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Alright, the infamous carb load is today. Right now I'm snackin' on a box of pasta I cooked this morning which is plain with a little bit of cheese. I figured I probably need a good 3 boxes or so to get the amount I need throughout the day. I already ate a lot of other stuff like chili and...

Thanks JWJ, I appreciate it! I'll try to keep the info coming as best as I can. It seems to me that this week the diet is easier to adhere to than the previous week. This is most likely because I know what I am going to eat and getting the hang of the diet is easier as times goes on. The...

Just a couple more things to add: Today while I was working out, I noticed that my rep speed may have been just a little quick. I timed each set I did to make sure I was getting the full benefit and making each one as long as Lyle suggested in his book. The workout was 15 minutes longer than...

Week 2: Second day of depletion workout (moved cycle up a day). Since I moved the diet forward a day, I had 3 days of eating slightly below maintenance. Yesterday was the first depletion workout of the week and being back on lower carbs. The workouts are always good especially after the weekend...

Now that I cutting down for summer, I still have these seriously ugly stretch marks. I hate these things man. They are still a purpleish color and some are starting to fade and turn into scars but most of them aren't. This cream is over $100, and I'm not gonna bye it if it doesn't work. I...

When I woke up this morning, I did feel a little leaner than when I started which is good even though I didn't complete my goal for the carb load which irritates me but it's done now. I hope I didn't mess up too much on the diet. Before the workout I weighed myself out of curiosity and was...

Haha! Yeah, maybe not the best choice of words but I meant it more in the way of carrying on ;). The diet isn't that bad at all. It's a challenge and different and that's what makes it fun.

Just gonna give a quick update here. I have about 300g's of carbs left to go. I hoping the next carb load goes better than this. I didn't necessarily plan what kinds of foods I was going to use for the carb up or figure out how much of a particular food I needed to reach my carb goals for the...

Yeah no prob, I wasn't thinking that at all. I was just thinking of posting less often to make it a little easier on myself, considering that my work hours will be increasing soon and hopefully I'll be flying more also. I'll try to keep posting enough info. that will help others understand my...

Alright thanks Bug, I'll do that. After this first week though I'll probably post once or twice a week and that's it. I'll post right now because I'm incredibly bored. Last night I went out to dinner in Hollywood, and had some greasy food which doesn't help the diet much. The chicken was...

Alright, I just got back from the gym. I weighed 176#'s which I thought was a little high but then again I normally weigh myself in the morning. The workout was good and definitely shorter than the full on depletion workouts. I wasn't feeling as strong as I should be which is probably...

Today the diet remained the same but no weight training, which was good because my legs are pretty sore. I'm also taking 1 fish oil tablet per meal, and each tablet has 1000mg. I'm also trying to calculate how many calories I will use through thursday night into friday's carb load. I figured my...

K, thanks guy's. I actually just bought some fish oil caplets right after work. The brand is California Natural and the store was having a buy one get one free deal, so I got 180 caplets for around $11 which seemed decent. It's kind of weird, but I'm not as hungry as I thought I would be on...

Thanks JWJ! Gettin'Low: Yeah, I still need to buy the Omega's. Any GNC or nutrition store should have them, right? Are there any specific names or kinds I should look for?

If anyone is interested in my experience with this diet, it'll be here & I'll update it either every day, or week or so. Well, today was my first day of the diet and training program. For the past 2 weeks or so I ate around maintenance calories to prepare for the new diet. I decided that...

Your anwers are always informative, thanks! How did you become as knowledgable as you are about nutrition, etc? Is your job centered somewhat around these areas?

Thanks Aaron. I also heard that the brain only uses carbohydrates for energy, is there any truth to that at all?

Thanks, I'll get to reading both of those.

You all bring up good points! I have read some of the articles written in the FAQ and by Lyle, but thanks for the suggestion. Manic: Yeah, I have decided to use the Ultimate Diet 2.0, but I'm still waiting for it to arrive in the mail ;). Once I get it I'll read it as efficiently and quickly...

Haha! Thanks dmk. Bugpowder: Right now I'm just focusing on lowering my bodyfat. I don't have a problem loosing weight, I just thought of this question and wanted to know if someone had reasoning behind it. I'm just thinking if the whole idea behind the calories in vs. calories out concept is...