CARB CYCLING!

blissalexandra
blissalexandra Posts: 37 Member
edited November 24 in Food and Nutrition
do you eat at maintenance/or deficit ?
And the 2 remaining days do you eat normally? What percentages of macros would u eat at on the remaining two days

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  • williamwj2014
    williamwj2014 Posts: 750 Member
    deficit mostly, would not see much of a point while at maintenance. It's a good diet to follow in the short term
  • aspdenbrae
    aspdenbrae Posts: 49 Member
    Not to cause waves but carb cycling feels a lot like a beginner eating disorders.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    not seen any evidence that carb cycling is of great value. What happened to the keto diet you were on day 3 of yesterday ?
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    aspdenbrae wrote: »
    Not to cause waves but carb cycling feels a lot like a beginner eating disorders.

    How's that?

  • scottwilson16
    scottwilson16 Posts: 71 Member
    edited October 2015
    Carb cycling 'could' create an unhealthy relationship with food, especially if there is a past history in binge eating.

    It's not a magic tool that will speed up weight loss. If you ate the same energy over 7 days with a linear intake, you would be the same weight.

    It can have benefits in terms of water weight management.

    You would chose your number of re-feeds and adjust your weekly carbs to be higher on these days and lower on the other days. It can help with managing some low days knowing you have high days coming up, so can help with adherence.
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