Post: #51

(05-28-2013 07:05 PM)that guy Wrote:  This summer I'm going on a more aggressive carb cutting diet to trim up for summer. I've cut almost all sugars and carbs from my diet, and while the difference is huge for my body, I feel ridiculously tired every day and struggle to finish my workouts. Sometimes I can't help but nod out at my desk at work despite getting 9-10 hours of sleep. Is this normal for people with a low carb diet? How do you get through? Load up on caffeine or just power through?

power through it, it actually only lasts for a few days or a week at most. What are you using to measure your carbs? I use dailyburn. At this stage you should weigh and measure everything you eat in order to truly know how many macro's(carbs, fat, protein) you are ingesting.

Post: #52

(05-28-2013 07:31 PM)that guy Wrote:  I'm 6 foot 185 pounds. Based on my muscle mass if I got down to 170-175 pounds I would be completely shredded. Before I started cutting I was 195 pounds. I'd say I've been cutting for about 2 weeks now, the exhaustion has been getting worse I've just been powering through and then basically passing out after my workouts. I haven't been doing a carb loading day though, perhaps I will try that kbell.

Those are my stats, 175lbs and 6' (actually 6'1, give or take, depending on posture).

My experience with low-carb hasn't been good. Never could maintain the diet either through discipline OR energy levels. It basically just killed me overnight. Going lean and lots of protein I can do though, just need enough carbs to stay coherent.