CKD works amazingly well. There really are no meal plans…just eat lots of protein and fats. It’s the easiest in terms of what you can eat, but quite hard to adhere to. Candy and other carbs just taste SO damn good. I did a 2.5 month stint on CKD and lost half of my bodyfat in that timeframe. I was hammering a good amount of protein (at least 1 gram per lb. of lean body mass) and actually gained muscle while burning fat. I was hitting the gym 4 times a week.
TKD might be a great bet also. Only take in sugars when you’re about to burn em off at the gym so you never carb crash like you will on Monday after your weekend carb up on CKD.
I live with Jeff(geehee) and was just explaining TKD to him. I used it in the past when I was considering some bodybuilding events and tried a few cutting methods. Now I mostly drink beer though.
Meat, eggs, cheese, nuts, green vegetables.
Many protein bars and shakes have super low “net” carbs thanks to sugar alcohols that limit insulin impact. NET carbs are what matter really. Nuts have fibrous carbs and those don’t effect me, though others may have different experiences. Also every person has different tolerances. I can get up to 25-50 grams of carbs before I get kicked out of ketosis. Some have to have 0 carbs I’m sure.
It’s important to feel out your tolerances and learn your bodies reaction to carbs.
TKD will eliminate the water retention/weight fluctuactions every weekend that CKD would bring. Any keto diet, you’ll lose 5-10lbs within a few days of going into ketosis. That’s all water weight, which carbs would have had you retain. On CKD you’ll gain that water back by Monday and then rinse & repeat.
Best suggestion is get your protein from white meat and fat from EFA sources like flax seed/oil and what not. Eat all the green veggies you can…so you don’t get bound up.