DAY 8 - 177.4 LBS
Todays training will be:
I woke up feeling fine, but I took 3 doses of a nootropic supplement and suddenly I am absolutely exhausted. I have a feeling I am mentally taxed.
Today will require a second shift at work, so i am at home to rest up, then a second shift, and then off to the gym for the above workout.
I will use the layout for rest pause that @danteism was so awesome as to help me with, and will post my log afterwards.
So, a good session?
yes, very good. i still should have lost several POUNDS of water weight, and so far nothing.
Itāll come off, just relax
In fact, relaxing may be just the thing you need, because itās highly likely that you are holding water due to stress (seeing that you feel mentally exhausted)
DAY 9(?) - 178.4 LBS
Oddly enough, I am back to where i was when i started. I am going to lower calories today best I can, and the carb load starts this weekend.
Today is slow cardio. Nothing extraordinary to report.
DAY 11 - 176.6 LB
Today will be a fun day.
@danteism I have a question about calories going forward.
I have two different options.
One is to do the CKD anabolic diet where I am on a 5/2 schedule
The other is to do a CKD where I am going to cycle carbs on workout days.
If i run doggcrapp in a slight deficit, do you see any disaster on the horizon? Can I get away with gauging how I feel?
Actually, a thread on intensemuscle has be convinced to stay the course with anabolic diet.
No more flipping around lol
Anyhow, this is todays workout
Itās possible to run DC on a calorie deficit, guys (and girls) can even get in contest shape while training with doggcrapp (usually they switch over to the 3-way split when they start to feel worn out, but itās still DC)
So you made a decision to stay with anabolic diet?
Yea as I have a proclivity to switch programs and diets and thatās why I made this thread. Accountability.
Once you start sticking to a program and a diet plan and you see the results itāll become much easier to avoid program jumping
Yes, that is correct.
Being that I am now lowering calories, I think I will stick to the 3 on 4 off template when I feel i am starting to fall off.
I want to have a workout on friday and one on sunday. so that I can carb load during friday/saturdayā¦ Working out first and then starting the load is usually best, and then sunday I can have a great carbed up workout, setting up the keto cycle for monday.
Does that make sense?
With that, I will skip todayās workout and push it to tomorrow.
Besides, I am absolutely empty today. Slept poorly last night, and would be better off working a double shift and then cardio for tonight.
Makes sense to me, you if I were you I would train on Friday, Sunday and Tuesday so you get the maximum benefit from the carb loading (and do cardio on off days of course)
Iād probably start loading just before Fridayās session (probably one carb/protein meal meal + and a pre-workout snack containing carbs before training), but do as the diet plan tells you
Smart choice, DC is great because itās flexible like that
I may.
In Lyle McDonaldās excellent āultimate diet 2.0ā he has dieters eat 30g protein and around 30g fast acting carbohydrates that are simple fructose based (or sucrose but fruit works best) pre workout so as to replenish liver glycogen rapidly and setup the carb load.
His diet calls for a full body tension workout which I wish I could do and work into DC trainings cycles.
It is an amazing diet and Iāve done it but the diet calls for insane carb depletion workouts and isnāt worth it for me now at such a high bodyfat level.
Hence why the tension workout isnāt that necessary. He also has his dieters eating around 1000g carbs per load and so you need to have optimal muscle absorption.
Makes sense. Anabolic diet isnāt as crazy and I donāt plan going overboard.
AN IDEA IS THISā¦
I may just take 2500/ day (a daily deficit of around 500 I figure) and split that amongst the week. Taper toward the end of the week. This way Friday/Sunday/Tuesday have more calories and I can taper down with a deficit after recovery on these days towards the end of the week.
That could work really well, just make sure you donāt go overboard with it
You that that feeling about me, huh? Yes, I will keep it in check.
I like calorie cycling and keeping it a little complicated works for my psychology.
MAY 19, 2017 ~ DAY 12 ~ 176 LB
So, woke up at 176 even, which is fine.
Energy is good, and I will post up the calorie plan later on.
Today I need to work a split shift, then train. Wont train until later this evening.
Will check in later, or tomorrow.
Iāve just noticed that if there are too many moving parts and fancy words itās easy to get lost (and after some time you may catch yourself thinking āI can manage with 1200 Calories on a low dayā)
Thatās why the only thing that I alter between training days and non-training days is wether or not I consume my peri-workout nutrition (lots of fast-acting carbs and whey/aminos there)
That way I donāt lose myself in the process
But Iām the other hand Iāve seen calorie cycling lead great fat loss, so if you can handle yourself go ahead
Iāve never tried to do proper calorie cycling so thisāll be a good learning experience. Iāve done carb cycling but that isnāt what this will be.
Iām looking forward to seeing updates about that too!
