Chris Powell 7-Day Carb Cycle Solution

I'd be interested in reading anyone else's thoughts about this book. I just ordered it and it should arrive in the mail tomorrow. It's disappointing to hear that there aren't more details about how many grams of carbs to have on particular days in the book.

Hello, everyone. Perhaps someone has figured out portions on the 7 Day Carb Cycle... Are you supposed to have one serving of protein and one serving of carb at each of the three meals and two snacks on high carb days? One portion of fat at three meals on the low-carb days? I'm a bit confused and can't seem to find an answer to this. Also, what if you are hypoglycemic? If the last thing I eat is at 7pm and don't go to bed till 11pm, my head will be swimming and I run the risk of one whopping headache waking me in the middle of the night. Any thoughts? I've emailed these questions to Mr. Powell, but have yet to get a response.

Also, have any of you had success with this? It seems a reasonable way to go, not dissimilar to how I am supposed to "graze" to keep blood sugar under control. How about the shredder/shaper routine? Again, very reasonable approach (assuming I can stick with it and not procrastinate).

Thanks!

bump - trying to do this as well. i could really use a decent meal plan - the book is still pretty vague. In the book hummus is listed as an acceptable "flavouring" - its not on his website - a little confusing. i have the ebook and could use a good printable copy of the food list. his website doesnt have all the same items listed.

I do this, although I have not read his book. I try to keep low carb days at about 40-55 carbs and high carb days between 100-150. Seems to work quite nicely. Lets you have some nice fruit and lots of veggies on high carb days while keeping your overall carb intake through out the week low.

I just finished day 1 today. It was difficult for me to have so many meals in one day but here is where I think my problem lies. I frequently skip breakfast, get busy and it could be well after 1pm before I eat anything. Of course I am consuming most of my calories in the evenings. This may be the answer for me. I enjoyed the book .The pdf list is good but I am wondering if for the beginning we should go by the master grocery list in the book?

Have any of you done the shapers and shredders routine. Today was a shaper in the am and shredder later on day for me. It just doesn't seem like "enough" exercise...but again it's only day 1 :-)

Anyone still doing this?

I also started on Monday and I'm loving it too!

Hello, everyone. Perhaps someone has figured out portions on the 7 Day Carb Cycle... Are you supposed to have one serving of protein and one serving of carb at each of the three meals and two snacks on high carb days? One portion of fat at three meals on the low-carb days? I'm a bit confused and can't seem to find an answer to this. Also, what if you are hypoglycemic? If the last thing I eat is at 7pm and don't go to bed till 11pm, my head will be swimming and I run the risk of one whopping headache waking me in the middle of the night. Any thoughts? I've emailed these questions to Mr. Powell, but have yet to get a response.

Also, have any of you had success with this? It seems a reasonable way to go, not dissimilar to how I am supposed to "graze" to keep blood sugar under control. How about the shredder/shaper routine? Again, very reasonable approach (assuming I can stick with it and not procrastinate).

Thanks!

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I get between 19 and 31 g on low carb days feel free to check out my diary!

I have found that if I stick to 1200 calories on my low carb days and 1500-1600 hundred on my high cal days I do well. If I am short on calories and had too few calories for the day I will add an extra meal! First time I did this About a week before thanksgiving I was able to get down to my goal weight loss 5 pounds ( I was stuck at 143 pounds since August!) Then I gained 12 pounds over the holidays and I'm already down 7 pounds since this Monday! I'm a happy girl. The exercises I do not do...I am doing P90X instead. Best wishes everyone!

I had done carb cycling over the summer and lost 2 pounds in a week....but 7? Good for you! Did you chose one cheat day a week on Sundays like he suggests? Or did you do it on your high carb days?

Chris has come out with a new carb cycling plan that is way more specific and comes with a free app for smart phones. Instead of the every other day cycle, this new one operates on a 2 low carb days, 1 high carb day, repeat, then the 7th day is a guilt free day. I started this program less than a week ago and am already down 8.1#! WIN.

Wow! Great job losing 8 pounds!

The app is awesome and so are his protein shakes specially designed for the carb cycling program...if anyone wants to know more info about the shakes send me a message.

Chris and Hedi have developed this plan to work. It makes since if you think about it... burn fat and then ramp the metabolisim. That is what carb cycling does for you. He even has a diet of foods to chose from. On this plan you are eating every 3 hours, foods the are good for you and feed your body. I say give it a try, its worked for a lot of people.