I am not to creative when it comes to making dishes up so I keep it simple. There is just so many things you can do with ground beef. All the chicken is starting to taste the same. What kinds of salads do you eat when on AD and when?
im definately no iron chef either, i have 3 main food groups:
pork
cattle
eggs
I have been on the AD about 5 weeks now. I finally started to get stronger last week.
I was dieting before i started the AD and i lost a bunch of strength. I was still losing strength on the AD for about 3 weeks. I was starting to get concerned until i put up to strength gain weeks in a row.
I am pretty happy with the diet overall i have lost quite a bit of BF. I don’t recommend the diet to anyone though i doubt anyone i know would stick to it.
lol most the people i know wont give up cigarettes and cookies, getting them to do the AD would be impossible, especially since you tend to feel like shit the first month youre on it.
I started this diet on Monday. I can’t poop right, my stomach is rejecting all the fat by giving me horrible gas, i’m constantly craving carbs no matter how much jello and whip cream I shove down my face, and I’m already tired of beef. I can’t wait until Saturday.
[quote]goatmeal wrote:
I started this diet on Monday. I can’t poop right, my stomach is rejecting all the fat by giving me horrible gas, i’m constantly craving carbs no matter how much jello and whip cream I shove down my face, and I’m already tired of beef. I can’t wait until Saturday.[/quote]
Uhhh…I hate to tell it to you, but 5 days isn’t enough. Make it 12 days then carb up otherwise you’ll feel like crap longer.
Take fiber supplements (Check for CHO content) to help the bowel problems.
You know, if you’re tired of beef, then maybe the AD isn’t for you…Beef is a staple of the AD.
AD
[quote]AgeRage wrote:
Coming up on week 7, wow, already!
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Goes quickly, no?
AD
Anyone who’s at all worried about the health effects of a low-carb diet, do yourself a favor and pick up Gary Taubes’ Good Calories, Bad Calories:
Highly likely it will obliterate any fears you might have about dietary fat or lack of “those good carbs” (including fiber). Do check out the book. And I don’t say that a lot (as you can see from my post count).
So any advice for some one who was on the diet for like 3 1/2 months and them messed up on the carbs. Should I start over or get back on track. How do you know when you threw everything off.
[quote]TGordo wrote:
So any advice for some one who was on the diet for like 3 1/2 months and them messed up on the carbs. Should I start over or get back on track. How do you know when you threw everything off.[/quote]
It depends… if you went more than a couple of weeks eating bad I would start over.
How do you guys feel about some fast food while on the AD? Like I got really behind on my caloric intake today, so I got some double cheeseburgers from McDonald, took off the buns, and scarfed them down really quick. I won’t make this a habit, but will this ruin the diet? Without the bun, the cheeseburgers only have like 1 carb, but lots of fat and protein.
hmm if you were on the diet longer and then mess up does that mean you will switch back quicker?
I have read that those that have been on the diet for a long period have been fully fat adapted have an easier time adapting again than those who just start the diet from scratch.
I am on day 4 of the diet, and I think I’m getting too many carbs. I mean for breakfast I had eggs, canadian bacon, and cheese. Cheese has 2.5 grams each slice eggs have 1.5 and who knows what kind of sauce the bacon was cured with.
It adds up to like 12g’s of carbs just from that meal. Then for lunch I had hardboiled eggs and 2 hamburger patties drizzled in olive oil. I bet I encounted another 8 g’s of carbs here. What gives? Should I eat less?
since when do eggs have 1.5 carbs?
and neither olive oil nor hamburger patties have any carbohydrates whatsoever.
I looked up teh nutritional info for the egg liquid they use at my school it aint great but its protein and fat with 1.5 g’s carbs should i just avoid this food? is there any carbs in pepperoni or chicken?
I just looked up some of the sample anabolic diet recipes that were posted, most contained veggies, and the author advocated the use of cheese, which I know contains some carbs. How can you possibly limit yourself to 5 carbs a meal if you eat 6x a day, I don’t see how it’s even POSSIBLE.
First of all : AMAZING thread!!! Thank you very much,guys.
I’ve started 6 days ago. I was a carb junkie. In the first 3 days I went from 77.8 kg to 73.8 kg. I made a mistake I’d started with 12xBW cal. Too little. Now I’m at 14xBW being slightly full.
I’ve been feeling run down most of the time. I was eating lots of carbs before - no wander. My brain is not working properly either. That’s the way it goes. The funny thing is when I need to perform I do find the energy so it seems like I’m on saving mode most of the time.
I’ve got a question or two:
- Why am I drinking water like a camel???
- Can I have a little carb up(not more then 12 hours) if I want to perform well on Monday? See I’ve got a tennis match that day.Or should I just tough it out and go with what I’ve got?
Thanks
[quote]WildShoe wrote:
I just looked up some of the sample anabolic diet recipes that were posted, most contained veggies, and the author advocated the use of cheese, which I know contains some carbs. How can you possibly limit yourself to 5 carbs a meal if you eat 6x a day, I don’t see how it’s even POSSIBLE. [/quote]
Find cheeses with no CHO in them like havarti etc. The more fatty the cheese the less CHO. So i wouldn’t worry so long as you are eating meat, eggs and fiberous veggies then you should be ok. Larger intake means more CHO anyway.
-chris
[quote]WildShoe wrote:
I just looked up some of the sample anabolic diet recipes that were posted, most contained veggies, and the author advocated the use of cheese, which I know contains some carbs. How can you possibly limit yourself to 5 carbs a meal if you eat 6x a day, I don’t see how it’s even POSSIBLE. [/quote]
well if youre really that concerned you dont have to eat every meal with high carbs, you could have a couple not so pleasent meals such as scrambled eggs or ground beef patties and also have a couple fancier meals from the “AD cookbook”, just think of it as some flavor to keep you sane.
and perhaps you should start bringing your own food to school? i bring food to work and school so that i know A) im going to eat and B) what it is that im eating.