Okay, this has gone far enough.....

[DanielBishop]

I've been on the CKD since late November, and I got well below 10% and was very happy.... and was only waiting a couple more weeks until I start bulking.

But in the last few weeks I've gone terribly off track and I'm finding it extremely difficult to put it right. On some days I've stuck to the diet, but usually only a few days at a time.... and then I COMPLETELY binge for the next few days. I've done some cardio in the mornings, but I haven't been to the gym in two weeks.

It's like I'm SCARED of the gym lately!! I don't understand it at all.

I KNOW I'm stronger than this, I KNOW I'm more disciplined than this, and I KNOW I have more self-control than this.... and I'm not scared of the gym, so what gives??

I can't understand how I fell into this hole, and it's more difficult than EVER to dig myself out of it. I need to get moving again, gather some momentum and make a HABIT out of dieting and cardio like I did before....

.... I need some motivation and inspiration from you guys. Please.... I'm ruining months and months of hard work and it's making me miserable.

 

[SOEX]

Had the same thing happen to me. I'm not afraid of the gym, but damn, my diet is kicking my ass.

I'm now trying attempt #3 to get back into the diet, and hoping I'll make it this time.

I always go a few days, then lose it, then do it again.

Vicious cycle.

 

[Burning_Inside]

Gay.......Anal......Penguin...Sex.

You are now motivated.

 

[Daernoth]

I too have been having a ton of trouble. Most of the reason is that I've been really sick the past few days, and haven't felt as much like eating normal bulking food. But also that I've nearly cut out sugar from my diet when I started bulking 3-4 weeks ago. Last week I cheated twice.. friday night and saturday.

The strange thing is that I was cutting (not a traditional cutting diet) from late June to early January, only cheating for Thanksgiving and christmas. But with this new diet, I eat probably twice the calories as before, but the lack of sugar just builds up my cravings until I cave. I use to have several servings of fruit a day, which really warded off any candy cravings.

Hell, I grabbed two E.L. Fudge cookies 5 minutes ago. I'm going to try and keep it at that!

 

[jerkbox]

stop being a pussy and go to the gym right now and squat till you puke.....then, go home, have your postworkout beverage. Then park your ass on the couch with 25 cans of tuna, a jug of water and a bottle of flax oil....now when you start to get hungry and try to get up to get a slice of pizza and a sugary soda pop, your legs and ass will remind you that it is too painful to walk, so you are stuck with tuna and flax....

once you can walk again, go back to the gym and repeat.

you're welcome.

 

[JG1]

I have no problem with training and my cardio in the morning, however, it seems like I'm binging more and more, and I have no idea why. I'll go so strict with my diet for a week, then wake up in the middle of the night and eat till my stomach can't hold any more food...literally. Then I'll feel guilty about it for a few more days, eat 100% clean, then do it again.

Fucking cycle doesn't seem to stop. It's like I can't have one cookie, I have to eat two dozen...I can't have one sliver of cheesecake, I have to eat half the cake.

 

[gonelifting]

The haves and have nots... Which one are you?.........................are you sure?

 

[JG1]

The haves and have nots... Which one are you?.........................are you sure?

what?

 

[2demon2]

Fucking cycle doesn't seem to stop. It's like I can't have one cookie, I have to eat two dozen...I can't have one sliver of cheesecake, I have to eat half the cake.

Something that helps is limiting what you keep in the house. If you're still living with parents, that's tough to do, but if you're the head of the household (along with your wife/GF/etc.), you can simply not buy that junk. If you have any left in the house, throw it out.

 

[JG1]

Something that helps is limiting what you keep in the house. If you're still living with parents, that's tough to do, but if you're the head of the household (along with your wife/GF/etc.), you can simply not buy that junk. If you have any left in the house, throw it out.

Not so easy though. My fiance isn't dieting and she keeps a decent amount of things in the house....I can't tell her not to keep the stuff here...shit even things like cerial I have problems with binging on.

 

[HANSEL]

Seems like as Bodyfat% goes down, I feel like refeeding/Binging much more often, I think this is normal. Have a controlled Refeed once (one meal) every third day.

I think the ckd has done this too alot of people, its a very difficult diet to do without contracting BED (Binge eating disordr). You need alot of Will power before even starting a CKD or you could set yourself back further that when you started.

It worked for me a while, then I binged for a few weeks straight and had to battle my way back to close to 10%bf.

I think its best to eat more moderately and cycle cals, It got me back into the groove, I havent really felt like binging in weeks, and when I did it was only like a few ounzes of Almonds.

Good luck regaining control Daniel, Ive been there too bro.

 

[SOEX]

Hansel,

What's your refeed day look like? As well as the rest of your current diet?

I'm trying to gage what people's refeed days look like for those who do it correctly.

 

[tsarleon]

yes... the key is moderation/cycling. It is HARD to go cold turkey in a diet routine, just like it is to quit smoking. Not many people can say "i quit today, straight up, no more", they last how long??? week tops, for the majority. Also with dieting too, "i wont have any more fast food, soda, junk food etc from now on", haha, once again, NOT many people can do this. So on those 3 days when you eat 100% correclty and on the fourth eat like shit, then spread it out a little, slowly. Eating two dozen cookies spread over 5 days is better than eating them all on one day, then slowly back it down. For me my evil is soda. Used to have like 3 a day, right now it is two. by mid feb it will be one a day, then everyother day etc etc. This is ALL mental, try to find out what you can do to change it, adapt.

 

[DanielBishop]

I've been thinking about it and my problem is I'm kinda static at the moment with no real direction.

For a while now, I've been meaning to start my bulking phase. But I've continually told myself "Get just a little bit leaner, lose 1-2% more fat and then we can start bulking...." But of course, I cave, binge, gain a heap of fat and water and then I need to diet for a couple more weeks to get back where I was.

And currently, I'm waiting for my credit card to be processed so I can actually buy my supplements and food for the bulking diet.... and in the meantime, I'm kinda just hanging around waiting.

As for the gym.... I know it helps to burn calories and I know it helps to stop muscle-loss.... but since you can't build muscle on CKD, my brain says "Well, you don't REALLY have to go today...." and so I don't.

If I had proper direction, I'd be a lot better off.... when I was at the beginning of CKD, I was very strict and very consistent. And I'm sure when I finally start my bulking, I'll be the same way.... it's just this hazy area in between which is causing problems.

Anyway.... I'm back on CKD for now, at least. Yesterday morning I got up and ate carbs.... then looked in the mirror and said "No." So after I did CKD for the rest of the day. Today I will repeat the Day 1 ratios, no refeed this weekend (since I've started on a Wednesday) and then on Monday I'll repeat and continue CKD as normal. Still haven't done any cardio or weights, but other factors come into play there.

I think I'll be okay. Thanks for showing me I'm not alone on this.