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Hi all, I'm very excited that I found this forum and have been reading everything I can get my hands on! A little about myself…I have been powerlifting competitively for a little over 1-yr now and absolutely love it! Before starting on this adventure I would pretty much eat whatever I felt like, although I tended to eat fairly clean as far as most powerlifters are concerned. I have always had somewhat of a gut and my bf% was usually in the high teens(18-19%). I currently lift in the 198lbs weight class, but would ultimately like to be competing at 181lbs. My goals are to drop down to around 185-188lbs while maintaining all or as much of my strength as possible. From here I will switch over to CBL and start gaining muscle again. I know I won't be able to compete at 181 for long as I am 5'10" which is pretty tall for that weight class, but I want to have as much muscle as possible no matter what weight I'm at so I can be more competitive. I am on day 24 of CNS right now and am at ~195lbs, down from ~200 when I started. I am already noticing that I am much leaner than when I started which is very encouraging to see. I was very skeptical of this diet at first since you are eating so much more fat than I am used to and my wife thought(still thinks) I am crazy for eating a bunch of bacon and putting HWC in my coffee! My lifts in the gym have been maintaining very well also. I am currently following 5/3/1, which I have used several times in the past with good success. Currently my raw maxes are 450/305/495. My bench and deadlift have actually been moving along nicely during the last several weeks which is great to see since I assumed I would be stalling while on this diet. I have decided to shorten up the time between my carb nites to 5-6 days instead of 7 because my training is so intense. I want to be sure I am able to maintain all of my current muscle mass while dropping the extra fat. I am very excited to see where this diet takes me and maybe I can even finally get that 6-pack I have been wanting for so many years! Thanks for checking in and I can't wait to read and learn from everyone on the forum!
If its working, I wouldn't change anything. Wait until you stall or your strength starts to drop. Moving down from 198 to 181 at your height and body fat shouldn't affect strength too much.
Ok, Thanks maxwkw. The main thing I have noticed with my workouts is that if I don't get enough to eat during the day my endurance is crap. So I just have to make sure and eat enough fat during the day to keep me fueled up for my workout. I'm pretty sensitive to caffeine and workout around 6:30pm so I haven't been taking any before my workouts which can be tough sometimes… any suggestions for other pre-workout foods to get my energy level up before my workout without keeping me up all night?I do think my ULC days could probably be better too... here is what my typical day looks like6am - wake-up6:45am - 5 whole eggs cooked in coconut oil with either bacon or sausage and coffee with HWC and stevia10:00am - handful of raw almonds (usually get hungry around this time and almonds are easy especially if I'm on the run12:30 - low carb wrap (4g net carbs) with turkey or roast beef w/ muenster cheese and mustard, steamed brocolli, and 1 cup 4% cottage cheese (3g carbs) - (or left overs from the night before...)4-5pm: usually some string cheese and pepperoni Workout7:30-8pm: PWO shake w/ 50g whey isolate, HWC, and 5g creatine mono ( I need to get some leucine)8:30pm: Some type of chicken, ground turkey, or beef dish with brocolli or another leafy vegetable side.10:30pm: Bed.This is basically what I have been doing with minor changes here and there. I know a lot of people recommend having breakfast later on in the day, but my days change alot so sometimes this would not be an option and I wouldn't know until I get to the office... so I think the breakfasts will have to stay in place for now. Any other suggestions for things to add/subtract would be great. I'm all about simplicity on this diet otherwise I probably won't stick to it. Thanks!
I might try getting a little more veg and maybe going a little less on the nuts, cheese and other trace carbs. If you have a fridge available to you, eggs, and fatty cuts of meat would be better options.
I might try getting a little more veg and maybe going a little less on the nuts, cheese and other trace carbs. If you have a fridge available to you, eggs, and fatty cuts of meat would be better options.
More Veg? I'm eating about 1 cup cooked with both lunch and dinner? So you are saying I should increase this?I will cut back on the cheese and nuts also...
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