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Slow Carb diet a decent beginning for a lifter?
01-09-2017, 09:23 PM
The diet is good enough.
When you first start dieting, the hard part will be sticking to any diet regardless of what food you're eating. If you can consistently follow the slow carb diet, you'll find it easy to switch to something else when your goals become more clear.
Build habits first, and worry about the details later.
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01-09-2017, 11:52 PM
No no no no no.
No.
Are you just trying to get a six pack or are you trying to build muscle? Carbs play a very fucking important role in building muscle.
You're just picking a random diet off the internet without understanding how the different elements of the diet work together to change your physique.
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01-10-2017, 12:02 AM
I'm going to add on to this, the whole bias against simple carbs is based on the fact that they can cause a quick insulin spike, and it's easy to ingest a lot of them quickly.
While this is true, you can mitigate this by
A) eating a reasonable amount of carbs
B)eating them with fat or protein to blunt the insulin spike
C) not consuming them in the form of soda, candy, ect
Getting a diet off wikipedia is like getting stock portfolio advice off of wikipedia.
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01-10-2017, 10:55 AM
If you don't know much about diet and nutrition, then I suggest you really start reading everything you can get your eyes on, until you become really fucking knowledgeable about the subject.
Layman's knowledge will yield layman's results.
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01-10-2017, 10:59 AM
Oh yeah, forget about that 4 hour this, that, whatever. Go ask anybody who makes their living on fitness if they dedicate 4 hours a week toward their body. They will laugh.
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Slow Carb diet a decent beginning for a lifter?
01-10-2017, 11:37 AM
I'm a natural Meso/Endo morph thats been an obsessed fitness nut for over 15+ years.
I stay lean and vascular year round (6 pack) with a simple lifestyle that I have refined over many years.
Here it is:
M-F Intermittent Fasting + Seafood, Meat, Vegetables, Nuts, Fruit
With this simple diet, I never have to Count Calories or be concerned about Portion Size.
There are days where I absolutely gorge on massive amounts of food and as long as I stick to the simple rules above, I stay ripped.
Eating Schedule:
Monday Thru Friday, 3:30pm to 8:30pm (5 hour eating window)
Amino Acids or a cup of Bone Broth first thing in the morning to prevent Catabolism
Saturday and Sunday, I eat whenever I want I skip Intermittent Fasting these days
7 days a week I eat only Seafood, Meat, Vegetables, Nuts, Fruit
The only time I break this rule is if I am out with Friends or Family
Sample Meal:
Big bowl of Watermelon, Pineapple and Blueberries
Plate of Steak, Mushrooms and Broccoli covered in Butter
Side bowl of Salad w/Sunflower Seeds, Cashews and Almonds
I'm not really concerned with Sauces, if I want BBQ sauce, Gravy, Whipped Cream or Dressing than I eat it, no big deal - this is trivial, so go for it.
If you eat like this, I can almost guarantee that as long as you don't have a medical condition, you will never have to worry about portion sizes or caloric intake.
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01-10-2017, 12:13 PM
I vouch for the slow-carb diet as an easy way to lose fat if you don't want to count calories
Lost 20-30lbs on it in a combination with fasting in 2013
If you want to actually put on size though, you're going to have to eat more carbs than you would on slow-carb
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01-11-2017, 07:10 AM
My way of eating is very similar to what this Slow Carb diet describes (I have one cheat day per week but try to stay reasonable on it) and I can tell you that it works. I've lost fat and gained muscle. In terms of exercise, I dedicate 20% of my energy to cardio and the rest to lifting (heavy weights, small sets to failure).
My goal is overall improvement - muscle size, strength, but also durability and decent cardio so I'm not beefed up but gas after a few stairs. Realistically, I do not see myself ever having six-pack abs (but being close enough) or deadlifting more than 400 pounds. With my business and family schedule, it's just not feasible to follow any strict dieting plan which would enable it (counting grams of this and that, tight schedule etc.). I believe that for most guys whose whole life is not dedicated to fitness, sports or bodybuilding, this Slow Carb diet is a close enough approximation of what they should be doing.
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Slow Carb diet a decent beginning for a lifter?
01-12-2017, 04:48 AM
You're overthinking things. Eat a balanced diet with whole natural foods. Create a baseline for calories and carb/fat/protein percentages and adjust depending on goals (muscle gain, fat loss, etc.). Rinse and repeat. Once you do it the first time it's actually very easy to manage. 99% of rules in these "diets" are broscience that are going to have no measurable effect on body comp. More likely to create eating disorders than to actually improve your body comp. Don't be concerned with what's optimal unless you make a living from selling your body.