Thread: Chrystal light

Great post I was wondering the same thing it makes drinking water 100x better!

This is always a hot topic of discussion during prep because competition diets offer so little in terms of 'taste' satisfaction. Diet soda is another big item that I literally crave when I'm in comp prep because I feel like I'm gonna lose my mind if I don't get something w/ some sort of fun flavor in my mouth. Ideally you'd be drinking all water the whole time, but I think mixing in some diet soda and / or Crystal Lite is ok further out - as long as at least a large % of what you drink is water.

However if you go digging into how the body responds to Splenda & other artificial sweeteners, there's a lot out there that would tell you not to include it. My recommendation is to include it or soda up to say 4 weeks out, and then start cleaning it out of your diet and get yourself to plain water. During my first prep to ensure that I wasn't starting to allow diet soda to replace my scheduled water intake, the equation was to drink 2x the water to 'filter out' a diet soda. But generally by the time you get down to your last 4 weeks - for water-related stuff, it takes on the order of 7-10 days to let your body adjust and clear it out - so being generous w/ the buffer of time to get your body to down to the bare minimum of influences so you can manage your water manipulation.

Originally Posted by sassy69

This is always a hot topic of discussion during prep because competition diets offer so little in terms of 'taste' satisfaction. Diet soda is another big item that I literally crave when I'm in comp prep because I feel like I'm gonna lose my mind if I don't get something w/ some sort of fun flavor in my mouth. Ideally you'd be drinking all water the whole time, but I think mixing in some diet soda and / or Crystal Lite is ok further out - as long as at least a large % of what you drink is water.

However if you go digging into how the body responds to Splenda & other artificial sweeteners, there's a lot out there that would tell you not to include it. My recommendation is to include it or soda up to say 4 weeks out, and then start cleaning it out of your diet and get yourself to plain water. During my first prep to ensure that I wasn't starting to allow diet soda to replace my scheduled water intake, the equation was to drink 2x the water to 'filter out' a diet soda. But generally by the time you get down to your last 4 weeks - for water-related stuff, it takes on the order of 7-10 days to let your body adjust and clear it out - so being generous w/ the buffer of time to get your body to down to the bare minimum of influences so you can manage your water manipulation.

AWESOME!! thanks Sassy im 8 weeks out from my first show and am doing it on my own so i cant afford any mistakes lol. Im drinking atleast 5-6 litres a day now and a coffee black so something sweet would make life so much better!!!

Originally Posted by D-Latsky

AWESOME!! thanks Sassy im 8 weeks out from my first show and am doing it on my own so i cant afford any mistakes lol. Im drinking atleast 5-6 litres a day now and a coffee black so something sweet would make life so much better!!!

An option on the coffee is to make iced coffee - which is basically coffee, w/ ice, get a no cal creamer and some stevia. Damn good!

I think ultimately the goal is to get your food intake down to the bare basics by the time you hit 4 weeks out so you know exactly what your body is responding to. Everyone has their own opinions about whether or not diet soda, etc. impacts progress, but I think you just can't go wrong w/ the approach of Simple Is Best.

Originally Posted by sassy69

An option on the coffee is to make iced coffee - which is basically coffee, w/ ice, get a no cal creamer and some stevia. Damn good!

I think ultimately the goal is to get your food intake down to the bare basics by the time you hit 4 weeks out so you know exactly what your body is responding to. Everyone has their own opinions about whether or not diet soda, etc. impacts progress, but I think you just can't go wrong w/ the approach of Simple Is Best.

I have got my diet down to the absolute basics i can eat tue same thing everyday no prob, chicken, talapia, steak,eggs, oatmeal, br rice, potato, yam and broccoli. I figure if i keep it the same then all i have to do is adjust ratios up or down. What do you think? Is this a good approach?