Atkins Diet

[BIGJuice]

Hey I just started the Atkins diet about 4 days ago...Can you eat as much as you want as long as no carbs/sugar? How many grams of carbs can u intake per day? Can I drink 1 serving of NitroTech Protein which is 6 grams for two scoops? Let me know...Diet soda? Any snack ideas? etc. Thanks.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

no u can not eat as much as you want
fact more calories eaten than used up = weight gain!

Induction stage is about 20g max carbs a day then after a few weeks u slowly add until u no longer lose weight or something like that

 

[sawastea]

If you started any diet, you should know what you're getting into beforehand...

Anyway, I'd recommend CKD over the Atkins diet

http://www.c-k-d.com

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

sawastea, indeed and if u are training bb and ur primary focus is fat loss then yes a CKD would be better than a straight atkins

 

[ohashi]

Explain to me how you can be on a diet for any number of days without even knowing how many carbs you're allowed to have.

 

[georgie24]

do a ckd

 

[westsnoop]

Without insulin release how is fat gained? I know it is observable that you can eat too many calories on keto, but HOW is the fat added?

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

westsnoop any excess calories are stored as fat

 

[westsnoop]

BFA, I'm interested in the mechanism by which fat is stored w/o insulin as the driver. There are people who ascribe magical properties to keto and claim to be able to eat ungodly amounts of calories without weight gain because insulin is suppressed.

 

[slugfast6868]

I would have to agree that any excess calories would be stored as fat. I thought the purpose of Ketosis was to be in a lipolic environment where fat is the primary source of fuel, and if you consume too much fat, couldn't it also be added as well? losing weight is when calories out are greater than calories in, as putting on weight is when you are eating more then expending.

Ill look it up in Lyle's book The Ketogenic Diet, and see if there are any medical explanations and possibly post something later tonight if so