[quote]designinme wrote:
Good point, and I have known this but figured with the extra time in the gym lifting and cardio, the extra sugar alcohols woudln’t be an issue - guess I was wrong.
Could you give me an example of what your diet was during your low carb fat loss period? I feel good at this point, and I am sure part of this is battling against a slow metabolism.
I have been a low carb dieter for a long time, 80% - 90% of the time, so my body has adjusted to this. But, during most of that phase I was eating very lightly ( never felt hungry) and all I did was cycle. So I am sure I lost muscle too.
I am not a stranger to the gym, I have gone through cycles of lifting and not lifting… about 3 years ago I hit it hard for about 6 months, and then fell off again. This time I plan on making it a liftstyle change, so I am fine with the fact that its going to take time.
Its just discouraging to see the scale move up, when I was doing cardio only and eating little it was going down - along with muscle mass as well… by that was still motivational to me to see the drop.
steinnes wrote:
Losing weight is more difficult for some than other, maybe you need to scour your diet for some hidden carbs – sugar alcohols can halt weight loss, for example.
Don’t believe the “Only 2g of IMPACT carbs!” bullshit you see on for example many EAS low-carb stuff.
Also make sure your body gets what it needs to shed fat, ie plenty of water, plenty of omega-3.
When I lost the most weight I was doing something similar to you – I was running (alternating between running, sprinting and walking) 4-5km 4x per week, as well as doing pushups, pullups, dips, and some curling and crushing (was working out at home, with minimal equipment).
My diet was low-carb, high protein (I took the direction of just setting a goal of 300g of protein per day, and trying to reach it, and found out that I’d get so FULL I had no room for anything else – so I was automatically avoiding all carbs, and as much fat as possible).
I was supplementing with multivitamins (I prefer the NOW EcoGreen Multi), B-complex, a few capsules of omega-3 / fishoil, and 4-5g of CLA per day.
For some time I thought the EAS low-carb protein bars were smart (as they were tasty, and only 2g IMPACT carbs, and helped me towards my goal of 300g protein) … but they stunted my progress big time!
Hope this helps…!
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I’m a newb to strength training. I started out doing the low-carb “South Beach” Diet. The problem was that it never told you to keep an eye on calories, just eat. So ate and was never hungry. I was quite satisfied, in fact.
Then, the first weigh-in came at a workplace “Biggest Loser” contest. I had lost 16 pounds in ONE WEEK. Needless to say, I was scared shitless that I had done some damage and immediately looked for a reason why. I logged my calories on FitDay and have been slowly bringing my caloric intake back up to about 2500 (I’m 5’10" and 250).
I also workout 3x/week. My body immediately gained 5lbs, most of which I think was my body coming back from starvation.
The only thing I noticed in your post was that you are drinking a lot of your proteins. Perhaps your body is reacting to your intake of fast proteins. Maybe a switch to lean slower protein sources (chicken, tuna) will help. I keep my liquid protein intake to a PWO shake and eat whole proteins throughout the rest of the day.
Hang in there and don’t get discouraged! You are doing something good for your body…the results will come.