Carb Cycling: on high carb days my calorie intake is high, is this bad?
I am on 2 weeks of Carb Cycling and so far I like it. I follow 2 no carb, 3 low carbs, and 2 high carbs. I am following an article I read by Twin Peak's. On my no carb day's my calorie intake is approximately 1,200 calories however Twin Peak did write that on no carb days I may find myself eating less because high protein and fat cause hunger satisfaction. But on my high carb days my calorie intake shoots up to almost 2,000 calories because I try and reach my high carb number! The only reason I worry is because I normally follow a 1700 calorie diet before I started carb cycling. Is this something i should bring down a notch? I use an online food log so I am able to calculate my carb cycling correctly, but then I noticed my calories were fluctuating up and down like crazy, something Im not normaly used to. If anyone who's carb's cycling or know alot about it can give me some advice and peace of mind that this high number wont make me gain weight that would be great?!?
thanks thats really good to know...
[QUOTE=kimm4;533965363]Carb cycling is normally used when dieting/eating in a deficit for long periods of time. The lower your body fat, the harder dieting becomes. Carb/calorie cycling, refeeds, etc...keep leptin levels up to help the body from stalling out/hitting plateaus when dieting.
If a person is eating at maintenance or eating to build, there really isn't a need for carb/calorie cycling.[/QUOTE]
I think I may have been in deficit for a long time. :-0 I was only intaking 1,500 cal then bumped up to 1,700 and even today I am hard on myself when I hit 1,900 cal :-0 only because I m not used to such a high number. 1,500 cal helped me lose 40lbs then i just stay at 110 with 20% bf and never buged. So Im hoping carb cycling can fix this plateau. I think once I hit my 17%BF Ill drop the carb cycling and just eat normally for maintenance.
Thank you so much for adding in your thoughts this is really good to know. But one of my questions still hasnt been answered is carb cycling consideres a low carb diet?