
Originally Posted by
EasyDoesIt
Personally i would not recommend Atkins type diet. You would need to start with even less than 50 gms carb a day prob around 20. If you put bod yfat on when upping calories, i am betting your training regimen, strength and cardio are not up to par. Most likely you are not strength training correctly or intense enough to build muscle tissue and probably not doing enough cardio. The body going into ketosis will hinder your ability to train properly.
Basics are to cut out all breads, white sugar, pasta and boxed or canned foods other than tuna and nuts.
You need quality calories to train properly to put on muscle mass. The more muscle mass you have the better your metabolism will work.
Mild carbs for breakfast like steel cut oats along with 4 whole eggs. i usually eat around 5 or 6. Prob half cup oats,
Snack straight whey isolate protein with water and frozen blueberries, no juices or milk.
Lunch Protein as in chick breast, tuna, flank steak, cup brown rice, greens of some type.
Snack handful nuts or couple hard boiled eggs.
Dinner protein source and greens, no carbs.
This is what works for me.
This is not a competition diet, but it is livable and workable, tweak proteins and some carbs. Compare with what you eat now and i bet your pretty different from this.
Usually i have my clients write down what they eat for a week to see and show them why things are not working.
quality calories to fuel body and train properly lower carbohydrates throughout day and cut them at night.
You can play with that, but i say get your training and diet going properly while getting bf down and adding muscle.
Then start cycle while you are up and running, rather than experiment with diet and training while on cycle.
Biggest problem i see as a trainer when working with people that have been working out and working with trainers in past is they think they know how to train and diet.
No progress means somethings wrong.
I do not compete, but i do not fluctuate a lot going up and down and train consistently without lay-offs for weeks , months or years.
That's more than i planned on typing, lol, so you need to read up and get some knowledge. Look hard through the diet and nutrition section and read other experiences and what has worked for some.
WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING YOU EAT FOR A WEEK! Don't leave out the snacking junk. You want to lose bodyfat and put on muscle, so learn how to eat protein.
Good luck and keep plugging away, it's not easy and requires discipline, but pay off is worth it.