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What do you think about eating junk food while bodybuilding? I’ve heard everything from
how it will ruin your diet to not worrying about it because you burn 4K calories a day.
While a guy burning 4,000 calories can eat several Big Macs and burn them off, he’s
fit because he isn’t eating a lot of junk food. They try to eat healthy.
Do they ever eat junk food?
Sure. A candy bar after a protein bar or a greasy burger on your off day is fine.
So a little is OK.
If junk food is a small part of the diet, it is fine. If you try to avoid it entirely,
you may end up gaining 20 pounds in one night at a drunken buffet party.
I’d send that tall tale to Mythbusters for them to review before I believe it.
OK, not 20 pounds in one night but certainly a weight gain. And if you give in one night
to a binge, you have mixed odds of staying the course.
You assume that one binge means the diet and exercise regimen is blown.
Some people assume that one lapse means it is and give up, going back to the bad habits
that make our society as a whole overweight. Others get up and work harder to get back
on track.
So having a little junk food now and then is like a vaccine against a disease.
You’re giving in to the minor temptations so that you don’t blow the whole diet so
badly you give up, like booking a vacation after a drunken party and deciding to give
up on budgeting the next day.
I’d like to compare notes one day on where exactly you’re getting these stories.
Now there is one caveat. If you can’t eat just one, don’t eat it.