My CKD Results

[nybuddha]

u guys seem to very supportive of newbies and was wondering if you can answer a few questions.

how strenuous are your excercises while on this diet?
1hr of cardio or more a day? do you lift to gain strength and build mass or just to keep fit?

when you have very little time or no time or just too tired to cook what do you do? any tips on some easy to prepare meals like in the microwave or ready to eat or canned stuff i can buy at the store or supermarket?

 

[flexygrl]

I think most people can only hope to maintain their strenghth on CKD. You really shouldn't count on making any gains.

Prepare, prepare, prepare. Make sure you have the food available to you. I usually cook for 3-4 days straight.

If you don't carb up at all you are basically just doing Atkins.


If you are greater than 15%bf for men or 20%bf for women you have enough fat to sustain you, so a carb up once a week isn't necessary. Maybe every 2 weeks instead, or a half day carb up. Carbing up is what makes CKD different than atkins. Carbing up, enables you to still train in the gym, if I am correct.

Good luck.

 

[the nature boy]

pretty much realized that aspertame is probably kicking me out of ketosis. fuck. I love aspertame (diet dr pepper espeically)

 

[beastboy]

u guys seem to very supportive of newbies and was wondering if you can answer a few questions.

how strenuous are your excercises while on this diet?
1hr of cardio or more a day? do you lift to gain strength and build mass or just to keep fit?

when you have very little time or no time or just too tired to cook what do you do? any tips on some easy to prepare meals like in the microwave or ready to eat or canned stuff i can buy at the store or supermarket?

Flexygrl pretty much explained it, but I'll expand on it a bit....

When in ketosis your body is in a state of using and burning fat for fuel....therefor you are not going to grow...although that is possible if you are working out the day or two after your refeed. This diet is not meant to gain mass....so don't attempt to do so.

I put as much effort into my workouts now then I did before, but i can tell a difference in strenght....but I sill give it all I can. As far as cardio, I recommend against it...but for some it is a good thing....but id you are going to do it, keep it a low/mod intensity if you are going to do 20 minutes or more. I think sprints are a good alternative to the above, though.

Microwave, huh? LOL...this is a diet for the most part you need to cook...so pre-cook your food so you can heat it up later or the next day....if you are in a bind, you can always he lunch meat and cheese....a salad (for me that is just lettuce, cheese, and Ranch)...or I like Steak Um....microwaving them is good..add some cheese and mayo and you have a good meal.

Hope this helps, and good luck.




Nature Boy....I may have a problem with aspartame too...I drink 3-4 Diet Dr. Pepprers a day....it takes forever to get into ketosis, but once I'm in, the diet pop doesn't seem to kick me out. I think next week, I am going to stick with just water and see how it goes......I'm still stumped at my plateau though.....I'm going to keep my carb up this weekend to 12 hours and try to cut out all the saturated fat.....stick with bread and pasta, and see if that seems to help me at all. Last weekend I had 4 ice cream Snickers...Pancakes...French Toast....Nachos....Apple Cake....and a bunch of other crap. I just need to use more restraint when it comes to the refeeds.

 

[koolzero]

Today was my first refeed after being on CKD for 10 days. I'm going to try and get back into ketosis tommorow and do leg work outs and then a full body circuit on friday. And then I'll try not to do another carb up for 10 days.

I haven't lost any weight yet. I'll weigh myself one day and see some loss then weigh the next day and I'll have gained it back and then some. I'll check to see if I'm in ketosis and the stix say I am.

I can't tell what I'm doing wrong. Is it possible to be losing fat but not actually show any change in the scale? I maybe losing inches but I didn't measure.

I'm just a little frustrated, I figured I would show a little bit of progress after 10 days.

 

[PancakeFiend]

How do you look in the mirror? Do your clothes fit better? If you answered yes to both of those questions and your weight on the scale has remained nearly constant then you've done a good job of retaining muscle and losing some fat. Otherwise try throwing in morning cardio after a light meal, upping the calories some and creating a deficit by increasing overall energy.

 

[beastboy]

There are alot of water weight fluctuations on this diet, so the watching the scale can be nerve racking.....write you starting weight down. And then maybe weigh yourself once a week. Also...make sure you are below maint. on your calories.

Yesterday morning I was 194.....this AM I was 190.5.

 

[koolzero]

If I weigh myself first thing in the morning I'll be about 4 lbs lighter. Later on in the day I must be getting heavier due to the water I'm drinking...

Doh' I'm retainin water

 

[beastboy]

If you are retaining it then you wouldn't be lighter in the morning.

 

[nybuddha]

thanks for all the info so far a few more questions and i think im set. when should i weigh myself, in the morning or at night and on an empty or full stomach?, so i can correctly figure out the ratios. how long does it take to get into ketosis? if i dont hit ketosis im guessing i should skip the carb up phase at the end of the week. i know dietary fibers wont kick you out of ketosis but will it prevent you from getting into ketosis if you are first starting out? macadamia nuts have alot of carbs but alot of it comes from dietary fiber. while following this diet do i need to adjust anything for the calorie deficit i create when doing cardio and lifting? im planning on doing like an hr of cardio and a few exercises for the upper and lower body.


thanks again