There is going to be a little math here, but hold on and we will get through it. Your lean weight is the first calculation we will need to make. This won't be your total body weight of course. Let's take an example of someone weighing 200 pounds. If you now tip the scales at 200 with, let's say, 20% body fat, then, your lean body mass weight will be 160 pounds. The magic number of protein calories is 640. That is derived by multiplying your learn body mass times 4. Remember that number: 640.
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The discussion usually focuses on the imbalance associated with low carbohydrate consumption. Part of the diet plan includes carbohydrate loading for a 36 hour period, usually on the weekends. At that time, you are free to eat carbohydrates. This does two things. First, it gives the dieter an incentive during the week; pizza on the weekend! Second, it replenishes the carbohydrates lost which helps in balancing the system and giving energy for the next cycle.
Maybe another question should be asked. And that question is what is healthy eating? Is depriving oneself from pizza and ice cream, foods we know are not good for us, considered a bad thing. If the cyclical ketogenic diet can help keep blood sugar stable, healthy balance blood pressure through the exercise phase and help burn off fat, then, why not look at it more as a healthy alternative to what is advertised as healthy eating! Either way, this eating plan has more advantages long term, than