TKD – Targeted Keto Diet

TKD – Targeted Keto Diet (Keto with carbs)

With my workouts suffering from the lack of carbohydrates, today is day one of targeted carbs Keto

The theory seems sound, a small amount of high Gi carbohydrates (but not fruit) before and after weightlifting to fill the muscles with glycogen to help full the session.  Fructose cannot be used as it fills the liver and not muscles with glycogen so will affect going back into Ketosis.  As well as the right type of carbs, it is also important to get the right amount of carbs as too many again will affect Ketosis.

My initial plan is to use 35g of Waxy Maize Starch (WMS) 30 minutes pre workout with 20g of BCAA’s, this should hopefully shuttle the nutrients to my muscles nice and quickly, post workout will be 20g of WMS and 30g of a powdered protein – initially Soy because that’s what I have left.  Main reasoning to use WMS is simply because it isn’t a sugar!

The rest of the day remains the same with the exclusion of chicken.

WeightFoodCarbProteinFatCalories
71.49g (9.5)192.81 (25%)219.07g (65.5%)3,026.62kcal
40gWaxy Maize Starch35.2g0g0g141kcal
20gBCAA
20gWaxy Maize Starch17.6g0g0g71kcal
30gSoy Protein26.40g0.30g0.90g114kcal
250gLean Mince0g51.75g30g475kcal
Sauce2.77g0.98g0.06g18kcal
75gSpinach
250gLean Mince0g51.75g30g475kcal
Sauce2.77g0.98g0.06g18kcal
75gSpinach
50gSpinach
Tomatoes
4Boiled Egg
550gCoconut Milk12.65g9.35g127.05g1,232Kcal

3 August 2012, Diet tweaks – low carbs and ketosis

So with my time off I’ve played with my diet a little and cut what little carbs there were down from 80g to around 30g per day.  I’d like to try to get in to Ketosis for the fat loss and as an experiment.  Gone is the rice, soy protein (I was trying to use it up) and flax seed to be replaced by eggs and coconut milk.  I’ve also figured out the macro content on the sauce I make to make sure it wasn’t full of carbs :)

I don’t seem to eat at specific times at the moment, but do try to finish eating early in the evening to try to get the intermittent fasting thing going although I probably only get about 14 hours so its below what the IF gurus recommend.  Also I do try to eat bigger meals in one go rather than grazing like I used to (so although the nuts and apple are at the end of the plan below – they do get eaten well before bed!).

Anyone that has known me for a while will know just how different to how I’ve eaten in the past.  Obviously the switch from Veganism to full on meat eater but also having done the 80/10/10 so the switch from extremely high to very low carbohydrates.

And yes, I DO lose weight with this many calories

WeightFoodCarbProteinFatCalories
250gLean Mince0g51.75g30g475kcal
Sauce2.77g0.98g0.06g18kcal
300gChicken Breast0g92.10g2.70g417kcal
Spinach
2Tomatoes
1Boiled Egg0g8.50g7.60g102kcal
250gLean Mince0g51.75g30g475kcal
Sauce0g0.98g0.06g18kcal
300gChicken Breast0g92.10g2.70g417kcal
Spinach
2Tomatoes
1Boiled Egg0g8.5g7.6g102kcal
25gCashew Nuts8.25g4.5g11g138kcal
200gCoconut Milk4.6g3.4g46.2g448kcal
150gChicken Breast0g46.05g1.35g209kcal
1Small Apple14.64g0.28g0.18g55kcal
Total33.03g352.39g131.85g2771