darlahmitchell wrote: »

What's your cycle? Right now, I'm doing two days low, one normal/high and repeating with a cheat day on Saturday.

I am doing the same cycle! Just started today and I'm super excited! I'm definitely struggling with the meal plans but I am sure it will get easier as I go. I'm going with the Chris Powell approach and not counting grams just serving sizes.

I'm doing M-T Low carb, W high carb, Th-F low carb, Sat High Carb and Sunday is my reward day. Just started today so we'll see

How is everyone doing on their carb cycles??

I'm doing alternating every other day. This is the middle of my second week and I've lost 13lbs total. Sunday is my cheat day since I work third.

I just started this four days ago and it's definitely been challenging. What are some of the meals you guys have on low carb days I'm burnt out on chicken!

I'm doing Powell turbo cycle (2 low, 1 high, Sunday Funday). This is my second week. I was previously doing an Atkins type low carb for the last 9months. The transition to cycling feels healthier, but much harder to keep track of. High carb days are harder for me. Mostly, I just add fruit:)

I do high carb/low fat on weight lifting days (Sun, Tue and Fri) and LCHF on the other 4 days (Mon, Wed, Th, Sat).

I just started mixing it around. I do 2 days keto (under 15 actual carbs) with fat around 60-75 grams, the right after those two days, I do a high carb day and try to use this day for an intense WT session (leg day) at less than 200g actual carbs and low fat (less than 30g). This replenishes the glycogen stores. Then, I will do typical low carb (under 60 actual carb) for two days, 2 medium carb days (under 100 actual carbs) then back down to keto and the cycle begins again. It's fun playing around with this and I'm excited to see how my workouts improve and how my body transforms!!

yeah, I am going to start working on the strengthening of the lowerbody...dead lifts... that's with weight? I'm on a no lifting restriction until the 2nd week of July then hopefully I get to move up to 5#. whoo hoo.

Hi there! today is my first day and I'm sort of doing my own version of the Chris Powell plan (mostly because I hate those pre-set recipes especially those that include artificial sweeteners..I don't care for them on a regular basis). So I'm going by my macros, and starting with 2 low (non-exercise days with yoga and otherwise normal activity otherwise), 3 high (doing my normal strength training or orangetheory fitness) and then I'll revisit things on day six based on my schedule.

I've been doing strength training and exercise, watching my diet for the last year and have pretty much just completely swapped out fat for muscle. I was fairly close to my "goal" anyway and so I did well in terms of bringing down my bodyfat %. But I can't seem to move past where I'm at so I figured this was a good compromise on the low-carb thing (which I never feel as energetic on).

So I just came back from vaca so to make up for the higher calorie days, I'm starting on two lows, 1400 calories (I'm 5'9", 170lbs) and my macros are 25carb/35pro/40%fat for my low days. For my higher carb days, it will be 1700 cals, 45/20/35. Day 7 is theoretically a reset day according to those that write the books, so I imagine I'll do something like that but will probably just add an additional 700-800 cals on that day. I think normally my low carb days will be like 1500 cals.

I saw someone else mentioned that Frank Carlotto's book "Carb Cycle" and I might look into it. One thing I do NOT like about Chris Powell are the artificial sweeteners that show up in the recipes, which make it hard to replicate if you don't eat them. Plus, I'm just not organized enough to follow the actual recipes.

We eat a ton of pan-seared meat, and raw or lightly steamed veggies. Super boring but my hubby has GERD so he has to eat very basic. We sort of deviate from that slightly for our kids, who obviously don't like to eat that basic.

As for exercise, I've been strength training at least twice a week for the last year, and in the last two months I've added two sessions of orangetheory fitness per week and I LOVE IT! But, again even with that I have sort of hit a wall with my progress. I can tell I'm getting stronger and making gains and I do get the most progress doing low-carb but for me it's not sustainable and I end up falling WAY off the wagon. I'm hoping this will mix it up a bit for me and get me over the wall.

Hi everyone, I just started to research carb cycling a few days ago. I've been on straight low carb, high fat, moderate protein for 3 weeks now. So far so good...down 12 lbs. Though I am pleased with my success, I have about 50lbs more to lose and I don't know that I can do LCHF for the rest of my life. Carb cycling sounded more "moderate" to me and I'm a moderate kind of girl.

My plan is as follows:
M, W and Sat will be my high carb, heavy workout days (40%c/40%p/20%f)
T, Th, Fri will be my low carb, light workout days...45 mins walk (20%c/40%p/40%f)
Sunday will be my day off, but I do plan to keep my carbs in check on that day. Maybe do more of a balanced day or maybe aim to keep my carbs around 90-100g. I'll play around with this and see how it works. (It's football season so Sundays will be tricky without some football snacks!)

I think my LCHF days will be the easiest for me since I'm already conditioned to eating and meal planning for LCHF. I may struggle with HCLF days initially because I've not worried about lean protein for the last 3 weeks. I don't just love chicken or turkey, but I'm going to have to incorporate more of it on my HCLF days. Tuna is my best protein friend. I am really looking forward to adding more fruit to my HCLF days. I've missed fruit...a lot. I think fruit will be my favorite thing about Monday, Wednesday and Saturdays!

Exercise... I'm not a cardio lover. Never have been. I do enjoy brisk walks at the lake near my house, and I do plan to walk at least 45-60 minutes on my LCHF days. For my HCLF days, my workouts will be more intense but I'll still probably focus more on strength training. I enjoy kettlebell workouts, which are the best of both worlds for me...both cardio and strength training all at once and I can crank up my heart rate for 30 minutes and be done. I also have a vegetable garden and I tend to get quite a workout this time of year hauling out summer crop plants to plant fall/winter crops, turning the soil (I do this with a pitchfork...don't like tilling), and spreading mulch. I'll save the heavy gardening work for my HCLF days and the light gardening for the other days.

I'm going to give carb cycling a go for 3-4 weeks and see how it goes. I think this may be the nutritional lifestyle that best suits my personalilty, especially since I hate feeling deprived of certain foods. Hopefully this nutritional lifestyle will help me find sustainable success in reaching my weight and health goals.

Cheers!

@amandacowan1978 I'm just starting to try this. I've been stuck in the same 2-3 pound range for about 2 months. I have about 18 pounds left to lose (lost almost 40 this year so far), but I'm just trying to get into this groove of carb cycling. I didn't read any of the books about it - just internet research. I'd love to hear more about what you guys are doing as meals on the LC and HC days