burning out of my diet... what to do.

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Imo everyone is different. The main thing is finding some u can commit to that u can do day after day. The shit I do is horrendous to some. I choose to eat the exact same shit every day. That’s cause keeping track of macros is a complete pita to me. I also need a (cheat meal) a week. Now mine isn’t anything serious. On a cut it might be just salmon or sirloin steak on Sunday. But I need that something to look forward to. It keeps me on track with the 6 days of chicken breast or cod. Without that something to look forward to it’s easy for me to fall off the wagon.

I also do best on a strict 10week cut 8 week maintenance rotation. Versus a long straight cut. Keeps me focused and I personally don’t think i could stick to a strict diet for longer than 10 weeks. Not all mental toughness, I turn into an asshole with family after 10 weeks on a hard diet. They don’t deserve that and I can’t control it. So I adapt
 
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This is sort of a coming clean kind of post, feel free to tell me how stupid I am, as I am aware but probably not aware enough.

This is my second year in the gym, and I became absolutely obsessed this year. Last year (winter/spring2023) I started hitting the gym 3+ times a week and learning. A few months in I was hooked, addicted to the pump, the mental benefits and the newbie gains. Last winter I decided to get serious about it so I stopped most processed foods, all added sugar, soy, preservatives, and most things that can be contaminated with roundup. I figured if I'm not gonna take steroids, then I have to eat super clean to optimize my natural T levels. I started by eating pretty balanced, lots of sweet potatoes, white potatoes, squash, rice, high quality meat, and whey. Over time, I realized I was unable to get the calories I needed from those so I went to just white rice.

Long story short, in the past 10-11 months I have ate almost nothing but white rice, grass fed beef and chicken, avocados, whey protein, and vegetables when I'm not being a lazy piece of shit. I us. As well as alot of supplements. I have made quite a bit of visual progress in the gym, more than i ever thought i would, and I am very proud of that. So i am essentially extremely tied to that, mentally. You may have seen my other posts where I was getting very concerned about losing all my progress after one or 2 days of screwing up my nutrition. That is the type of obsessive person that I can be.

my restrictive diet is probably not the healthiest. And moreover, I am getting very burnt out of it, very often I feel like i have absolutely no appetite at all, and I just force it anyway because I know i need the calories. The obvious answer is just to stop being so restrictive and autistic about it and start eating a more healthy diet. I think its actually causing me to be very mentally distressed because i feel dependent, like im chained to this diet. and if i screw up for a day or i dont get all my protein for a day or 2 then all my gym progress is gone because im going catabolic. Its causing me to slack on other areas of my life because of this. But I am unwilling to let my gym or physique progress slip.

I gotta do something different while also not losing my progress. I know this is fucking autistic but its the predicament I have put myself in and I would appreciate any advice.
My reasoning is that If i need to eat 3700-4000 calories a day, I have to be able to fit all the food, which has been a struggle if you dont eat fried and sugary shit. Its very hard to get 4000 calories eating squash as your carb source. White rice is high carb, and fast digesting, so thats why I exclusively have been eating that.
You are like me, actually most every serious bodybuilder is. You're a perfectionist and if you're not perfect you drive yourself crazy because you feel you fucked up so badly, correct??
I was the same way and still am to a degree.

Over the years, mostly from 2 excellent bodybuilding trainers I learned a lot about diet and messing up any diet for 2 days does nothing at all as long as you resume the diet on the third.
When preparing for a contest every Sunday I go out to a restaurant and have a cheat meal. Not a little cheat meal, I eat as much of whatever the hell I want to eat. The next day back to the diet and it does not affect me at all. Except I usually look more filled out and better on Monday.

You said you're natural so, there is only so much I can advise you. I know nothing about natural bodybuilding.

My suggestion would be to have a set cheat day or cheat meal every week. Eat how you do 6 days a week then the 7th eat what you want. I promise, it will not adversly effect your physique and it will help you a lot mentally.

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