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Originally Posted by ampere See this post. (In our own forum we have folks who have gained immensely from Ketosis) http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifti...ml#post3582980
Ketosis has mainly worked wonders for obese guys to come down quite dramatically. The question how to sustain it once you are down. Thats where all the troubles start. The maintenance mode should also be sustainable for an easy lifestyle. |
I agree. Ketosis does work wonders but it's not necessary. Personally I never went into ketosis, nor do I find it necessary. A calorie deficit with a balanced macro ratio works equally well. From what I can see, a couple of my American friends find keto much easier because they can eat a lot more of the things they grew up liking (meat, cheese, butter..). I grew up liking sambar and potatoes. I adapted into a meat eater recently, but I don't crave meat. I crave rice
. So personally, keto isn't appealing to me. Maybe once I get down into a low body fat percentage, an ultra low carb diet will work better if I want to go even lower. Let's see. At this point, 14-15% is good enough.
When I do go into maintenance without tracking, I'll just eat like I do now but in higher quantities and without supplements. One meal dominated by veggies, one meal dominated by meat and some sugary (or spicy) snacks in between. Everything in moderation. If weight goes up, cut back, that's really all needed. Alcohol say once a week or once in two weeks. Gym regularly even if not as intense, at least to a minimum level. A lot of people do this, it's sustainable. But that's a maintenance lifestyle, not a transformation lifestyle. Transformation is a short-term thing, in my opinion we do need to go really intense to see changes. It is worth investing that six months (or a year, or three years, depending on goals) to get to a point where I like how I look for the rest of my life.
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Originally Posted by bblost @rajushank,
Please don't take it the wrong way but what is the use of a six pack on a body that can't even do a couple of pullups and bench more than its own weight?
Isn't strength increase the whole point of working out.
Otherwise it's just a beautiful car with a weak engine.
I would rate an ugly fat car with a powerful engine significantly higher. But that's just me.
Again a humble request to not take my post in a bad way. |
There's nothing to take in a bad way, bro! In my opinion six pack is useless, I don't even want it. All I want is a flat midsection. But people go after six packs for the sake of aesthetics and a sense of pride. Also, you can't have a decent looking six pack without being muscular (it's not just lack of fat, those abs need to be built!), so all the guys I see with six packs also have huge arms and a huge chest. They can do pull-ups easily and bench huge plates. They do pull-ups for warmup. At least the guys I see in my gym and in my team.
On cars don't even get me started. Too many BMWs and Mercedes with a weak four-cylinder engine that can hardly keep up with a v6 accord. Who am I to judge, my friend (with an Audi Q5) frankly says all he needs is the badge, he doesn't care about what's under the hood. He's also really into fashion, style and bling and spends more money on watches and sunglasses than on his car. It works for him, who am I to judge
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To be honest if there were a shortcut way for us guys to look good by just losing weight (like girls do) I'd just take it. Unfortunately that doesn't look good in my opinion. You need size. Its all subjective though.