Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Ive been eating everything in sight for the past 3 months while bulking. I am a slob. I really gotta start to cut. I have a felling my insulin response is very screwed up from my eating habits. I was considering goin 2 weeks with no carbs to get back on the right track. Any thoughts?
Hows 2 weeks of no carbs to start a diet sound?
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Mr.X
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muscelove said:
It will take your body at least 2-3 weeks to adapt to ketosis, so 2 weeks of low-carb dieting might be slightly beneficial, but not to any major accord. I suggest at least a 12 week diet to get your bodyfat levels back to lower #s.
Agent Dana Scully
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Low carb, or 0 carb? Try 0 carb for 2 weeks if you have the will power, you'll see a difference.
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Mr.X
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Agent Dana Scully said:
0 carbs is near impossible to reach (not impossible of course), a lot of seemingly carb-free products contain a carb or two. It's fairly hard to keep around 20-30 carbs per day, but most CKD dieters have to do it.
Lifterforlife
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If your insulin sensitivity is that screwed up, and you think you are now insulin resistant, I would suggest as a first step "cleaning" up your diet. You say you have been eating everything in site for the last 3 months.
Change your crappy carbs/foods in general to insulin friendly (creating insulin sensitivity) ones. Trade in your crappy carbs for good whole grains and fiber. Eat plenty of lean proteins.
Doing this alone instead of plunging headlong into some CKD diet will allow your body to adjust at an acceptible rate, and spare lean mss. Jumping right into a CKD may in fact be traumatic to the body and make it react in a negative way. Add healthy fats, and research shows this will for sure increase insulin sensitivity.
Then ease into a sensible dieting scheme of your choice.
Change your crappy carbs/foods in general to insulin friendly (creating insulin sensitivity) ones. Trade in your crappy carbs for good whole grains and fiber. Eat plenty of lean proteins.
Doing this alone instead of plunging headlong into some CKD diet will allow your body to adjust at an acceptible rate, and spare lean mss. Jumping right into a CKD may in fact be traumatic to the body and make it react in a negative way. Add healthy fats, and research shows this will for sure increase insulin sensitivity.
Then ease into a sensible dieting scheme of your choice.
Agent Dana Scully
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Mr.X said:
I knew someone would say something like this, which is why i should've put a disclaimer. Everything contians carbs, when i mean 0, its an exageration. When i mean 0, i mean just eating Meet that you cook, nothing prepackaged, not even crap that claims to be 0 carb with sugar alcohols, etc...
Straight protein, and fats.
I usually just cook my own meats, eat my sesame and olive oils, take my fiber and supplements, eat teaspoons of mayonase here and there. Thats it, thats what i mean by 0 carb.
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Mr.X
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Agent Dana Scully said:
Basically a CKD related diet, under 20-30 carbs is what you meant.
cyrex
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no carbs for 2 weeks is a great way to lose 10 lbs for a wrestling match or fit into a just slightly too small pair of jeans for 1 day. It's a great short-term solution that will not last. Move to something like a CKD where you put carbs back in once a week and now you have a recipe for success, but again, this is nothing that anyone should maintain for life.
First make some life changes:
NO SODA EVER!
Fruit Juices on special occasions or as part of something prepared special
make water 95+% of your beverage intake
Send McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Sonic, White Castle, Krystal, KFC, Long John Silvers, Chik-Fil-A, Hardy's, Arby's, Baskin Robins, Dairy Queen, etc goodbye letters because you will never visit them again. EVER!
Say goodbye to the Soda/Potato Chip aisle at the grocery store and that you will only be there to visit for New Years, Super Bowl, Grill out parties, etc.
Say good bye to the little debbie/snack cake area in the grocery store also (never go back).
Try that by itself to start and see if you can hack it first.
If doing all of the above would not be that dramatic of a change, then consider doing a CKD, cause otherwise your rebound will not be good.
First make some life changes:
NO SODA EVER!
Fruit Juices on special occasions or as part of something prepared special
make water 95+% of your beverage intake
Send McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Sonic, White Castle, Krystal, KFC, Long John Silvers, Chik-Fil-A, Hardy's, Arby's, Baskin Robins, Dairy Queen, etc goodbye letters because you will never visit them again. EVER!
Say goodbye to the Soda/Potato Chip aisle at the grocery store and that you will only be there to visit for New Years, Super Bowl, Grill out parties, etc.
Say good bye to the little debbie/snack cake area in the grocery store also (never go back).
Try that by itself to start and see if you can hack it first.
If doing all of the above would not be that dramatic of a change, then consider doing a CKD, cause otherwise your rebound will not be good.
NJjuice22
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Mr.X said:
I am sure you are right on the money as far as Ketosis goes. But lemme tell ya..coming from someone who eats like a pig most of the time. as soon as I go no carb..i lose 10 lbs (im sure some is water) the first 2 weeks. I think my body is so used to having junk food and tons of sugar that the second I cut the carbs I start shedding fat like a crazy mofo.
