CKD Update
Ok… so just a quick update. Been following the CKD (Keto) for about three weeks now. Here is how it has gone:
Week 1 & 2 -
Started pulling carbs on Sunday but it took me DAYS usually around thursday to hit Ketosis and then Fridays I started loading again.
Lost a little weight, never felt tired etc but this is supposed to be a much more intense diet… should have felt weaker in they gym etc. None of the issues were a concern…just not hitting me like the books say it should.
So this week it hit me. It makes no sense to load so early if you are adding all this fat (any where from 35 - 40% fat calories are at about 1300 - 1500 with cardio each am on an empty stomach and resistance training 4 - 5 days a week) into your diet. So since ketosis signals fat burning, I decided to forgo the carb load this weekend and let my body really fall heavily into ketosis and burn some serious fat and reload my carbs next week.
This morning was the first time I hit a moderate level of ketosis and finally dropped below 150!!! So seems to be working.
Wish me luck… have a feeling all the things I have read about in regards to training in the absence of glycogen storage will be an interesting experience.
July 12, 2008 at 8:16 am
INterested to follow your experience and see what happens, (in case I can ever mount the discipline to try it. ) Couple times I have got this in my head, I quit early due to dissapointing workouts and then diet breakdown. Thanks for the post.