That’s great - congrats! I think gaining weight is a common occurance for newlyweds 
I’m doing OK with the AD, after 2 months of adapting and building a little muscle, I just started trying to cut last week. I’m still struggling a little eating clean on the weekend carbups… I’d like to drop about 7 more lbs.
Good luck!
[quote]Jillybop wrote:
That’s great - congrats! I think gaining weight is a common occurance for newlyweds
I’m doing OK with the AD, after 2 months of adapting and building a little muscle, I just started trying to cut last week. I’m still struggling a little eating clean on the weekend carbups… I’d like to drop about 7 more lbs.
Good luck![/quote]
Drop 7 more pounds or decrease bodyfat?
I’ve been telling people that I want to drop 30lbs by June 1st, but what I really mean is that I want to lose some of this fat and wear my size 34’s again. Being that you are of a smaller stature, I would say it will take a bit longer for you to drop the weight then it used to. What are your stats now?
I’m 6’ and 250lbs, so 30 lbs will come off fairly quickly (I hope). If you are say 5’2" and 130lbs, it may take a little longer than someone like myself.
Stick with it, it will pay off. Besides, like the good doc says, full adaptation takes 12 weeks…I only have 11 1/2 weeks to go…yee-haw!
I’m 5’1" and 131.5lbs this morning and want to get down to 125. I’m about 17-18%bf now, so at 125 I should be about 14%, which seems about right (never been so lean, so I don’t know quite what to expect).
I’m guessing the fat loss will be slower since I’m already fairly lean. The hardest part will be to stay patient…
Glad you’re doing well!
I had fat loss even with a surplus of calories, the AD works.
Stay strong guys!
bump…
A great eating day:
eggs
bacon
sausage
beef patties
cheese
steak with grilled onion and mushrooms
more cheese
and FIBER.
3500 kcal
Loving life on the road and late night email posts.
Day 10 on the AD lifestyle and it’s done wonders for my sleep, mental focus, aerobic capacity (big surprise), and mood. Fuck, I wish I knew about this sooner.
Two more days until the big carb-up number 1!
Hit the grocery store today and picked up some 'taters, yogurt, fruit, and oatmeal. I think that will cover breakfast with an egg or two.
Planning some homemade whole wheat pizza for dinner – pizza and the final four! Hell yeah. GO SEC!
[quote]Jillybop wrote:
I’m 5’1" and 131.5lbs this morning and want to get down to 125. I’m about 17-18%bf now, so at 125 I should be about 14%, which seems about right (never been so lean, so I don’t know quite what to expect).
I’m guessing the fat loss will be slower since I’m already fairly lean. The hardest part will be to stay patient…
Glad you’re doing well! [/quote]
Just out of curiousity, have you tried cycling your kcals? It works for me every time I need to finish up a ‘leaning out’ cycle.
Is it me or is there a serious revival of the thread going on?
The longevity (and quality) of this thread alone proves the effectiveness of the AD way of life and renders most other diet trends quite “mortal” and transient.
I’m on week 8 about on the AD and loving it. I’m in a serious leaning out phase for a show in 6 weeks. I’m eating 1100-1200 cals/day with one day of carbs and higher cals. All carbs are good carbs other than one cheat meal.
Calories on normal days come half from supplements (well depending on what you call a supplement). By supplements I mean fish oil, coconut oil, greens, BCAA’s, whey, Glutamint and fiber supplements.
I’m sitting at 110 lbs and maybe 11% bodyfat (need to retest, was 13.5% 2 weeks ago) and I want to get to 8% 
I love the AD!
I can’t wait to up my cals in 9 weeks after my 2nd show and build muscle all summer for a late fall show!
I’m glad this thread goes strong and everybody doing well!
I am on the AD for 6 weeks now (41 yr old female) and hoped that by now I would see some results.
I have to be honest I do have some positive results, I am a lot stronger now and I feel VERY good.
However my real goal is to lose bodyfat and that has not happened yet AT ALL. I’m very active, lift 4 times a week and about 4 times cardio or HIIT. Nothing yet. I eat about 1800-2000 calories a day and am still hungry.
I know there are a few of you out there who have experience with women on this diet. I’d like to know how long it took before they had any results and if it’s necessary for me to maybe cut way back in calories.
Or any other advise/encouragement that you’d like to share with me. I need it because tomorrow is my carbup and I dont want to go overboard because of frustration. I’ve been pretty clean with the carbups too.
Anyway, have a nice weekend all and hope to hear from you.
[quote]BGB wrote:
I’m on week 8 about on the AD and loving it. I’m in a serious leaning out phase for a show in 6 weeks. I’m eating 1100-1200 cals/day with one day of carbs and higher cals. All carbs are good carbs other than one cheat meal.
Calories on normal days come half from supplements (well depending on what you call a supplement). By supplements I mean fish oil, coconut oil, greens, BCAA’s, whey, Glutamint and fiber supplements.
I’m sitting at 110 lbs and maybe 11% bodyfat (need to retest, was 13.5% 2 weeks ago) and I want to get to 8%
I love the AD!
I can’t wait to up my cals in 9 weeks after my 2nd show and build muscle all summer for a late fall show![/quote]
In the AD book on page 63 (about supplementation/stay away from these), dr MD warns us not to use coconut oil. Now I see that some use it apperantly with succes. Curious what everybody thinks about that. I’ve been avoiding coconut oil the past 6 weeks on the diet but I love it so wouldn’t mind to put it back in the diet!
Thanks
[quote]knuffel wrote:
In the AD book on page 63 (about supplementation/stay away from these), dr MD warns us not to use coconut oil. Now I see that some use it apperantly with succes. Curious what everybody thinks about that. I’ve been avoiding coconut oil the past 6 weeks on the diet but I love it so wouldn’t mind to put it back in the diet!
Thanks[/quote]
Well Shite! I’ve been taking coconut oil and it’s been leaning me out…?
[quote]knuffel wrote:
However my real goal is to lose bodyfat and that has not happened yet AT ALL. I’m very active, lift 4 times a week and about 4 times cardio or HIIT. Nothing yet.[/quote]
Hey, I’m guy, but I’ve noticed the same thing so far. I’ve been on AD for about 6 weeks and no fat loss yet.
Now I do have most of my fat stored in the belly region and I know that’s the hardest to lose so I’m sticking with it. Just not noticing the quick loss like some others report.
To all those who want to loose fat on the AD and are a bit discouraged:
For 2 months my cals were below maintenance but i wasn’t noticing any significant changes on a WEEKLY basis (especially the first couple of weeks) but when i finally compared my stats to those at the beginning of that period, i was 4 lbs of fat lighter, 4 lb of pure muscle heavier and -6% BF.
Be patient and stick to it. The slower you lean out the less muscle you risk and the easier you maintain your new weight.
[quote]ruglayer09052000 wrote:
Just out of curiousity, have you tried cycling your kcals? It works for me every time I need to finish up a ‘leaning out’ cycle.
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Well, I’m eating about 1500 cal during the week and 1775 on the weekend carbups. I think I was averaging 2000-2500 before trying to diet down. Does that sound good?
This diet works on MOST people, some aren’t as suited to it as others. Saying that, it may mean you have to lower your daily caloric intake a bit. Make some adjustments a little at a time and see what happens.
Also remember, full adaptation doesn’t occur until around week 12. I’m sure others on this thread have experienced lags from time to time, but usually it means that you need to lower calories, watch your diet more strictly, or possibly, you could be leaner than you think…:o)
Regardless, there are many on this thread who may have some suggestions.
Mine is to stick with it. The fact that it makes you feel great is reason enough in my opinion.
Were all in this together gang. We can do it!
-BD
Jilly,
Word has it that you just had a birthday? Happy belated! That explains the cake??? he…he…
[quote]BookemD wrote:
This diet works on MOST people, some aren’t as suited to it as others. Saying that, it may mean you have to lower your daily caloric intake a bit. Make some adjustments a little at a time and see what happens.
Also remember, full adaptation doesn’t occur until around week 12. I’m sure others on this thread have experienced lags from time to time, but usually it means that you need to lower calories, watch your diet more strictly, or possibly, you could be leaner than you think…:o)
Regardless, there are many on this thread who may have some suggestions.
Mine is to stick with it. The fact that it makes you feel great is reason enough in my opinion.
Were all in this together gang. We can do it!
-BD
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Very good points. Personally I plan on sticking with it for a while to give it a good chance. Besides how can you not love this way of eating!!
My plan is to slowly lose some of the blubber while trying to keep my weight up. I don’t want to lose much strength so I’m not going to do a drastic cutting phase. A main goal is to just get my waist down to where I like the way it looks and then keep it there.
The men in my family tend to hold their fat mostly in the abdominal region, and have a hard time losing it. Since some research has shown a big gut can be indicative of a tendency towards heart problems, I figure it’s better to head it off now.
hey guys/gals
did the body fat thing this morning and am down to 19% from 24% at the beggining of the anaoblic diet i started four weeks ago. my goal was to get to about 10% body fat and keep my weight at about 155 (im 5.6) ,the weight dropped to about 150-148 and on sundays after carbup about 153. so all and all im enjoying the plan very much.looking to keep putting on some muscle and shed some fat and see what happens.
now any of you guys take any supps for cholesteral control or not. i read the thread back in the day and there were some interesting opinions so i d like to reintroduce it to get answers from some of the new contributers on here.thanks again.