First carb up in two weeks - good results!

rotlex · 10-09-2006, 08:38 AM

Just wanted to post a note here as I'm always one that REALLY hates my carb ups, LOL. (To the point that I think I probably skip them way too often).

Anyway, I had my first one in two weeks this past weekend. I started it on Saturday night around 8pm, and ran it until 5pm, dinnertime for me, Sunday. It probably went better than any I have ever done, as I made the decision to eat nothing but oats and Ezekiel Cinnamon raisin english muffins, with the exception of dinner. (For dinner I had two home made beef taco's on Ezekiel tortilla's, and refried beans).

My 24 hour period came out to around 500-550 carbs, at something like 3000-3300 cals. (Give or take whatever for error). Then, last night around 9pm, I had a few scrambled eggs along with some market fresh bacon, in hopes to get back into ketosis soon. (This am I woke to 2 tablespoons of coconut oil along with some heavy cream in my coffee). I'm feeling great! I think I can honestly say that for the first time, I didn't mind my carb up. For me at least, what I did different, was not trying to add in a bunch of different types of foods, and just stuck with the basics.

Who knows, I may actually start to do this things on a more regular basis, or at least every two weeks!

Oh, and amazingly, my weight did not budge! I'm down around 8 pounds since two weeks ago, and this morning, I have managed to remain the same. (207 and hopefully dropping)!

slyfox115 · 10-09-2006, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by rotlex

Just wanted to post a note here as I'm always one that REALLY hates my carb ups, LOL. (To the point that I think I probably skip them way too often).

Anyway, I had my first one in two weeks this past weekend. I started it on Saturday night around 8pm, and ran it until 5pm, dinnertime for me, Sunday. It probably went better than any I have ever done, as I made the decision to eat nothing but oats and Ezekiel Cinnamon raisin english muffins, with the exception of dinner. (For dinner I had two home made beef taco's on Ezekiel tortilla's, and refried beans).

My 24 hour period came out to around 500-550 carbs, at something like 3000-3300 cals. (Give or take whatever for error). Then, last night around 9pm, I had a few scrambled eggs along with some market fresh bacon, in hopes to get back into ketosis soon. (This am I woke to 2 tablespoons of coconut oil along with some heavy cream in my coffee). I'm feeling great! I think I can honestly say that for the first time, I didn't mind my carb up. For me at least, what I did different, was not trying to add in a bunch of different types of foods, and just stuck with the basics.

Who knows, I may actually start to do this things on a more regular basis, or at least every two weeks!

Oh, and amazingly, my weight did not budge! I'm down around 8 pounds since two weeks ago, and this morning, I have managed to remain the same. (207 and hopefully dropping)!

My first time around CKD i went all out on carbs. They were all good carbs like oats, pasta, brown rice, sweet potatoes. But I definitly went overboard with them. I think this time around i slowly start introducing carbs back into my system and then have a controlled amount like you did for the rest of the day. I hate the feeling of retaining water and being lethargic. Let me know how you strength is throughout the week

rotlex · 10-09-2006, 09:31 AM

Strength is always great throughout the week....that's actually my problem. I've been eating this way for a long time, and tend to "skip" carbing up more often than not. Reason? I "feel" stronger when running on just fat, LOL.

Seriously though, I'm only trying to carb up more regularly now as I keep reading how bad NOT doing it is for you. I figure it can't hurt if done properly, and I'm sure there are those out there that no more than me about it, so I'll give it a whirl on a more regular basis for a while and see how it goes.

slyfox115 · 10-09-2006, 09:51 AM

Yeah let me know how everything works out for ya. You may feel like you have more energy but when your progress slows, that is when you gotta take a look at you diet more closely. Are you still making gains as far as strength goes?