Does anyone here thrive on Atkins type diet?

[gwl9dta4]

Man since i started this diet i have been feeling great. Every week a little more fat disspears in different places on my body. I have had no trouble making the changeover from eating carbs to eating no carbs, none. I had zero cravings when i started. Today i am in the 4th week and feel great. So far i lost about 10 lbs of fat and actually gained muscle as i am stronger and my muscles are harder then before.

I do carb load 1 day per week but really do not like doing so. Carbs suck. But i do it to keep my metabolism functioning properly. All in all i feel there is no "best" diet, everybody is different and i tried alot of diets and they all failed at making me loose fat. but this one is succeding where all others failed.

 

[jc00l471]

Fuck a Ketosis diet.... It's all about Kcal in < Kcal out!!!!!!
ANd just keep in mind to watch the grams of sugar, fat and carbs....
Thats all!

 

[MuscleDm]

Good for you....if you found something that fits into your lifestyle that is a "healthy" alternative to what you were doing before, keep it up.

Ryan

P.S. Many people swear by low carb diets....I think it really varies from person to person

 

[BP66]

Why carb load on the Atkin's Diet? By doing so, you're only limiting your supposed fat mobilizing/lipolysis days. Your body will take a couple of days to get back into ketosis after a carb up day. If you are having one of these every week, it seems like you're in a way defeating the purpose. I am no expert, so I may be off base, but if you are enjoying the fat loss from the Atkin's Diet so much, then why carb load every week?
Keep in mind, I have never tried the Atkin's Diet, but I am familiar with the diet and have read most of his literature.
But, if it's working for you, stick with it man. Good luck to you.

 

[MrMakaveli]

Good for you, I too tend to thrive on a low-carb diet. Carb loads on atkins help in maintaining muscle, raising leptin, and for me always greatly helped with the psychological pressures of dieting.

I got sick of feeling like crap after my carb-up too so I ate high-carb meals on Wed then again on Sun after training (If I didnt train I usuallly used ALA with the meals). Helped me reduce bloating and general sluggishness I felt, anyway, good luck and if its working, stick to it

 

[SirMack]

I am on a 'lower carb' diet, not the atkins, and I go 12 days on the diet, and then 2 carb up days. I have heard that is a good combination because them it gives your bodies 12 days to lose weight, recover, and maximize the benefits of the low carb diet, versus carbing up 1 day a week.

Thoughts on that?

 

[gwl9dta4]

Fuck a Ketosis diet.... It's all about Kcal in < Kcal out!!!!!!
ANd just keep in mind to watch the grams of sugar, fat and carbs....
Thats all!

Well it would be nice if ti was this simple. But unfortunately it's not. But as to the datails on why not is outside of the scope of this post as it would take up a whole book, i can share with you my personal experince.

See this is not the first time i dieted, not by far. I have been bodybuilding in the past for a total of about 6 years. I started at about 180 lbs and over years worked to a weight as high as 275-280 lbs. Since quitting the lifestyle i have been gradually, over the years putting on fat. So in my attempts to controll weight i have tried just about all the diets out there, all at a caloric deficit with cardio and training involved. My results? Well some days i would have really full muscles with tight skin/fat, then on other days i had flat muscles with nicely full fat cells, making me look pudgy. This would not change no matter what i did in terms of calories.

But when i disregarded counting calories and dropped ALL carbs, my strenght shot up, weight plummeted down energy levels increased. So for me it's not really all about calories in = calories out. For me, at least, insulin plays a BIG role. Therefore carbs are evil to me. A one day carbup is all i need to keep the progress going.

 

[MrMakaveli]

SirMack -

I have an article from one of the bodybuilding magazines online where they talk about extending the low-carb period to 10-12 days and how it increased fat-loss by more than 100% (Longer period in ketosis results in more fatty acid utilization). They structered their diet like Body-Opus with lifting on Mon+Tuesday aerobics for the rest of the week until a depletion workout then carb-up for two days. If I can find the article on my computer, I'll post it.

 

[JJFigure]

I carb load every 4 days, and you're right, it sucks. I just feel like crap the next day, and I don't even carb load that heavy. I'm in cutting mode right now, so I'm curious about the article that extends the carb depletion longer. I was debating trying that just to see how I felt. The plan I'm following (Natural Hormonal Enhancement) doesn't recommend going that long w/out a carb load (the plan actually has you load on the 3rd and 7th day of the week - I've already extended it to every 4th day). However, NHE wasn't necessarily setting guidelines for competition level leanness. Has anyone else extended the length of time between carb loads? If so, did it help you lose fat faster?

 

[kiwibrian]

GOOD ON YOU MATE , IF YOU FEEL GOOD KEEP IT GOING . I DIET BETWEEN BOTH DIETS WITH GOOD RESULTS

 

[Ceebs]

Refeed ranting.

Another keto-thriver here. I'm cutting, and I went 3 weeks without a significant amount of carbs until this past weekend. After polishing off a couple pints of nonfat frozen yogurt, pasta, edamame, and a few Luna bars, I am dying to get back into ketosis. I'm just miserable on carbs, my moods and energy levels are all over the place, versus being very stable and calm on protein and fat alone - I get almost an ephedrine-like euphoria after keto meals lately.

Normally I'd be asleep right now, but I can't seem to relax. I'm about to go for a 4 mile run to drive blood glucose down and speed ketosis along. I never want to see another carb again for as long as I live. (Or at least until my next refeed in a few weeks...)

 

[SirMack]

So if we all feel so great, and lose weight on the LOW CARB diets, then why do folks say its so bad for you?

How are these low carb diets bad for you in the long term???

 

[MuscleDm]

I think most nutritionists and dieticians are concerned that with elevated protein levels, you will also increase saturated fat and cholesterol leading heart complications. But most low carbers I know choose very lean and healthy protein sources.

Along with that, nutritionists are very concerned with the extra work the kidneys have to perform when breaking down metabolites from extra protein.

Other than that though, with new research, I think it will become more universally accepted.

Ryan

 

[MrMakaveli]

I think part of the problem is the lack of long-term studies on low-carbing. Also, I see many so called "educated" people extrapolating data from studies done on people on starvation PSMF diets, which has little applicable data that can be used to draw a conclusion on low-carb diets.

I've always thougt about the economic affects of the american public adopting a low-carb lifestyle. Imagine the affects on our economy if people avoided buying anything containing carbs....big trouble.

 

[Kid Dynamite]

I don't think science will embrace the lower carb diets because they've been preaching high carbs low fat so long. They are stuck in their ways and don't want to admit there are other ways. Oh yeah, and I do good on low carbs.

 

[JJFigure]

Just think of all that fat free and low fat processed food going to waste if the general public quit eating carbs...

 

[Ceebs]

I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but the US Department of Agriculture (ie, the people who grow grains) funds the famous "food pyramid". Of course they're going to recommend many many servings of grains/carbs, they have a vested financial interest in it.

 

[SirMack]

I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but the US Department of Agriculture (ie, the people who grow grains) funds the famous "food pyramid". Of course they're going to recommend many many servings of grains/carbs, they have a vested financial interest in it.

Preach it Brutha!!! Dis so be da truth!

Seriously though, it does make sense. Since when does capitalism reward a company, or organization for being honest and taking a financial hit to themselves in the process? Greed and Profits are the name of the game, and if they have to destroy thousands of lives to accomplish this, then so be it, they will do it.

 

[MrMakaveli]

Well remember carbs arent the enemy. If you know when to eat them and dont mix them with fat (which I think is the real problem in american society besides syndrom X) then carbs are fine.

That being said, I agree with the Dept of Agriculture having a not so healthy interest but maybe with the increased popularity high-fat diets have had, things will change.

 

[Kid Dynamite]

Of course, the real problem with most people is eating too much and doing too little.