based on how strength went with the ultimate diet I would say that you will have a pretty massive spike in strength after the reefed. On ud2.0 you carb up starting Thursday night and all day Friday, then on Saturday you do a power workout...you feel strong then! Oddly, my best strength was on Thursday night after the pre workout shake kicked in, I feel like super woman after that LOL.
I am hoping that is the case. I have experienced the same with normal cutting. As soon as I carb back up, strength comes right back.
On this diet, there are no re-feeds. Lyle does not recommend more then one cycle for someone lower then 15%bf. You just run it a straight 10-12 days with no re-feeds.
Beginning of day 4:
Down .5lbs from yesterday.
Total loss 8 lbs in 3 days.
I think water loss has stabilized. (I can tell by how my watch fits that I am pretty dried out. Ankles look skinny as a girl too
Muscles are flat and deflated, but definition is up a good bit. (especially in the legs). They are back to where I was at the end of my 10 week cut this winter. AMAZING in only 4 days. Striations, veins...etc. I know I am in ketosis as my wife was asking why my breath smelled so bad.
Joint pain is TERRIBLE. Shoulders ache as well as hips. Again, I think this is a function of water loss. (I experience the same feeling on extended deficits). I am also experiencing muscle cramps fairly easily. I bent over to put my shoes on and had my abs spasm out pretty hard. I had to very quickly relax and stretch them out or it would have doubled me over quickly. Know this, I am being very careful of any strenuous movement. It will be interesting with deadlifts tonight in the gym.
I am actually having a hard time eating. Just eating the protein gets tough. I could not finish all my chicken last night and had to resort to drinking whey to get in my pro. It is good that I have some ON casein on hand. One serving has 24g pro and only 2 g of carbs. On a diet like this, the casein is a preferred protein which is slow digesting. I have also been drinking some of my XF artic lemonade whey during workouts. Add in 14-28g of BCAA per day, and that is how I have hit my protein goals. I really need to get some turkey breast. At least I can snack on that easier.
Even though I am not limited in greens, I have had to force in several servings per day. Again, I am not even hungry in the least. Not even a belly grumble. That is CRAZY on only 800cal per day. Normally cutting on 2400 cal, I am pacing trying to keep busy and out of the fridge. I dont know if this is the liberal use of EC or a KETO diet. It has been over 15 years since I ran a keto diet, so I cant remember.... ( I spent 2 years running CKD in my early 20's)
