Re: To LittleBigMan about(CKD)

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: > LBM : > When you did this CKD how long were you on the diet? : I've been on it for several months at a time : > How was your strength on the diet? : After your body gets used to it, your strength seems to : be fine. However, the main purpose of the diet, in my : mind, is to maintain muscle while losing fat. I think : a regular carb diet is better for gains. : > My Main question is HOW WAS YOUR ENERGY and your ability to CONCENTRATE? : After 2 weeks, my energy and concentration were perfect, in fact, it : seems to spread it out better, since you dont get those blood sugar : swings during the day. : : FOR WORKING OUT - I do a mini carb-load 30 minutes before a workout. : about 50 grams of Carbs. That provides the tissues that absolutely : NEED glucose with glucose. It prevents muscle catabolism during longer : workouts. : > How many calories were you taking in. : Honestly? I dont know, thats one of the benefits of the diet, your hunger : tends to be blunted when in ketosis, and during the carb load, since it is of : short duration, its tough too eat TOO much.. : > Did the fat pour back on fast when you returned to a carb. metabolism? : Nope, in fact, I gained quite a bit of muscle. This got me to thinking : that this diet should be cycled every couple of weeks.... well guess what, : someone thought of that, and basically came up with the ABCDE Diet that : was written up in MM2k. : > Your feedback would be greatly appreciated. I am a natural bodybuilder : > and a college student. I need every available edge but I need to be able : > to concentrate and I was wondering how that would be without carbs. : For the first couple of weeks, it can be rough, but after that its been : no problem. : : : I weigh about 230 now at about 18 percent bodyfat. Do you think that this : : diet could get me lean (8-10 percent) by June and be close to the same body : : weight? I heard that is what I could expect on this diet? : Well, what I would expect is for you to lose the fat, while retaining : the lean muscle tissue, so I would expect a weight (fat) loss. I have heard : that it can be used to GAIN muscle weight, by increasing the calories and the : duration of the carb load, but I haven't tried that yet. : : In all truth, all my lifts have gone up since I first tried this diet several : months ago, so I guess I must have gained something though! : : > OH! ONE OTHER QUESTION. HOW WAS YOUR WORKOUT ENERGYWHILE ON THE DIET? : : Once adapted, it was fine, especially if I ate a bit of carbs before : the workout. : : Do this, Lyle (DNP animal) McDonald is something of an expert on this : diet. So if Jeffrey Krabbe. They are regular contributors to the : Lowcarb-l mailing list. Its a list dedicated to training while on low : carb diets. To subscribe, send an Email to: : Majordomo@solid.net : With the message "subscribe lowcarb-l" : or "Subscribe lowcarb-l-digest" for the digest form. : : Good luck. : LBM

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