I donāt mean to be all anti-AD here in this thread, but hereās what Iāve been pondering recently, objectively critiquing the AD.
Iāve noticed sudden fat gain.
Looking at my charts, calories may be a bit high; lowering them shouldnāt be a problem.
Hereās the catch though, eating the amount of calories I currently am feels āsufficient.ā Because fat is so energy-dense, I feel like it hurts you in that way; itās too easy to overeat on āgood foodsā.
Hereās the other side to that: provided you have any sort of dietary control and active incentive to improve your diet to its utmost ideal state, youāre not going to be eating pastries, potato chips, or any sort of junk. In a diet containing carbs, I feel as though the carbs, having the same energy as protein, act as a preventative measure in going overboard with calories. Whenever Iāve eaten a yam on the AD, Iāve been instantly stuffed, and thatās a hefty 50-80g carbs right there. Furthermore, carbs, when coming from proper sources, are more satiating than a bunch of meat and oil. Whenever I brown some meat and throw in some vegetables (and eat it), thereās almost like a missing element in my stomach; an element hunger that hasnāt been dealt with.
On top of that, carbs are just far more anabolic!
Hereās one thing that really irks me, though. I didnāt really hone in on it clearly until today when I was at the supermarket. Youāre restricting carbs. Sure, you get them once a week/on the weekendā¦but Friday, donāt you get just a little TOO excited about your carbs? This looks like an unhealthy psychological pattern to me. It makes total sense to covet such wondrous goodies when dieting, but this is how the normal AD lifestyle operates! Combine this starved psychological lust for carbs with an inability to thoroughly satisfy hunger and fuel hard training throughout the week, and you get a dietary map that just doesnāt seem to make that much sense.
Now, I may be being unfair with regards to how we all deal with carb metabolism. Iām not exactly sure how well I deal with carbs, but I know I was never over 20% bodyfat or anything near it.
Finally, from a culinary standpoint, I think itās absolutely AWESOME that some of these creative recipes have arisen, but how much easier would it be to just include moderate carbs!?
I wish I could read faster because this Ketogenic Diet book is giving me so much information and understanding. However, based on my experience thus far, the AD is a bit too extreme at least for my tastes.
I wish we had more examples of bodies āsculpted by the ADā. The only guy I can remember is Modok(?), who seemed to work very hard. As a bodybuilder I think the crowning achievement of the AD is the ācarb loading practiceā, but beyond that, little else unless youāre dieting down.
hah I did this a few times but my digestion is a little weak so I bloated up pretty badly.
I just did it this morning, but I do it as a group fitness class, which has itās pitfalls. One of my fit gfās just came back from a vacation, so we spent more time exercising our vocal chords than our muscles, lol. Luckily I was already pretty depleted, so it didnāt take much to wear me out. Sometimes if Iām feeling really energetic on my regular weight days, Iāll grab a jumprope and jump between my sets instead of just sitting there. That way I can skip a cardio session and not feel guilty.