Questions for the Keto Gurus

[FLdude883]

Ok so I've been following a cyclical keto diet for the past 8 weeks or so, and about 6 out of those 8 weeks was higher fat/moderate protein, I have been reading lately that that isn't the way to go and it's high protein/moderate fat, now I am a bit confused...I have been employing dave palumbo's diet where it's one refeed meal a week, instead of 2 refeed days...where did the whole concept of the high fat/mod protein come from? And I was under the impression that excess protein turned to glucose and would counteract fat burning, could someone please help me, my fat loss has seemed to slowed a little bit, should I continue to follow this high protein/moderate fat with more low intensity cardio, or do a week phase of maintenance calories as I have read should be done after a while of dieting, has anyone had really good success with either dave p's versiou or the high fat version? Please let me know the proper way, although I know everyone is different what are the percentages macros most people follow that get great results from? Thank you.

 

[Magnum]

At some point it's about calories. Try bringing them down a bit and still have your cheat meals on Sat.

 

[mexbeast]

i im no guro but u may need to lower your fats,vary low fat high protein vary low cabs but plenty of begies like brocoli & green beans

 

[AWN2004]

Get your thyroid checked. Keto diets can and often times do cause your thyroid to become slugish. The cheat is designed to help it out but you might want to see if that's the culprit.

I'm no expert but my body responds to a higher fat, lower carb diet. I do two days of medium carbs followed by several days of 30 carbs or below roughly. I use walnuts, lean beef, and fatty cuts of fish for the fats. Almond butter at times is a nice treat and serves the purpose to fill the void of fats I need when nothing else is in place.

Your body will convert extra amino acids to glucose through a process called gluconeogenesis but I highly doubt that you are eating enough protein for that to happen. At 40 to 50 grams a meal this shouldn't be a problem. Not to mention if you are eating a fiber type green veggie with your meals and then a fat on top of that, I highly doubt it's going to be an issue. Like I said I'm not an expert but it's worked for me. For me one cheat type meal never really works. I'd rather have two days of low impact/glycemic carbs from something like brown rice or oatmeal coupled with lower protein amounts on those days and very low fats. So I guess its really more of a carb cycling approach. I find it spares muscle better and if you plan it right, your bigger bodyparts can be timed around those medium carb days. I put legs on the day I start getting carbs and then back is the day after my last carb day. So in that three day span I find my glycogen levels are more than optimal to train hard and heavy and still burn fat.

Just my opinion.

 

[cmhdeadlift]

i im no guro but u may need to lower your fats,vary low fat high protein vary low cabs but plenty of begies like brocoli & green beans

i dont see this working too well for him

 

[thundergod]

keep the protein high, around 1.5gm per pound of LEAN body mass, and keep HEALTHY fats around .5gm per pound of lean body mass. Make sure you have plenty of fiber in your diet, supplemental fiber, and try to eat some green veggies with some of your meals. Slowly increase the cardio each week until you get to about 1 1/2 hours of LOW INTENSITY cardio..the increase can be a 10 minute increase each week..and its done every day if you are trying to get lean. Once you have reached 1.5 hours every day, then start rotating prot/fat vs. prt/veggie days. Dave's diet is all over the internet.