carb cycling

[*Bunny*]

^^ Sassy I saved this in my docs...hope you don't mind

 

[Sassy69]

^^ Sassy I saved this in my docs...hope you don't mind

Yay!

 

[badgergrl]

Thanks Sassy! That was a very informative post. I know you said you carb cycle for comp prep, but how far out do you start to cycle your carbs? For how many weeks do you personally do this?

 

[Sassy69]

Me - 8-12 weeks. Depends on where I'm at relative to my target date. You can also run different styles of carb cycling as you go -- I'm sure you could identify little stalls if you ran the same carb cycle over & over as well where your body has identified that pattern.

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

Sassy -Wow Wow WoW!! This is great. I'm going to print out & take your post home this weekend, educate myself a bit before I do my grocery shopping.

I was honestly excited to see that you don't have a problem building muscle, but cutting fat is the hard part- only because it sounds a lot like me.

Thank you all for your input... I know what I have to do now... Now it's just a matter of doing it!

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

Me - 8-12 weeks. Depends on where I'm at relative to my target date. You can also run different styles of carb cycling as you go -- I'm sure you could identify little stalls if you ran the same carb cycle over & over as well where your body has identified that pattern.

7.5 weeks out from my 'target' ... the cruise. Looks like I need to start this Monday, or even Sunday after I go grocery shopping.

By the way, glad I could give karma out for this one. Consider yourself hit!

 

[nelmsjer]

MAD props to Sassy for that post! Thank you!

 

[Allie-Cat]

Yikes!! Anybody want to post a weeks example ---I know thats asking alot

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

Yikes!! Anybody want to post a weeks example ---I know thats asking alot

I'm going to start this week (today) with this cycle: a three day no-carb, Day 4 - carb up, Day 4-5 low carb, Day 7 carb up.

I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly, but today (day one no carb) will consist of

meal one
whey protein shake
2 hard boiled egg whites

meal two
90 calories worth of low fat cottage cheese
2 hard boiled egg whites

meal three
salad greens with cukes and peppers
4 oz chicken

meal four
celery
5 oz turkey

workout

meal five
dinner- meat & veggies

Will see how I feel tomorrow. I might need to add in a 1/3 cup oats or a few oz sweet potato by day three??

 

[PawWax]

Sassy - curious why you would do low carb on cardio day? Isn't that when you need the extra energy?