low carb diet

colmeire · Post by **colmeire** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:48 am

lookig for advice about low carb diet and weigh training can you combie the two

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:50 pm

for the purpose of......

colmeire · Post by **colmeire** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:05 am

i want to lose body fat and gain muscle .i started weight training at home
about a year ago but still have fat around abs and chest that i want to lose
i read about low carb high protein diet and would like your opinion on it

ericajones80 · Post by **ericajones80** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:32 pm

Well the best way to lose body fat is doing cardio. Unfortunately, you get energy from carbs which allow you to do the cardio necessary to burn the fat. I personally love eating seafood and chicken so I won't do the low carb thing, but there are a lot of low carb forums out there....I imagine theres a few on here as well. Good luck!

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:30 pm

Sorry, I must politely disagree. Fat Loss is most achievable firstly through diet, then weights then a little Cardio.

Too much Cardio promotes a possible muscle burn, which in turn, casues Crash dieting, and harms the bodies Metabolism, making Fat losses more difficult.

Cardio only needs to make up about 2 sessions a week, for weight loss individuals, 3 times at most.

Cardio can be part of the process, but shouldn't be considered any more than a tertiary contributor, as it in mind, doesn't outrank Weights or Diet, for Fat loss purposes.

DianaB · Post by **DianaB** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:12 pm

ericajones80 wrote:Well the best way to lose body fat is doing cardio. Unfortunately, you get energy from carbs which allow you to do the cardio necessary to burn the fat. I personally love eating seafood and chicken so I won't do the low carb thing, but there are a lot of low carb forums out there....I imagine theres a few on here as well. Good luck!

Uh,
chicken and most seafood has no carbs, unless you bread it.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:14 pm

i don't like low carb...to cut a long story short...

exercise needs fuel

carbs provide fuel

when exercise fuel is used to do exercise

when no fuel, than exercise/performance suffers

no fuel for energy means you need to find energy from someone where else

this somewhere else? protein

protein is muscle

less muscle means your getting fatter

just clean up your diet and train harder/smarter

DianaB · Post by **DianaB** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:18 pm

colmeire wrote:i want to lose body fat and gain muscle .i started weight training at home
about a year ago but still have fat around abs and chest that i want to lose
i read about low carb high protein diet and would like your opinion on it

Search the anbolic diet (AD) for low carb diet and workouts to burn fat while maintaining muscle gain. It's a tough one, but works. Low carb is not for everyone, search the "carb cycling codex" for something a bit less restrictive. But your gonna have to make a choice here: burn the fat, or gain muscle. With low carb (or anything for that matter)it's pretty hard to do both.
Low carb works, simple as that, but there are degrees of low carb. The AD works on 30g a day with a 2 week induction, and it's very tough, you have to be disciplined. Carb cycling is easier. Generally, the more fat you have to lose, the less carbs you should be taking in. If you are trying to get rid of a few stubborn spots, try carb cycling before anything drastic.
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colmeire · Post by **colmeire** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:51 am

thanks for the replies

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:39 am

DianaB wrote: Uh,
chicken and most seafood has no carbs, unless you bread it.

Exactly. I forget to mention that, I was paying too much attention to the loads of Cardio angle.