The ketogenic diet is really something totally natural as indicated by the link. Many cultures live their entire lives in ketosis.
What seems to work for me is the following and offer the following advice.
First three weeks, eat 0 carbs. That means getting a ZERO carb whey isolate (easy enough where you are in the USA) and just eating meat and fish. Don't be a afraid of fat! To enter ketosis you must consume a fair amount of fat as shown in the studies as well. Get fiber tabs as well.
After three weeks you can carb load if you want; my current scheme, which is working well is 6 days 0-20 grams of carbs and 1 day I carb load. You will lose some strength on lifting days due to depleted glycogen reserves but the difference isn't all that great. If you are really hardcore, you can forget about the carb loading days and go straight through with ketosis the whole time...make sure to eat a head of broccoli every now and then and get lots of fish and flax oil. When you are eating that lamb the next time with the fat rim, EAT the fat rim with it. Good luck. It just takes a lot will power.
if you are willing to listen..i have a few tips...
ketosis should not be the GOAL of a goodfat loss program, but rather it should be the effect. yu shouldnt worry about keeping your body in ketosis, diet correctly and youll be producing ketones most of the time regardless. carbing up every week is too long to wait, and weight training will over deplete your glycogen stores and you will risk losing muscle, especially if your doing cardio. i would suggest going zero carbs three days, then doing a moderate carb up every fourth day. carb up using waxy maize/whey isolate shakes on the carb up day. this will ensure that you are storing the carbs as glycogen and that you are utilizing the spikes in insulin to builld up some fat burning muscle. for your zero carb days, dont go the atkins route(high saturated fat), instead use lean protein sources, and healthy fat burning fats. if you can get udo's oil, use that. vpx also has a good product called thin fat. or you could just use olive oil, or peanuts, or almonds. take the fat first thing in the morning, and immidietly postworkoiut in your pwo shake. eat every three hours, 50 grams protein in some kind of lean meat along with a small serving of fibrous vegebtables. drink lots of water, do cardio every morning,, except for leg day,, 45 mins on an empty stomach, and also, once weight loss slows, do another 30 mins cardio immidietly following weight training before getting in your pwo workout shake.
take it or leave it bro...ive done alot of research on dieting and low carb and all of it... this is, IMO, by far the most effective way to lose fat, and youll make a little bit of muscle as well.
