I am decided that this is my new WOE for a while. I just started. I tried carb cycling on my own, but I did regular/low/regular/low. I was frustrated that I didn't really see any results, and then I picked up a a magazine and it said that a 2 day diet was superior. The 2 day diet should consist of 2 consecutive days of no more than 50g carbs. The article stated that the benefit was for insulin resistance. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239041.php

So I tried my first day yesterday, today I was either 2 lbs lighter because of the lower carbs, or I was just 2 lbs lighter from trying something different.

Either way, i am going to do this for at least 2 months to see if it helps.

any one else doing a low carb variation diet?

my only worry is the off days. I hope i don't mess everything up.

So far today:

Red Raspberry leaf tea with 1/4 c almond milk, 1/2 tsp of domino light (sugar/stevia)
2 egg omelet with spinach, mushroom, green onion, and mozzarella cheese.
4 cubes cantalope
5 pcs mini dark chocolate chips.

nobody is interested? Well, I started the carb cycling week at 199.8 and after carb cycling the first part, am 196.6. That's notable. Well, I still have to stick to my 1800cs for the rest of the week. I'm skeptical, but research backs it up.

Im interested! I'll be reading this on my next break

lol it was a short article! This is not nrt carbs right? I average 60 carbs monday-friday....hmmm where to cut back 

1800cs? Are these your Calories for the day? Geeze I am under eating but not on purpose! 

MrsH, that is only one article I found to post. The study was conducted by a group of researchers lead by Michelle Harvie, Ph.D. http://www.aacr.org/home/public--med...es.aspx?d=2649

If you are already eating low carb Monday-Friday, that is fine. You are carb cycling, because you don't do that low on weekends right? The article didn't say anything about net carbs, just carbs. I don't pay attention to net. To me for now, a carb is a carb.

I eat 1800 cs/day because I am breastfeeding.

Agreed a Carb is a carb 

Right, my weekends tend to be carb heavier but bad carbs so I am working on that!

If I do my BMR I should eat no less than 1664 cals if I want to lose weight
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-ca...mr-formula.php

I'll look into this more & hopefully I can benifit too

hmm about to eat dinner, so I will look into this afterwards.

Very interesting. And seems easier.

There is more info about how the days around the low carb days increase leptin, and are therefore IMPORTANT for the overall effect.

i'm liking the low carb "feeling" I get. Definitely more "zippy". I hate feeling like I am starving. This comes at the end of the day when I miss the carbs the most, during the day, I don't miss them at all really.

Ok, so I am definitely getting that cleansed palate from the "2 day diet". I am wanting to eat things like fruits and veggies, I don't know if that is because I am sick of the meat/fish/eggs and cheese?

I thought if I ate one more bite of meat/fish/eggs I would puke. I am allowed 50 g, so I think I will eat some nuts and low carb fruits.

I feel really good doing this carb cycling, I haven't felt this good and energetic in a year! I'm glad that I am starting to feel like my old self. I have energy to exercise, and if I can just do it, I usually feel alot better, so I have been following an exercise regimen for 2 weeks now.

before, I would try, but I would be sooo tired, I just couldn't.