I've been on a very low calorie ketogenic diet to cut fat quickly and burn muscle. I always thought that having calories this low would burn muscle, but a friend convinced be to try it- that you don't use any muscle or strength.
My diet is mostly proteins & vegetables, minimal minimal carbs, <20-30g a day, sodium as low as possible, 1.5 gallons+ water per day.
The first week was brutal, I felt like I had the flu or something. I couldn't work out even if I tried. About 8 days in, my urine was testing positive for high ketones and I was very much in ketosis. I also felt absolutely incredible, more energy than I could have expected.
It's now been about a month, I've lost 17lbs of fat- I don't think I have lost ANY muscle whatsoever. I can do cardio for an hour and not be exhausted, this week I'm going to get back on to lifting weights. I still have another 15 or so lbs to lose.
I've tried a million diets and they have never worked like this one, so I'm going to try something different. I'm going to go against what almost everyone on the forum and attempt to make some sort of muscle gains over the next four weeks, while still keeping to this diet.
weeks 1-4 while I'm still trying to cut fat, I'm going to lift weights and try and put on muscle.
weeks 5-8 I'll be adding 100mg of SARMS (50mg x 2daily) to see how it affects everything.
My question is this --> has anyone tried to do a clean bulk while on a ketogenic diet?
I'll be posting my results on this thread.
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