2nd week update.. keto rocks

[supergirl]

ok.. so this is my second week of dieting.. doing keto.. 6 down, 1 up.. lost 1/2% bf and down 2 lbs.. back on the gh (2ius eday) and var (10mg eday)..
actually i am not at all crabby like everyone thought i would be.. i actually feel better on the no carbs, actually balanced and i have been happy.. my mood swings are tame and my energy is steady.. so i gotta say.. i am a fan!! Maybe keeping my carbs this low or under 50 always is the plan for me...

go keto.. go keto

 

[supergirl]

1/2% in 1 week or 2?

i tested my bf on the start of the diet.. jan 21st at 19% and then yesturday jan 28th it was 18.5% so that is one week.. which is on target.. a 1/2% a week is accurate.. i only wish it could be 1% a week.. i am soooo damn impatient!!!

 

[Bigsatan13]

You got will power. I know I'd be a real MoFo to be around if I quit carbs!

 

[KBgrl]

hey you!

cool beans grl!! whatever works for you...keep it up !! keep me posted....

 

[Hannibal]

ok.. so this is my second week of dieting.. doing keto.. 6 down, 1 up.. lost 1/2% bf and down 2 lbs.. back on the gh (2ius eday) and var (10mg eday)..
actually i am not at all crabby like everyone thought i would be.. i actually feel better on the no carbs, actually balanced and i have been happy.. my mood swings are tame and my energy is steady.. so i gotta say.. i am a fan!! Maybe keeping my carbs this low or under 50 always is the plan for me...

go keto.. go keto

HMMMM...swear I told you to try keto....bought time you started to listen.....

Good Job Super

 

[NubianBeauty]

That's great SG Spatts,what are you doing to lose .75??? Just carb cycling? or have you finally thrown in some AS?

 

[doc_pup]

Great work, i'm on my second week of keto myself, this stuff kicks ass, i'm much more even tempered too, just make sure you are getting some fibrous carbs in there.

 

[Fatback]

Is it safe to do this diet while on gear? Say ana, clen and t3 cycle? If so, what does your typical daily diet look like?

 

[NY Muscle]

so i gotta say.. i am a fan!! ...

go keto.. go keto

another convert...it was only a matter of time before people started to see the light..


but gh and low carbs... BLAH

 

[wilson6]

"Maybe keeping my carbs this low or under 50 always is the plan for me... "

It's all fun and games to start. Give it a few months.

W6

 

[muskles]

i'm on my 2nd week of a keto diet, too... actually, it's the anabolic diet (where you are on keto for most of the week then you carb up for a day).

doesn't having more fat in your body help control cravings? does for me. i did get tired the 2nd week i tried this diet last time, but this time it's much easier to adjust.

how many carbs do you limit yourself to?

i'm a little confused about being on this diet, though, because W6 (whose opinion i very much respect) doesn't think it's good. i'm on it for now, though, cuz it's the easiest diet for me to stick to. if i give myself any carbs, it's too easy to let myself get out of control. on this one, i know if i have to many carbs i screw up the whole thing.

 

[muskles]

oh yeh

plus, what could be wrong with a diet where every morning after the jog i get to have back and eggs? mmm

 

[muskles]

oops.. that was BACON and eggs

 

[Fatback]

OK, so spats are you saying I should adapt the anabolic diet style where during the week I'm on a high protein, low carb cycle then load on the weekend?

 

[muskles]

on the anabolic diet you're supposed to have a higher fat content since that is where you're energy is coming from instead of carbs. however, you are right that i SHOULD eat more cleanly than bacon.. alright after it runs out i will buy no more of it i only eat it in the mornings, tho (4 slices). damn u spatts, always pushing us on to eat cleaner... and work harder... keep it up

 

[muskles]

just wondering...

supergirl,

what r ur goals right now, and why did u choose the keto diet to achieve them? wondering because it doesn't seem to be a very popular diet on this board.

 

[Sapphire]

supergirl, I'm with you....low carb is the way to go. No moodiness, and tons of energy...who would've thought?

 

[supergirl]

Re: just wondering...

supergirl,

what r ur goals right now, and why did u choose the keto diet to achieve them? wondering because it doesn't seem to be a very popular diet on this board.

i am looking to get ripped for a figure show in april..
i think our diets are really similar.. it is cyclical.. 6 down, one up (carb loading)
but all is well!!! feeling good and keeping the caffeine high lol

 

[wilson6]

"and tons of energy...who would've thought"

You must not be training very hard. I'm not knocking the diet, just the principle. You can't use fat during high intensity exercise and you can't replenish muscle glycogen very well on a low carb diet. What NY does will work, but chronic low carbs with nothing to boost you for daily workouts is simply a physiological/biochemical impossibility. One day of carbs per week is fine if you don't do much to exhaust muscle glycogen.

The other issue is how much fat you include in the diet. Many on Keto diets add fat. This makes no sense because you can only get so much fat into Krebs then it goes to ketone bodies. While muscle, brain and such can use ketones, they are not as efficient a fuel source as glycogen for high intensity work. In addition, because of this limitation to oxidize fat, the fat you eat slows the release of fat from body stores.

Sure the keto diets work, I just don't believe they are optimal to maintain muscle mass unless you're juicing pretty heavy.

W6

 

[tripleV]

I tried keto before, and to be blatantly honest, i could not stand it , i could not train, i couldnt make 2 days without needed carbs..so i prefer to cycle my carbs, i dont have much of a science behind it, just more carbs some days, less others..

spatts do you have a carb cycling diet posted anywahere?

 

[doc_pup]

W6, I'm gonna have to disagree, it takes at least two days to deplete the muscle glycogen, and after that the ketones provide an awesome energy source, btw, i train like a mofo, so it can't be that.

 

[NY Muscle]

the diet works and if you do it right its amazing...if you do the regular 5 day keto 2 day carb up or 6 day keto 1 day carb up...(carb day should be TONS of carbs LOW fat and high protein) you will have the needed energy in the gym..the acutual workout week is only 3 days...so mon/tue/wed...by tuesday you still have circulating glucose from the carb up, by wednesday you should be pretty much depleted again if you worked out hard enough..........thur, fri, sat and sun..you do no weights so no need to worry about the lack of muscle gycogen and subesquent catabolic state you *may* be in (i say may because some people say ketones and/or ketosis is anticataboic in and of itself)... my experience with the carb up was.. for 2 days after carb up i was still having INSANE pumps and strength in the gym.. i even set personal bests in the gym with different lifts...all on low carbs and at 7am in the morning...the carb up is insane, and i used to always get psyched for the workout the day after carb up...usually did chest, back and tris that day.

oh and tuesday was shldrs and tris. wed was legs.

 

[NY Muscle]

but of course you can skip the carb ups, and just do pre and/or post workout carbs. and maybe carb up once every 2 weeks or so.

 

[supergirl]

the diet works and if you do it right its amazing...if you do the regular 5 day keto 2 day carb up or 6 day keto 1 day carb up...(carb day should be TONS of carbs LOW fat and high protein) you will have the needed energy in the gym..the acutual workout week is only 3 days...so mon/tue/wed...by tuesday you still have circulating glucose from the carb up, by wednesday you should be pretty much depleted again if you worked out hard enough..........thur, fri, sat and sun..you do no weights so no need to worry about the lack of muscle gycogen and subesquent catabolic state you *may* be in (i say may because some people say ketones and/or ketosis is anticataboic in and of itself)... my experience with the carb up was.. for 2 days after carb up i was still having INSANE pumps and strength in the gym.. i even set personal bests in the gym with different lifts...all on low carbs and at 7am in the morning...the carb up is insane, and i used to always get psyched for the workout the day after carb up...usually did chest, back and tris that day.

oh and tuesday was shldrs and tris. wed was legs.

what he said lol..
plus i am on gh and 10mg of var and mad eca.. and my lifts are still cool..
i go light 2 sets with one heavy set and train 4 days a week..

Lyle McDonald has a book out explaining the cyclical keto diet with carb up days etc.. great reading, although i just had some friends that worked with him on that book help me...

but so far so good..

 

[supergirl]

Do we get a 4 week update?

What's your height, weight, and bf% anyway? I heard you're a fucking monster!

You totally heard wrong!!! i date a monster, but i am not one lol

i am competing in figure..i am currently 5'5 135 16.5% bf.. that was at the beginning of week 4..

still doing keto.. 5 down, 2 up.. still training heavy (2 sets of 15 reps, 3rd set of 6 reps) strength is up nicely and i am not losing muscle, just bodyfat.. haven't started any cardio yet either.. waiting til like week 8..

so i am only a monster at heart and in bed hehehee

i will post some progress pics soon.. i promise