I just woke up from sleeping about 10 hours and I feel great. The only side effect from these carb nites is that my sleep tends to be more restless than normal, and I feel hot (because my metabolism is in overdrive).
Not a "tub" of ice cream per se, but one of those smallish Ben and Jerry's containers as seen in the picture, which is about four servings according to the label (290 calories per serving).
It is still too much sugar all at once, regardless. I never said junk food was bad, in moderation. heck, I love pie. But instead of eating 3 full pies at once, then dumping all sugar for a week, I'd rather eat a slice a day. It is obvious you want to be healthy, but do you know about the human body as in anatomy and physiology? How it works from an unbiased point instead of a work-out/diet point? You really cannot trick or fool your body for long, it's best to work with your body...trust me....remember this post. Someday, this is all going to come back and bite you right in the ass. Your diet is not healthy, it is not good for your body.
Yeah, I know quite a bit about anatomy and physiology. I also know the Standard American Diet is not healthy, and that the problem with sugar lies in the amount people consume over extended periods of time, which leads to insulin resistence, diabetes, heart disease, etc. There is a difference between that and strategically using high glycemic carbs once per week to create an insulin spike AT THE RIGHT TIME, which works to build muscle and burn fat, while eating an otherwise strict and healthy diet the remainder of the time. And what do you know about my diet, other than how I eat for six hours once per week? The rest of the week I am eating avocado, nuts, turkey breast, whey protein, cruciferous vegetables, berries, grass-fed beef and fish, while consuming water, coffee and tea as my only beverages. Most people could not follow the diet I do 6.5 days out of the week. The average American eats way more junk in a week than I could ever cram into a single night.
You're right...most could not and would not follow that diet. And this is coming from a person who does eat healthy...I eat as much nutritious food as possible with very little "junk" Common sense...moderation...IMO is much better than trying to trick your body to do this and do that.
You're not really "tricking" your body. I don't know why you keep using that word. It's more like using the body's hormonal cycles to create optimal results in muscle gain and fat loss by using food at the right time to temporarily spike insulin and trigger hormones like leptin and ghrelin. It's actually very healthy, and the science behind it is legit if you take the time to read about it. For three years prior to doing this I wasn't eating ANY sugar and junk at all, EVER. It was 100% clean eating. I still eat 100% clean 95% of the time.