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Whereas my goal is to reduce bodyfat with a calorie deficit via excercise, my diet is very strict. There are things that I do follow and value the importance of, such as large post-workut meals. And wheeras I normally avoid sugar, this is the only time I introduce the simple sugars. Also, every 14 days I have a cheat day where I stuff my face with ice cream, pizza, etc.
But my feeling is if you are eating often, say 4-5 good balanced meals per day, the metabolism should be ok. Every now and then I change the ratios (40-30-30 or 60-30-10) or do something crazy just to break the monotony or to to fool the body but I'm not all that sure even that matters. As long as you aren't getting these 1 or 2 meal a day jobs for a long period of time, I think most will be ok. But once again, I understand that competitors have to look for that edge wherever they can find it and if it works for you, then ignoring the body's response would be foolish.
As Far as BMR or LBM, The only thing I've known to to affect mine is age - period. 15 years ago, I could eat 1 meal a day, 10 meals a day, get plastered on weekends, whatever and I always had around 7-8 % bodyfat. But nowadays, my friends laugh at me saying "Welcome to the Club," or stupid shit like "whats the matter Mark, haven't been doing those situps lately?" So I my only recourse is to add more activity into my life. Age obviously affetcs LBM with HGH and Testesterone levels dropping. I think 40 or a little older for some is when LBM is really hard to keep. I saw Arnold recently - he looks like a totally different person than he did even when he did the Terminator movie.
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