CARB CYCLING: How to lose body fat with Carb Cycling.
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How to lose body fat with Carb Cycling
Carb Cycling is a way to lose body fat that began within the bodybuilding community and has found its' way into general fitness as well now. It has often been used among bodybuilders as a way to cut body fat before a competition but the principles of Carb Cycling can also be used in a more moderate fashion among gym-goers who aren't competing. By varying the level of carbohydrates consumed on differing days, practitioners of Carb Cycling can lose substantial amounts of body fat and keep it off.
A low-carbohydrate diet is classified as a diet that consists of less than 30% carbohydrates. If you want to lose body fat then cutting the amount of carbohydrates you eat will make that goal much more achievable as you'll benefit from reduced hunger and a more stable level of blood sugar.
Carb Cycling is very different from a low-carbohydrate diet such as the Atkins diet. People who diet on Atkins may experience lots of fatigue, higher risks of heart disease and diabetes as well as brain fog. These problems can be avoided by consuming low amounts of carbohydrates on one day, then higher amounts the next.
When you eat carbs, these become stored in your muscles as glycogen, the body's biggest source of fuel for exercise and general daily activity. Your body converts these carbohydrates into glycogen for energy first, then if there are excess carbohydrates these are stored as body fat which is what you definitely don't want! To avoid this you can lower your intake of carbohydrates, this means that your body will use the available glycogen for energy, and once this is used up it will begin burning any excess bodyfat for fuel instead.
To begin Carb Cycling, you can take a Seven Day Week and choose which days should be high carb and which days should be low carb. For example:
- Monday: No carbohydrates
- Tuesday: Moderate amount of carbohydrates
- Wednesday: High amounts of carbohydrates
- Thursday: No carbohydrates
- Friday: Moderate amounts of carbohydrates
- Saturday: High amounts of carbohydrates
- Sunday: No carbohydrates
If you're looking to lose body fat using Carb Cycling but don't want to over-complicate your diet don't worry. The easiest way is to look at your current diet plan and alter it to the specifications above. For example, if one of your daily meals consists of half a plate of pasta, on moderate days, just cut that amount of pasta in half. On non-carbohydrate days you can substitute vegetable for the pasta. You could even try our Low carb diet whey.
The types of carbohydrates you eat daily should be whole grain rather than white. For example you can switch white bread in your sandwiches to brown bread. If you're going to eat sugars or you have a cheat day, make sure this coincides with your high-carbohydrate day so you can stay on track to achieving your goals. Make sure you eat protein at every single meal and more fruit on high-carbohydrate days and more vegetables on low-carbohydrate days.
If you're working out or doing intense exercise multiple times a week, it's best to make sure you do these sessions on days where you're eating moderate to high amounts of carbohydrates, then on your rest days you can substitute vegetables for carbohydrates instead and prevent your body storing excess fat! As always, the best routine is one that you stick to and complete consistently so plan accordingly.
Thanks for taking the time to read and hope it helped and good luck :happy:
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Carb Cycling is a way to lose body fat that began within the bodybuilding community and has found its' way into general fitness as well now. It has often been used among bodybuilders as a way to cut body fat before a competition but the principles of Carb Cycling can also be used in a more moderate fashion among gym-goers who aren't competing. By varying the level of carbohydrates consumed on differing days, practitioners of Carb Cycling can lose substantial amounts of body fat and keep it off.
A low-carbohydrate diet is classified as a diet that consists of less than 30% carbohydrates. If you want to lose body fat then cutting the amount of carbohydrates you eat will make that goal much more achievable as you'll benefit from reduced hunger and a more stable level of blood sugar.
Carb Cycling is very different from a low-carbohydrate diet such as the Atkins diet. People who diet on Atkins may experience lots of fatigue, higher risks of heart disease and diabetes as well as brain fog. These problems can be avoided by consuming low amounts of carbohydrates on one day, then higher amounts the next.
When you eat carbs, these become stored in your muscles as glycogen, the body's biggest source of fuel for exercise and general daily activity. Your body converts these carbohydrates into glycogen for energy first, then if there are excess carbohydrates these are stored as body fat which is what you definitely don't want! To avoid this you can lower your intake of carbohydrates, this means that your body will use the available glycogen for energy, and once this is used up it will begin burning any excess bodyfat for fuel instead.
To begin Carb Cycling, you can take a Seven Day Week and choose which days should be high carb and which days should be low carb. For example:
- Monday: No carbohydrates
- Tuesday: Moderate amount of carbohydrates
- Wednesday: High amounts of carbohydrates
- Thursday: No carbohydrates
- Friday: Moderate amounts of carbohydrates
- Saturday: High amounts of carbohydrates
- Sunday: No carbohydrates
If you're looking to lose body fat using Carb Cycling but don't want to over-complicate your diet don't worry. The easiest way is to look at your current diet plan and alter it to the specifications above. For example, if one of your daily meals consists of half a plate of pasta, on moderate days, just cut that amount of pasta in half. On non-carbohydrate days you can substitute vegetable for the pasta. You could even try our Low carb diet whey.
The types of carbohydrates you eat daily should be whole grain rather than white. For example you can switch white bread in your sandwiches to brown bread. If you're going to eat sugars or you have a cheat day, make sure this coincides with your high-carbohydrate day so you can stay on track to achieving your goals. Make sure you eat protein at every single meal and more fruit on high-carbohydrate days and more vegetables on low-carbohydrate days.
If you're working out or doing intense exercise multiple times a week, it's best to make sure you do these sessions on days where you're eating moderate to high amounts of carbohydrates, then on your rest days you can substitute vegetables for carbohydrates instead and prevent your body storing excess fat! As always, the best routine is one that you stick to and complete consistently so plan accordingly.
Thanks for taking the time to read and hope it helped and good luck :happy:
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What the eff do you eat in a day to get no carbs?0
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I always wanted to learn more about carb cycling because I've heard it is very effective. I've lost a good amount of weight and now I just want to focus on lower my body fat % so thank you!0
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hope it helped
it didn't0 -
hope it helped
it didn't
Now I haz the sad
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This approach would be 100% useless to anyone.
The main premise of carb cycling is being in ketosis primarily, and taking advantage of glycogen supercompensation.
If you're not glycogen depleting, then there's no supercompensation. 3 days of no carbs isn't going to do anything.0 -
hope it helped
it didn't
Now I haz the sad
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What the eff do you eat in a day to get no carbs?
I was thinking the same.0 -
Or...read the article here:
http://www.bodybuildingwarehouse.co.uk/blog/carb-cycling-lose-body-fat-like-a-bodybuilder-and-keep-it-off
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..
I am the CARB QUEEN.0 -
This sounds great. Wait ok what did you say. I read it but don't understand. Guess its too complicated for me. I make my husband explain it. He understands that kind of stuff.0
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Damn... I thought this post was going to be about eating pasta while riding a bike. I guess I will just have to stick to running a caloric deficit to lose weight.0
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This sounds great. Wait ok what did you say. I read it but don't understand. Guess its too complicated for me. I make my husband explain it. He understands that kind of stuff.
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QFTThis approach would be 100% useless to anyone.
The main premise of carb cycling is being in ketosis primarily, and taking advantage of glycogen supercompensation.
If you're not glycogen depleting, then there's no supercompensation. 3 days of no carbs isn't going to do anything.
The only reason this sort of thing "works" is because it requires strict attention to diet. In the name of some fad, people start focusing more on what they eat. The resulting loss is a product of that new-found diet adherence, not the diet itself. A real carb cycling diet can be very effective for extreme cases (bodybuilding, etc) but requires even more discipline and is, as described in the quote above, nothing like the method posted by OP.
The hard truth: if you're fat like me, there is almost no chance you will be able to stick to a true carb cycling diet. We got this way because we have discipline issues. We're all trying to fix those issues, but true carb cycling is some advanced-level stuff. Even if you can manage to stick to it, you won't get any noticeable benefit above a simple caloric deficit.0 -
Oh yay! More ways to complicate a rather simple process!!
Oh...
And a Crankr stye NO
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What the eff do you eat in a day to get no carbs?
My thoughts haha. Bump for later.... and answers regarding no effing carbs. lol.0 -
This sounds great. Wait ok what did you say. I read it but don't understand. Guess its too complicated for me. I make my husband explain it. He understands that kind of stuff.
Hey, do you know those guys? You all know each other, right?0 -
Nuh uh. If he'd cut and pasted it, it would no longer be at the other place for us to read. That would be copy and paste, since the source copy still exists.Or...read the article here:
http://www.bodybuildingwarehouse.co.uk/blog/carb-cycling-lose-body-fat-like-a-bodybuilder-and-keep-it-off
Cut and paste post was cut, and then pasted.0 -
Damn!~ I had high hopes for this thread just by the title, but you pooched it!0
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That's not carb cycling...this is carb cycling...
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holy... what the... i don't...That's not carb cycling...this is carb cycling...
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Nuh uh. If he'd cut and pasted it, it would no longer be at the other place for us to read. That would be copy and paste, since the source copy still exists.Or...read the article here:
http://www.bodybuildingwarehouse.co.uk/blog/carb-cycling-lose-body-fat-like-a-bodybuilder-and-keep-it-off
Cut and paste post was cut, and then pasted.
Thanks. You out-anal'd me. :flowerforyou:0 -
Broscience isn't always the best to pass off (especially since most is anecdotal bodybuilding info and we all know none of them are entirely "natural" or general population). And you shouldn't be touting information you more than likely copied and pasted and passing it off as your own.How to lose body fat with Carb Cycling
Carb Cycling is a way to lose body fat that began within the bodybuilding community and has found its' way into general fitness as well now. It has often been used among bodybuilders as a way to cut body fat before a competition but the principles of Carb Cycling can also be used in a more moderate fashion among gym-goers who aren't competing. By varying the level of carbohydrates consumed on differing days, practitioners of Carb Cycling can lose substantial amounts of body fat and keep it off.
A low-carbohydrate diet is classified as a diet that consists of less than 30% carbohydrates. If you want to lose body fat then cutting the amount of carbohydrates you eat will make that goal much more achievable as you'll benefit from reduced hunger and a more stable level of blood sugar.
Carb Cycling is very different from a low-carbohydrate diet such as the Atkins diet. People who diet on Atkins may experience lots of fatigue, higher risks of heart disease and diabetes as well as brain fog. These problems can be avoided by consuming low amounts of carbohydrates on one day, then higher amounts the next.
When you eat carbs, these become stored in your muscles as glycogen, the body's biggest source of fuel for exercise and general daily activity. Your body converts these carbohydrates into glycogen for energy first, then if there are excess carbohydrates these are stored as body fat which is what you definitely don't want! To avoid this you can lower your intake of carbohydrates, this means that your body will use the available glycogen for energy, and once this is used up it will begin burning any excess bodyfat for fuel instead.
To begin Carb Cycling, you can take a Seven Day Week and choose which days should be high carb and which days should be low carb. For example:
- Monday: No carbohydrates
- Tuesday: Moderate amount of carbohydrates
- Wednesday: High amounts of carbohydrates
- Thursday: No carbohydrates
- Friday: Moderate amounts of carbohydrates
- Saturday: High amounts of carbohydrates
- Sunday: No carbohydrates
If you're looking to lose body fat using Carb Cycling but don't want to over-complicate your diet don't worry. The easiest way is to look at your current diet plan and alter it to the specifications above. For example, if one of your daily meals consists of half a plate of pasta, on moderate days, just cut that amount of pasta in half. On non-carbohydrate days you can substitute vegetable for the pasta. You could even try our Low carb diet whey.
The types of carbohydrates you eat daily should be whole grain rather than white. For example you can switch white bread in your sandwiches to brown bread. If you're going to eat sugars or you have a cheat day, make sure this coincides with your high-carbohydrate day so you can stay on track to achieving your goals. Make sure you eat protein at every single meal and more fruit on high-carbohydrate days and more vegetables on low-carbohydrate days.
If you're working out or doing intense exercise multiple times a week, it's best to make sure you do these sessions on days where you're eating moderate to high amounts of carbohydrates, then on your rest days you can substitute vegetables for carbohydrates instead and prevent your body storing excess fat! As always, the best routine is one that you stick to and complete consistently so plan accordingly.
Thanks for taking the time to read and hope it helped and good luck :happy:
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THIS. But broscience is relevant to lots who depend on bodybuiliding.com as their go to resource.This approach would be 100% useless to anyone.
The main premise of carb cycling is being in ketosis primarily, and taking advantage of glycogen supercompensation.
If you're not glycogen depleting, then there's no supercompensation. 3 days of no carbs isn't going to do anything.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition0 -
Wait...NOW I get it!
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Wait...NOW I get it!
Or this?
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Wait...NOW I get it!
Or this?
I bet she has some carbs in one of those bags...
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Wait...NOW I get it!
Or this?
I bet she has some carbs in one of those bags...
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. People who diet on Atkins may experience lots of fatigue, higher risks of heart disease and diabetes as well as brain fog.
That's pretty much when I stopped paying attention because you have no idea how things actually work in reality.0 -
What the eff do you eat in a day to get no carbs?
Bump for later...I gotta here the answer.....NO CARBS???0
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