Dieting on High Carbs???

[SouthernLord]

I lost six pounds last week. Body fat has not changed, but I was expecting this initial loss of water. My calorie intake a is up and down everyday depending on the day, but never over maintenance and never under 20% of maintenance. I've been killing the cardio. 4 miles in thirty minutes is an all time PR for me. OF course I have never tried to run that far before. Good shit so far. I will keep posted.

 

[timtim]

I lost six pounds last week. Body fat has not changed, but I was expecting this initial loss of water. My calorie intake a is up and down everyday depending on the day, but never over maintenance and never under 20% of maintenance. I've been killing the cardio. 4 miles in thirty minutes is an all time PR for me. OF course I have never tried to run that far before. Good shit so far. I will keep posted.

try hiit cardio sl. you have one of those step machines at your gym where the stairs role out like an escalator? hiit is where its at and you dont even need to run. you can use the treadmill and increase the incline and speed and do hiit that way too. it works and its not taxing on the knees or muscle mass.

 

[SouthernLord]

try hiit cardio sl. you have one of those step machines at your gym where the stairs role out like an escalator? hiit is where its at and you dont even need to run. you can use the treadmill and increase the incline and speed and do hiit that way too. it works and its not taxing on the knees or muscle mass.

Yeah I am trying to mix it up.

I have never ran anywhere in my life lol and I just wanted to see what I could do in thirty minutes. First time was 3.6 miles and yesterday I hit 4 miles in 27 minutes. Of course this is on the treadmill. My mileage would vary on the pavement. This is not something I plan on doing frequently either. I do not want to run my leg mass off and it does bother my knees.

I have also been doing HIIT as you mentioned on the stepmill. I will do thirty minutes on the step mill at an 8.0 setting. I alternate one minute upright without hanging on and one minute leaning over while hanging on. This makes me pour sweat.

As far as incline treadmill HIIT. What do you recommend? Say, start at 3.5 mph and a 5 degree incline while working up to a 15 degree incline in one to two minute intervals? I was thinking about trying this out tomorrow.

 

[timtim]

Yeah I am trying to mix it up.

I have never ran anywhere in my life lol and I just wanted to see what I could do in thirty minutes. First time was 3.6 miles and yesterday I hit 4 miles in 27 minutes. Of course this is on the treadmill. My mileage would vary on the pavement. This is not something I plan on doing frequently either. I do not want to run my leg mass off and it does bother my knees.

I have also been doing HIIT as you mentioned on the stepmill. I will do thirty minutes on the step mill at an 8.0 setting. I alternate one minute upright without hanging on and one minute leaning over while hanging on. This makes me pour sweat.

As far as incline treadmill HIIT. What do you recommend? Say, start at 3.5 mph and a 5 degree incline while working up to a 15 degree incline in one to two minute intervals? I was thinking about trying this out tomorrow.[/QUOTE]

i usually do the stepmill, 10 30 second sprints at level 12, then down to level 3 for 30 seconds. from here i go to the treadmill. 2 minutes at 3.0 incline 15, 2 minutes at 4.0 incline 5. i then vary the speeds depending on how i feel. total workout with the stepmill is 30 minutes. killer!

 

[rikishi]

I eat a very high carb diet and I'm losing bodyfat by a pretty good margin everyday. However, my metabolism is rather fast so my body may be different than yours. I eat 700-1000g of carbs a day depending on how much weightlifting I do.

The key is WHEN you eat carbs. If you load up on them when your glycogen is low, you will never store them as fat.

For breakfast, I eat 300 g of carbs every day. It's a mix of simple and complex carbs (5 whole wheat bagels at manhattan bagel, which contain sugar and white barley mix). This restores glycogen. I also eat over 300 g of carbs postworkout. I go to Papa John's and eat an entire whole wheat pizza with tomato sauce on top, and no cheese. That's probably 350 g carbs.

So I'm already up to 650 g carbs, and none of that is ever stored as fat. It goes right to my glycogen deposits. I now have 3-4 other means to eat of 80-100 g carbs each meal. So, besides the two meals when my glycogen is low, I eat moderate (complex, though) carbs. However, protein intake is very high, I eat well over 400 g per day.


So, I'm an example of a high carb diet that still allows me to lose fat. I do have a fast metabolism, though, so you may not be able to eat as many carbs as me all at once and be able to burn it like I do.

 

[desmond]

SL: You can't do true HIIT on a treadmill (because the high intensity parts need to be MAX intensity the entire time, which can't happen on a treadmill, because initially you can sprint the speed and as it goes longer it becomes harder to sprint the speed), it needs to be on an oval.

True sprinting HIIT on an oval is one of the hardest things to do.

When I was in melbourne, I had access to a 50 floor stairwell, and yeah - that made for some good HIIT too (although slightly dangerous).

You could try a stationary bike for HIIT at very high resistance. If you do it standing and the resistance is high, I have found you can get the HR really high.

 

[desmond]

SL: Oh one last thing.

Note Tom Venuoto says that people who have followed low carb diets for ages, may develop a degree of carb sensitivity.

From my understanding, u have been on a low carb diet for ages, so its possible initially you will have a degree of carb sensitivity (if he's correct on this point). I assume this decreases significantly over the first few weeks. The point of reference is when he refers to bodybuilders who have scrapped carbs in the contest stages, and blimp out after contest

 

[timtim]

SL: You can't do true HIIT on a treadmill (because the high intensity parts need to be MAX intensity the entire time, which can't happen on a treadmill, because initially you can sprint the speed and as it goes longer it becomes harder to sprint the speed), it needs to be on an oval.

True sprinting HIIT on an oval is one of the hardest things to do.

When I was in melbourne, I had access to a 50 floor stairwell, and yeah - that made for some good HIIT too (although slightly dangerous).

You could try a stationary bike for HIIT at very high resistance. If you do it standing and the resistance is high, I have found you can get the HR really high.

i get my heart rate up to 192 without sprinting. does the heart really know if your running? sort of like, does a muscle know how much youre lifting. im 31 so 220 - 31 = 189. im pretty sure my heart rate is getting into the hiit necessary zone. while saving the knees the entire time.

 

[SouthernLord]

SL: Oh one last thing.

Note Tom Venuoto says that people who have followed low carb diets for ages, may develop a degree of carb sensitivity.

From my understanding, u have been on a low carb diet for ages, so its possible initially you will have a degree of carb sensitivity (if he's correct on this point). I assume this decreases significantly over the first few weeks. The point of reference is when he refers to bodybuilders who have scrapped carbs in the contest stages, and blimp out after contest

I was actually expecting this. My cho intake has been a little higher as of late, but not as high as TV recommends. I am eating complex carbs with five of six meals and I have actually dropped some water weight. I was expecting the opposite.

 

[goonieboy2008]

Hi
I believe the best way to start is 50-45% Carbs,30-35% Protein,20-15% Fats.And then you adjust accordingly to your body type or results you are getting or not getting