# @l_eel_em on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJJtRkAzGnz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35319729-l-eel-em-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-02T12:48:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Lee Lem (@l_eel_em) — https://gondola.cc/l_eel_em

## Caption

What I eat in a day to maintain my abs whenever I have “Cheat Meal” 🍔

I always get asked how I’ve been able to maintain my diet for 13 years and not get obsessive to the point where I have an ED. For me, it’s all about finding that balance between enjoyment and when I should be strict with my diet. 

Yes I have binged, but this is only the period of like 3-4 months straight after competing. The many years outside of that, I don’t binge at all. 

What I have noticed for myself and others whenever this happens is that this stems from being too strict for a long period of time and putting yourself in extreme conditions. 

During my off season, life happens and I’ll still have days where I can’t stick to my diet which is totally okay.

There are many approaches to foods and events you can’t track but what I’ve been doing recently is just bank my calories as much as I can. I don’t track that day, I don’t worry if I’ve gone over or under my calories, and I don’t worry about not hitting my protein. 

You’re not going to lose muscle or get fat just from one day, and eventually your weight will end up balancing itself out as sometimes you might even eat under your calories if you’re eating within reason after banking calories. 

The most important thing is your actions after. Are you going to prolong it and mope around feeling sorry for yourself? Or are you just going to get back on track with your training and nutrition as if nothing happened? 

You don’t have to be perfect, but if you want to stick to your fitness goals finding that balance is the key to long term consistency, and being able to do this healthily for a very long time 🙂

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