Let's see how keto works.. one month hardcore cut with weekly pics!

Yeah, I may be a slow responder.... I am not sure. I am getting good results nonetheless.

Yeah, I have been using ketostix, I have failed the test each time. This MAY be due to the fact that I drink water like a camel. I will try again in the morning and see if I pass it.
 
Well these are my macros for the day. I planned from the start to do a zig-zag diet where I go to maintance or above every 3-4 days to keep my metabolism fast. I read this in the book "burn the fat feed the muscle" by Tom Venuto.

So I ate quite a bit today. If I lose another half pound tommorrow again this diet is awesome..

Total: Calories 2787
Fat: 203 1827 67%
Sat: 71 641 24%
Poly: 14 125 5%
Mono: 49 444 16%
Carbs: 46 64 2%
Fiber: 30 0 0%
Protein: 207 830 30%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

I ate lots of flaxseed today, so I finally got some fiber in... I needed it.

Only 16 net carbs today! If this won't get me into ketosis I don't know what will... plus all that fat.

I feel great by the way... lots of energy. Could be due to me eating what I wanted today, though.
 
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Today was a hardcore day.

I started doing the weight training routine that I mentioned earlier, so I did a full body day, hitting each muscle group. I didn't take much time to rest and I lifted heavy.

At the end of my workout I decided to do 15 minutes of HIIT. I figured that would be a good way to deplete any extra glucose in my body. I haven't done HIIT in about two months and man it was much harder this time. When I started the high intensity interval my heart rate got up to 178... and it never dropped below 157 during the whole session. It was definitely intense.

After this I came home and just played games until 7:00. I wanted to watch two TV programs tonight that lasted 3 hours total. I figured this would be a great time to get in some serious exercise.

During this whole time I was doing some type of activity. I did 1,950 jumping jacks (sets of 50) at pretty high speed, about 50 burpees (I hate burpees), I rode on my exercise bike and also just paced around in my apartment to get some active rest in the meantime.. my heart rate was probably around 120-140 most of the time.

I have no idea how many calories I burned off during this... but I bet it burned at least half of what I ate today.

I drank about 1.5 gallons of water/green tea today. I have no idea where all this energy is coming from but I feel really great... lots of energy, workouts are pretty much better than ever in the weight room...

I failed the pee test again today, but I hope that by tommorrow I will have passed it. I can only imagine that the whey protein drinks i've been having are preventing me from entering ketosis. I will try to drop all sugar in my diet... and up the fat even more.

Here are my macros today (for those who are still reading :))

Total: Calories 2092
Fat: 133 1198 59%
Sat: 42 377 19%
Poly: 11 98 5%
Mono: 31 280 14%
Carbs: 46 101 5%
Fiber: 21 0 0%
Protein: 184 738 36%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

Need to up the fat, but the protein drinks made my protein too high today. Tommorrow I will make adjustments.

Pics in 2 days!
 
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Ladies and Gentlemen..

I passed the pee test! My plan worked! All that anaerobic activity must have depleted all (or a lot of) the glucose in my body and then it looked to ketones for fuel!

I'm really damn happy right now. I even had 8g of dextrose today plus two protein drinks!

Fat burning time baby...
 
A lot of people are still reading, don't worry. Keep at it, and know that if you mess up now all that time getting here will be wasted.



^^ That'll keep you from cheating ;)
 
mreik said:
A lot of people are still reading, don't worry. Keep at it, and know that if you mess up now all that time getting here will be wasted.



^^ That'll keep you from cheating ;)
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I just said that because it was a long post :p

Thanks for your encouragement man! It really means a lot to me!

Your right too, there's no way i'm going to cheat on the diet after all this. I'm not missing my carbs anyway... who needs em' :)
 
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may I ask what the "pee test" is? I'm not up to date on ketosis, only know the basics. Is there a way to tell from your pee that you're in ketosis? Does it involve smelling or tasting it? :p
 
Karky said:
may I ask what the "pee test" is? I'm not up to date on ketosis, only know the basics. Is there a way to tell from your pee that you're in ketosis? Does it involve smelling or tasting it? :p
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Hey Karky :cool: what's up man?

There are things called "ketostix" that you can buy in any pharmacy. You dip the strip in a urine sample and then there is a color chart that shows if you are in ketosis and how strong of a trace there is. They have them for people in diabetes to know if there are ketones in their bloodstream. I am not really sure why they need to know that (never looked it up because i'm not a diabetic and therefore don't really care).
 
First of all: that sounds awfully familiar, are you sure that's not a pregnancy test? Is there something you're not telling us? :p

I guess because they can't handle sugar, so if they have K in their urine, it means they're not using sugar as fuel. I'm not sure though :p

I'm fine man. How are you holding up? When will we get to see some progress pics again? :D
 
Karky said:
First of all: that sounds awfully familiar, are you sure that's not a pregnancy test? Is there something you're not telling us? :p

I guess because they can't handle sugar, so if they have K in their urine, it means they're not using sugar as fuel. I'm not sure though :p

I'm fine man. How are you holding up? When will we get to see some progress pics again? :D
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Heh, I didn't even think about the similarities of a pregnancy test..:D

I'm doing great! I can't wait to get the next set of progress pics up. I am very happy with the results. Since you asked I will put them up a day early... i'll upload them soon.
 
One Day Early - Week 1 Progress Pics!

Taken on 1-8-08, 1-11-08, 1-13-08, and 1-15-08, all relaxed pics. Starting weight 164, current weight 158 (in mornings)
 
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....water. For every gram of carbohydrate you have 4 grams of water, lose the carbs lose the water.
 
Phate89 said:
You managed to lose 6 lbs in 1 week? Hope none of that was muscle, seems like alot.
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Whenever I switch from a bulk to a cut or a cut to a bulk I usually gain or lose 4 pounds in just a couple of days. Mostly water weight and food weight. I am looking forward to my body fat test in a week to see how much bodyfat I lost!
 
realworksuks said:
Whenever I switch from a bulk to a cut or a cut to a bulk I usually gain or lose 4 pounds in just a couple of days. Mostly water weight and food weight. I am looking forward to my body fat test in a week to see how much bodyfat I lost!
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I see. How are you getting your body fat measured and who is doing the measuring? Nonetheless you look a bit leaner in your last pic, good job.
 
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