Thread: Weird diet

yupp makes comeplete sense to me.
The NHE diet is similar, although it allows for more fats.
with 2 refeeds per week.

its basically a period of drastic reduction and then refeed to shock the system again for numerous reasons(hormone balance, thyroid levels, metabolism, etc).
I know a few ppl that have done well with this sort of diet.

Yes, if you can handle the low carbs and higher fat then it does work. I personally don't care for them because I need the carbs more frequent than what these diets offer.

Also, if you have any issues with binging or control I would NEVER suggest any NHE or Beverly type diet. It will only cause more trouble.

I know Jodi that this WOULD NOT be good for me. Just wondering!

The NHE diet is working wonders for me. I have had issues with binging for the last 6 months but i have not even thaught about it since starting the NHE 2 weeks ago

Originally posted by dmartin1003
The NHE diet is working wonders for me. I have had issues with binging for the last 6 months but i have not even thaught about it since starting the NHE 2 weeks ago

Why, cause you are allowed to schedule binges?

20 to 30 carbs...that's not even a whole potato or a serving of oats. I'd have trouble with that one even with refeeds. I can handle scheduled cheat meals, but after I have it, ya feel all puffy and stuff for the rest of the day, belching and burping whatever it is ya eat. Basically the diet I do is close to this, but the carb intake is higher and the cheat food isn't every few days, usually every two to three weeks.

the thing i most hated about this eating plan....

i felt like if i ate 1 grape i had royally screwed everything up b/c my carbs were so close to zero and meant to stay there except during refeeds.

talk about pressure.

I dont need pressure trying to eat clean is pressure enough.

i havent binged. even on the carb ups I have a plan of meals complex carbs with some junk. this is the first time my carb ups look like i intended them too. I also have more energy no blood sugar crashes(which didnt help with the binges)
and my family has been telling me that i seem like im in a lot better of a mood. I know that this sounds like a sales pitch but this just works for me

I also stopped counting cals. I always know generally where I am intake wise but if i am hungry i eat more this diet took the pressure of of dieting for me

Cutting out carbs even one day makes me cranky!

Me too but once i got past like 3 days it changed mood improved. I also started supplimenting with mct before workout and post 1 I think that that helped with my energy levels as well

Originally posted by Jill
I dont need pressure trying to eat clean is pressure enough.

I hear you. And I may have created this in my own mind....but didn't just feel like I was trying to eat claen. I felt like I was trying to eat absolutely perfectly - and that's even harder.

My refeeds were very structured by the way - not the free for all kind. I tried that briefly and I had too hard a time reigning myself in afterwards.

I did get pretty darn lean and I did stop feeling cranky from no carbs (I went 4 days between carb up meals) BUT now that I have carbs back in my diet I realize that it was definitely much harder for me to hang on to and try to add to my muscle without carbs.

Originally posted by Jodi
Yes, if you can handle the low carbs and higher fat then it does work. I personally don't care for them because I need the carbs more frequent than what these diets offer.

Also, if you have any issues with binging or control I would NEVER suggest any NHE or Beverly type diet. It will only cause more trouble.

Agree!