Changing my diet a bit

[T-Bone]

I am adding AP and changing my Metabolic Diet a little. I am adding carbs, up to 100 carbs a day on "low carb" days. I will still carb up, feeling it out at this point. Just made this decision on the fly. Hopefully I can still lose fat at 100 grams carbs a day. Pslin on carb up days also. I've run AP at 30 grams of carbs or less per day on low carb days. The reason I am changing things up is because I am feeling weak in the gym. Also doing cardio twice a day at 1 hour per session 6 days a week for the past 2 months could be causing me to feel weak. I may cut that in half also.

 

[scotty2]

Also doing cardio twice a day at 1 hour per session 6 days a week for the past 2 months could be causing me to feel weak. I may cut that in half also.

I would start there before adding the carbs, T-bone. Can't hurt to cut the cardio before messing with the diet.

 

[skunkman]

This is interesting that you are starting to introduce carbs. I have been feeling the same way lately. I started doing some research and came across some older threads with bobo and it doesn't seem that there are any metabolic advantages to a low carb approach. in fact most of the studies state that carbs and protein induce a greater thermic response and that carbs are more muscle sparing than fats.

I do believe that you can excrete water and glycogen when eliminating this macro nutrient but this only seems advantageous when wanting to look ultra ripped.(like right before a competition) Then there is the super compensation aspect of the AD but having done a 40-40-20 with AP for several months I feel that this is just as effective, for shuttling nutrients, as an AD style diet.

It appears that most of the studies that support little or no carbs are based on obese patients. It is my understanding that they metabolize food very different than a person with respectable bodyfat.

People seem to get all amped up (including myself) when they see that the have lost 10lbs after week or so and think that it is a miracle diet. In all reality when you do a certain eating style it all comes down to calories in vs calories out in the long run. (referring to your fat loss statement)

Are you currently bulking, cutting , maintaining?

 

[T-Bone]

This is interesting that you are starting to introduce carbs. I have been feeling the same way lately. I started doing some research and came across some older threads with bobo and it doesn't seem that there are any metabolic advantages to a low carb approach. in fact most of the studies state that carbs and protein induce a greater thermic response and that carbs are more muscle sparing than fats.

I do believe that you can excrete water and glycogen when eliminating this macro nutrient but this only seems advantageous when wanting to look ultra ripped.(like right before a competition) Then there is the super compensation aspect of the AD but having done a 40-40-20 with AP for several months I feel that this is just as effective, for shuttling nutrients, as an AD style diet.

It appears that most of the studies that support little or no carbs are based on obese patients. It is my understanding that they metabolize food very different than a person with respectable bodyfat.

People seem to get all amped up (including myself) when they see that the have lost 10lbs after week or so and think that it is a miracle diet. In all reality when you do a certain eating style it all comes down to calories in vs calories out in the long run. (referring to your fat loss statement)

Are you currently bulking, cutting , maintaining?

Maintaining, but trying to cut down!. The metabolic diet isn't strictly a low carb approach, it is more about the switch. You can add carbs, there is a flowchart in the book about it. I switched before to a different diet with more carbs but I added calories and carbs way to fast and gained a lot of fat. I am adding them slowly just starting out with 100 carbs per day on the low carb portion. Don't want to gain any fat so I am doing this slowly and carefully trying to gain some strength back which the loss I think is from over-doing cardio.