Eating only Bacon for 30 days

[Reality]

The biggest benefit to being in ketosis is that food cravings go away, and since you are eating food high in fat and protein, you feel fuller for longer and eat less calories.

This is very true! When I stay on a no-carb diet, it gets to a point where I am rarely hungry at all even if I don't eat for 24 hours. The only way I get reminded I need to eat is that my energy levels drop if I am quite active during that period. If I am working more and not moving, it is much harder to notice.

It is important with no-carb diets though to make sure you are still getting the nutrients your body needs and that includes eating when you have not done so in a while even when your body is not telling you that you are hungry. If you starve yourself, your metabolism slows down and the weight loss slows down as well.

 

[gmoney112]

I have to have carbs, especially if i'm in the gym a lot. I also have a pretty crazy metabolism though, always have.

I tried a Keto diet while i was on a real training regimen and my body couldn't do it. I felt like crap all the time. No energy, and I knew it was a lack of glycogen/energy. I time my carbs? Can train as hard as I want and still work long days.

Funny how that works so differently for everyone. I usually cycle my carbs based on if i'm lifting to get bigger, maintain, or cut though since my protein/fats stay pretty consistent unless i just feel like bulking (3500+ calorie days for 2-3 months will put on about 10 pounds for me, metabolism)

I'm also still in my late 20's so i'm not as old as some of you farts. Gotta keep off the beer fellas.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

You can get into ketosis pretty quickly if you use up all of your glycogen stores early in the diet. Doing HIIT sprints, for example. Weight is all thermodynamics. If calories in > calories out, you will gain weight, and vice versa. People who do low carb drop weight quickly, but it is usually a lot of water weight. The biggest benefit to being in ketosis is that food cravings go away, and since you are eating food high in fat and protein, you feel fuller for longer and eat less calories.

yup! I just need to get back to it. Back a few years ago when I did it, it was awesome.

 

[Melonfeud]

Med student here.

First I thought something Reality said should be highlighted. The reason why most diets fail to work is due to the binge eating that happens once the diet regiment is over. If you can make it a lifestyle with no end date, you won't end up being surprised when the progress made over a 2 month long diet disappears in 1 week after the diet ends.

2) If OP only ate bacon for 30 days, they better be taking a vitamin supplement. It's easy to focus on the macronutrients, but the micros are very often overlooked. His feeling of "good energy" would not last very long once key micronutrients used up their remaining storage deposits in the body.

3) Dietary intake has very little influence over blood cholesterol levels. Research has shown that genetics is more influential. That being said, it wouldn't hurt to reduce the trans and saturated fats from your diet.

Good post ,,,'like'.

 

[viman96]

I tried a Keto diet while i was on a real training regimen and my body couldn't do it. I felt like crap all the time. No energy, and I knew it was a lack of glycogen/energy. I time my carbs? Can train as hard as I want and still work long days.

Funny how that works so differently for everyone. I usually cycle my carbs based on if i'm lifting to get bigger, maintain, or cut though since my protein/fats stay pretty consistent unless i just feel like bulking (3500+ calorie days for 2-3 months will put on about 10 pounds for me, metabolism)

I'm also still in my late 20's so i'm not as old as some of you farts. Gotta keep off the beer fellas.

That goes away once your body adjusts. I strength train 6 days a week and workout fasted. Your body will definitely adjust.

 

[gmoney112]

That goes away once your body adjusts. I strength train 6 days a week and workout fasted. Your body will definitely adjust.

Tried it twice over 2-3 months in recent years. Just not meant to be. I also have to maintain at 2500 calories and 175 pounds. For me, it's hard to imagine someone going and dead lifting 5X5 sets over 300 pounds then doing 30 more sets of burnout accessory exercises with 0 glycogen. My strength completely fell off a cliff.

I'm curious how many athletes have adopted a Keto type diet, that aren't using exogenous hormones.

Regardless, seems to work for a lot of people. But if it doesn't work for some, it's okay to eat carbs and still be in great shape.

 

[Teren_Kanan]

I did same (protein, no carb) diet a couple years ago for 2 months. I went from 185 to 165 and was eating over 3000 calories per day. My headaches disappeared too.

Its amazing how going to the right food helps so much...forget counting any calories, just eat good food.

If you lost weight eating over 3000 calories a day, you were burning over 3000 calories a day. Weight loss = calories in vs calories out.

Eating the right foods does wonders for most everything else though. Body composition, body functions, hair, skin, nails, teeth, energy levels, all affected by WHAT you eat, as opposed to how much.

 

[viman96]

Tried it twice over 2-3 months in recent years. Just not meant to be. I also have to maintain at 2500 calories and 175 pounds. For me, it's hard to imagine someone going and dead lifting 5X5 sets over 300 pounds then doing 30 more sets of burnout accessory exercises with 0 glycogen. My strength completely fell off a cliff.

I'm curious how many athletes have adopted a Keto type diet, that aren't using exogenous hormones.

Regardless, seems to work for a lot of people. But if it doesn't work for some, it's okay to eat carbs and still be in great shape.

Agreed all forums of eating is not for everyone.

I strength train and weigh 175 lbs as well. I am in a cut so my cals are around 1800-1900. I deadlift twice a week. Tomorrow in fact part of my workout is doing a death set. Starting weight is 80% of your 1RM and then do 4 drops sets of 5 reps with the last set to failure. No rest between drops. Earlier in the week I deadlift for 5 sets.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Sound like a winning diet for prostate cancer.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

If you lost weight eating over 3000 calories a day, you were burning over 3000 calories a day. Weight loss = calories in vs calories out.

Eating the right foods does wonders for most everything else though. Body composition, body functions, hair, skin, nails, teeth, energy levels, all affected by WHAT you eat, as opposed to how much.

That is not true. There are calories that your body prefers to burn, and calories your body prefers to store.

 

[viman96]

hmm http://ketogasm.com/the-bacon-experiment-interview/ has been unavailable the last 2 days

 

[haleyrules]

Sound like a winning diet for prostate cancer.

So, its perfect for Ladies!?....

 

[Teren_Kanan]

That is not true. There are calories that your body prefers to burn, and calories your body prefers to store.

Unless you have some medical condition. Nope.
If you burn 2000 calories a day. It doesn't matter what you eat. If you consume 2500 a day you will gain weight. If you consume 1500, you will lose weight.
Your body gives zero crap where the calories come from. Certain calories it will burn *first*. But lacking that, it will move onto the next. If your body doesn't have it's preferred calories to burn it moves onto the calories it prefers to store.

 

[Kevinicus]

Unless you have some medical condition. Nope.
If you burn 2000 calories a day. It doesn't matter what you eat. If you consume 2500 a day you will gain weight. If you consume 1500, you will lose weight.
Your body gives zero crap where the calories come from. Certain calories it will burn *first*. But lacking that, it will move onto the next. If your body doesn't have it's preferred calories to burn it moves onto the calories it prefers to store.

I understand the theory (and I've lost over 170 lbs going by this idea), but in practice it isn't always true. Measured results trump theory.

I know I've had significant calorie deficits that didn't result in weight loss. And it wasn't something where I wasn't sure what I was eating and may have been off. We're talking consuming 1200-1700 while burning 2800-3300.

I am aware of factors such as water weight, bowel movements, etc. I'm talking an "extended" period of time here, not just a few days or a week or anything like that.

 

[viman96]

IMO CICO is not everything and weight loss or weight gain can be difficult (depending what you are trying to accomplish). So much more goes into it then just food intake. Sleep. Water. Stress. There are people that weigh their food and track their macros that are in a deficit and do not lose weight.