Iam 43 years old, 6’0 195 lbs, about 10% bodyfat–mostly all beer. :))
I follow a high fat.mod protein, low carb diet. Most of my fat is coconut oil, eggs, and steak. I FEEL great on this plan,but LOOK better with more carbs and feel worse. I’ve tried adding a carb meal every 4-6 days but its not meeting my satisfaction. Due to work and my own dislike for eating every 3 hours, I adopted the higher fat diet. I can have eggs in the morning and easily not eat til 1-2 pm. I am finding the more carbs I eat the more often I have to eat. I don’t like this feeling of HAVING to eat.
Also, funny thing is. I am much more defined when I DON’T eat red meat. Why is this?
I don’t know, I guess I am trying to find the best scenario where I can eat the way i want to, add some carbs and lose some bodyfat without muscle.
Im finding that sadly I cannot go too high with carbs myself even when bulking or I get soft within a month or so. Anything over 300g a day from even clean carb sources tends to give me a soft look. I am now at about 100g a day cardio days and 150g a day on workout days. I keep them to breakfast and then pre and post lift, about 50 grams a meal. Been working just fine for gaining strength, getting lean and having energy to train, recover, function day to day.
For being 26 and mostly ecto body type, you would think I could handle higher carbs! Damn genetics!