Anabolic Diet. Need Help please.

[gu3mute]

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forums and I need some help!
I'm 18 yrs old, 5'10", ~140lbs. For the past three weeks I have been trying to follow the anabolic diet. My particular diet is this.
Breakfast- 4 egg omelet with cheese, 4 slices of bacon
Snack - 3 sticks/oz string cheese, ~2oz. pepperoni
Lunch - 2 slices yellow cheese, steak/burger/chicken I don't know how much
Snack - 1/2 cup cottage cheese
Dinner - chicken/porkchops
Snack - 3 sticks/oz string cheese, ~2oz. pepperoni

I understood that I should have gone into ketosis? during the first two weeks. Should I have felt or noticed a difference? The only changes I have noticed are maybe a slight increase in vascularity, during the first two weeks I went from 140 lbs to 135 lbs. After the 3rd week I am back at 140 lbs.

I'm thinking this diet is not very healthy long term. I would like to replace the pepperonis with something else that is easy but I am not sure what. I can't really think of a good question to ask but any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[gu3mute]

I didn't ask in the last post, but what do you think the 5lbs I lost and gained were made of? Thanks.

 

[Eaglesguy]

If you're 18 years old, 5'10 and 140lbs, my personal feeling is that you dont need to trying that type of diet. I cant imagine that you're too fat at only 140lbs. I would suggest a 40/30/30 (pro/carb/fat) breakdown of your diet and hit the weights while your body is naturally growing.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

male...female?

goals?

we can not say what the 5lbs are in any way... could be all water, muscle, or fat.

 

[alex2678]

male...female?

goals?

we can not say what the 5lbs are in any way... could be all water, muscle, or fat.

That's what I was saying. If you're a guy at that weight I really woudn't go on the anabolic diet. I used it as a bulk with good success but I store bodyfat fairly easy. It doesn't look like that fits your description from your stats.

If you're a female, 5'10 140 lbs. is already fairly thin. (Correct me if I'm wrong ladies ) Going down any further would look really unhealthy in my opinion.

 

[Kold_Killa]

ture, a 140 and 5'10 lady is, how do u say.. NICE

 

[*Bunny*]

That's what I was saying. If you're a guy at that weight I really woudn't go on the anabolic diet. I used it as a bulk with good success but I store bodyfat fairly easy. It doesn't look like that fits your description from your stats.

If you're a female, 5'10 140 lbs. is already fairly thin. (Correct me if I'm wrong ladies ) Going down any further would look really unhealthy in my opinion.

Nope you got it
Even with that lanky model frame, yes it is, esp @ 5'10. Unless it's skinny fat which is what I'm ass-u-ming ... and that is not very attractive at all

 

[Makavelli]

In order to get into ketosis quickly you may need to completely eliminate protein from your first 3 meals after the carb load. I've found this to be very effective in achieving ketosis quickly. Drink flax oil.

 

[gu3mute]

Yep I'm male. I haven't figured the protein/carb/fat yet. I'm takin fish and flax seed pills. I'll try the diet a couple more weeks and see what happens. If I'm not happy maybe I'll try the Anthony Ellis thing. Though I have noticed increased vascularity so i hope that conitnues. =D

 

[dce2956]

What are your goals? I'm assuming that cause you're doing the anabolic diet that you're trying to get bigger. If this is the case, at 18 i'd say just follow a normal clean bulking diet, round 3000-3750 cals a day. don't forget carbs! It's hard as hell for anyone (me especially!) go have a good day in the gym without any carbs in them. Ketosis is great if you're trying to get down that last 10 lbs. that's driven you nuts for a while, and you already have enough muscle to support it, but i certainly don't reccomend it for bulking, or for someone as small as you. eat, eat, eat, but eat clean.