One day carb re-load

zeinmr

Hello all. I am training for the last 6 month and I am on keto diet for the last year. I found lot of articles about a carb reload day and even Dr Jeff Volek in his book TNT diet mention it. For the last one month I follwed this diet but I found it is difficult to return back quickly to the keto adaptation. It takes me around 3 days to re-enter in ketosis and never reach the sweet spot (between 2 and 4 with keto meter).
Have any one did or doing this low carb reload? your feedback is appreciated

wabmester

3 days sounds about right to re-deplete your glycogen stores. Your blood level of ketones just reflects lipolysis - utilization. If you're using a bunch, your blood levels go down. It's not a very important metric. Why do you consider it a "sweet spot?"

zeinmr

My goal is build muscle-lose fat. I am losing 3 days in the week to return to ketosis and never reach the optimal zone of burning fat which Dr Volek and Dr phinney described in their book (it is between 2 and 4).

wabmester

There is a carb cycling group here, but it looks pretty dead:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/104142-carb-cycling-endurance-athletes

You'll get a better response here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ketogains/

zeinmr

wabmester wrote: »

There is a carb cycling group here, but it looks pretty dead:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/104142-carb-cycling-endurance-athletes

You'll get a better response here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ketogains/

thx