Your diet during SD

[sandmanss]

Wondering how most of you treat your diet during your SD phase. Do you keep it clean, lower the cals since activity levels are low or just take a break and eat whatever you wish?

 

[colby2152]

Keep protein intake the same as always and eat at maintenance to preserve muscle.

 

[baybars]

Why do we keep the protein intake?

 

[kfd]

No diet at all. I eat anything I want. I don't notice any negative consequences. The duration of SD is too short to cause some serious muscle loss.

 

[bodyguard]

You need your protein also during your SD, thats the time that your muscles are growing

Keep growing

 

[Downward Spiral]

Quote[/b] (bodyguard @ Dec. 20 2005,6:50)]You need your protein also during your SD, thats the time that your muscles are growing
Keep growing

Your muscles aren't growing while you decondition.

 

[Totentanz]

Muscular growth would likely occur for the first few days after your last workout. The big thing is glycogen repletion. Sometimes your muscles will be fairly depleted until a few days into SD when suddenly they appear to swell up. I've had that happen once.

As for me, it varies. I make sure to get a decent amount of protein, but I usually don't count calories too carefully during SD. Sometimes I keep packing in the food like I'm bulking, sometimes I eat roughly around maintenance.

 

[bodyguard]

Muscles grow for sure in SD and I can know that with my expierence

 

[colby2152]

As Totentanz pointed out, your muscles shouldn't grow in SD except for the first few days after your last workout. Keeping protein intake at an ample amount should help prevent loss of muscle albeit the caloric intake is far more important.