low carb diets cause muscle loss - Page 2

tybeeanna · 07-30-2008, 07:38 PM

removing the carbs allows me to see the muscle[/quote]

I love that line

MarblesLongGone · 07-30-2008, 07:45 PM

I've done bodybuilding on LC, so I KNOW that it's BS!

Jessie · 08-24-2008, 11:06 AM

Isn't the point that we're not just "dieting" but are changing the way we eat for our entire lives? Of course if you are eating very "clean" then start pigging out you're going to gain weight back rapidly.

Magicsmom · 08-24-2008, 11:41 AM

There is a thread of truth in that article. I say this as one who has not tracked lean body mass in the past, but I currently am. I can tell you for sure that the key to preservation of LBM on low carb diets is exercise. That's it, pure and simple. I see a nutritionist who measures my LBM every time I see her, and my LBM is not preserved when I don't exercise. Now, if I were doing low fat/high carb, it would probably be worse than it is now, so I will say that I do believe low carbing preserves LBM more than other plans.

Dr. Atkins himself wrote in his 1972 version that for those of us that lose weight on low-carbing, going off of it piles the weight back on surprisingly fast. That's a fact. I'm living proof.

Seriously. If I didn't

about it, I would have to

07-30-2008, 07:38 PM	#31
tybeeanna Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: So of Rockford Il Posts: 469 Gallery: tybeeanna Stats: 280/247/1 lb less WOE: low carb Start Date: 06/ 08	removing the carbs allows me to see the muscle[/quote]I love that line

08-24-2008, 11:41 AM	#34
Magicsmom Committed to Succeed Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: State of Mind Posts: 15,787 Gallery: Magicsmom Stats: 282/210/140 WOE: Seeing a nutritionist who believes in low carb! Start Date: Off & On (mostly on) since January 2004	There is a thread of truth in that article. I say this as one who has not tracked lean body mass in the past, but I currently am. I can tell you for sure that the key to preservation of LBM on low carb diets is exercise. That's it, pure and simple. I see a nutritionist who measures my LBM every time I see her, and my LBM is not preserved when I don't exercise. Now, if I were doing low fat/high carb, it would probably be worse than it is now, so I will say that I do believe low carbing preserves LBM more than other plans. Dr. Atkins himself wrote in his 1972 version that for those of us that lose weight on low-carbing, going off of it piles the weight back on surprisingly fast. That's a fact. I'm living proof. Seriously. If I didn't about it, I would have to __________________ Terry Member of The Sayonara Carbonara Challenge *Bona Fide Famous* B.A.N.T.A. Babe**

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07-30-2008, 07:45 PM	#32
MarblesLongGone MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Hamilton, OH Posts: 2,387 Blog Entries: 2 Gallery: MarblesLongGone Stats: 248.5/206.0/190 6'0" WOE: Atkins / Carb Addicts / Schwarzbein / SB / Paleo / Start Date: April 1, 2008 (back on the wagon)	I've done bodybuilding on LC, so I KNOW that it's BS!

08-24-2008, 11:06 AM	#33
Jessie Junior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 57 Gallery: Jessie	Isn't the point that we're not just "dieting" but are changing the way we eat for our entire lives? Of course if you are eating very "clean" then start pigging out you're going to gain weight back rapidly.