cycling on keto

bora27
bora27 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 18 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
I'm thinking on a new tipe lchf/or keto tipe diet on weekends a day or two on slight higher carbs days then back to low carvs ? Anyone tried something simillar ? My goal is to lose body fat and maintaning muscle size . . .

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  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
    I haven't tried any protein/carb cycling like you describe, but the answer to losing body fat and maintaining muscle size is maintenance or less total calories, higher than normal protein, and weight lifting. Cardio if you want to.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Sounds dreadfully overcomplicated and restrictive for no good reason to me - so no I haven't tried it! :)
    Beware you are likely to get fairly extreme changes in weight due to water fluctuations so seeing your weight trend over time will be harder.
    bora27 wrote: »
    My goal is to lose body fat and maintaining muscle size . . .
    Are you aiming to lose weight then? This is the maintaining weight section so the more usual goal in this forum is to lose body fat and increase (not maintain) muscle mass. Recomp in other words.

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