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Originally Posted by Varius
Ok, so the carbs are just for providing the energy for the upcoming week's workouts, correct? Thus if you aren't planning to workout, you don't need the carbs.
I thought they are also needed, though, to boost back up your glycogen and insulin levels so your body burns fat for energy and not protein (so you lose as little muscle as possible).
ie. on a typical no-carb diet, I imagine one would lose tons of muscle with the weight they lose, not just fat.
Either way, I intend to start at least some lifting...right now my exercise is more of a cardio-only nature (hockey) - but I understand I need to build more muscle for all this to achieve desired results.
Perhaps if I'm not a hardcore workout person, though, I wouldn't require exact amounts of carbs on that one day and it would be easier to just follow this:
6 days a week, no-carb
1 day a week, whatever I feel like eating
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i did the keto diet before i started exercising, with no carb load days at all.
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Originally Posted by pimpporn
This thread is useless without pics of people posting advice  |
if there's been any misinformation posted by me in this thread feel free to point it out. i try to keep my comments related to my experience only.
before/during. the during pic is ~2= months old, i've packed on some muscle weight
since this last pic was taken and my bf has stayed at ~8%
