M8:D8 (D625) How to improve your results by 80%

The key to extreme success with any fitness program is going to be consistent nutritional strategies.  No matter how hard you work in the gym, if you are fueling your body with junk and far too many calories, you are not going to get the results you are looking for.  Your nutritional strategies are going to make or break you.  There are some simple strategies you can use with your nutrition that will help improve your results by 80% or more.

Carefully Manage Calorie Changes

Whether increasing calories or decreasing calories, it must be managed carefully.  Make small changes in either direction and then monitor the results.  If you are trying to increase your calories because you want to build more muscle, add 100 calories a day for a week.  Thus, if you had been at 2,200 calories, go to 2,300 calories and stay there for a week. Find out what your scale and body fat measurements are.  If they are still acceptable to you, increase another 100 calories a day.  Repeat this process until your results go where you don’t want (ie. body fat starts to increase dramatically, etc.) and then just drop back to the previous level and hold it there until you get the final results you are after.  This same process works for dropping calories as well.

Carefully Manage Macronutrient Changes

Never just cut your carbs very low or increase them very high.  It has to be done in a careful manner.  Remember, the psychology of all of this plays a huge role in your success.  If you suddenly increase your carb intake for energy and find that you gained fat, it will probably send you into a panic and you will over correct the other way.  Make macronutrient changes in the same manner as you would make calorie changes.  Do things gradually and monitor the progress.  Step back a level when your results go where you don’t like.  This will keep your nutritional plan on target.