carb cycling and fat loss?

Re:carb cycling and fat loss? (Alfermail)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:50:00 GMT

These are from the Anabolic Diet e-book which is very similar in approach: The first one is a low-carb (30g) example and the second is a high-carbs low-fat excerpt. Excellent book and well worth trying the diet out IMHO! beware though its american so you need to substitute the UK version of some of the foods (if you're in the UK of course)!!

SAMPLE 3,000 CALORIE DIET MENU

MONDAY CALORIES

Breakfast

4 Fried Eggs in 2 Tbsp. Butter 508

4 slices Bacon 140

Snack

2 oz. Pepperoni 280

3 oz. String Cheese 240

Lunch

8 oz. Ground Beef 704

2 oz. American Cheese 220

1 Tbsp Mustard 8

Snack

5 Saltine Crackers 60

1 oz. Cheese Spread with Bacon 80

Dinner

8 oz. Pot Roast 510

1 oz. Jack Cheese 110

2 Pieces Melba Toast 32

Snack

1 oz. Pistachio Nuts 164

TOTAL CALORIES: 3,056

SATURDAY CALORIES

Breakfast

2 English Muffins with 2 Tbsp. Jelly 362

1 Bowl Cereal with Nonfat Milk 190

Snack

8 oz. Applesauce 180

1 Bagel (no butter) 190

Lunch

1 Chef Salad (no egg or cheese) with

Lowfat Dressing 300

2 Dinner Rolls 100

1 Cup Canned Fruit Salad 180

Snack

1 Banana 105

2 Graham Crackers 160

Dinner

3 cups Pasta with Marinara Sauce 891

1 cup Green Beans 40

1 Dinner Salad with Lowfat Dressing 100

Snack

1 Angel Food Cake w/1 cup (Fresh or

Frozen) Strawberries and 1 Tbsp. Cool Whip 188
TOTAL CALORIES 2,986

Re:carb cycling and fat loss? (badladmark)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:52:19 GMT

And some more information on when and how you trained to fit in with that. I'm fascinated by carb cycling too, but don't really understand how it works when combined with training. A sample diet would also help loads.

TIA

Re:carb cycling and fat loss? (simon9974)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:44:05 GMT

examples of what u ate an at what times

Re:carb cycling and fat loss? (simon9974)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:40:26 GMT

ch237 plz could u post an example of ur high carb, low carb and no cabs days? cheers

Re:carb cycling and fat loss? (ch237)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:18:52 GMT

Yes. My bodyweight was around 96kg at the beginning of the summer, bodyfat at a guess maybe 12%, weight at lowest was 88kg, now around 90kg. Bodyfat at lowest was roughly 6-8% (when I had it measured at 90kg it was at 6.8% but I wouldn't fully trust this as it was on those electromagnetic scales.)

I still cycle my carbs, though not as strictly as I was over the summer as now it's more maintenance than trying to change anything. At the moment I make sure that if I overeat or have junk meals it's on weightlifting days, and i'll have one or two no/very low carb days a week. During the summer I was doing 2 high-carb days, 3 low carb days and 2 no carb days. To be honest I found it draining at times, but the results were awesome.
High days for me were around 300g, i'm very carb sensitive though, I imagine others at my weight may need more to get through the lower carb days. I also still went out drinking and inevitably eating crap at the end of the night maybe once every 10 days, but tried to coincide this with lifting days, and always followed them with a no carb day.

Can't recommend it enough...I see the concept of having high carb days on non-workout days, and low carb on workout days getting more popular, though personally I don't like the idea of not having pre and post workout carbs - to me, simple sugars post workout is the most important piece of nutrition by far. But play around and find what works for you. My genetics are absolutely awful and I made massive changes (without using any 'assistance')

carb cycling and fat loss? (82porter)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:14:32 GMT

Curious if anyone has tried this for extended period of time with success. if so, what was your intake and bodyweight and how long did you do it?
thanks