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Age: 37Height: 5'11"weight: 185previous diet: low carb PaleoBody fat estimate: 12-14% (i'm going to get it measured to know for sure)Goals:Gain lean massneed to lose a few pounds - can only see top two absBeen doing it 5 weeks and actually feel like i'm a little fatter. I started feeling tight about 5 days into the prep phase and lost 5 pounds, but that weight quickly came back. I realize bodyweight will fluctuate but i lost all feeling of "tightness" and feeling a little chubby.Read CBL and CNS as well as similar books by Rob Faigin and Mauro DiPasqule.Went through a full 14-day Prep phase. I just decided to extend it to make sure starting off.I currently carb-backload only twice a week with the goal being to lose some fat first. Currently, meals are:Breakfast:1 tbl sp cod liver oil1 tbl sp grassfed butter oil1 table sp MCT oil (yes, direct MCT oil - I think this has been a problem since i checked and one tea spoon is 4.6 grams of fat so I might be getting 14 grams of MCT in the morning which is way above recommendations - i'm stopping this)maybe a little whey powder (<10 grams) in heavy cream i'm very sensitive to caffeine so i do not drink coffee and even tea and decaf coffee can be a problem. I'm pretty much caffeine free. Anyone know what causes such a reaction to caffeine? I love the taste of coffee and would love to be able to drink it, but even decaf bothers me some. Lunch:grassfed beef, or salad with beef, or pork BBQ (as little sauce as i can get - hidden carbs), brisket, and usually a side salad (eat very little dressing - hidden carbs and crappy oils) or will have cruciferous veggies like broccoli, brussell sprouts, etc. Veggies made with grassfed butter. I don't really eat much chicken. Dinner: similar to lunch but add some fish like sashimi once a week, broiled salmon once a week. Veggies with each mealIf backloading, after workout, i have:goat milk, whey, and super ripe banana shake with an oreo or two thrown in for tastecarb-load meal is a meat with potatoes, homemade corn bread, french fries, followed with ice cream or cookies or chocolate milk Snacks:usually almonds or pistachios. <30 nutsheavy cream and a little whey powderMaybe 5 weeks is too short a time. Maybe having been low-carb (but not ultra low carb) paleo has made it more difficult for me to handle carbs? Just wondering. I don't expect miracles overnight but i was expecting to feel "tighter" or see a few results. I do think adding carbs has made me a little stronger. thanks to anyone who responds.
What's your training schedule like?
Happened to me too, I was crazy stressed at work and home. Could that be an issue for you?
Work is stressful but not more so than usual. I made sure to plan the Prep phase during a slower two week period. Allergies have been killing me, but that's about it. Did u just start the prep phase over again and it worked for you? Thanks.
What's your training schedule like?
Train three days a week usually kettlebell presses, swings and snatches. Pullups and other body weight stuff. Do sprints usually three times a week as well. Not a ton of super heavy lifting which is why I was keeping backloads to two days.
Well these are dynamic exercises, not heavy resistance training, I think in Your case the GLUTs can be not transported properly to the edges of cells.
x2From your description, it doesn't sound like you do any heavy lifting at all (not saying you're not working hard, just not heavy). If you want all the scientific reasons, they're in the book.
I agree with the other posts. Your diet is really good so i dont see a problem there. Maybe dial the backloads back or just do CNS.
Just noticed that your breakfast might be a little more than intended on CBL. 42g of fat without accounting for the heavy cream… so maybe 60g of fat or more?The purpose of MCT in the morning is to provide a small amount of MCT to force your body to keep producing ketones... too much and you provide a steady intake of energy for your body and it never looks at your fatty acid stores for energy.Kiefer recommends 1-2 Tablespoons of MCT depending on your size. You are close to me in size and I seem to do well with 1tbls coconut oil, 1 tbls grass fed butter, and <10g whey isolate, repeated 3 hours later. This carries me from waking up at 5am until I eat lunch at noon.Overall, looks like you have a really good grasp on eating healthy. Watch the vegetables as having a possibility to sneak in too many carbs. For exercise, remember, backloading is dependent on lifting heavy. If you don't desire to lift heavy and gain muscle right now it's OK, just do CNS. You are very close to doing CNS as it is. Just change your carb-nights to last 6-8 hours and keep them 4-7 days apart. That is the fastest way to cut fat.One final point... fat loss and muscle gains on either of these systems can be difficult to appreciate with the naked eye... body fat % measurements done accurately are really helpful in keeping yourself interested and motivated to keep going here.
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