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what's the difference between the Atkins induction phase VS the first 12 days of the MANS diet/Anabolic diet?

I am having a hard time getting back into it for some reason. I just feel lazy lol. I have stopped drinking protein shakes and going back to solid food, but I am having trouble stomaching the same amount of fat as before and starting to prefer..

*gulp*




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CARBS!~



Now what??

should I down as much lard and steaks until I start burning fat for fuel again?

GT_907 wrote:what's the difference between the Atkins induction phase VS the first 12 days of the MANS diet/Anabolic diet?

MANS is much less strict. That's one of the reasons it appeals to me so much.

It's your body, your science project. If you want to have several diet drinks a day and eat low carb tortillas and Greek yogurt and small portions of fruit, you're free to do so. Nobody puts on their best ninny voice and says "you're not doing it right" (sets my teeth on edge and makes me want to strangle the hell out of them). You get your protein requirements met, you eat as few carbs as you need to maximize your output at the gym, and you're golden. Simple, flexible and workable.

I particularly find this part of the MANS text very insightful.

Mark McManus wrote:Perhaps you think a low-carb diet is too restrictive. Maybe you’ve even tried something like this before and failed because you felt that there wasn’t a wide enough variety of food. This is understandable.

Yeah, if you have to spend a month testing out each time you want to add new foods, that's going to get annoying fast. I think it's better to just jump in there and lower your carbs and if you need to tweak things later because you seem to have a food sensitivity, do it then. Don't wait to realize the benefits in the meantime. Jeez. Rampant perfectionism at its worst. Sorry, don't mean to be down on Atkins, 'cause it's been a lifesaver, literally, for so many people. But it's not right for everyone.

Neither is MANS, surely. But for me, even if it's not Mr. Right, it's at least Mr. Right Now.

A diet needs to be something you can realistically adopt into your lifestyle. I could not jump head first in to MANS either, so I gradually started replacing high carb foods with other things in my meals based on Mark's meal suggestions. Slowly but surely my carb/protein/fat calorie ratio has become lighter on the carb side and heavier on the others, and now I will be able to try to go on MANS soon because I've already replaced so many carb foods in my daily meals that it won't be that big of a change at this point.

Ultimately it's a waste of time to dive head first into a diet you won't consistently stick with and can not integrate into your lifestyle. If you manage to torture yourself long enough to get any results out of doing something like that they will probably be lost in short order anyway.

SurferX wrote:Ultimately it's a waste of time to dive head first into a diet you won't consistently stick with and can not integrate into your lifestyle. If you manage to torture yourself long enough to get any results out of doing something like that they will probably be lost in short order anyway.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. For my lifestyle and personality, a dramatic change was required, and Atkins Induction was the best way to eliminate foods that were toxic to me from my diet.

--Matt B.

2nd day on the MANS diet, so far so good..

I am gonna include ALOT more veggies now, and 2 servings of fruit a day.. nothing crazy, maybe a manderine tangerine or a banana. Big salads, steamed veggies drenched in Butter, celery and PB. etc.

I just downed 2 big bowls of beef chili/veggies so I am set for the night.

I know.. I know.. limit the fruits til the weekend, but I feel the 2 servings are just fine as long as they aren't 4lbs. a serving

I will no doubt up the protein more and keep the fat more moderate, especially animal fat.. I just get sick of it!
Didn't think it was possible.

GT_907 wrote:2nd day on the MANS diet, so far so good..

Great! I personally consider anything below 100g of net carbohydrate per day a "low-carb" diet. Glad to see you're working a transition that seems to be working for you. Stick with it a couple of weeks, then go for that carb-up... I freakin' LOVE how my muscles look toward the evening of my first carb-up day

--Matt B.

thanks for the support!