My Experience On the Anabolic Diet

Nutrition
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[quote]xtolgax wrote:
eDave wrote:
Stingblood wrote:
Hello Guys!

I am really trying to find some muffins or any kind of on-the-go food that is high protein, low carb (low or high fat) that I can take with mee when I am on the road…but please no protein bars with these polyols and other because they are sugars…Does anyone have an idea of something that can just be cooked or any other suggestion

Hi All. I’ve been lurking here since oh, mid-December when I started on the AD. Thanks to all for the insights so far. I’ve been enjoying the diet, and as background on myself - I’m 32 yrs old and sitting around 160 lbs and 14% bodyfat, hoping to get to about 180 lbs and 10-12% bodyfat.

I recently came across the following very quick, easy, and tasty microwave flax muffin recipe that’s too good not to share with you fine folks, given the above question:

1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 packet splenda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 large egg
1 teaspoon of butter

  1. Put dry ingredients in a coffee mug (or bowl for different shape)
  2. Stir
  3. Add egg and butter. Mix.

Microwave 1 minute on high. Take out, slice, butter, enjoy.

Serving size: 1
Notes: 1.5 net carbs
Per serving: 235 calories; 18g fat (63% calories from fat); 12g protein; 11g carbs (mostly fibre); 223mg cholesterol; 284mg sodium.

oh my god I love you.

I just made one of these, despite my suspicions, and it was pretty amazing. Reminds me a lot of a great bran muffin served at a diner back home. I may have one of these every morning with my coffee.

thank you thank you thank you thank you

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Holy rhino vagina!

I made one of these out of pure curiosity and they are out of this world. I’m adding nuts to my next one. these things are awsome as hell, I can’t believe it. plus think about the fiber! It’s poopy time kids!

-chris

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[quote]Avocado wrote:
xtolgax wrote:
eDave wrote:
Stingblood wrote:
Hello Guys!

I am really trying to find some muffins or any kind of on-the-go food that is high protein, low carb (low or high fat) that I can take with mee when I am on the road…but please no protein bars with these polyols and other because they are sugars…Does anyone have an idea of something that can just be cooked or any other suggestion

Hi All. I’ve been lurking here since oh, mid-December when I started on the AD. Thanks to all for the insights so far. I’ve been enjoying the diet, and as background on myself - I’m 32 yrs old and sitting around 160 lbs and 14% bodyfat, hoping to get to about 180 lbs and 10-12% bodyfat.

I recently came across the following very quick, easy, and tasty microwave flax muffin recipe that’s too good not to share with you fine folks, given the above question:

1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 packet splenda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 large egg
1 teaspoon of butter

  1. Put dry ingredients in a coffee mug (or bowl for different shape)
  2. Stir
  3. Add egg and butter. Mix.

Microwave 1 minute on high. Take out, slice, butter, enjoy.

Serving size: 1
Notes: 1.5 net carbs
Per serving: 235 calories; 18g fat (63% calories from fat); 12g protein; 11g carbs (mostly fibre); 223mg cholesterol; 284mg sodium.

oh my god I love you.

I just made one of these, despite my suspicions, and it was pretty amazing. Reminds me a lot of a great bran muffin served at a diner back home. I may have one of these every morning with my coffee.

thank you thank you thank you thank you

Holy rhino vagina!

I made one of these out of pure curiosity and they are out of this world. I’m adding nuts to my next one. these things are awsome as hell, I can’t believe it. plus think about the fiber! It’s poopy time kids!

-chris[/quote]

i just made one tasty,but there is 4 tablespoons in a1/4 cup

5064

new favorite carb up meal:
1/2-3/4 bowl of oats
any kind of fruit
rice crispies to the top
maple syrup(the good ol’ Canadian stuff)
lactose free milk(as you probably guessed i gas up like no ones business if i ingest lactose)

5065

Well carbups are definently getting easier to manage. The key for myself is starting with fruit. When I do this I have great energy the entire carbup day, even when I start eating oatmeal my energy is constant.

However, if I start my day with oatmeal, its just downhill from there. My energy sucks the entire day, unless I start eating fruit again. Anyway… carbups suck.

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[quote]Avocado wrote:
Julius_Caesar wrote:
CaliforniaLaw wrote:
I must say that the diet gets easier every week. I could do it standing on my head.

I forgot that last week I carbed-up on Friday. (I usually do Saturday carb-ups.) So I didn’t eat any carbs today… didn’t give it any mind. If the carb-up weren’t necessary, I’d likely skip it this week.

I look forward to carbs less and less. I’m not excited to know that in a few hours, I get to eat buckwheat pancakes w/strawberries and maple syrup. Once I start eating them, though… that’s another story.

I hit 206 today. That’s the lowest I’ve weighed in several years. Fat loss had stalled, however, until I introduced a mega dose of fish oil into my diet ten days ago. Has made a huge difference.

It is easy at first, but when you have been on it for 6 months it gets really heard at times. I miss my pasta, whole wheat bread and bagels, rice and breaded stuff. Oh yes and sweets too…

Especially if your family members/coworkers eat that kind of stuff in front of you…

so why don’t you eat that too on weekends? Are you getting the results you want from the AD?

I thought you said in a different thread that you were doing fine reaching your goals with a low fat diet?

The idea is that you can eat almost anything on this diet, just on different days.

-chris[/quote]

I do eat the stuff I miss on the weekends, but anymore it just seems that during the week, especially towards the end of the week, I get sick of eating nothing but meat.

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[quote]Bizmark wrote:
Well carbups are definently getting easier to manage. The key for myself is starting with fruit. When I do this I have great energy the entire carbup day, even when I start eating oatmeal my energy is constant.

However, if I start my day with oatmeal, its just downhill from there. My energy sucks the entire day, unless I start eating fruit again. Anyway… carbups suck.[/quote]

Carb-ups do suck. The incessant eating, the wild and wacky shits, the sometimes “loopy” feelings.

Update me on your progress, Biz. I know you were going to plan on exclusing dairy and switching up your macros for a bit. My thinking is that you are a couple of changes and diligent patience away from achieving your goals

As a personal aside, I am in Buenos Aires and have taken more or less the last 2.5 weeks off of school from La Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile. I’ve totally screwed myself, but DAMN. Buenos Aires, man.

If you’ve been here, you know… if not, make it happen (very English friendly for those who don’t understand Spanish with an Italian accent). Buenos Aires is an exquisite sampling of Europe for 1/3 the price.

And the women…!!!

Que les vayan bien! Pura vida.

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[quote]Julius_Caesar wrote:
I do eat the stuff I miss on the weekends, but anymore it just seems that during the week, especially towards the end of the week, I get sick of eating nothing but meat.
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I don’t know how I can help you, but I certainly would like to… and so first and foremost, I offer you the generic: I like to cycle meats, veggies, nuts, etc. Varying my food choices in general.

Then again, I tend to eat for functional purposes. I eat canned mackerel with unsalted walnuts twice a day and, to me, this is tasty.

What does your training look like?

I ask about training because when I was heavier, say 12% BF or so, and eating hypocalorically, I wasn’t losing weight. Yet, as soon as I switched up my training and began lifting smarter (the technically correct explosive concentric, 4-6 second eccentric), the fat poured off me.

I later stalled again, varied my caloric level and my training, and BAM. Hit another sweet spot.

I’m not saying that there is a secret, rather that training and nutrition must work hand-in-hand. Be smart and understand how to manipulate both parameters. EXPERIMENT!

Boredom is lame. Don’t bore yourself and shortchange your experience!

Switch up your foods, switch up your nutrition… hell, fuck in a different position.

5069

Kind of an embarrassing subject but i need this addressed by you guys. I eat 2 shakes a day with 2 tbsp flax seed (8g fiber). 3 serving of spinach or romaine lettuce daily, as well as miscelannsous stuff like peppers broccoli nuts etc with fiber in them. I cannot count my daily fiber intake because of variety but 4 out of six meals have veggies and if they dont they have flax.

My shits are downright painful, blood etc… What can i do to improve. I tried benefiber… no help and hated the extra carbs. Before the diet i had stomach issues, always have, but this is making it a hundred times worse. Sometimes i wont shit for 2 days or until i have a carb-up and then i shit like 5-6 times that day… its like i get all my bowels movements in one day. And its very… painful.

My conclusion from this info is that the carbohydrates or maybe soluble fiber are facilitating the bowel movements. Granted i am probably taking in more fiber but even on the low carb days i am taking in a solid amount.

My solution is this, to add oatmeal with berries in the morning 1 or 2 servings (And since i already screwed myself maybe add ultrafuel during workout). The soluble fiber is what i dont really get so hopefully some of that will keep me healthy.

And for a carb-up i will do only one or two large meals on saturday. I know its not really AD but its kind of similar to the moderate carb MD… Its been two months of blood shits and its freaking me out.

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[quote]Popiapang wrote:
Kind of an embarrassing subject but i need this addressed by you guys. I eat 2 shakes a day with 2 tbsp flax seed (8g fiber). 3 serving of spinach or romaine lettuce daily, as well as miscelannsous stuff like peppers broccoli nuts etc with fiber in them. I cannot count my daily fiber intake because of variety but 4 out of six meals have veggies and if they dont they have flax.

My shits are downright painful, blood etc… What can i do to improve. I tried benefiber… no help and hated the extra carbs. Before the diet i had stomach issues, always have, but this is making it a hundred times worse. Sometimes i wont shit for 2 days or until i have a carb-up and then i shit like 5-6 times that day… its like i get all my bowels movements in one day. And its very… painful.

My conclusion from this info is that the carbohydrates or maybe soluble fiber are facilitating the bowel movements. Granted i am probably taking in more fiber but even on the low carb days i am taking in a solid amount.

My solution is this, to add oatmeal with berries in the morning 1 or 2 servings (And since i already screwed myself maybe add ultrafuel during workout). The soluble fiber is what i dont really get so hopefully some of that will keep me healthy.

And for a carb-up i will do only one or two large meals on saturday. I know its not really AD but its kind of similar to the moderate carb MD… Its been two months of blood shits and its freaking me out.[/quote]

Sugar free Metamucil is what I would use. Don’t know if it is available where you are. It is psyllium fiber.

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well guys i’ve survived the 12 day induction with pretty much no problem. i don’t even think i crashed. there were two days around 6, 7 where i felt pretty out of it, though.

tomorrow is my carb up, i’m gonna try and keep it clean but i honestly don’t have much confidence in myself. lol.

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Popiapang, you should go to a doc and get your digestive issues checked out. Blood in the stool is not something you should ignore or side-step or try to self treat. You need to rule out more serious issues.

In conjunction with getting to a doctor and getting some tests done, you should increase your water intake to 1/2 your body weight. A person who weighs 200 pounds should drink 100 ounces of water.

It would be a good idea to rebuild your intestinal health and the good bacteria in your gut. Find someone who makes (ferments) their own kefir (not store bought!) and ask them if they’d share some of the grains with you. If you need help finding someone, let me know. Kefir is a drink that tastes a lot like yogurt.

It’s a very powerful probiotic, which is the opposite of an antibiotic. Speaking of antibiotics, broad-spectrum antibiotics will often kill off all the bacteria in the gut (along with whatever else it was prescribed for), allowing the “bad” bacteria to take over. Probiotics (found in kefir) are equally helpful with diarrhea and constipation.

For temporary relief, go to the health food store and ask for an herb called cascara sagrada. It’s a laxative herb that will not cause dependence. It actually tones the muscles responsible for peristalis (the contractions that cause food to move through the intestines).

Raise and lower the amount until you find what’s right for you. If you take too much, you’ll get a temporary case of diarrhea. If you take too little, it won’t work at all. I’d recommend that you start off with 2 capsules per day in the AM. The next day take 2 capsules again.

If you’re not experiencing some relief (i.e., regularity) by the third day, go up in your dosage to 3 capsules.

Whatever you do, do not put off getting to the doctor and getting a diagnosis.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to drop me a PM.

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Well i will make an appointment for next weekend, until them i guess i really need to get off the diet, does this mean i have to do another induction when i get back on it?

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[quote]Popiapang wrote:
Well i will make an appointment for next weekend, until them i guess i really need to get off the diet, does this mean i have to do another induction when i get back on it?[/quote]

Tampa Terry is correct. Get yourself to a doctor.

It may be notable to mention that these sorts of issues are often times the symptoms of an antecedent cause from days (or weeks) past. Once damage has been done to the colon/rectal/sphincter region, it takes quite a while to heal -for obvious reasons.

Water, as Tampa Terry mentions, is critical and it sounds as if you have your fiber covered. What about your healthy fats?
Fiber is great and all and very necessary -but fats keep things moving smoothly too.

sorry to hear of your struggles -very painful

Be Well

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I take Flameout 4 caps in the morning and a tablespoon of fish oils at night. Other than that the flax has a lot of healthy fat, olive oil over my salads. I think that covers it.

Actually just found a recipe on here for a flax muffin, low carb and its 1/4 cup of flax. I am going to eat one every morning and take benefiber every night. Combined with veggies during the day i hope things will clear up without having to come off the diet.

I read that Poliquin says this can be a problem and you should consume fenugreek and flax seeds in the morning to help… Where do you get ground fenugreek? I am assuming its high in soluble fiber hard to find info on it.

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holy shit guys, i started my first carb up only two hours ago and i’m already feeling HUGE. my muscles look SO full and i’m looking real vascular.

so far i estimate i’ve ingested about 160-180 grams of carbs in the form of oatmeal, potatos, and two banannas. whoo this is nuts. i just gotta watch out for spillover.

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[quote]Train_smart wrote:
holy shit guys, i started my first carb up only two hours ago and i’m already feeling HUGE. my muscles look SO full and i’m looking real vascular.
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Welcome! :slight_smile:

I myself however am on the radical-diet-branch of the AD. Carbed up quite over 2000 calories past saturday, and dropped the cals again. Still feeling good and full of energy, look a bit leaner overall but scale doesn’t go down really. Training with short rest between sets, trying to split it a bit more op - more frequent sets, but a bit shorter. Today I felt quite good but cut lifting short. Idunno… maybe I’m just less motivated cause I’m training to preserve instead of gain muscle.

Hmmm… I promised myself I’d add some cardio starting this week, so I’ll hop on my bike in an hour and have a spin, see what it feels like.

Well, good luck to me … btw anyone know where josh.shafer went? He was Radical Dieting too but haven’t had an update from him in a while. Hope he didn’t overdo it :slight_smile:

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alright guys, just finished my first carb up, how did i do?

started with:

4 eggs with a side of potatoes

2 banannas

1 big bowl of oatmeal

2 cliff bars

sweet n sour chicken with brown rice

1 scoop of ice cream

1 pack of ring dings

2 pieces of pizza, one had bacon and sausage

1 bowl of honey nut cheerios

1 bowl of cocoa puffs

i think i got somewhere in the ballpark of 600g of carbohydrates

felt real good and full in the begenning half of the day when i was eating clean carbs, but when i started to eat junk, started getting real gassy, bloated, and just recently i think i took one of the biggest shits of my life, lol.

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[quote]Train_smart wrote:
alright guys, just finished my first carb up, how did i do?

i think i got somewhere in the ballpark of 600g of carbohydrates

felt real good and full in the begenning half of the day when i was eating clean carbs, but when i started to eat junk, started getting real gassy, bloated, and just recently i think i took one of the biggest shits of my life, lol.

[/quote]

Yeah that sure sounds familiar :slight_smile:

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Say hello to my little friends. They’re my favorite in-week snack. I lcall them Bino’s Anabolic Poppers.

Cored jalapeno, stuffed with cheddar (or pepper jack) and cream cheese, topped with half a slice of bacon. Grilled to perfection.

And people think this diet is tough? The toughest part is not having the beer to wash them down with.

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Have any of you guys got real cut on this diet, like 6 or 7 percent bodyfat? After wrestling I added twenty five good pounds, but I’ve went from “the most cut six pack in the school” to a four pack with a semi flabby lower stomach. just wondering if the AD could get me back to my “former status”