. Finally, with the help of my wonderful BF, I have realized that competing is NOT for me.
Therefore, a crazy ass 100% clean diet of deprivation is not for me. I still think a clean diet is the way to results. I KNOW it is the way to results.
For the people who want drastic results, faster results, or extreme results (for example, 8 pack abs!) then clean dieting 99.9% of the time is the way to get it. But that isn't my goal anymore.
There is no reason to deprive yourself of simple things everyday. A single beer a couple times a week will NOT ruin your body. A cookie or 2 everynight for dessert won't ruin everything either. PLAN for these things everyday. If you PLAN them into your diet, then they won't really imapct results. It is when we raet our alloted calories and then go overboard with extras....that imapcts our results. If you include that cookie, that beer, etc into your daily plan, then you should have no problem.
And honestly, for most of us, do you really want to deprive yourself of everything simply for a passing moment of results? Because once you reach that "goal"...you can't simply stop eating clean...you have to maintain a deprivation diet to maintain the results. So basically, you are looking at a lifetime of deprivation simply to have a 6 pack all the time.
Rant over.
-- what you say is sooo very true. If I'm not going to compete then why live on a deprivation diet? One that will spin me into a cycle of overeating & near-bingeing? Stupid!
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