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Due to the recent lockdown, I have gained 4 pounds. It is nothing overwhelming since my weight is 160 pounds but, unfortunately, the weight gain generally goes to those parts of the body where one would not want to.
So, I decided to adopt a diet that was short and not overly demanding. Browsing the web among the most popular diets [1], I was intrigued by what is known as Carb Cycling.
If someone is working on weight loss, he might be terrified by the mere mention of carbs. For many people trying to slim down, carbs pose a serious threat. Foods that are high in carbs are also high in calories, and you need to cut calories if you want to drop pounds.
It has long been believed that eating high-carb foods will lead to weight gain. Carbs can be found in many foods, including whole grains and starchy vegetables.
It is common for diets to restrict carb intake. This has caused people to think that eating carbs can be bad for you. To many, carbs do not just get in the weight of weight loss. They are unhealthy food. However, these beliefs are not backed up by science. Recent reports suggest that eating carbs can aid in weight loss.
It is possible to leverage carbs so that you can reach your weight loss goals more quickly. This process, which is known to Carb Cycling, allows you to lose weight by chowing down on carbs. How do you cycle carbs? You can do this by sticking to the rules of a weekly eating plan.
The rules are apparently simple, and for the most part, you will have control over what you eat. You can include the healthy foods you love in your meals, and you will not have to exclude carbs.
I read some articles published on the web [2-8] and I deduced that these rules are not so clear and simple to follow. All authors agree on three points:
- there are days when you must eat more carbs and days when you must eat less
- depending on your weight and gender, you have to intake a certain number of calories every day
- these calories must be divided between carbs, proteins, and fats.
Not everyone knows clearly what carbs, proteins, and fats are and what foods provide these substances. For example, when you have to intake a certain amount of carbs calories in a day, what food and in what quantity have you to eat?
I am not a dietician or a nutritionist. I am only one person who found this Carb Cycling strategy interesting and collected an amount of information on the web. By means of this information I am trying to propose in this book a clear and simple strategy for using Carb Cycling.
After a chapter where it is explained how Carb Cycling works, the following chapters describe simple rules to get the daily calorie intake, the foods among which you can select what you need. I assumed a week-long period. If at the end of this week you did not reach the wanted results, you can repeat the diet for another seven days and so on. Finally, in the last chapter, there is some example of breakfast, lunch a dinner that you can adopt.
