I don’t “diet”. I am not a dieter and never have been. I believe that one should NOT “diet”. One’s diet should be a LIFESTYLE, NOT a temporary plan that they use, adjusting their caloric intake based on their goals and needs of different phases.

Nutrition has always been the one area where I have not had much discipline, my diet honestly what most people call a perpetual “cheat”, going completely AGAINST the “norm” and of what is “acceptable” - so much so that most people do not actually believe me when I tell them what I DO eat like (until they see it for themselves!) Until the last few months (since all my injuries at the end of last year), nutrition has not played as much of a role as my training in my conditioning,  past experience showing me that "dieting" as others diet does NOT work for my body (if you read past updates in my online Fitness Journal - link at the end - you will see this confirmed), and I do not use any specific "diet", instead listening to my body and adjusting my nutrition (as I do my training) as required, with my macronutrient ratios and calorie intake changing on a day-to-day basis, albeit averaging out at my Maintenance of 4,300 calories daily.

I adjust my nutrition on a weekly - sometimes even daily - basis, dependent on my progress towards my goals of that phase, my diet a specific adaption for me, amalgamating nutritional methods and principles taken from various nutritional protocols. My diet could probably best be described as Lean Gains, without being strictly Lean Gains, since the only thing I do that is part of the protocol really is the 16-hour fasting period with an 8-hour feeding window, adapting everything else to be specific for me, so that it is "perfect" for what I want and need.