My Experience On the Anabolic Diet

Nutrition
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[quote]Mahatma wrote:
Ok avocado, I’ll bow to your greater wisdom and get eating. Just one more question before I start. I read someone talking about a protein shake and cream weighing in at 900kcals. What cream am I adding to the shake? Does it matter? My peanut butter and tuna experiment was a total failure so I’m looking for more P+F meal ideas.

The cost of protein power in the UK is a little expensive, or at least I thought that, until I calculated that I can get 1.2kg of good quality protein for £30. I can’t buy from Biotest because of the import taxes and VAT make the cost too high.

Edit:
I’m on day 1 and think I’m suffering from sugar cravings already. It’s hard to describe but it’s like nicotine withdrawal, a feeling of anxiety or agitation. I was never on a high carb diet before now, but I’d often fill my tea up with 1 or 2 teaspoons of sugar and now I’ve switched to stevia extract (not the green leaf, the white powder). Is this normal?[/quote]

Cut that stevia shit. I would not eat that shit. go for the splenda. At least it has research behind it. Stevia might be poisonous to your balls.

Use heavy cream/whipping cream for the shake. you can also drop some flax/olive/macadamia oil in there too give it a nice round flavour and more cals. I like to mix chocolate and peanut butter. Or you can go for other random flavours using crystal light or other sugar free juice. s/f jello might work too.

To satiate the cravings drink a glass of water. have another with some crystal light in it if you want to. go for retardedly cold water too. Just busy your mind with other shit. they will go if you dont give in.

-chris

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[quote]Avocado wrote:
Cut that stevia shit. I would not eat that shit. go for the splenda. At least it has research behind it. Stevia might bepoisonous to your balls.
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I think the study that started the ‘Stevia messes with your balls’ was a joke. It was held in Belgium and the stevia was tested on rats, who consumed 5% of their body weight per day of stevia, when it’s 300x sweeter than sucrose. Any human using Stevia would use no more than 0.0001% of body weight per day.

There is more information here: STEVIA (STEVIOSIDE) IS SAFE

Thanks for the advice, I’ll now be adding peanutbutter to the chocolate shakes and drinkning more water, which is something I’ve been meaning to do for ages but I’m held back by my smoking habit and my opinion that cigarette+coffee+double cream+sugar=orgasmic nicotine, sugar, caffeine rush.

I’ve lost 3lbs since I started the AD on Monday which I guess is water. Is there any need for me to do the full 12 days of low carbs or can I do the 5 days on/2 days off immediately? My diet was so appalling before this week that I can’t imagine I’d have much in terms of glycogen stores as I was only ever consuming about 1500kcals a day of which 100g was carbs. I’m looking for a shortcut basically because the fridge is loaded with mars chocolate milkshakes.

Is there any way to get low carb brown bread? One of the best sandwiches ever created and perhaps inadvertantly designed to bless all AD’ists is the peanut butter + avocado + mayo + bacon + lettuce sandwich. Doesn’t work in theory but in practice it is immense.

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Perfect AD food

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hey is any 1 experiencing sinus headaches in the morning?
i also take Alpha Male while ADing, if it’s even relevent.

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[quote]oldhead wrote:
hey is any 1 experiencing sinus headaches in the morning?
i also take Alpha Male while ADing, if it’s even relevent.[/quote]

maybe you have a sinus infection

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could be.
avocado how did you make out over the years on the AD.
i read your comments going back in 2006.

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[quote]IL Cazzo wrote:
BigJonMud wrote:
G’day to all the ol’ school vets.

A couple of questions-

Il Cazzo,
How has your health panned out in the long run? Iv spoken to a lot of dickweed doctors about this diet, none of whom will support me in it.

The main reason, im told is that despite all the positive evidence no1 can generally test for arterial build up of fat. (could this have anything to do with increased vascualarity…) Has it been smooth sailing, following the diet to the letter or has trial+error and experimentation played its part?

My numbers are always great. Now, I will say I eat a ton of ground flax seeds and a mega ton of vegetables.

Early on, I mean yearrrrs ago, I ate veggies and some flax but no where near what I do now.

So, increased vegs has eliminated any heart burn. Ever. I can even eat tuna fish and drink coffee in the same meal and no problems.

Also, way back when…and I think I wrote about this…my first carb ups were redunkulousis.

I would eat a box of frutty pebbles and a bag of oreos (post workout of course)

While I still occasionally eat like that, my carb ups have turned into a one day, fairly boring affair.

Oatmeal, sweet potatoes, bla bla bla. Now, sometimes after dinner on a carb up day I’ll eat whatever…pizza, candy, and the like.

But, I have to eat it at night, lest I want to pass out while driving or something.

And, after years of protein and vegetables, I can’t even eat that much junk without getting sick.

I think that if you stick to the basics…add fish oil, flax seeds and as many veggies as you can handle, your health will improve. My joints feel amazing despite extremely tough training.

I’ve had really great success putting both regular clients and athletes on this diet.
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Shit dude, I’ve noticed the exact same thing with clients. Especially women. Once female clients get going on the AD and get about a month into it the changes in health and wellness not to mention performance are insane.

I have destroyed not only menstrual cramps but also cured menopausal hot flashes with the AD. Must be the boost in testosterone and better hormonal regulation or some such.

They also manage to actually comply with it. Thing is that I dont take anything “away” from them. they can have god-knows-what on their single “oh shit” meal on the CHO up. some of them only get it every 2 weeks but still, at least they know its coming.

-chris

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Where can I read up on the AD?

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[quote]theenforcer1 wrote:
Where can I read up on the AD?[/quote]

hmm…well a quick google search would throw the book in your face or you could do what everyone else has done and read from here!

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This weekend was my first carb-up on the AD, I went two straight weeks to force my body to get used to this diet. I have no problems with low-carb diets btw… been doing low-carb for ages.

This weekend was pretty much a constant state of coma for me. The blood glucose rollercoaster ran right over me. What works best for you guys from experience? What’s your main source for carbs on the weekend? I know veggies are #1 choice but getting 500 grams of carbs a day out of veggies is very tough. I did today (sunday) mostly on rice and I felt a bit less lethargic.

All in all sometimes I feel I’d rather just go without carbs forever… it makes me function much better. Also, when on low-carb I have no cravings and I’m perfectly capable of sticking to my diet but when I’m allowed to have carbs again I tend to “cheat” towards the end of the day. Weird how that works.

Any tips?

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Well depending on your goals don’t sweat it pradaboy. As long as your making the progress you want then its all good

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i am on my 3rd carb up starting tommorow and i havent been able to get more then 350 grams of cho yet in a day-i mostly eat rice and pasta with beans and frozen veggies, potatos.

what i did notice is towards the end of the week (saturday,sunday-my weekend is monday tuesday)i feel tired. would that be early glucose depletion since iam not taking enough cho on the weekend?
my scale weight and my mesuring tape have leveled off at 197LB and 41" @ 3000cal’s

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hi people, jst wonderin what your first reactions were with the diet? how soon did you see results kicking into action?
such as muscle mass, strength and fat loss?
thanks guys

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after 1 week, my tight pants have turned into my “tight, but not as tight as before” pants.

thats all i got…

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i dont kno if this is available in america but u lot heard of pork scratchings?

perfect AD snacks!
abit like crisps
high fat
0.1g carbs
7g protein per bag

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[quote]TEEN-BUILDER wrote:
i dont kno if this is available in america but u lot heard of pork scratchings?

perfect AD snacks!
abit like crisps
high fat
0.1g carbs
7g protein per bag[/quote]

Yes, they are called pork rinds here. I used to eat them alot but lost my taste for them. Good, crunchy snack tho.

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Would you guys reccomend the AD for someone just starting out? I have been lifting for awhile, but want to put on some serious bulk. Right now I clock in at 6’3 180, and I want to get big. Quite scrawny right now as you can imagine. I have enjoyed reading this thread (up to about page 50), great knowledge. However, it seems as though all of you are vets. Would this benefit a nooob?

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eat,lift,eat REPEAT

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has any1 got recipes for the AD that is kind of easy to make and i can jst pack it into ma bag for college? thx people!

lets keep this thread going!

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allright guys, done with 3rd carb up and still holding on to 200lb and 41" waist.
ive been consuming 3K daily.
sould i drop 200 cals by lowering the fat % ?