Does Dieting Need a Break?

[groovy]

WHAT!!! :shock: :shock:

As some/most people on here (bodybuilding) types take a week or so off weight/exercises to give the body a break because of the amount of stress from weight training and all.

So does anybody do it or is it good idea to give the dieting a break as well for a week or so? (just to give the body a break from keep processing all the food all the time)

Just to be clear, when i mean a break from dieting means

Not thinking about how much protein your having for each meal.

Not talking about cheat meals as such.

What are your thoughts?

[yooomoma]

:roll: it's called an offseason

[teamfatboy]

Um... for me, it's not a "diet", it's just how I eat.

So I doubt I could/would throw it out the window entirely. Sure, I might adjust it, but key to my own personal success (partly 'cos I'm older) is staying close to the "on" diet ratios of pro/carbs/fat.

[deeepsouth_nz]

We are all on a 'diet' - a 'diet' is just a pattern of eating to regulate the amount of nutrients we receive. F@#ks me off when people talk about diets / dieting and think the two are somehow mutually exclusive of each other. On another note, I think if you eat relatively cleanly 5 or 6 out of 7 days you need to have a day to give the body somethings it craves and a few days of eating a little less cleanly wont hurt every so often.

[musclenz]

Depends how strict you are with your onseason food plan. You have to relax things up a bit from time to time & not be too pedantic with your "clean calories". It may depend on your goals oncoming comps etc & perhaps your body type & metabolism. Some people can put on fat just looking at a cake whereas others can bacically throw anything at their body & it processes it up & spits it out the other end. A lot has to do with the % of muscle mass you have. THe more muscle the better the metabolism as far as fat & carbs are concerned.