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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.
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Something like that, yes. If you're not planning to work out, the excess carbs will be stored as fat.
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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).
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That's why on a CKD you go 60-65% fat, 35-30% protein, and 5% carbs. I actually do it the other way around with the protein because well, it still works for me. But carbs are needed only when you work out. If you work out 7 days a week and go on keto, your glycogen levels are depleted within 5-6 days, even sooner if you're already low body fat. Hence the carb up day.
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ie. on a typical no-carb diet, I imagine one would lose tons of muscle with the weight they lose, not just fat.
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That's what Atkins does.
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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.
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It's a good start.
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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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If you can do that, you'll lose fat and pretty much no muscle at all. Just make sure to keep protein intake high.
Edit: Also, dy na mo knows his shit.