GrrlWonder

I ran very few carbs during the week, would have a cheat day on the weekends, and then would go right back to no carbs. Those four weeks we done at a 500 - 700 calorie a day deficit. The last two weeks I ran a severe calorie deficit and no carbs. Daily caloric intake was only about 800-1000 calories and I definitely lost muscle mass and strength during those two weeks. I also ran 10 days of clen at 40mcgs.

By only running a severe calorie deficit for two weeks I was able to do this diet with minimal impact to my strength and performance in the gym while maximizing my weight loss results. I would have lost a lot more muscle mass had I done that for more than two weeks.

Hey.

It was done in stages. The challenge was 10 weeks but since we kind of had a two week registration period I weighed in early and had about 12 weeks to diet and train. The first six weeks I eliminated all simple carbs and sugars and ran a slight calorie deficit (300 - 500 calorie deficit a day). At the end of that six weeks I had a "cheat" day in which I loaded up on carbs and then went right into a cyclic ketogenic diet for the next four weeks.