Anabolic Steroids Diet Guide With Best Meal Plan

It would be wrong to assume that as a bodybuilder all you need to do to gain lean muscle mass and shed excess body fat is to only take anabolic steroids for both a cutting and bulking cycle. This cannot be any further from the truth.

Apart from running a steroid stack, you will also need to spend a considerable amount of time in the gym and combine this with a well thought-out dietary plan. To achieve a bodybuilders physique takes a tremendous amount of hardwork and discipline especially with your meal plan while on steroids.

 

Dr. DiPasquale’s Anabolic Diet

A powerlifter and successful physician named Dr. DiPasquale came up with what he termed “the anabolic diet“. The anabolic diet is characterised by a predominantly low-carbohydrate diet that is achieved by the methodical switching between a specific period dedicated to the consumption of low-carb meals and days when a high-carb diet would suffice.

The anabolic diet was created by Dr. DiPasquale to help athletes, powerlifters and bodybuilders looking to gain significant muscle mass while maintaining a pretty low body fat. Some bulking steroids like injectable Testosterone help to speed up metabolism while at the same time, regulate the appetite of users.

This helps to convert body fat to the fuel needed by the body while muscle mass is maintained. However, in Dr. DiPasquale’s dietary plan, carbohydrate cycling (alternating between low and high carb) is viewed as the main catalyst in instigating muscle mass gain and reducing body fat.

In the same way as anabolic steroids would behave in the body. Ultimately, the doctor proposed the right food to eat while on steroids in his anabolic diet theory.

The anabolic diet theory of DiPasquale suggests that as you switch between a low and high-carb meal plan while on steroids, your body would be able to metabolize much more body fat which it then uses as energy fuel. At the same time, you would be able to maintain your muscle mass.

While a regular dietary plan consists of the macronutrients of protein, fat and carbohydrate; DiPasquale suggests that these macronutrients when combined in a meal plan while on steroids may be counterproductive if you intend losing weight while still preserving your gained muscle mass.

However, he surmises that an anabolic diet does not restrict your calorie intake which is the main benefit of the dietary plan, as your body requires calories in order to preserve your muscle mass gain. A drop in the calories that you consume may lead to you losing lean muscle mass. With the anabolic diet, your calorie intake can remain normal while your body fat ratio drops significantly as the plan encourages the metabolism of body fat for energy.

 

The Anabolic Diet Plan

Before looking at the types of food to eat while on steroids, it is important for you to know that the anabolic diet plan aims to achieve either of three goals. The first goal is a preservation of lean muscle mass, the second goal is muscle mass gain and the third goal is a shedding of body fat. All the goals are achieved by the anabolic dietary plan which is carried out in different phases which include;

• Acclimatization and Preservation Phase: It is vital that your body slowly, but surely gets used to a low-carb diet at the start of the dietary plan. Also, this phase which runs for 4 weeks (from week 1 to week 4) is designed to maintain your muscle mass gain.

 

• The Bulking phase: The next phase is designed to increase your body’s ideal BMI. Like the acclimatisation and preservation phase, this phase also runs for a specific period of time or as soon as the objective of body weight and muscle mass gain is successfully achieved.

 

• The Cutting phase: The third phase in the anabolic diet has to do with losing weight. This phase involves sticking to a low-carb diet with between 500 and 1,000 calories removed from your diet. This phase continues for as long achieved as it takes you to gain your ideal body-fat (typically below 10%) percentage.

Your calorie consumption for each of the phases highlighted above will be significantly different in order to achieve the set goal for each phase. However, your consumption of macronutrients for each of the phases will remain largely unaffected. In other words, your basic macronutrient meal plan while on steroids can remain unchanged.

Basically, you will adopt a dietary plan consisting of a low-carb diet on weekdays, then switching to a high-carb diet on weekends. When you alternate your diet this way, your body will be prevented from metabolising predominantly carbohydrates for the energy it requires. So while you engage in intense bodybuilding training, your weekends high-carb diet will enable your body to recover the energy that was burnt during the course of your tedious workout sessions during the week.

 

An Ideal Weekday and Weekend Meal Plan while on Steroids

During the week, you want to ensure that your daily carbohydrate consumption is limited to a mere 30 grams. Your intake of calories should be mainly derived from protein and fat. The perfect carbohydrate and protein to fat consumption ratio should be between 5 and 10% carbs, 30 and 35% protein and 60 and 65% fat.

On the weekends, you will need to recover the carbs lost during the week. So you can increase your carbohydrate intake to between 60 and 80% while your protein consumption can be between 10 and 20%. The amount of fat that you consume on a weekend can also be anywhere between 10 and 20%.

 

Food to Eat while on Steroids – Weekday Dietary Plan

The food to eat while on steroids during the week can include the following;

• Nuts,
• Oils,
• Whole eggs,
• Red meat (fatty cuts),
• Nut spreads,
• Full-fat dairy products, such as; butter, cream and cheese.

 

A Sample Weekday Meal Plan while on Steroids:

Expected calorie count: approximately 2,300.

• Carbohydrate intake: Between 5 and 10%,
• Protein consumption: Between 30 and 35%, and
• Fat intake: Between 60 and 65%.

Your fat intake on weekdays should be high while your protein consumption is moderate and your carbohydrate intake should be low.

 

For Breakfast:

• 1 tablespoon of oil,
• 3 whole eggs,
• 1 oz. of cheddar cheese, and
• Two portion-links of cooked turkey sausage.

 

Preparation:

Cook whisked cheese and eggs in a tablespoon of oil and then serve with the two portion-links of turkey sausage.

 

Nutritional Fact:

The calorie count for this meal is about 512 while the carb is 1.4g, the protein is approximately 29g and the fat is about 44g.

 

For Lunch:

• 2 tablespoons of oil,
• 2 cups of romaine lettuce,
• 1 portion, hard-boiled egg,
• 1 tablespoon of white vinegar, and
• 4 oz. of boiled chicken breast.

 

Preparation:

You can dress your plate with the lettuce and serve the hard-boiled egg and chicken breast on top of it. Pour the white vinegar and oil over the dish before eating.

 

Nutritional Fact:

The calorie count is about 509 with approximately 4g of carbohydrate, 43g of protein and 36g of fat is derived from this meal.

 

For Dinner:

• 1 tablespoon of oil,
• 1 tablespoon of flaxseed meal,
• ½ tablespoon of white vinegar,
• 2 cups of romaine lettuce, and
• 4 oz. of boiled chicken breast.

 

Preparation:

First whisk the white vinegar, oil and flaxseed meal, then add in the lettuce after which, you can serve on a plate with the boiled chicken breast.

 

Nutritional Fact:

This meal offers a calorie count of about 353 with approximately 5g of carbs, 39g of protein and 20g of fat.

In between your breakfast, lunch and dinner, you can also treat yourself to some snacks. However, ensure that the snacks you consume have a low carbohydrate count while their protein and fat count is fairly high.