BBQ ribs are ok if the outside isn’t “caramelized or seared” but I don’t get the affinity people have towards them lol truthfully I’m not big into bbq either way.
I did a variation of “keto”, which was Carb night solution (think we talked about this in the past) where you diet for 10 days of 30hg of cho or less then refeed the 11th day. After, you started keto for 6 days and reefed every seventh. Worked wonders.
This is my absolute favorite CKD diet. As anyone has seen me recommend it over and over. Perhaps
Spurfy has some other ideas that could improve it but man it sure works extremely well!
No. All BCAAs stimulate insulin release, which is the absolute last thing you want to do while fasting.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, BCAA supplementation has been shown to be basically worthless in several studies.
I think it was shown to be worthless IF protein requirements are already being met. I can see a case for using them during ketosis just to provide an short insulin spike to drive nutrition into the muscle but other than that probably not so much. I do still use them for certain things but it isn't necessarily all due to MPS.
I have been researching this subject a lot lately, and my understanding is that leucine initiates MPS via mtor, but does not sustain MPS unless all other essential amino acids are present. Initiation does not mean much without it being sustained.
This is why EAAs are superior to BCAAs.
Also glutamine is required for leucine to get inside the muscle, so it can not just be leucine. Lower glutamine levels means less MPS from everything I have read on this. Taking aminos to stimulate MPS without adding in some L-Glutamine prior or just taking in enough glutamine in general is probably going to hinder what you could get from the MPS compared to when you have plenty glutamine in the system.
short update
Today, while under influence of alcohol, I literally went on a trip. My wife was asking me if "I took something other than alcohol".
Who followed the "Soap-operesque" attack I lashed out on a AM member will clearly see that, if one knows me for longer.
That was not me -or better said, it was me on meth(never did meth) , I guess.
I'm 100% sure it had to do with the fast -and the alcohol. Even after more than half a bottle of vodka my mind was in overdrive. I was VERY aware -but at the same time manic. The effect was like on coke (that I tried, so comparison is sound) but even harsher. Lucky for me (and them) the trip began after my friends went home.
@DemntedCowboy and BEAST73 , just to make that clear, I'm not going to apologize. After reading all I wrote again, I'll stay to that, its what I thought and felt -and still feel to be correct. Nothing has changed.
I probably wouldn't have gone on a rant without that "brain quake". I did not resort to cheap verbal attacks, besides calling DC delusional -what I still think he is but would have never said under normal circumstances.
What is astonishing to me is that I spelled correctly (English is not my mother tongue). My mind was clear, something not expected after a fast + alcohol.
Between yesterday and today I lost another kg, probably due to dehydration from alcohol, leaving me now at 94 kg. Down from 101.5kg a week ago.
For all you non-metric guys: 224lbs before/207lbs after.
Spurfy , do you have an idea what this manic phase was? It was not "just alcohol", it was VERY strong. I was totally on the edge.
First, I am proud of you for manning up and coming in here and clearing the air. Not that it matters if I am proud, but it is awesome to see personal accountability which you know I am big on.
Second to add into what others have already mentioned could have been a factor in the agitated state. Molly, remember what i said about Molly burning through your serotonin levels like a California wild fire... That I said the following week you could be very moody, depressed or very easily agitated? I definitely think that some of this has to do with that. Also I am sure you lost a huge bit of whatever hydration you had been holding on to when you did the molly. So I would put more on that than probably even the nandrolone since it is pretty low on the androgenic scale. However I think it was more likely a combination of the perfect storm.
Lots of outside factors, and a legitimate gripe that you needed to vent out and get off your chest.
My guess is that the ketones have a higher affinity for the GABA receptor subunits (of both A and B) than ethanol but do not trigger a depressant effect, but have no affinity for mu or sigma opioid receptors (which ethanol stimulates) which stimulate the release of dopamine and norepinephrine. This combination would prevent the sedative and sloppiness effects of alcohol while increasing the stimulant effect.
I did warn you about drinking alcohol with such a high level of ketones...
So basically he was acting like someone on one of those Four Locos alcohol based energy drinks that got banned a few years back?
I advise DC off AM. Let Me be straight up with you. By Me telling DC he’s looking Great and his food. Flushed out the people real thoughts about him and their negative opinions. I told DC a month ago that I was going to do this,and it was a Success.
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Sorry, I am calling BS on this... It is so obviously BS that I am sad to see that
hairygrandpa, and
jtmass even contemplating accepting it as the truth. HGP must really feel bad about acting out of character to even be willing to accept this as honesty... It makes ZERO sense and there is no benefit to DC or yourself in doing so.
Let's get this right, you secretly thought that people were being to nice to him and telling him he is making better progress then he has been because he did so much and lost so much for his country. You decided this was unacceptable, so you and he discussed this and he said sure man, I would love that level of honesty. I really feel I am being let down by the people on AM giving me undeserved recognition of progress. I really want to hear them call me on my **** and motivate me to change for my own good. (Even though you both defended his stances tooth and nail)
So to correct this you and DC supposedly devised this manipulative plan for you to keep giving him compliments, while secretly telling him offline that his diet really needs work... You did this knowing that
someone would finally have the perfect hormonal cocktail and get tired of the lies and that person would then let it out and the avalanche of agreements would follow. WOW, you have such amazing foresight to have known a one in a billion chance like the perfect storm for HGP would happen. Man I really wish you would pick my lottery numbers for me since you can see into the UNLIKELY FUTURE like that!!!
On top of this instead of actually helping him with his diet and putting off his progress even further you all thought it would be better to flesh out if people really thought he was making such great progress... instead of actually making sure he got better progress. Again.. it makes no sense and is a shame you even tried to use it in your deception.
Also didn't you say in the other log that if you were working with DC that he would be elite level but now you admit to working off line with him and he is not elite. Apparently you thought the best use for that time spent was to be dishonest in order to try to manipulate the AM community into finally telling DC that he could make better choices and would make more progress if he did. Which is exactly what you had been defending him from for a very long time. MUCH LONGER THAN THE MONTH AGO THAT YOU SAID YOU ALL DISCUSSED THIS BY THE WAY!!!!
YEAH RIGHT!!!!
Unfortunately the reality of it is that there are only two options are here and both of them show you to be a dishonest and manipulative person...
A: Your ego, and or affinity for DC will not allow you to just admit that you were taking up for DC out of pity or respect for what he lost serving our country. Which makes sense. I have liked many of his progress pics without commenting on them because I have integrity and can not lie to someone and say that they are making progress if I do not see it. I also did not want to call him out on things because i truly respect what he went through in service of our country. I did try to help him make some better choices and you, he and I went back and forth over this for a while... Only now to say it was all a rouse, and you were intentionally wasting my time and good intentions...
B. WHICH IS THE FAR WORSE OPTION - You actually did try to manipulate the entire forum, and have been being dishonest with everyone on here in an effort to get people to come down on DC and give him much needed tough love... I am even having a hard time typing that because it is so ridiculous that I can't even make it sound right...
Worse than even that you are telling us that this was a concerted effort between you, and @DementedCowboy to deceive and manipulate all those who have been supporting him... both of you intentionally deceiving people in an effort to get some tough love that you would then both defend against heavily...
It is such a ridiculous and preposterous notion you should be ashamed to even put it out there. If it is not a preposterous notion and you all truly did that then neither of you are worthy of trust or respect from anyone who has ever read one word you have typed...
Really for that matter, if you are just cowards, and it was the first option and you decided to get together and make up this lie to cover your other nonsense then neither of you deserve trust or respect from anyone on this forum...
I liked you guys even though there were many things we didn't agree on, but now you are telling me I have been a pawn in a game you play... or you don't respect anyone on the board enough to tell the truth. Well I hope I speak for most anyone who has read any of the lies... Please kiss my ass, not right now though, let me prep it for you with a nasty alcohol crap first... then maybe you all can have the same rotten taste in your mouths as the rest of us who are being fed BS!!!!
P.S. I haven't been drinking or anything else, this is simply righteous indignation from being lied to and or intentionally being manipulated.
WHAT?
That explains why you posted in your log, that you would take DC's "roid expert" advise if you would go on a cycle. I almost lost it -but did not respond, because neither I am an expert -but surely DC isn't. Actually, THAT was the trigger that I reacted AT ALL. It was the cherry on top of the cake.
I have to think about all this. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Your action made me do things I can not take back (and will not).
If I wouldn't know better, I would have a glass of vodka now.
Stop, you are better than this... it's a lie and if not it was even worse, an intentional long term deception and manipulation of an entire forum who put their trust in people they thought were online friends...
You are only even considering any of this because you are ashamed of how you behaved out of character. However that in no way excuses these two for being extremely dishonest regardless of which way the went about it. It was either premeditated or an act of cowardice, but either way completely dishonest...
I knew he was straight as a circle. There are ways to help others. But, this just is exactly like you said “feel raped”. While we were going off on how he should change his regime, these two must have been having a laugh at our expense. I am an idiot!
Feel deceived, like right now... C'Mon guys... We are not dealing with masterminds. We are dealing with cowardice here, not a mastermind manipulator. Don't let them use your guilt for having said something to make you easily sway-able. No matter which is truth these guys should be considered a plague at this point for being found to be intentionally dishonest to anyone and everyone on this board that has read any of their diatribe...
No, not idiot. It showed that we were the only two with balls to tell the TRUTH. Others chimed in, most only by PM.
Hey Now, my balls are tiny but I went through this with the two of them and had to write a damn book in my own defense for trying to be helpful. Just didn't go for the jugular... I have no problem with the jugular now as they admitted to intentionally wronging not only me, but you and everyone else on this forum that has managed to get into their threads or others they post in.
YES! Good idea, was already thinking about it. Will google "John Kiefers" as soon as my adrenaline got down.
Like I mentioned before, it is my favorite CKD diet. Spurfy might have some improvements or something better who knows, but thus far probably my favorite cutting diet of all times. Mix it with 22/2 or 20/4 IF and you get ripped quickly!!!!
My goal is to help people transform and to live happy and healthy lives. I’m not expecting to get rich off my book, but I do — at the very least — need some financial incentive to spend thousands of hours researching and writing.
If I were a millionaire I’d release my book as a free e-book. But I’m not, so I can’t.
You should absolutely self promote. Anyone trying to generate income from their knowledge should do so. If not who will? All the best Authors go out on book tours, trainers use IG and other social media... You got to do it to make some money.