Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
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What do you guys think? How do the results compare between a low-carb diet and a low-fat diet? I'm going shopping today and was wondering what I can do to help my weight loss. So far, I just try to make healthier choices (oatmeal for breakfast, fruits and veggies for other meals, whole grains, etc.) but I'm not seeing any results. I thought maybe I'd try either low fat or low-carb. I drink rice milk and noticed it has less fat than the 2% I buy for my family, but more carbs. A friend of mine swears by low-carb, but I'm sure diets work differently for different people, so I wondered what you all thought.
http://www.mindandmuscle.net/articles/twin_peak/carbohydrate_cycling
http://www.mindandmuscle.net/articles/twin_peaks/carb_cycling_q%2526a
http://www.mindandmuscle.net/articles/twin_peak/carbohydrate_cycling_2
http://www.mindandmuscle.net/node/5?page=all
I think high intensity interval training (HIIT) complements these diets very well.
http://www.mindandmuscle.net/articles/jonathon_fass/alterna-hiit
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In terms of the different between the diets, calorie cycling is I believe just a way of keeping the body guessing more so to prevent plateauing so quickly, whereas, carb cycling would affect glycogen storage depletion. Your body stores glucose in order to release energy easily throughout the day instead of relying on fat/muscle stores. With carb cycling you will more easily deplete your glycogen storage and the body will rely on fat stores. But you have to be working out and eating enough protein so that your body does not become catabolic and breakdown muscle as well.
In response to some of your questions. Carbohydrate/calorie ranges can be semi drastic or not so much. You would have high/medium/low days (sometimes other variations) . For calories you might eat have 2500/1500/500 days. It doesn't necessarily have to be any specific amount as long as it is in accordance to your specific daily nutritional needs and also adds up to the correct amount of calories you need at the end up the week. Might want to try something less drastic.
I think if you were to do calorie cycling, first off you would probably need to eat more. I say that because 1,300 calories is fairly low. So you would need to first accurately calculate your calories then you could create the high/medium/days (or other variation). High you might add 500 calories, medium you might deduct 500.
In regards to my thoughts of carbs in general, I know your body can create carbohydrates and will eventually adapt to such changes over time, but I'm not sure if I'd totally kick them from my diet. I dislike the idea of disregarding any macromolecules from my diet, and I know they all have various healthy benefit. But i'm not much of a specific "diet" type person. I create my own diet/meal plans.