"Carbohydrates are used as energy by the body; they fuel our workouts, as well as providing ample fuel to be used throughout the course of the day. Ingesting carbs also replenishes our glucose and glycogen stores to prevent fatigue."
Carbs are used as fuel in the body, when you go on a low carb diet, it is mainly because your goal is to lose fat "reduce the carb intake to promote fat use as fuel to lose weight." My goal here is to maintain muscle mass, and gain muscle all while burn fat and lose weight, yes it is possible. After a few days or a week on a low carb diet your body starts to get used to not having carbs for energy and starts to use fat yes, but a lot of muscle also. Carb cycling is also a lot easier to maintain because you know after a few days you can have some more carbs, healthy ones of course like whole grains and more fruits. When you carb cycle, your body uses fat for fuel, but instead of getting used to it and using muscle after a couple of days, you give yourself carbs, then more, then slowly slow back down to little. This way carbs are used in the body for fuel and not stored as fat and your still gaining muscle when working out instead of burning muscle, and losing the bad fat.
Here is an example, I am about 200lbs +/- 2-3 lbs.
Monday: Low (.5 grams carbs per body weight so for me basically 100g total)
Tuesday: Low (.5 grams carbs per body weight so for me basically 100g total)
Wednesday: Low (.5 grams carbs per body weight so for me basically 100g total)
Thursday: High (2-3 gram carb per body weight, so about 200g total)
Friday: Moderate (1 grams carbs per body weight, so about 300-400g total)
Saturday: Moderate (1 gram carb per body weight, so about 200g total)
Sunday: Moderate (1 gram carb per body weight, so about 200g total)
Then repeat the next week. Any questions just ask.Also I am keeping my protein intake high to maintain the muscle mass and promote protein synthesis during workouts.
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