How well does the fat-fast work in combination with other diets? Specifically, if I did strict FF for 5 days then switched to high carbs for 2 days what would result?
Would the rebound factor that others have experienced coming off a full FF be mitigated by such changes or would the body never enter a true state of ketosis, with any resultant weight loss being predominantly water weight.
I know this sounds similar to some of the other diets but I am not sure how the strict FF would combine with the carbs. Perhaps it would be better jsut to do the 1250?
Any comments would be good.
I have done a variation of this diet before myself for 2 weeks. I lost a shitload of fat in that time. I was doing the anabolic diet with some post workout carbs (kind of T-dawg style) for 3 weeks. Then I switched over to a fat fast type diet for 2 weeks while carbing up on weekends. I also ate real food during this time as well. It worked great. Personally I don’t care whether or not I’m in ketosis as long as I lose fat and retain muscle. In fact, right now I just started on Sunday the anabolic diet again. I plan on dieting for a total of 6 weeks, while using 50 sprays of androsol twice daily. Week one will be essentially a regular anabolic diet, with maybe 40g of carbs a day mostly post workout. This will be followed by a 36 hour carb up. I will then do a fat fast type diet for 3 weeks eating regular food, each with a 36 hour carb up after 5 1/2 days on. I will then go back to a regular type of anabolic diet w/ slightly higher carbs. Say just below 100 grams a day. Note: during the fat fast portion I will take one scoop of surge before/during training and one after. Then the last week of the diet will be one week of rougly maintenance level calories with a gradual reintroduction of carbs. I think it should work well judging by my success in the past. However, I am constantly changing and improving upon my diets based on my results that I see. Good luck with your diet.
What you are proposing is similar to Mauro DePasquale’s Anabolic Diet,which advocates 5 days of hi-protein,hi-fat,low carbs(under 30g daily) followed by 2 days of high carb,moderate fat and proein eating.I tried this years back and got shredded,even though I was eating about 4500 cals a day.After the 2 day carb load on the weekend my muscles would have this huge pump that would last all Mon and Tues.From a fat loss point of view it was a success as I did not lose any muscle,I was disappointed however as I was actually using the diet to try and put on mass.I felt weak and tired the whole time,except maybe Monday and Tues after the weekend carb load.However I have read other peoples comments who have used the diet with no such problems.A few years back I met Leo Costa,he had been on the diet for four years and he looked and sounded fine.
I still eat lo-carb,but as my priority is size and strength,I have huge carb feedings(mostly glucose polymers,dried fruit etc)immediately after training,and it works quite well.This kind of set-up allows me the benefits of low carb eating but enables me to keep my glycogen levels topped up nicely.It gives me enough energy to not only do my weight workouts but to go for a few gruelling rides a week in the hills on my road bicycle.So in my opinion the notion that low carb diets are no good for endurance is crap,carb cycling is the key.For fat loss I would experiment with either smaller carb feedings after training or maybe none at all(this is what I did on the Anabolic Diet) but with periodic carb meals.People often attack low carb diets on the basis that they make you feel lethargic,make you irritable ,yadayada…I believe carb cycling is the way around this.Pasquale and Duchaine recommended 5 day low carb periods followed by 2 day hi carb periods,whereas folks like Rob Faign and Jay Robb recommend continous low carb ,Hi protein,moderate fat eating with high carb meals 2-4 nights a week.These meals are consumed in the evenings so that any serotonin rush from the carbs will help sleep,and any cravings triggered by carbs will be nullified by the fact that you will be asleep anyway.The idea behind the intermittent carb feedings is to strategically replenish your muscle glycogen levels.Personally,I like to kill two birds with the one stone and have my carb loads immediately following training.I would recommend you experiment to find which approach your body responds best to.