keto diet on non workout day/ carb cycle on workout days?

jaysteal26
jaysteal26 Posts: 1
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So if u did keto on non workout days and complex carbs on workout days but still stayed same calorie count for total cal would that work to lose bodyfat?

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  • jejizzle
    jejizzle Posts: 6 Member
    I've gotten results eating carbs before lifting/running on non-cheat days. You use them up in the exercise. I don't go overboard, just like a granola bar or cereal a couple hours before just for extra energy and endurance. I know some people do carb backloading after doing heavy lifts because it's supposedly creates faster results; the carbs go to repairing the muscle right after lifts instead of being stored as fat. Worth googling if you need more carbs in your life. Either way, keto diets are more efficient ways of losing fat versus muscle than others. I feel like the more you stray from carbs the faster the fat goes, but you might experiment with backloading, see if results come quicker.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,596 Member
    Doesn't it take days to get into ketosis, and when you bump yourself out by eating carbs, it takes a few days to get back in? So eating carbs on workout days would nullify the point of the keto diet, which is to put you in ketosis.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    So if u did keto on non workout days and complex carbs on workout days but still stayed same calorie count for total cal would that work to lose bodyfat?
    Err I don't think you understand Keto you cant just pop in and out of it instantly. I suggest you do a wee bit more research
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    this sounds like carb cycling... you're not going to go into ketosis on non-workout days (it takes a while for your glycogen stores to be depleted) - however carb cycling can be very effective and I've known a few people who have success with it. and ketosis isn't necessary for fat loss.

    you have high calorie and low calorie days (make sure that the total weekly deficit is right for the rate of fat loss you want) - you can spread your high and low calorie days through the week as you see fit... higher calories on workout days is a fairly common way to do it. the extra calories you eat on high calorie days come mainly from carbs (although nothing wrong with it coming from fats) - your protein goal each day is the same, so on low calorie days you get a greater percentage of your calories from protein and a lower percentage from carbs (or fats). Some people keep their fat goal constant as well, and just cycle their carbs up and down but cycling fat up and down as well won't hurt, so long as you're hitting your protein goal each day and staying within your calories

    this isn't necessary for success... it (like other eating plans, including intermittent fasting) is more about what's going to make it easier for you to stick to and get the results you want. Most people find carb cycling easy to stick to, and the extra carbs on workout days will help fuel a good workout and recovery from it.

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