My Carb Cycling Cutter

[fritz2435]

I will be running a carb cycling diet for the next 7 wks, trying to cut a little before I go back to school. I am lifting 4 days a week and starting to add cardio. Probably at 10-11% BF right now, want to drop to 5-6%.

My carb cycle looks like this:

Su- 250g
M- 250g
T- 0g
W- 250g
Th- 0g
F- 250g
Sa- 600g

(not including carbs from fibrous vegetables.)

Cardio will be 3x a week, low intensity on off days for the first week, and will gradually add another session or two as losses slow.

Lifting 4 days a week, with Tues, Thurs, and Sat as my off days.

Water Consumption is about 1.5 gallons a day. Days with cardio, about 2 gallons.

Supps include Whey protein, flaxseed oil, Creatine Ethyl Ester, multivitamin, and Glutamine peptides.

We'll see how this goes!

[chest6]

I've never really posted over here. If you don't don't replenish carbohydrates after cardio...isn't that a bad thing??

[SwoleCat]

Not if it's low intensity cardio that uses fatty acids as it's primary source of fuel.

Some have a bit of carbs after, some don't, it's an individual preference. I never have.......



~SC~

[fritz2435]

On my 0 carb days, I'll usually have a pro/fat meal with 2-3 cups veggies after cardio, so I'm actually getting 15-20g carbs from veggies post-cardio.

[IronFreakX]

Does the CEE bloat...or is that only with monohydrate?

[Giantz11]

Supposedly CEE does not bloat....

Fritz....are you doing Twin Peaks Carb cycling diet?

[IronFreakX]

Supposedly CEE does not bloat....

Fritz....are you doing Twin Peaks Carb cycling diet?

Well neither does..monohydrate(for me)...oh and i dont see results from either... ....even when loading...taking alot thru-out the day..with dex...for a long time...nothing....

[Giantz11]

Me neither

[fritz2435]

Supposedly CEE does not bloat....

Fritz....are you doing Twin Peaks Carb cycling diet?

I took CEE the last time I cut, and saw no water retention. As for the Twin Peaks article, I took the main concept from there and personallized it. Twin Peak does not suggest doing any cardio. Rather than cutting calories as my progress slows, I will just up the cardio starting from 3x30 mins a week in week 1 to 6x45 mins a week as fat loss slows. Twin Peak also suggests eating fruit on high carb days, which I will avoid completely. My only carb sources will be sweet potatoes, brown rice, dextrose, and veggies.

[Kärnfysikern]

what is the reason for avoiding fruits on high carb days?

[fritz2435]

what is the reason for avoiding fruits on high carb days?

First of all, I am anal about sugars... but the main reason is that I LOVE my sweet potatoes and plain brown rice!

[fritz2435]

OK! diet starts tomorrow! Just had my last enormous binge cheat of the summer. (had to celebrate my friend winning the teen Natural Michigan!) 16 slices of pizza, 2 burgers, and a bagel. Nothing like a 5000+ calorie cheat meal to scare me away from sh!t food for the next 7 wks!

[fritz2435]

Update:

Weighed myself first thing in the morning, dropped 2 lbs since last Friday. I was very surprised, as I had been 18 lbs heavier the day after my cheat meal. Also, I did cardio 2x 30 mins low intensity on my no carb, non workout days. Never doing that again! I felt like a zombie the entire day...