I noticed an almost immediate benefit to my relationship with food and my battle with disordered eating started to subside. I was in unchartered territory but I was experiencing benefits and decided to run with it. There were no food products, no podcasts, no books, no NOTHING. In 2014 there was zero hype about the ketogenic diet. I didn't know it at the time but this was my first foray into the keto diet. Lo and behold I felt better in the absence of carbohydrates. I decided to avoid them entirely and just see what happened. This was all fine and dandy but I noticed that I would experience some GI distress on the days following the massive carb ups. At night, you are supposed to consume a large bolus of high glycemic carbohydrates to intentionally spike insulin and provide fuel for the following day's workout. A dieting approach in which you remove all carbs during the day and only consume meats and veggies. In 2014 I started dabbling with "Carb-Backloading". I was definitely not the ideal picture of health and I had no idea where to turn. Unhealthy surges in body fat post-show followed by the negative cycle all over again. Zombie mode towards the latter half of my prep. I was the poster boy example of a stereotypical bodybuilder…. Hormones would take a drastic nose dive with every prep I went through and mental clarity was all but lost. I developed serious eating disorders and had a terrible relationship with food. I experienced "success" in the sport in the sense of building muscle and being able to get incredibly lean for a competition but that success was short-lived and it was far from sustainable. I followed this protocol for the first 5 years of my bodybuilding career. I would eat every 2 or 3 hours on the clock and I would count my calories and my macros to the gram. Prior to finding keto, I had followed a traditional, "bro-dieting" approach to my nutrition.
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