For fast fat loss, why do the diet for a full month if the best gains come in the first week? also, the problem with the v-diet is loss of energy over time. By doing the diet for one week, you would lose fat but not lose too much in the weight room.
Right or wrong?
thanks
bc its not the V-diet.
[quote]Hawkson101 wrote:
For fast fat loss, why do the diet for a full month if the best gains come in the first week? also, the problem with the v-diet is loss of energy over time. By doing the diet for one week, you would lose fat but not lose too much in the weight room.
Right or wrong?
thanks[/quote]
Wrong… Time to start reading my friend. Learn what you can on low carb diets and report back to us. Heres a hint you want to keep an eye out for:
Ahhh, what the hell I’ll tell you, but you still obviously have A TON of reading to do on nutrition.
The first week or 2 of a low carb diet you exhaust your glycogen supplies in your muscles, but glycogen binds to water, so when you lose that glycogen you also lose a ton of water weight (up to 6 pounds of the weight lost in the first 2 weeks is PURE water weight).
Soo, if you lose 2 pounds of fat, and 4 pounds of water… it looks like 6 pounds, then the next week you lose 2 pounds of fat and 2 of water, so it “only” looks like 4. Then the third and fourth week you “only” lose 2 weeks, but in actuality it was 2 weeks of FAT all along.
Most, if not all the “best gains” from the first week is water weight.
There’s also no dietary habit changes if you only stick to it for a week.
Probably a lot of water weight that first week.
[quote]Hawkson101 wrote:
For fast fat loss, why do the diet for a full month if the best gains come in the first week? also, the problem with the v-diet is loss of energy over time. By doing the diet for one week, you would lose fat but not lose too much in the weight room.
Right or wrong?
thanks[/quote]
The best losses don’t always come in the first week. When I did it, my best losses were in the second week. I also managed to get stronger during the diet because I was getting enough protein for the first time and I changed my routine in the gym.
You are correct in that you can lose energy near the end of the diet, but that’s the case with any calorie restricted diet. It’s also why you don’t go past the 28 day mark.
For me, most of my fat loss came in the second and third weeks after my body adjusted to the change.
First week numbers are misleading. Water, depleting your glycogen stores, clearing your intestines, they all add weight to your body and are lost in the first week, but they’re coming back the second you eat normally again.
Not to mention, if you want to get truly ripped or lose 15 lbs fast but safely and effectively and maintain muscle, you’re not gonna do it 1 week. You need longer than that.
I had my best results between week 2 and 3.
Although you might lose some water weight and glycogen on the v-diet, I think the Surge does an incredible job of glycogen replenishment. 6 pounds may be true on a LCD, but the v-diet’s use of Surge really negates the glycogen losses.
[quote]sethbron wrote:
Although you might lose some water weight and glycogen on the v-diet, I think the Surge does an incredible job of glycogen replenishment. 6 pounds may be true on a LCD, but the v-diet’s use of Surge really negates the glycogen losses. [/quote]
Agreed.
I actually use this “method” from time to time.
It does work to lose a few quick pounds here and there. You’re not going to lose more than a couple pounds, but the system flush the v-diet gives you for a few days is well worth it now and again.
And with such a short bout of high protein/low carb you aren’t going to sacrifice any muscle.
Just don’t actually call it the v-diet.