Back to "Mentzer's Diet"...6 weeks out from MM2010

I been going tru hell  for the past week or so with my diet being so low and carbs and it's been killing me! My cardio is super high and my carbs are under 50 grams per day! This has helped me to get rid of some fat in the first stages of my prep but I am getting the feeling its costing me muscle mass and I also am noticing my core temperature dropping. I always feel cold and that's a sign of my metabolism slowing down.

So I was "digging" around in some of my old training files back from 2001 (contest prep for MM) and came across some interesting data that I documented for myself and my Member section back then...

I came across diet logs that indicated my exact strategy back then and guess what?..somewhere around the same time out I experienced the same problem with the low carbs...and I ended up changing it to what seemed to be "ALL" carbs for a while and it worked!

Now thinking back at it...Mike was training me in prep for the Mr.Los Angeles back in the 90's and kept telling me NOT to lower my carbs AT NO COST. This was right around the time when the whole "low carb era" began and everyone was on a non carbohydrate diet, Atkins..Parillo..etc.

Mike was totally against it and I remember him telling me to just watch my caloric intake and cut my PROTEIN down to around 120 grams per day (that's not per meal..lol) . He insisted on me eating almost nothing but carbs for the remainder calories (which only were around 1400...oops) - leaving me with 250-300 grams of complex carbs (rice,oats..yams).

So there was little fat (maybe 30grams per day) a high carb intake (in relationship to caloric intake that is) and almost no freaking protein! (sorry Supplement companies...lol)

The result...my legs and abs started to get lines and veins popping out that I have never seen before. I still remember video taping my legs full of veins sitting in my office chair (which was a closed turned into office due to my studio appartment..lol) while chewing on a yam and feeling good...I will look for the footage, if I find it, I will def post it.

So here we go...6 weeks out and I am going MENTZER STYLE!...I think Mike turned in his crave a little and send some angel to tap on my shoulder when he read my low carb blog...lets see what happens next! (note:I would believe in that if I wouldn't be an atheist...but it sounded cool so I said it..lol)

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