What does it take to get lean?

[gunslinger]

This is the way. Once I went carnivore over a year ago and cut out all the veggies and carbs along with sugar. Just ate beef, eggs, bacon. Never counted any calories and weight/fat just melted off. Was the leanest I’ve been in many years even at 47.


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Yep. This is what I've been saying for years. Its not necessarily the best "bodybuilding" diet but if you wanna be lean and healthy and cut imflamation its the best thing you can do. I'm 49 years old and carnivore is one of the best things I have ever done for my health.

 

[Straight30weight]

I don’t do well without some carbs. It’s a fine line for me, too many and I just get fat and too little and I’m fucked. I already have low blood sugar and it crashes quite often. No carbs would make my workouts garbage, I’d get migraines and my sugar tanks.

 

[schulee]

2700 is probably fine if you’re still dropping, I wouldn’t keep adjusting every week.
Only thing I’d change is drop protein a bit and push carbs up — you’ll feel it in your lifts.
Also that one loose day can mess more than it helps sometimes

 

[Straight30weight]

2700 is probably fine if you’re still dropping, I wouldn’t keep adjusting every week.
Only thing I’d change is drop protein a bit and push carbs up — you’ll feel it in your lifts.
Also that one loose day can mess more than it helps sometimes

Things are still moving in a good direction, 214 this morning. I’ve changed nothing at all, maybe pushed the cardio a little more but nothing crazy. I will likely add some more carbs in just because I’m feeling flat. But overall, solid progress

 

[searay]

. Next week I’ll up the Reta to 2mg, I am feeling the appetite suppression already though. I had a very hard time getting my last meal in last night, and it’s the same food I’ve been eating for weeks. And on Sunday I loosened the diet up a little and had some candy, that made me sick (that NEVER happens)

Why would you bump the dose of Reta when your getting good results and even some negative side effects. I've done Reta at much lower doses and dropped from 18% to 10%. However, at least once a month I was getting severe stomach pain that would last 6-8hrs and make me exhausted for up to a wk. I've been off all GLP's for about a yr and still having the once a month episode of sever stomach pain followed by being exhausted. My primary had me get a CT scan that showed a possible problem with my gallbladder but it was to blurry so I'm getting an MRI next wk and hopefully it will show a definitive issue that can be dealt with. Along with the once a month episodes my appetite is non existent and training is inconsistent. My point? Be careful with the Reta. Take enough to get a result but why push the dose when all you may get are negative side effects?