What diet?

[Bobby]

I've just been doing searches and reading your guy's debates on diets for a few hours now and I am pretty much exctly where I started... Some guys are praising this keto diet others are saying its horible and I am siting on the fence. It sounds like it is the diet for me becuase its for mainly losing weight and not so much gaining muscle, and thats all I really want. I will probably lift after I lose weight but first I wanna feel good bout taking my shirt off... Do you guys think I should do the keto diet and cut down my fat first or I am also considering a 40-30-30 c/p/f but it sounds like the second diet will take me longer to cut the weight but I can gain muscle while I am doing it is that how it works? What do you guys think I should do or should I just try both diets and see what works for me? Thanks for any help guys...

 

[diamonddiceclay]

on a keto diet you will drop fat, but have a hard time keeping strength up-a 40-30-30 diet will be better for strength and muscle, but you cannot get as cut as you would from keto

 

[javaguru]

I do best on a 40-40-20 diet but everyone needs to experiment to see what works best for them. However, once you get below 10% bodyfat bodybuilders need a keto diet or very low carb diet to get really lean(6% bf) unless their setpoint is very low.

 

[KWKSLVR]

I'm sitting in your boat, going the keto thing. Lose weight first, then do a little lifting to get toned. Like the above post, try 'em all and see what works best for you. Give the keto 2 weeks, and follow it precisely, and you should know by then if its going to work for you.

 

[gymtime]

Pick one! Don't waste time looking for consensus on this board, you'll never find it!

Any diet that you've read about will be better than what you're doing now. Pick the one that most appeals to you and do it! Give it at least 2-3 months. If it's not working for you by then, which is unlikely, pick another one.

And I strongly suggest that you not simply try dieting alone. Get in the gym and diet at the same time. If you diet without excercise, your results will come much more slowly and it will be harder for you to stick with.

So stop wasting time by overanalyzing. All the diets you've read about here are sound diets. Some just work better for some people than for others. The only way for you to figure that out is to pick one and try it out.

That is all.

 

[2ordinary]

I am also considering a 40-30-30 c/p/f

If you do happen to go with this diet, I would go for a 40/30/30 p/c/f, and not c/p/f. Later