So I'm thinking about starting a CKD, i need some meal ideas.

[OneBreath]

ugh. im still so exhausted. last night i didnt do any strenuous yard work, sort of took the night off. didnt go to the gym. stayed low carb, but had 2000 or so calories. probably not that big of deal, as the previous 2 days i had 1150 or so. i have a carb up scheduled for next weekend, so im wanting to hit the gym pretty hard between now and then, but on the other hand, i feel like my body is completely wiped out. so should i just stay low carb until then, take the week of from the gym this week, rest, and hit it hard on monday? plus, this weekend is alot more yard work. ALOT. i dont want to risk getting sick or anything.

i still look and feel quite small, despite the fact i havent been that strict. maybe a little break is what i needed.

That's a tough one. I would probably just do cardio for the rest of the week. You don't want to overtrain with weights because that could kill metabolism. Even high intensity cardio can do it. I would just do some steady state 45 min at a heart rate of 145 or something.

I've been sick as hell and somehow managed to get in all 3 workouts this week. It probably wasn't too smart but i'm glad i pulled it off. Rest for me today and tomorrow.

 

[ironwings]

i was getting tired as hell at work and coulndnt handle it so i changed my diet to 40p/30c/30f....still keeping the cals low, 2100
after 2 days ive gained about 1,5 kgs so today im back doing the ckd.

how will i be able not to get fat when im done whit the diet, ill gain all water and fat back fast as hell....

You'll be fine.

I went off 2 weeks ago. Ate at maintenance the first week with a splurge at the end of the week and this week ate below maintenance and continued a fairly low carb diet. I have continued to lose weight (assuming it is fat and not muscle). If you are going to ramp uo your calories when you go off do so gradually. Add carbs back in gradually as well - timing them around mornings and pre/post workouts. It will probably take 2 - 3 weeks for your body to adjust off the diet. The biggest thing is ensuring you have readjusted your maintenance caloried to your new lower weight!



Hang in there....

 

[marcu_s]

im having a carb up day on sunday.
any advice on anything good i can eat=)?

 

[ironwings]

im having a carb up day on sunday.
any advice on anything good i can eat=)?

LOL - what types of food do you like? Anything high sugar, low fat.

Cereals are a great choice, fruit, No Pudge Brownie mix is a favorite of mine with low fat ice cream, pancakes and syrup, fat free muffins, low fat pop tarts, white bread...

Have fun with it. I ate things that I hadn't eaten in over 5 years. Take advantage of it! It helped me to go to the grocery store and rummage about before I bought anything. After making my choices I was careful to only buy what I would be consuming. I ate about every 2 hours (which is not something I typically do) and by the late evening I changed my carb source to lower GI foods. My best advice is to find things that you enjoy but also have satiety to them. Typically foods that are not calorie dense (which will be the case with these foods) can easily be overeaten because they are not filling.

 

[marcu_s]

ahh im so depressed now.
im loosing weight but im just so hungry all the time.

yesterday when we didnt find a parkinglot i was forced to go into Subway to pick a good sub for my mom...all those cookies and subs!
i want to start gaining weight in 2-3 weeks...but first i want to loose about 1kg+...

im taking a weeks break from the gym...have 3 days left, but doing 40-50 mins of cardio everyday still.

have been doing under 30 g of carbs one week now.....if i tonight before bed would eat 2 subs and a big sack of sweets, do u guys think it would ruin everything?

keep me motivated now!

 

[ironwings]

ahh im so depressed now.
im loosing weight but im just so hungry all the time.

yesterday when we didnt find a parkinglot i was forced to go into Subway to pick a good sub for my mom...all those cookies and subs!
i want to start gaining weight in 2-3 weeks...but first i want to loose about 1kg+...

im taking a weeks break from the gym...have 3 days left, but doing 40-50 mins of cardio everyday still.

have been doing under 30 g of carbs one week now.....if i tonight before bed would eat 2 subs and a big sack of sweets, do u guys think it would ruin everything?

keep me motivated now!

Are you doing refeed's? No wonder you are hungry all the time - looks like your training is exhausting you. Are your workouts times around the refeeds?

Hope you didn't eat the bag of sweets! Certainly one time would not kill you but the problem with sugar and refined carbs are that they so often create cravings for more - making you hungrier and more miserable than before.

Hang in there....however, there is no reason you should feel hungry all the time.

 

[marcu_s]

well.....i ate it...and ate some more food and icecream and....a whole lot.
not as much as i use too thou so....but i proberbly ate 5-700 g carbs whitin a 2-3 hour period....

i first thought that maybe i could wait out the whole day and later on the night do my reefeeds....beacause its the nights that my hunger starts.
then i remembered that a carbup should be atleast 24 hours so....there goes my idea..

 

[OneBreath]

well.....i ate it...and ate some more food and icecream and....a whole lot.
not as much as i use too thou so....but i proberbly ate 5-700 g carbs whitin a 2-3 hour period....

i first thought that maybe i could wait out the whole day and later on the night do my reefeeds....beacause its the nights that my hunger starts.
then i remembered that a carbup should be atleast 24 hours so....there goes my idea..

700 grams in 3 hours is pretty hardcore! Don't over think it, base it on how you feel. 3 hours may work for you. If you feel pumped and have insane workouts the 2 days afterwards then you did well. If the first workout is insane and the 2nd one sucks, then you didn't get enough. If you're weight doesn't go back down to baseline in 4 days then you might have had too much.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

one breath i havent had a chance to read all the posts, but i remember you saying we both had that genetic bullshit with the obliques sticking out a lot, how is this diet helping with that?

 

[OneBreath]

one breath i havent had a chance to read all the posts, but i remember you saying we both had that genetic bullshit with the obliques sticking out a lot, how is this diet helping with that?

I can see it and ironwings has also commented that my waistline from the back has never been more narrow. My waist in general is 33 which is the lowest its been since probably high school but that lower back love handle flab is the stuff that most stubborn for me.

Manipulating carbs definitely seems to be working. I've also been doing the intermittent fasting that i've mentioned previously and i think that has helped with both fat loss and insulin sensitivity. The jury is still out on that one i think. I'm not ready to recommend it just yet.