Wed, Oct-06-04, 10:48
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Plan: Metabolic Surge
Stats: 170/139/?
BF:
Progress: 100%
Location: Canada's Wet Coast
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I think the issue here might be in looking at the transition from straight Atkins/keto dieting, to more of a bodybuilding programme. I know that for me, that road has been rather bumpy.
If you're operating on a pure cals-in-cals-out paradigm, then no, whey won't make you gain weight unless your cals go up. But if you're trying to avoid cravings and hunger by staying in ketosis, then, yes, this can be problematic.
And I'm still not all that sure about the whole "metabolic advantage" thing with ketosis, but I know I ate a heck of a lot of calories when I first started Atkins, and I dropped a lot of weight, fast. I know SOME of it was water, but if I lost 20 pounds of water over a few months, all I can say is F***, was I ever BLOATED! In the initial stages of this little experiment, I was relying on ketosis for fat loss. Anything that interfered with this at least APPEARED to cause me to gain weight. I started hearing about how quickly whey digested/glycolyzed because of the small, quickly digesting molecules of pre-chewed protein, and dropped it. I started leaning out again.
So, I don't know HOW it was all happening, but I know that it DID. I'm all ears for suggestions.
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