YS, a question about maintenance...

[Big Boi 1906]

YS, How would one maintain a certain bodyweight and BF% on one of Chucks diets when it is reached?
Like, what if I get to the point, like I almost have, where I don't want starch carbs, except for the carb up meal which I guess is mandatory to keep metabolism from lowering. Is there a way to maintain bodyweight and attained BF% with just those fiberous carbs and protein with the high fats or do I have to reintroduce more starchs to maintain the obtain bodyweight after dieting down?
I see where in most of the diets elsewhere, after the initial stage, they tell u to reintroduce some starches for maintenance.

Can u maintain your desired bodyweight and BF% with a high fat/high protein high veggie diet with low starch, would a person be continually losing weight because of low starch intake or would protein and fat intake maintain lean muscle mass?

[young_squatter]

YS, How would one maintain a certain bodyweight and BF% on one of Chucks diets when it is reached?
Like, what if I get to the point, like I almost have, where I don't want starch carbs, except for the carb up meal which I guess is mandatory to keep metabolism from lowering. Is there a way to maintain bodyweight and attained BF% with just those fiberous carbs and protein with the high fats or do I have to reintroduce more starchs to maintain the obtain bodyweight after dieting down?
I see where in most of the diets elsewhere, after the initial stage, they tell u to reintroduce some starches for maintenance.

Can u maintain your desired bodyweight and BF% with a high fat/high protein high veggie diet with low starch, would a person be continually losing weight because of low starch intake or would protein and fat intake maintain lean muscle mass?

Once you reach a certain bodyfat you can either stay on the same diet with refeeds or go to a normal maintence calorie diet. But either way you need carbs no matter what.

[Big Boi 1906]

Once you reach a certain bodyfat you can either stay on the same diet with refeeds or go to a normal maintence calorie diet. But either way you need carbs no matter what.

U mean stay at the same macro ratios and calories present at the bodyweight? I would fear going on a normal maintenance diet for fear of rebound effect like when I came off of atkins. I blew up like a whale.

[young_squatter]

U mean stay at the same macro ratios and calories present at the bodyweight? I would fear going on a normal maintenance diet for fear of rebound effect like when I came off of atkins. I blew up like a whale.

Id start off by cutting out the refeed and oinly adding carbs to breakfast until you get to maintence.

[Sixpack]

This happens alot with people who are on the atkins they gain it back way way to fast. Slow introduce carbs back like YS said

U mean stay at the same macro ratios and calories present at the bodyweight? I would fear going on a normal maintenance diet for fear of rebound effect like when I came off of atkins. I blew up like a whale.

[Big Boi 1906]

Thanks!

Yeah, when I came of of Atkins, I swear I gained like 40 lbs in a matter of weeks! No lie!

[young_squatter]

Thanks!

Yeah, when I came of of Atkins, I swear I gained like 40 lbs in a matter of weeks! No lie!

Yeah, thing about atkins is it pretty much takes most carbs away and when you start eating them again its not a good thing, lol. But on chucks refeed diet just drop the refeed then add some carbs to breakfast and as time goes by start adding them to other meals.