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Originally posted by Iowagirl
Interesting - I will be in the 14th week of my CKD mid-October and was under the impression I should lay off for a while. I see you are a year-round CKDer - something I heard wasn't recommended. I'm sure you've heard it too, any response to the criticism?
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If I recall correctly, the major reason not to do CKD for longer than 12 weeks was that dieting in general lowers metabolic rate and fat loss grinds to a halt. Please let me know if there are others.
My response is: true, although CKD would be better than other diets at preventing this due to a weekly carbup. I know for sure I'd not be able to go for so long without it. As it is I've not been able to do a cycle longer than 6/1. However, this is dependent on what the calorie deficit is. I superimpose, so to speak, calorie cycles on top of the weekly cycles - along the lines of one week more, one week less.
I think some other opinions have been that ultimately this will lead to muscle loss anyway. I've not seen that to be the case, at least to the degree that would bother me. However, I am not a competitive bb-er and in fact don't see a need to get any more mass. If anything, I deal with this by combinations of shorter keto cycles, longer carbups, and simply more food. If this were a concern to someone, then they may be well advised to stop CKD at X weeks and do a growth cycle, more carbs, less cardio, and all that.
As I've mentioned, I've been on and off CKD a number of times over the past 5 years. I clearly cannot maintain single-digit bodyfat on any other diet (without spending three+ hours working out a day, anyway).
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Originally posted by Iowagirl
And I just have to ask - how do you eat 2 pounds of Smarties? I'm thinking my hands would cramp just unwrapping all those little rolls. Do you pour them in a bowl and use a spoon? I bought some last week and generally eat a couple of rolls on Friday. But 2 pounds??? You da man! (da Smartie man)
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Spoons are for mama's boys.
I just eat them with my hands! Yes, pour them in a bowl, nibble while doing something, and yes - make sure to brush my teeth afterwards.