Hey everyone, I’m trying to start the anabolic diet tomorrow and I’m having a bit of a hard time making the diet work out on paper. I’ll write it in here hoping that some of you can look it over and tell me how I did and where I should change it. I wasn’t sure about some of the figures I found on Fitday.com, so please let me know if I confused anything.
Looks good in terms of the AD principals. Good to see your starting out and embracing the high fat, alot of people have a hard time un-learning everything they thought they knew about fat consumption.
Should probably post some stats like ht, wt, age. But if 3000cals a day is 16-18XBW then I would say it all looks good.
(And there of course is going to be some discrepencies between fitday and real life, but as long as you stay pretty close your good. The AD is very forgiving)
Good luck, this is one of the best diets out there.
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
Hey everyone, I’m trying to start the anabolic diet tomorrow and I’m having a bit of a hard time making the diet work out on paper. I’ll write it in here hoping that some of you can look it over and tell me how I did and where I should change it. I wasn’t sure about some of the figures I found on Fitday.com, so please let me know if I confused anything.
You could add a tablespoon of EVOO to meals 3, 4 and 7, and a half tablespoon to meals 5 and 6. Also, what are you doing for fish oil? Everyone should be using fish oil.
After the initial 2 weeks your body hopefully will have become a fat-burner. However, some people DON’T and need an additional week or two, right?
My question is this: If you do the two weeks and then do a carb up BUT you were wrong (you’re body has not converted over to burning fat), how will the body react? Will you need an additional 2-4 week induction? Also, just so I have an idea, what percentage of people need more than two weeks?
If I did two weeks, then started the 5days/2days routine, would my body eventually develop into a fat-burner or would that not work?
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
I have a queseion about the induction period
After the initial 2 weeks your body hopefully will have become a fat-burner. However, some people DON’T and need an additional week or two, right?
My question is this: If you do the two weeks and then do a carb up BUT you were wrong (you’re body has not converted over to burning fat), how will the body react? Will you need an additional 2-4 week induction? Also, just so I have an idea, what percentage of people need more than two weeks?
If I did two weeks, then started the 5days/2days routine, would my body eventually develop into a fat-burner or would that not work?
Thanks[/quote]
You shouldn’t go back immediately even if you’re partially converted. It takes a good solid three days of straight carbs to covert back. I always suggest people limit their first carb up to a single day to see how it goes. You can usually tell how well it works when you go back to the low carb eating and see how fast you “go back down” to where you were before the carb up.
The longer it takes the less converted you were. For example- if you carb up on Saturday and aren’t back down to your saturday morning weight by Wednesday chances are you either carbed up too much or weren’t fully adapted.
Of course digestion, water weight, etc. all plays a factor, but you should know your own body well enough to play those factors in.
[quote]eengrms76 wrote:
Gambit_Lost wrote:
I have a queseion about the induction period
After the initial 2 weeks your body hopefully will have become a fat-burner. However, some people DON’T and need an additional week or two, right?
My question is this: If you do the two weeks and then do a carb up BUT you were wrong (you’re body has not converted over to burning fat), how will the body react? Will you need an additional 2-4 week induction? Also, just so I have an idea, what percentage of people need more than two weeks?
If I did two weeks, then started the 5days/2days routine, would my body eventually develop into a fat-burner or would that not work?
Thanks
You shouldn’t go back immediately even if you’re partially converted. It takes a good solid three days of straight carbs to covert back. I always suggest people limit their first carb up to a single day to see how it goes. You can usually tell how well it works when you go back to the low carb eating and see how fast you “go back down” to where you were before the carb up.
The longer it takes the less converted you were. For example- if you carb up on Saturday and aren’t back down to your saturday morning weight by Wednesday chances are you either carbed up too much or weren’t fully adapted.
Of course digestion, water weight, etc. all plays a factor, but you should know your own body well enough to play those factors in.[/quote]