Eating Carbs every 3rd or 4th day

[bigsmasher]

I've been on a zero carb diet since January, basically chicken and green veggies (1500-1700 cals a day) and sometimes I'll have dextrose after a workout. I've been stuck at 187 lbs for the last month so I for sure doing something wrong. I usually do a carb load on sat and usually on sunday my muscles look so much bigger.

I feel like my metabolism has slowed down a lot from eating just lean meat and green veggies. I know a lot of people have carb up days once a week when they're on a low carb diet, but since Im on a zero carb diet should I do a carb day every 3 or 4 days? On those days I would have over 150-200 grams of carbs (2200 calories) I feel like my metabolism has become really slow due to the lack of carbs so I havent been loosing fat.

Does this make any sense?

[kiddink]

I've been on a zero carb diet since January, basically chicken and green veggies (1500-1700 cals a day) and sometimes I'll have dextrose after a workout. I've been stuck at 187 lbs for the last month so I for sure doing something wrong. I usually do a carb load on sat and usually on sunday my muscles look so much bigger.

I feel like my metabolism has slowed down a lot from eating just lean meat and green veggies. I know a lot of people have carb up days once a week when they're on a low carb diet, but since Im on a zero carb diet should I do a carb day every 3 or 4 days? On those days I would have over 150-200 grams of carbs (2200 calories) I feel like my metabolism has become really slow due to the lack of carbs so I havent been loosing fat.

Does this make any sense?

Why did you go zero carb? Try doing a 40/40/20 at the same amount of calories for 2 weeks.. if you're losing weight continue. If not add cardio. If you're already doing cardio, lower calories.

[kevsworld]

If you are eating only lean meat you are doing the low carb approach completely wrong. On a low carb diet you have to increase your fat intake to make up for the lack of carbs. Invest in a book like the Ketogenic Diet (find my review on my website) to learn the proper way to do this.

[bigsmasher]

Why did you go zero carb? Try doing a 40/40/20 at the same amount of calories for 2 weeks.. if you're losing weight continue. If not add cardio. If you're already doing cardio, lower calories.

I thought with this approach I would loose more fat, Im trying to loose 6 pounds by the end of this month and I feel like the 40/40/20 approach will allow me to loose weight but not as fast. Am I wrong?

[kiddink]

I thought with this approach I would loose more fat, Im trying to loose 6 pounds by the end of this month and I feel like the 40/40/20 approach will allow me to loose weight but not as fast. Am I wrong?

Low carbs = quick drop in water weight. Then after that, you lose the same as if you were on a 40/40/20 and in a deficit of calories. (Some keto-crazies will say otherwise)

What you're doing is sort of like a keto diet, but with no carb ups...so basically the atkins diet... I recommend you look up "keto diet" around the forums, and read up on that.

I'm not very familiar with all aspects of keto but I know 100% what you're doing isn't correct. You're on a high protein low carb low fat diet...

[sadice]

Yeah keto is 65% fat 30% prot and 5% carbs .... That way body uses fat for energy, in ur case it probably uses hard earned muscle...