So you didn't buy the book? I'm getting alot of information from these boards but I was wondering if I need to buy the book to get other information that may be important...your thoughts...

Oh and I enjoy your post :-)

I got Myoplex MAss powder, I thinkt he protien may f*ck me up but its better than drinking pepsi.

I hate to make the carb up such a rigid thing, but I hate to think haha so I am gonna get carbo force for next weekends, use myoplex for this weekend see how it feels. I decided however that along with my prescription like intake of carbs I will add one thing I have wanted to eat all week with each meal. I will have an apple danish, ructose schmuctose, I want that danish. I will have a handful of chocolate covered almonds, I will have a donut of some sort

By the way, I'm not a Fructose Nazi. I was just layin' out the facts. Last weekend I was eating Pure Protein bars and they have some fructose in them, although not much.

CARB-Up is about the most funnest thing for me!! And I generally stick by the rules. There is no need to cheat and go a lot of fat. There is some Non-Fat frozen yogurt at the RAlphs by my house, I asked to look at the nutrition information in it (fructose check), and it turns out the ingrediants are Maltodextrin and Sucrose (2 good things). So I get like 2 pint of these for $6. then ,ix it with Non-FAt Milk in the blender at my house, this is SO good and non-fat you would be amazed. + Powdered GArotade is Dextrose and Sucrose, ext ext.....the list goes on of awesome foods that are low fat and no-fructose.

So basically my point is do some more label reading and you can find foods that are awesome and functional w/out messing up yuor carb-up. I would try this before I do any split carb loading or anything like that, this could negate supercompinsation of glycogen in muscles, hence to 2 day carb up, which is really something to take advantage of.

Tyrelle, I was referring in that quoted post to a specific workout plan for a shorter carb up

I do think having the book as reference is a must (and I actually plan on getting a copy ). I've spent a year LCing and I've read extensively on the subject. Over the past month I've poured over medical abstracts/journals and Lyle's papers at www.low-carb.org and of course picked through all the posts here to gather enough information to attempt this. I also have a copy of Trainerdan's book on Metabolism in which he details how to do the CKD.

A CKD, IMHO, is not something to be entered into lightly - especially if you're a lifelong LCer.

I think if you get all your ducks in a row there's enough info around that you could attempt one - Having read PP already I'd think you'd have an understanding of how this works. And there have been some great threads here of late because this forum has been so active.

Does that answer your question? Or just give you more ?

Nat

Thanks for the reply...

You did answer my question...I've been reading alot myself on the CKD today...seems doable for me. I think in the long run this plan would help me more so than the PP Plan.

I love carb-ups. I buy two boxes of eggo hotcakes and some table syrup and I'm set.

I'm started mine 5 hours ago and i am *SWEATING* like a fish, shoving dextrose into my system as well as sucrose. Beautiful. Awesome men!

Ok, how does this look.....on Friday's carb up (day one) I will do 60 grams fat, 630 carbs, 135 protein and roughly 3600 calories. I have already figured this on fitday with oatmeal, honey, granola, bread, skim milk, etc. to fuel me. I stayed under those calories by about 200, slightly under those carbs, on the money for the protein and about 62 grams of fat. In theory, my Saturday would be 30 fat, 310 carb, 126 protein and 2331 calories. Sound good?

Don't remember where I got these numbers, probably Lyle's article.

Unfortunately Saturday will be a theory only as I am attending a wedding/staying with the inlaws - so many variables I will just have to watch myself. I'm thinking if I stay primarily vegetarian I'll be ok.

I now remember why I strayed from the parameters a few weeks ago - when I planned this all on fitday it came to a COLOSSAL amount of food! But I will try, try again. And if you don't see me posting on this website anymore it's because I've blown up.

So it WAS you who said we could include Skittles for the high GI carbs? Yaaay!.. I love skittles.

What else do you include, Nat? I may have not searched correctly on the board, but I tried to find more info on what you usually ate during carb ups... guess I should've checked your journals??

All you pros and veterans, etc., etc... on this board are the best!!!!!!

LOL.... Iowa girl, the visuals I got from that are funny as heck.

Jaliliah,

Quick question for you...how are you caculating your carb intake and protein intake right after your workout. You know within that 2 hr. period?

Hi, Tyrelle:

Not sure what you mean how am I calculating the carb intake, etc. I follow the parameters sheet at this time, and my workout is BFL, so I have to eat within 45min after working out (Nat said the sooner the better, so that's what I've been doing). On aerobic days I wait an hour after working out to eat.

Is that what you're asking??

Hey Jalilah,

Thanks for replying... I found the answer... I just had to break out my TI-89 Calculator...lol

Best wishes on the Carb-load. I'm pretty nervous about it though..I hope I bought the correct foods.

I'm a bit nervous, too.. but like TrainerDan said... (not verbatim, btw), it's not a scientific experiment. We'll probably do okay... I hope. LOL

My biggest concern is that my workout schedule doesn't include a "depletion" workout, so I'm going to just push harder on the day when I start my carb loading.

My second biggest concern is that---and this is silly, I know---but I wonder when it comes down to candy (skittles, smarties, etc.), doesn't seem like it would take long to get 556g with pure sugary stuff. Ya know? But from what I understand (IF I understand), we move on to lower GI stuff after the first 6 hours.. my guess that's like the foods that TrainerDan listed in the sticky about carb up foods (did you read that thread yet?).

We'll see, eh?

Good luck to both of us!