So I am trying something different for the next couple weeks (if I can keep it up that long). I am trying the Ketogenic Diet. I have been visiting Bodybuilding.com a lot the past week and have learned a lot about it. I would not recommend this diet to someone just starting out with their fitness goals and I did a LOT of reading up on it before choosing to try it.

The Keto diet is a muscle sparing fat loss diet. It works by forcing body into ketosis through carbohydrate deprivation
Ketosis is the state where the body converts fat into ketones that the brain uses for fuel when glucose (carbohydrates) are in short supply.The only time the body creates and burns ketones in large quantities is when insufficient glucose is available.
Carbohydrates need to be restricted to 30 grams or less per day. The benefits are that the body burns fat as its primary fuel source and if you restrict calories your will burn body fat at a high rate. This diet spares lean muscle when enough protein is consumed (50-150 grams minimum per day per pound of body weight) and the diet also keeps the metabolism from slowing down

There are 3 different ways of approaching the Keto diet:

Standard Keto:
Restrict carbohydrates (to 30 grams per day) and go into ketosis and stay on this regime for long periods until goal fat loss is achieved. Sometimes go back on carbohydrates for 1-2 days. Only use this diet when weight lifting is being performed.
Targeted Keto:
This is the same as the standard keto but take in an extra 25-50 carbohydrates per day about 30-60 minutes before weight lifting to supply energy for muscles and help maintain strength while on the diet. These carbohydrates should not be counted towards the 30 grams per day allowance.
Cyclic Keto:
Go into ketosis during the week and do ‘carb-ups’ during the weekend. Most tricky of the 3 methods; should not be done without supervision.
I am also changing up my workouts. I plan on doing 2 lower body workouts per week and 1-2 upper body workouts per week. Intervals 2-3x per week. I really want to focus on my lower body, which is where I feel I need the most improvement still.

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