Wow,
after 6 weeks of low carb diet with a maximum of 2000 calories a day (inspired by the body of Jason Statham seen in the movie Death Race) and unfortunately one week of having a cold and being down, I started to change to “regular” food again. Last night I hit the gym and *BAM* … what a new feeling. I managed all my exercises without any Problems and actually had enough power for another round.
The difference to working out on the low carb diet compared to “regular” is amazing.
I’m also thrilled about the fact that the diet really works. I lost 8 kg (about 16 lbs) in 6 weeks. It’s easy if you really want it but having low (or almost ‘no’) carb means that you don’t eat any of the following food:
- pasta
- bread
- rice
- potatoes
- cornflakes
You should create a list of foodstuff with its substances to quickly find out what you can/should eat or not. There are several websites where you can find those lists. Just use Google.
Being on this diet without doing anything else is probably pretty senseless so you should hit the gym and do some cardio exercises regularly. For workout; I had two training units (for different muscle groups), each one took about an hour. I hit the gym three to four times a week, played basketball 2 hours a week and went running outside once or sometimes twice a week.
You’ll have less power at the gym during that time and you might not accomplish your usual weight, repetitions and workout sets as usual … that’s ok!
My best friends concerning food during that diet were:
- tuna (or fish in general)
- turkey breast (or meat in general)
- vegetables (mostly tomatoes, salad and cucumber)
- cheese
- mayonnaise as dressing (be careful with that, it has a lot of calories)
- water (a lot of it ’cause it fills you up)
For breakfast I usually had an apple and a peach cut into pieces mixed with some yoghurt and sunflower seeds. Why the seeds? Low carb means, that you won’t have anything to bite. There are no crunchy things to bite on on a low carb diet so I had to put those seeds into my food. Try it out, it’s good.
The hard part is to have varied meals because your options are very limited. You need time to plan your meals, that’s for sure.
There’s no guarantee that this diet will work for. The daily calorie rate also depends on your actual weight and your metabolism plays a big part two. It worked for me and I’m pretty happy that I did it. I started at 90 kg and I’m down to 82 right now. I still try not to eat too much ’cause I want to get down to 79.
I’m not a sport student, physician or coach. I’m just interested in sports. I don’t have any special education that qualifies me to tell anyone what to do to loose weight or what he/she should do for sport. I just wanted to share my experience with you. If your have any questions, just write a comment to this post. I’d be happy if you share your experiences with me too.
