dont worry about that and just go wwith the rules we all had to go through. if you sriously want to change your life now with this lifestyle then take everything seriously
[quote]Phate89 wrote:
Okay, i see.
Just out of curiousity, what would happen if someone did hit 50g or even more of carbs one night, would that mean that he has to start over? Would that kick his body out of fat burning mode, or could he still go 30g carbs and less the next day and get back on track?[/quote]
It would probably depend on the individual, but there’s a good chance it would certainly affect your body’s preference for fuel. So just play it safe.
Certainly, if you consumed 20g of carbs at one sitting and you were in ketosis, you would be knocked out of ketosis. And you probably SHOULD be in ketosis for the majority of the first 14 days, if you’re eating <30g carbs a day.
Carb up tomorrow. Hope I can get in lots of clean carbs.
Sorry if this has already been addressed somewhere… I didn’t see it in the 314 pages though.
According to the plan, at 270 lbs I should start out at 4860 calories per day. That just seems excessive, and not to mention expensive. I had an 1100 calorie breakfast and I’m having trouble picturing how to fit in another 3760 calories today.
Since I have a high percentage of bodyfat, would it make sense to drop my initial number of calories to closer to maybe 3000-3500? Up to today (I’m starting AD today) I’ve been having around 2500-3000 calories per day. Thanks guys.
P.S. Didn’t find a tips/tricks page anywhere, but I saw it talked about. Was that never made?
UseAsDirected – Stay under 30g carbs and eat foods high in protein and fat (fish, steak, chicken, the almighty egg). Go back to page 309 and read the discussion there.
How much weight do you want to lose?
I have about 90 lbs to lose (at 270, goal is 180-ish). I’ll check out page 309 again… thanks. By the way, I did look into the radical diet, but that looks a little more extreme than I want to do… I don’t have to lose tons of fat this instant. But, the AD with fewer calories looks rather fitting. I guess I really just don’t see the point of having such huge calories to start with.
[quote]UseAsDirected wrote:
I have about 90 lbs to lose (at 270, goal is 180-ish). I’ll check out page 309 again… thanks. By the way, I did look into the radical diet, but that looks a little more extreme than I want to do… I don’t have to lose tons of fat this instant. But, the AD with fewer calories looks rather fitting. I guess I really just don’t see the point of having such huge calories to start with. [/quote]
Go with 180 x 15-18 to determine your caloric intake and do your best to split it up in to 5-6 meals.
The diet alone isn’t enough to lean you out though. I trust you’re lifting weights and hitting cardio?
Yup, that is why I was drawn to AD in particular.
Bit of a question for you all. I’ve been on the AD for about 7 months now and doing fine, loving it etc… However my mother has recently been dieting and exercising to get in better shape for my sister’s wedding. Turns out her diet has been so close to AD ratios it might as well be, except her carb up basically consists of one cheat meal per week. So she’s been losing consistently 2-3lbs/week for several months (excluding christmas) until now and its stalled. She does a 1/2 hr circuit 3x per week and bush walks for around 1/2 most days, and an hr sat and sunday. Her total calories came in around 1000-1100 per day (excepting her “cheat meal” day) I suspect that maybe it is too low for her, she is 50 yrs old, around 75-80kg (she won’t say and I won’t ask), 5’6" tall… Any thoughts?? I know how to get big myself or leaner if I need to, but a middle aged woman doing circuits?? NFI!
Thanks guys/gals
Richie
Hey Everyone,
I have been googling for about a hour trying to find out the difference between the anabolic solution and the metabolic diet.
Any ideas anyone ?
just a changing of the name
Awesome, thanks buddy
what was it like when you guys hit your wall? i think i hit mine today (day 10). i was supersetting deads and squats for high reps (day 2 of superhero training) and i felt really tired and as i got towards the end of the set it felt like my head was in a cloud and my vision was slightly blurry and i was breathing heavy. i didn’t feel like i would make it out alive so i just left the gym.
Ok, had my first carb up and it didn’t go as well as I would of liked. I had planned a 36 hour carb up from 10:00 am sunday till 10:00 pm monday. It started with clean foods and after my workout had a little fat free ice-cream. It was all good till me and my mom made a pit stop at the bakery.
Of course I didn’t get anything because I Wanted to count all my calories over the carb-up. My mom however decided to get this really REALLY good looking flan as we call it in South America. I had a little of it but afterwards I was dissapointed because I either like everything 100% accurate or 0%. So theres no middle ground for me. So I came home and had some dirty carbs.
The second part of the carb-up just turned out to be a binge. Today I started back with low carb eating and it was hard for some reason, eventhough I had been doing fine before the carb up(not hungry at all, just eating for purpose).
I think it was the dirty dirty carbs I had. My plan is to keep it to a 12 hour carb load next weekend with ALL clean carbs because what I felt today sucked. I was ancious to just eat and eat, something I don’t want to do because of my goal. ok I’m done with my essay 
Alright guys, according to my figures my AD plan is
51% fats
36%protein
7.2% carbs
3.1% fiber
My total net carb intake (counting all trace carbs and subtracting fiber…this includes most of my veggies)
is about 53g carbs a day. Thats including a can of green beans and 2cups of broccoli/cauliflower.
I have 40g carbs not from vegetable…counting all my trace carbs like the 1 gram in cheese and eggs and such…is that too much…I know its supposed to be 30 but I’m just wondering if what I have is sufficient or if I need to back it down. Thanks for the help!
GetSwole, as long as I am eating vegetables, meats, eggs, cheese, and nuts, I don’t bother counting carbs. Now, if I were eating bread I would, but this is the anabolic diet, save that shit for the weekend.
Thanks! You response made me happy. I just wasn’t sure since most people expect to get into ketosis at least during the induction phase but I guess thats not really the main goal in the long run anyway.
Hey,
I have been one the AD once before but stopped it for around 6 months. I decided to return to it this week and have spent the last 4/5 days eating 60%Fat, 30% Protein and 10% Carbs.
I have been training hard and full on for the last 4-5 days and feel great, i.e. no mental fogginess during work, concentration levels good, more motivation going to the gym.
Plus i cant seem to stop eatting, i currently eating x18 of my body weight which works out to be 3000 cals but i feel that i could quite happly eat another 1000 cals.
I’m not sure whether this is a good sign., whether my metabolism has increased or something else lol.
Would that suggest that im fully fat adapted already ?
I not sure whether to start a small carb re feed this weekend.
Any advice would be great.
Cheers
Welp, I’m a few days to come off of the velocity diet and am ready to toss my hat into this thread and try to continue to lean out. I’ve bought both the anabolic solution for bodybuilders and the radical diet. One question I have is I assume I’m fat adapted from the velocity diet (you get in about 30 g’s of carbs a day, 20 or which are fiber) but didn’t know if anyone had any insight into this?
The plan is to slowly transition shakes into solid meals (low carb the whole way) Basicly eat nuts, cheese, meat, veggies, and eggs all day and carb up for around 36 hours on the weekends with oatmeal, whole wheat bread, fruit etc. I’ll map out an actual meal plan for around 3k calories (18 * 170)and see how that goes for a few weeks and then start cutting calories to drop some more body fat (I’m around 15% right now I believe).
I’m very interested if anyone has experience on the radical diet? I’ve seen mentions of it in this thread but no real results (although I’m sure there in there somewhere). There is a thread about it in this forum but it’s rather old.
I’m thinking of transitioning days of 3000 calories on workout days and 1200 calories on non workout days (4 and 3 respectively) and try to confuse the hell out of my body. Just wondering if anyone else has experimented with the diet.
Has anyone tried Tabata to ramp up fat burning on Saturday pre-carb load? It would seem that this would maximize bodyfat loss since nutritional fat intake would be reduced for the next 36 hours or so. This would be followed by a heavy lifting day on Sunday to take advantage of the carb load hormone surge.
Is this a solid approach or am I missing something?
I am 38 years old, 6’1", 170 lbs. I’m trying to lose body fat (currently 13%)while adding mass.