Anybody read this week’s Reader Mail? In one of the responses, it was mentioned that the T-Dawg Diet might be modified to include slightly higher carbs and a few other modifications (i.e. Berardi’s “food combining ideas”, better post-workout nutrition, etc.). I’m just wondering if anybody has tried T-Dawg with the higher carb limits - 70g on non-training days and 100g on training days. Do you think it’ll be as effective for fat loss? Better at keeping muscle?
I have increased the carbs to 100 grams on off days and 150 on workout days. I find I’m getting much better results. I also seperate my meals into protein + fat and protein + carb. I eat my protein + carb meals first and after a workout.
That’s more or less what I’m doing now. I’ve been on Berardi’s Don’t Diet for approx. 10 weeks, and I started off around 200 g. carbs/day, then tapered down to 150/day, and I’m making the push for the 5 mm. ab skinfold starting this week using Meltdown training and 100 g./day. 50 g. come from Surge post-workout and the other meals have no more than 5-10 g. coming from veggies and my 1-cup serving of cottage cheese. In the past I used 20-30 g/day on cyclic keto diets, and then last year I experimented w. a MRP post-workout (approx. 25 g), which worked noticeably better. I’m sticking w. 100 g. and no less for the remainder as I don’t want to have to do a prolonged carb-up…this is the only problem I have had w. CKD’s. I could go basically low carb forever if it weren’t for the muscle loss and long-term insulin sensitivity issues; however I simply cannot control my carb-ups. As soon as I get the taste of them in my mouth it’s all over. Out of 20 or so one or two-day carb ups literally only three have been controlled. What I’m thinking about doing is using my carb-up day (I’m well under eight percent so I get a full day as per Poliquin’s recommendation), I’m just gonna eat Massive Eating style with six carb/protein meals with only the good stuff…no junk. I can only go so long w/o my Oatmeal/Vanilla AP/Banana meal before I go insane…not to mention the cottage cheese/blueberries/Vanilla AP concoction. Oh I could go on forever!
I was going with 120 carbs on both workout and nonworkout days and I shaved about 30 pounds in 6.5 weeks. I went through the first two phases of Ian Kings 12 Weeks to SS, and my strength also increased despite the reduced calories. I also followed the massive eating meal combination guidelines. I’ve been getting sloppy lately though… I feel like eating for a bit now that I see how easy I can burn fat off. I’ve put on about 7-8 lbs of fat and a few pounds of muscle since stopping the diet… god I missed combination fried rice soooo much. and pizza, and burritos, and cheeseburgers… mmmmm… I’m going to cut down again come the end of march. But seriously… I think the meal combinations (P&F, P&C) were the most important part of the diet… I’m sure I could of taken the carbs even higher and done just as well. My protein intake was also WAY higher than recommended, and fat just melted off. Good luck.
The changes that they’re going to publish sound pretty much like the same changes I’ve always used with the T-dawg diet. It still has always worked great for me, especially with Androsol 70 sprays every morning. It usually only takes me two months to get where I want.
I’m also doing this, though I’m using a 80/40 split, which isn’t much more than the original, and I’m down 13lbs. in 2 weeks (I think 7-8 is water). I think I’ve protected my LBM pretty well.
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How does this work for girls? I’m really asking about finding the metabolic rate as specified by the T-Dawg diet article.
BTW -- when you say training day, are you talking about only weight training days or cardio days as well? Per John B's Appetite for Construction, it looks like we're to drink post workout shake after a 20-30 min cardio session? (65% of max HR or higher)
Thanks.
Just curious, as to the amount of protein/carbs you do post workout. I’m on my second week of T-Dawg/Meltdown and have been using 20gr. whey and 40gr. carbs after the workouts. Right now it feels like it is replenishing my muscles-no real DOMS and plenty of energy to train. Since my primary goal is losing fat I probably won’t go too much higher with the carbs unless I start feeling flat. Anyone have success using Berardi’s formula for post workout? (.4gr. protein and .8gr carbs-for my bodywt this would mean 80 grams carbs).
Just use a serving of Surge. I use 1 full serving (50 carb/25 pro) which corresponds w. bodyweight (163 @6 percent).