[TyrVadir]

Ok this is particularly for Jez but hey i learnt a lot from this article as well, its from Troy Alves.

"For some reason, bodybuilders can be really silly when it comes to scales. It affects your thinking, because you can look absolutely perfect, but if you see the numbers are down on the scales, you may feel like you need to eat more.

You start questioning things. By looking only at the mirror and trusting my instincts, I'm staying true to my game. "

"i know by looking in the mirror what my body is doing on a daily basis. At the beginning, its really about feel, you're not going to notice anything visually right away. If i feel right --- if i feel more energetic and i'm getting good pumps when training-----then i know the diet is working the way i want it to. The first couple of week, its feel. After that, you start to see things happening; from that point on its pretty much all visual. You might see something subtle, like little hints of striations or separations, and you know your on the right track. "

"preparing for the '98 NPC USA championships, i wanted to try something different, because i had been doing what everyone else was doing: keeping cars at a certain level and dropping them at the end. i wanted to see how my body responded to fat, so i went with a high-fat diet all the way through, eating foods such as steak, lean burger, chicken, cheese, olive oil, eggs with yolks, avocados and peanut butter. "

"i had been competing for three or four years by that time. i was returning from my honeymoon and i was in good shape, so i thought i might as well jump on a six-week high-fat diet and do the show. i wanted to eat things that kept me feeling full longer and kept my muscles full at the same time. high fat did that for me. i always felt like i had a great pump; my muscles felt dense. "

"usually id have to worry about getting too lean too fast --- i weighed probably 210 pounds at most in the off season. this diet kept my muscles full and hypertrophied. i didn't feel like i was shrinking; i had a 'popped' look. it helped me finish first in the light heavyweight division that year. "

" stayed with a high-protein high-fat diet for another couple of contests after the '98 USA. but as you grow, your body inevitably changes. i got tired of red meat. " "i stay pretty lean year-round and i have a fast metabolism, so i introduced more quality calories and balanced my intake of fats, protein and carbs. My body always worked well with carbs; it was just a matter of getting in enough protein to keep me full without eating as much red meat. During that time, i ate a lot of brown rice, potatoes, oatmeal, chicken. turkey, fish and egg whites, i had a steak every other day. id play with the carbs; go really low or really high. i went up to 350gms of carbs per day for one diet and i still was in great condition. i have been on diets that included around 125-150gms of carbs daily. all of them have been successful for me"

"before i made the decision to manipulate my carbs and reduce my intake of fat; i would eat junk food during the offseason, especially burgers and cheeseburgers. i finally woke up and realize that the more quality food you eat, the better your body is going to respond and utilize it. once i started eating better in the offseason in '99 and '00, i was able to put on 14 pounds of quality muscle. i never got fat, and i saw exactly what my body was doing during the off season based on the quality of food that i was eating. i go tup to 228 before i did the '00 USA, when i came in as a heavyweight, and that was the heaviest i had ever been (he finished second to Tevita Aholelei). I eat a lot of pasta for my carbs during the offseaon now, but i didn't eat much pasta at that time, potatoes rice and oatmeal were my main sources of carbohydrates throughout the year, of course i would have junk food here and there, usually on a weekly cheat day, but it was chiefly those three carb sources at that time.

bit of a read but i thought it was helpful.

[YM123]

yer it was an interesting read, nice post.

alot of people are doing high fat diet and it seems to working quite well

[TyrVadir]

yea when i first read it i was a little bit skeptical about it all but then i gave it a whirl and ive noticed that i havent gained fat (lost a lot of weight) but havent gotten smaller in the muscles department either.

[YM123]

it seems like a really effective diet. look at scivations log, he follows the same kind of principle and has made awesome gains

[TyrVadir]

hmm i shall, what about yourself, do you follow this pattern of eating?