Ok I came up with a bomb-ass solution.
I keep my moderate and low carb days how they are now, and continue to drop carbs as my planned diet progresses.
I move my high-carb day to something like 360, an amount I KNOW I won’t gain weight on.
I came up with this because CT said the high-carb day was to spike the metabolism, and carbs in the 100s wasn’t doing that. Besides, I doubt I’m losing fat on that anyways, might as well do some good, instead of doing nothing at all.
Comments? Suggestions?
[quote]John Smith wrote:
Ok I came up with a bomb-ass solution.
I keep my moderate and low carb days how they are now, and continue to drop carbs as my planned diet progresses.
I move my high-carb day to something like 360, an amount I KNOW I won’t gain weight on.
I came up with this because CT said the high-carb day was to spike the metabolism, and carbs in the 100s wasn’t doing that. Besides, I doubt I’m losing fat on that anyways, might as well do some good, instead of doing nothing at all.
Comments? Suggestions?[/quote]
360 still not huge but try it see if you could handle more. Id also suggest taking most away from when you want to sleep after being low carb a whck like that has me pumped and sweatin like a fool
Phill
John- let me know how it goes, I’m still experimenting with the carb cycling as far as how I feel during workouts and still being able to lose some body fat but I need a set plan come the end of next month.
[quote]John Smith wrote:
Ok I came up with a bomb-ass solution.
I keep my moderate and low carb days how they are now, and continue to drop carbs as my planned diet progresses.
I move my high-carb day to something like 360, an amount I KNOW I won’t gain weight on.
I came up with this because CT said the high-carb day was to spike the metabolism, and carbs in the 100s wasn’t doing that. Besides, I doubt I’m losing fat on that anyways, might as well do some good, instead of doing nothing at all.
Comments? Suggestions?[/quote]
What exactly is your diet like, can u give examples of what you’re eating depending on your workouts?
Ok it’s Monday, I overslept so training started at 5:40.
Carbed up with a 160gs of carbs from oatmeal. Had a single scoop of protein with it.
I’ve decided to drop protein intake from 280+ down to 210 for the day. I’m also consuming no outside fat sources, the only fat I get will be from the P+C meals spread throughout the day.
I plan on having one more big carb meal, 100gs of fiber one), then the rest will be spread throughout the day in small low-GI forms.
260gs of carbs before 8am… Gotta love it.
Although I am quite full. I’ve limited my liquid intake (protein shake and milk from oats/fiber one), in hopes of not bloating.
The other 100gs will be spread out in frequent small P/C/F meals.
I hate to blog this shit but other people have asked for it so here it goes.
It’s like 11:30ish, just got back from college. The full feeling went away, I do look much fuller, slightly smoother. I’m not AS vascular because I didn’t drink a lot of liquids. I normally get pretty vascular even when low-carbed, so I know that’s just hydration levels.
My piss is straight yellow, I felt a little tired in class(from the workout duh).
So far I’d say it’s been pretty good. Probably gunna finish it off with 60gs complex carbs after my second workout about 12ish.
I’ll spend the rest of the day eating lean protein and chugging water.
And so goes the experiment, I will be back…
The day is winding down. I feel tired, but I look pretty good. I have no bloating, no water retention. I’m much fuller though, good vascularity. I hope my metabolism stays spiked for the days to come, probably will help out with my fat loss.
All in all it was OK, I’ll try something different next time. Maybe a balanced spread out approach. I’m thinking 400 carbs, spread out through six meals. Something like 60-70 complex carbs per meal, see how that approach works.
Just as an update, I plan on trying a “high fat” day instead of my low-carb day on thursday.
I got this idea from Dave Tate’s blog.
I’m still working out details, but i’ll post them.
I think you are very close to where you should be for weigh-in… I wrestled extensively in high school and college. I help members at my BJJ school make weight for tournaments.
It is very easy to drop 5 to 6 lbs of water weight in 24 to 36 hours. You can drop another 1 to 2 lbs in solid waste in 24 to 36 hours. I know this will sound crazy but start training your body to respond the way you want it to.
Every morning try to sit down and take a dump first thing. You can eventually get yourself and body in this habit. Limit solid foods the day before weigh to easily digested foods and just enough to get you thru. This should help you empty your solid waste out.
Water weight is easy to drop. Make sure you are getting plenty of fluids at least a gallon or more a day of water up until 24 to 36 hours before weigh in. This way your body is trained to get and let go of water easily.
Limit water intake the last 24 to 36 hours before weigh in. Jump Rope in a hot room in sweats and at a moderate pace for about 15 minutes at a time. Mix in some time in the sauna. You should drop anywhere from 6 to 8 pounds very quickly after all this to prepare for weigh in.
Wake up the day of weigh in, take your dump and if the official scales are available check yourself early otherwise use some certified scales if possible. You should be right on. You need to practice this process several times in the future to see how well you respond to it and how quickly you can drop weight this way and how much.
After weigh in quickly hydrate. We always had body temperature Gatorade mixed half and half with water. We usually drink 32 ounces of this over the next hour. We then have a meal of half complex and half simple carbs every hour up until about 4 hours before the fight or match.
Then only simple liquid carbs up until 2 hours before the match. Of course this whole time trying to drink fluids without feeling bloated or slushy. You need to practice this also in the future. Find foods you can eat and feel empty with quickly and that you can train after eating without feeling sick. Rule for us is bland and simple.
Good post, thanks.