So its been about 2 weeks now and I have been on a Protein sparing Modified Fast, consisting of ONLY lean meats. To those who don't know, the diet is a Very low calorie diet (600-800 Calories daily) consisting of less that 50g of carbs daily, and high amounts of protein and fat. There has been criticism of this diet, but most of it IMO is based off of people not understanding it dietary ketosis vs diabetic ketosis. A family member of mine is a Bariatric Surgeon and they use this diets for patients before opting to do surgery. Here is an Article from the Cleveland Clinic on this diet. For Non-Americans The Cleveland Clinic is one of our most renowned Medical research institute and hospital systems.
http://ccjm.org/content/69/11/849.full.pdf
I read Lyle Mc 'Ds book a few years ago and did a short stint on his diet. It worked very well were in for the purpose of lowering cholesterol,(I also went on a specific regiment of supplements, if someone is interested i'll detail it) and so I can drop a few pounds. I remember being very hungry at times when I did this diet a few years ago. However, I believe that incidentally I was consuming higher amounts of carbs, (although still below 50g daily). Thought it isnt recommended by many, I decided to also hit the gym for some lifting and boxing 5 days a week, and light jogging for 30 mins on off days. I have to say the results are pretty dramatic to be all natural.
This time I eat virtually NO carbs and workout(which I didnt do the first time due to energy levels).
I also upped total calories to around 900-1000 daily. Between no carbs and a slightly higher daily intaked my hunger is almost gone. I am in deep ketosis and verify everyday with keton sticks and I feel very good. I am in trying to decide on following through with my re-feed(eat Carbs) day, today being that things are going so well. Though I know the purpose of refeeding, is to keep your body from kicking into starvation mode. I may just eat at maintenance and still avoid carbs, because the transition from carbs to keto is the worse part.(hence the fact that I ran my ass off to get through burning all the excess carbs.. this could be psychological but it help alot)
The few things I have noticed is every once and a while I will crash and just sleep for a couple hours mid-day. This could either be due to the diet or the fact that I am adjusting my sleep scheduled currently due to new job hours. But I can visibly see the difference in my body already.
Ofcoarse this is due to numerous changes I have made sense returning to America. This diet, NO drinking(I was drinking alot), Working-out, consistent sleep, vitamins and omega-oils. Either way this diet really helps to cut alot.
http://ccjm.org/content/69/11/849.full.pdf
I read Lyle Mc 'Ds book a few years ago and did a short stint on his diet. It worked very well were in for the purpose of lowering cholesterol,(I also went on a specific regiment of supplements, if someone is interested i'll detail it) and so I can drop a few pounds. I remember being very hungry at times when I did this diet a few years ago. However, I believe that incidentally I was consuming higher amounts of carbs, (although still below 50g daily). Thought it isnt recommended by many, I decided to also hit the gym for some lifting and boxing 5 days a week, and light jogging for 30 mins on off days. I have to say the results are pretty dramatic to be all natural.
This time I eat virtually NO carbs and workout(which I didnt do the first time due to energy levels).
I also upped total calories to around 900-1000 daily. Between no carbs and a slightly higher daily intaked my hunger is almost gone. I am in deep ketosis and verify everyday with keton sticks and I feel very good. I am in trying to decide on following through with my re-feed(eat Carbs) day, today being that things are going so well. Though I know the purpose of refeeding, is to keep your body from kicking into starvation mode. I may just eat at maintenance and still avoid carbs, because the transition from carbs to keto is the worse part.(hence the fact that I ran my ass off to get through burning all the excess carbs.. this could be psychological but it help alot)
The few things I have noticed is every once and a while I will crash and just sleep for a couple hours mid-day. This could either be due to the diet or the fact that I am adjusting my sleep scheduled currently due to new job hours. But I can visibly see the difference in my body already.
Ofcoarse this is due to numerous changes I have made sense returning to America. This diet, NO drinking(I was drinking alot), Working-out, consistent sleep, vitamins and omega-oils. Either way this diet really helps to cut alot.
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