[quote]jsebc wrote:
richo1980 wrote:
Medium Chain Triglycerides have been blackbanned for this diet…?
Richie
Is this true…I thought coconut oil etc was fine on the AD?
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Yes…it is not recommended per the Doc.
[quote]ovalpline wrote:
…I challenge any of you to take in my 9k calories. Happy eatin’.[/quote]
i see your 9k and raise you 10k
so, on fitday.com, it’s telling me that i’m getting a fair amount of carbs from the eggs eaten over the course of the day, 6-8(sometimes 10-12). should i bother counting these carbs from eggs, or just leave them out of my daily total?
Hey guys,
Anyone here using the recommended muscle volumiser, glycerol? How much do you take? I have it in a liquid(syrup) form.
As I am cutting, I am starting to feel a bit flat, so I am gona begin taking this with creatine and glutamine 4 times a days to fill out a bit while I diet down.
thanks,
GJ
[quote]mikepop878 wrote:
so, on fitday.com, it’s telling me that i’m getting a fair amount of carbs from the eggs eaten over the course of the day, 6-8(sometimes 10-12). should i bother counting these carbs from eggs, or just leave them out of my daily total?[/quote]
i dont even count carbs anymore, i just know whats high and whats low/absent all together. i eat about 2 dozen eggs daily anyhow. although im unrestricted as far as calories go (the more the better) so im taking in quite a bit of fat/protein to counter-balance.
[quote]mikepop878 wrote:
so, on fitday.com, it’s telling me that i’m getting a fair amount of carbs from the eggs eaten over the course of the day, 6-8(sometimes 10-12). should i bother counting these carbs from eggs, or just leave them out of my daily total?[/quote]
Hey dude I questioned this as well pages and pages ago. Since then I’ve learned to count them. The Doctor himself has a page of foods and their carb counts that lists eggs with a carb count of one per egg. Technically the eggs are actually like .52 or something like that (I forgot the exact amount), but I find it easier to just count it as one.
On a side note, personally, I don’t even do that whole “subtract the fiber carbs” anymore. It’s just too much guessing work. I like making SURE I’m below the 30 mark, so I’ll count everything. The only exception is green veggies, in which case I do take into account the fiber countent and subtraact that from the total carb amount.
hey guys, I was just wondering what is the percentage of fat that you take in from fish oil or other omega 3’s a day? Currently im taking in 270g of fat in a day and about 50g of that is fish oil or flax.
I’m on page 20/287 so I’ll just ask, is there anything in particular to note about post-workout nutrition? I’m so used to chugging a Surge immediately after, and while it’s worked great, doesn’t apply here.
So what do you guys do pre/peri/post workout? I was thinking some BCAA/creatine at the very least.
[quote]Evilmage wrote:
I’m on page 20/287 so I’ll just ask, is there anything in particular to note about post-workout nutrition? I’m so used to chugging a Surge immediately after, and while it’s worked great, doesn’t apply here.
So what do you guys do pre/peri/post workout? I was thinking some BCAA/creatine at the very least.[/quote]
I like to down a whey shake (about .4 grams/protein per kg of bodyweight) immediately post-workout and then eat a protein-fat meal when my hunger hits, which is usually around 30-60 minutes after the whey shake.
I’m curious about trying this diet for cutting. Where out of this 287 pages should I look for info pertaining to that? Or any outside links?
[quote]tcannon wrote:
hey guys, I was just wondering what is the percentage of fat that you take in from fish oil or other omega 3’s a day? Currently im taking in 270g of fat in a day and about 50g of that is fish oil or flax.[/quote]
the more fat you take in from things like flax seed oil vs other less beneficial fats(saturated and definately avoid trans), the better. im not sure if you count the fish oil as part of your fat macro because youre not supposed to use it as fuel but i could be wrong.
dont get anal about it just keep trans fat low and youre ok.
So, I thought it was about time I jumped on this thread again. I tried starting the AD several months ago, but ended up dropping it for a number of reasons.
Brief history: life long martial artist (variety of styles) and worked out through high school, but was still carrying a fair bit of fat. During my first and second year of university, I stopped training all together, and managed to put on 50lbs, hitting a high of 265 (at 6’1"), and was very fat. Decided to lose weight, cut way back on carbs, and started eating healthy foods.
Managed to drop down to 167 (stayed there for quite awhile until around 8 months ago), and have since been slowly putting on mass.
During my weight loss phase, I got into Crossfit and RossTraining, which in turn led to an interest in Olympic Lifting and Boxing (along with a fair bit of GPP work). At the moment, I’m around 180, and 8% bf (1-point caliper test, so take that with a grain of salt).
Basically, I’m looking to put on a bit of muscle mass (10lbs or so, 15 tops) and keep my bf in the single digits (sure its vain, but after losing nearly 100 lbs to be able to see my abs, I’d like to keep them visible). Keeping the fat and general mass in control isn’t conducive to rapid or substantial muscle gains, but I’m willing to take my time with it. Strength gains in the Olympic Lifts are also something I’m hoping to work towards with the AD.
I’m now on the eve of my first carb-up. I have to say, I’m liking the diet thus far. I’ve always been fairly low carb, so it wasn’t a massive transition (aside from dropping the steel cut oats), though the high fat was definitely a bit of a challenge for me. No real crashes during the 12-day induction. The plan for tomorrow is lots of oatmeal, sprouted-grain bread, yogurt, and some fruit (basically all the things I’ve been missing).
I’ve worked my way through about 125 pages of this thread, and it’s been invaluable, so thanks to everyone who’s kept it going (especially DH, Il Cazzo, mdragon, etc.), and am going to try and work my through the rest over the next few weeks. Just wondering if anyone has any further tips/tricks for the carbups? And are there any martial artists / boxers here currently doing the AD? Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
hey everyone, ive been on the AD for 2 weeks now. started my carb up mid day friday and plan to run till midday sunday. is this ok to do it mid day? i eat fat/protein in morning but then carb it out later. and on sunday vice versa. this is easiest for my schedule cuz it gives me friday and sat night open, but also allows me to eat the free soup and bread at work since i dont get any other food time…
also, i dont know if i had a crash. i think i went over my carbs by about 5-10 one day last week and i dont know if that just slowed it down and it will be longer for my body to adjust or what. i know that after eating all those carbs i feel real tired but im using this first carb up to eat whatever to see the results and will taper my diet from there.
thanks for any input and sorry if i sound stupid. im taking pain meds for my surgery so im sort of loopy…
[quote]Evilmage wrote:
I’m on page 20/287 so I’ll just ask, is there anything in particular to note about post-workout nutrition? I’m so used to chugging a Surge immediately after, and while it’s worked great, doesn’t apply here.
So what do you guys do pre/peri/post workout? I was thinking some BCAA/creatine at the very least.[/quote]
Hey dude, what I do is make a custom mix on trueprotein.com and stack it up with essential amino acids. Usually amino acids taste like crap, but it tastes ok mixed with their flavors.
Hey guys, this is my 6th day on AD’s mass building diet and I cant help but notice that my muscles are extremely full and vascular. Although I have always felt good on keto diets Ive never felt this energized and seen such fullness in my muscle bellies while on one.
Maybe its the fact that when ever im no carbing it my cals are low because im usually trying to cut and its just the affect of the massive load of cals im eating. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else gets almost a carb refeed effect as far as muscle size after eating a high fat meal?
[quote]Squash85 wrote:
I’m curious about trying this diet for cutting. Where out of this 287 pages should I look for info pertaining to that? Or any outside links?[/quote]
Probably in the first 25 pages or so…most of the questions that are asked (and repeated later) are within those pages.
AD
[quote]tcannon wrote:
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else gets almost a carb refeed effect as far as muscle size after eating a high fat meal?[/quote]
Your muscles can actually store more triglyceride than carbohydrate. With that said, as you drain your glycogen through the week, you will see/feel yourself getting flatter.
I did my carb up yesterday, and stupid me, just realized I should have waited until today (esp b/c dinner is questionable), since I won’t train legs until tomorrow…I was thinking should I train them today?
It’s just that I did legs Friday and HIIT yesterday…and not sure about hitting them hard again today?
for some reason after a year on this diet and 2 years weigh lifting i just figured out my calling…olympic day monday chest/bi tuesday
wed off
thurs-back
fri-legs
and one day carb up of anything saturday
and ive always known i needed a day off between carbs and my workouts since i shit all day after a carb up so this is perfect
sun-fats again-off-shit day
I’ve been doing this diet on-and-off for about a year now. During the past two months I feel as though I have really dialed it in.
In my opinion, the most important thing is finding a way to make the diet work with your lifestyle. Determine the days you will be, say, drinking alcohol or eating cake, and build the diet around those days.
I have been going 5 days high fat, 2 days carbs, with good results. As I have been on the diet for awhile, I am going to experiment by doing a 1-day carb up this week on Wednesday and then another 1-day carb up on Saturday, instead of the typical 48 hour weekend carbup.
I’ll report back with my progress. Feel free to ask if you have any questions.