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Hi Everybody.
I have just rediscovered musclehack. about 6 months ago I went on the mans diet and tht. I stuck with it for about 6 weeks before I fell off the wagon due to huge carb cravings and lack of variety in food choices.

My results were quite good, and since then I've done nothing as I injured myself shortly after.

At the moment I'm 5'11'' 83 kgs and 22% bf.

I'm fairly skinny and building muscle is priority one, getting shredded next on the list.

I want to be looking awesome by the time summer rolls around again (I'm in Australia so that's 6 months) so which diet would you more experienced guys recommend I commit to?

Thanks in advance.

Eric

ambition wrote:Hi Everybody.
I have just rediscovered musclehack. about 6 months ago I went on the mans diet and tht. I stuck with it for about 6 weeks before I fell off the wagon due to huge carb cravings and lack of variety in food choices.

My results were quite good, and since then I've done nothing as I injured myself shortly after.

At the moment I'm 5'11'' 83 kgs and 22% bf.

I'm fairly skinny and building muscle is priority one, getting shredded next on the list.

I want to be looking awesome by the time summer rolls around again (I'm in Australia so that's 6 months) so which diet would you more experienced guys recommend I commit to?

Thanks in advance.

Eric

At 22% bf, I would get the TSPA book to lower bf, then go with GlAD when you've reached your goal. Really super low carb diets like MANS are tough for some. I include myself in that number. I have a really hard time lowering carbs that much and purposely consuming that much fat. I can handle GLAD easier. The biggest thing to deal with on GLAD is choosing your meals between either low carbs/bigger quantities or a little more carbs with smaller portions.

LOL thanks.

I was afraid someone might suggest hopping onto GLAD.

I haven't tried it, though it looks fairly difficult to get the gist of.

Got a copy of TSPA. I'll start reading it right now and write my shopping list.

Cheers

ambition wrote:LOL thanks.

I was afraid someone might suggest hopping onto GLAD.

I haven't tried it, though it looks fairly difficult to get the gist of.

Got a copy of TSPA. I'll start reading it right now and write my shopping list.

Cheers

See, that's why I'd've said TSPA and then switch to MANS.

I don't feel a carb cycling diet is universally better or worse than a GI-based diet. Some folks get better results from one than the other by virtue of just how their metabolism works, and of course the psychological aspect of it can't be understated - a diet you can't stay on or don't like won't be as effective as a slightly less rigorous plan that you can stay on and enjoy. And since I've had horrid luck with GI-based diets in the past, and I find calculating loads and eating 6 times a day to be on par with root canals, I stick to MANS - though it probably helps that left to my own devices, I'd pretty well be a carnivore anyway.

Oh, and GLAD isn't hard to get the gist of at all. Net carbs divided by 100 times glycemic index equals the glycemic load. Each meal must have a GL of around 15, and there have to be 6 of them in a day. The pain in the butt is getting the GIs to be able to do the math to create meals that fit the bill so you can plug them into your meal plan. GLAD it pays to plan, versus MANS that you can basically get away with grab the tasty animal of your choice and eat it.

LOL! I only suggested GLAD because you said you had trouble with carb cravings. By all means, go with MANS if GLAD's complexity is uncomfortable. Do what feels right for you.

And not to forget you get your tasty carbs at the weekend with mans ! Makes them taste better when they are forbidden for the rest of the week !

LoadedScissors wrote:And not to forget you get your tasty carbs at the weekend with mans ! Makes them taste better when they are forbidden for the rest of the week !

Doesn't it just... I actually started looking forward to white rice!