Anabolic diet anyone?

chicklidell

I follow this very low carb diet 8 weeks pre contest, does anyone else do this low carb form of fat burning. This is NOT for everyone, critics or believers, this works for me, i'm looking for POSITIVE people to join, those of you that already follow and believe in this, we can feed off each other, share recipes, keep the motivation up...because this is a tough meal plan to follow, I find the first 2 weeks are the toughest, then it's smooth sailing!

Anabolic Diet Basics

The initial phase of the diet is very low carb, which is designed to get your body into fat burning mode as quickly as possible. During this phase dieters may experience some uncomfortable symptoms such as dizziness, fatigue, and brain fog, which generally go away within 48 hours as the body makes the switch from running on carbohydrates to running on fats.

For the first week of the diet carbohydrate intake is limited to 30 grams a day or less so as to ensure that the changeover happens as quickly as possible. Exercise during this week can also speed up the change from carbohydrate to fat burning.

Once the switch over has occurred dieters then start to incorporate periods of eating high carbohydrates. The importance of this phase is emphasized because it is essential for optimal exercise performance.

In general dieters follow the pattern of eating a low carbohydrate diet during the week and a high carbohydrate diet on the weekends. During the week dieters eat 55-60% fat, 30-35% protein and no more than 30 grams carbs per day. Dr. Di Pasquale claims that the diet doesn’t work if your fat intake drops to below 40%.


Recommended Foods

Chicken, fish, meat, cheese, butter, almonds, peanuts, tofu, diet soda, artificial sweeteners, low carb vegetables, fish oil, mustard, pickles, sour cream, Caesar salad dressing, sugar free jello.