What do you think of food intake cycling?

[cocolove]

Hey all!

What do you think (from opinion and experience) about food intake cycling? Meaning something like: 2 days per week have high food intake, high fat (like 2500), 3 days per week have low fat, low food intake (like 1200-1600), and then 2 days per week have equal portions of everything (moderate food intake)? The days wouldn't all be in a row, maybe something like; Monday-high, Tuesday-equal, Wednesday-low, Thursday-low, Friday-high, Saturday-equal, Sunday- low. I heard about it, so I was just wondering what all of you thought about it!

Please share your opinion and experiences!

Thank you for your kindness!

cocolove

 

[Mista]

I think it is a great idea, I sometimes break it down further to daily cycling depending on if I lift or not and other variables.

 

[tucker01]

I would just adjust the Carbs.

Leave the protein and Fats the same each day.

 

[sensamilia]

I cycle fats, some weeks i have a very high egg yolk fat intake relative to omega 3' seems to give extra good work outs but joints start to hurt a bit then lower the omega 6's again.

 

[danzik17]

I would just adjust the Carbs.

Leave the protein and Fats the same each day.

Do you feel like carb cycling is as effective or more effective than a standard diet?

Just wondering since I'm looking into giving one a try - I'm just getting so fucking bored of my normal diet routine that I've been cheating more than I'd like (which still isn't much). That and I could correlate my low carb days with the days when I'm at class most of the day and can't eat as much.

That and my fat loss has stalled, so I'm looking into changing some variables to get it going again. I'm at that bitch stage of like 5lbs before I finally have a 6-pack - I have 4 right now . Again I'm chalking it up to my diet - having trouble sticking to it just out of pure boredom and a bit of scheduling issues still.

 

[PreMier]

twin peak has a great article on carb cycling

 

[cocolove]

THANK YOU ALL!

Why do you recommend carb cycling instead? Just wondering why. Do you still agree with the cycling of food intake? Meaning; if you performed carb cycling, you would eat more carbs (food) one day and lower carbs (food) the next day, etc.?

Would you go that far down and up with food intake as I metioned before?

Thank you!

 

[Tatyana]

Without knowing your bodyweight and bodyfat percentage, those calorie ranges are just pulled out of thin air.

1200 kcals a day could be below what your body needs to just function.

I know my basal metabolic rate is 1500 kcals a day.

I have been really successful in dieting with either carb tapering (cutting out starchy carbs after 6 pm) and right now I am doing something more like a timed ketogenic diet.

I run low carbs (50-70 g) mostly from veg, with a bigger intake just before and after training for three days. My ratios are something like 40% fat, 35-40% protein and 10-15% carbs.

Then I have a high carb day, keep the fat low on this day.

I have tried doing a pattern like low, low, medium, low, high repeat but it did my head in.

When nutrient cycling, I would advise to count calories and macronutrients, otherwise you are just guessing and you can mess up your metabolism.

 

[cocolove]

Tatyana, thank you! Do you count calories? Would you please post 1-2 sample food intakes for 1-2 days?

Thank you for your kindness!

 

[PreMier]

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