Anyone else tried "The real meal revolution"?

Been following the cookbook for almost a week now (today is the 7th day).
Energy levels dived initially and I couldn't complete a full workout at gym, but I am also a little unfit at the moment. Had some lightheadedness, but that has pretty much stopped by now.

My energy levels are slowly starting to pick up again.

Anyone else done the Tim Noakes thing or planning on doing it?

is there something tim nokes teaches that Atkins didn't cover? Always baffles me when people refer to this diet as a Tim Nokes diet.

Anyway - ketosis diet is the best diet I have ever followed (hate the word diet) - but it works.
4 days I was tired as hell, also experienced the headaches - but on day 5 everything changed.

Good luck - you'll love the results.

steyn wrote: is there something tim nokes teaches that Atkins didn't cover? Always baffles me when people refer to this diet as a Tim Nokes diet.

Anyway - ketosis diet is the best diet I have ever followed (hate the word diet) - but it works.
4 days I was tired as hell, also experienced the headaches - but on day 5 everything changed.

Good luck - you'll love the results.

Looking forward to the results... putting in the work now (saying no to stuff )
Tim Noakes seems to have adapted the Atkins stuff, I haven't read up enough on the Atkins to confirm this though. I am following the Tim Noakes Real Meal Revolution book.

Tim Noakes is coining it off old methods by using clever marketing and by making it seem really easy to get in shape while eating delicious meals.

Banting has been around for almost 200 years. I'm not big on keto but I'm sure most of us know people who have followed Noakes' diet with good results.

Keto was known to us long before Dr. Atkins too.

Dr. Noakes turned to LCHF dieting because he needed to find a holistic solution for himself. What created the explosion in SA was the fact that he was promoting a HCLF diet for years earlier and all of a sudden; an endurance athlete and medical doctor turns his back on his own ways. The commercial success was never planned. The book itself needed so many corrects, and thus in my opinion written in a rush. Only well after it hit the shelves did the co-authors realized what a gold mine they found. Dr. Noakes did not invent banting; Mark Sisson was onto paleo way before Noakes got rich, and even Sisson did not discover this loin cloth mentality. Dr. Atkins did not discover ketosis – he made it popular; Lyle McDonald perfected it.

I'm rather surprised many people have had good experiences banting, because banting isn't strict keto. Banting's rules are very loose IMO. By my logic and anecdotes a LCHF approach can make your body very confused as it still has too many carbs to get energy from. That's why some people feel horrible on it - their systems are using carbs for eneregy but there isn't enough to grab onto. It's much easier to track total carbs minus dietry fibre than to follow the "Ten Commandments" of banting, use their colour codes, and just hope you don't overdo the carbs.

Anyway Steyn and Warrenpridgeon, let us know how it works for you.

So far it SEEMS as if I am coming down in weight... but it could just be the initial water loss and my body adjusting...

We've cut out carbs pretty much completely for now. I don't drink any sugar in my coffee anymore and I've cut out sugary drinks.

My energy levels are better after the first week. I played some squash this morning and I felt better than previously. I would normally start feeling sleepy after the game, but today I've got more get up and go after the game(s) than before.

Still evaluating this eating style. So far it seems to be doing something.

@Warrenpridgeon: So you've been on for 10 days now? Hope you took some measurements before starting so you have a nice reference point. I would say weight yourself weekly (naked, fasted upon rising ect.) for a accurate comparison bud. If you are experiencing low energy ect. try only eating from the Green List and evaluate how you feel after 3-4 days.

Furk wrote: @Warrenpridgeon: So you've been on for 10 days now? Hope you took some measurements before starting so you have a nice reference point. I would say weight yourself weekly (naked, fasted upon rising ect.) for a accurate comparison bud. If you are experiencing low energy ect. try only eating from the Green List and evaluate how you feel after 3-4 days.

Yep... hitting the green list... Got some nuts with me at work too. Energy levels are improving
I have some measurements from just before... Waist, stomach (around naval), etc. So I'm going to measure at the end of the month and see. My measurements and weight have been pretty static for a while. Some people report really good results eating like this. I'm hoping I can also

Incidentally, my mother went for blood tests years ago and did an eating plan by a Dr. Cohen where they check what you should eat for your blood type and she had to cut out bread and stuff like that (most refined carbs) and she lost a poopload of weight and kept it off for many many years. So, I'm hoping that this eating style will benefit me (cos I have the same blood type), but that is a little "bro science"... hehe.

I wouldn't call it bro science man, more like "anecdotal deduction" Almost everyone can benefit from cutting out bread.

Are you an experience lifter? If you don't mind maybe you can give us updates as you go along? Really interested on keeping an eye on someone from this forum (interested in body building, or at least muscle hypertrophy) doing banting; with regards to strength and lifts ect.

Furk wrote: I wouldn't call it bro science man, more like "anecdotal deduction" Almost everyone can benefit from cutting out bread.

Are you an experience lifter? If you don't mind maybe you can give us updates as you go along? Really interested on keeping an eye on someone from this forum (interested in body building, or at least muscle hypertrophy) doing banting; with regards to strength and lifts ect.

Semi experienced... lol.

I haven't lifted for a couple months (I let my priorities in life shift a bit), but I'm trying to refocus.
My BF is too high...it always has been.

I went to gym last week, I couldn't complete a full workout because my body was freaking out a bit because of the zero carbs thing. My strength was still okish.

I will post my progress over the next couple weeks/months etc.

Just got back from my lunch time gym session. It's going better. My energy levels are increasing and I could complete 85-90% workout today

Further feedback.

Starting weight: 102.3kg
Current weight: 96.6kg

I measure around the thinnest part of my hips and around my naval, and both have come down around 4cm.

Energy levels are actually BETTER than before I started following this plan. Things are looking good so far. Continuing the plan. Will start adding a carb day once a month or something. I walked past someone's desk at work and there was a slice of pizza on a plate... I was thinking "just look away for a second dude and I'm going to swallow that piece of pizza with the plate".

Thanks for the update warren. I'm actually live on a protein and veg diet with carbs post workout. Completely removed carbs, so pretty much akin to keto/LCHF. IMO banting allows too much carb leeway. My first 2 sessions on protein and fats only were also tough. Since then added a stimulating based pre-workout and I feel awesome.

Furk wrote: Thanks for the update warren. I'm actually live on a protein and veg diet with carbs post workout. Completely removed carbs, so pretty much akin to keto/LCHF. IMO banting allows too much carb leeway. My first 2 sessions on protein and fats only were also tough. Since then added a stimulating based pre-workout and I feel awesome.

No problemo...

Current weight is around 94.5kg at the moment... so still coming down.
I started 2nd January at 102.2kg, so down almost 8kg already. Epic!

Energy levels are gooood.

We had a cheat day on valentines day... and it didn't mess my weight loss up too much... Going to keep pushing this! Short term goal sub 90kg.

Warrenpridgeon wrote:

Furk wrote: Thanks for the update warren. I'm actually live on a protein and veg diet with carbs post workout. Completely removed carbs, so pretty much akin to keto/LCHF. IMO banting allows too much carb leeway. My first 2 sessions on protein and fats only were also tough. Since then added a stimulating based pre-workout and I feel awesome.

No problemo...

Current weight is around 94.5kg at the moment... so still coming down.
I started 2nd January at 102.2kg, so down almost 8kg already. Epic!

Energy levels are gooood.

We had a cheat day on valentines day... and it didn't mess my weight loss up too much... Going to keep pushing this! Short term goal sub 90kg.

Another week... another kg down...
93.4kg now... Sub 90 is in sight :woohoo: :woohoo:

Keep it up man!

Any more progress bud?

I'm going to hijack slightly here. I've been Banting religiously for about four weeks now and I can only praise this way of eating. My energy levels has never been this high and all little health niggles I had have disappeared.

I have lost around 5kg in the four weeks and I have been taking very light anabolics as I was a bit nervous about losing the little muscle I have left after neglecting my body for about two years now.

Hey vega5, your not hijacking. This thread is about anyone banting/ LCHF dieting

Good progress brah, keep it up! Elaborate a bit about the anabolics you used? This is not necessary, as long as fats are kept high enough you have enough energy to support your body and energy needs.

1ml each of Supertest, Equi and Mast E a week

So you're basically doing a cycle while banting? If so, remember to eat root vegetables for PWO meal. And include enough BCAAs/ l-luecine in your PWO shake (if you have one). That alone would've prevented catabolism. Do you have a cycle thread? I'd be keen to follow, especially with your choice of gear.

Furk wrote: So you're basically doing a cycle while banting? If so, remember to eat root vegetables for PWO meal. And include enough BCAAs/ l-luecine in your PWO shake (if you have one). That alone would've prevented catabolism. Do you have a cycle thread? I'd be keen to follow, especially with your choice of gear.

No bud, no thread. Kinda following the crossfit cycle off the sample cycle page. And the fact that Mast is probably my favorite steroid. No real science, just trying to lead a "feel good" life.

Furk wrote: Any more progress bud?

Work has been CRAZY. Moving to a new company at the end of the month so they are trying to squeeze me for as much as possible as I finish up. lol.

I'm currently hanging around 91 - 92kg. Have just forced myself back into the gym (FINALLY) even though work is hectic.

We've been away so I didn't eat 100%, but I'm happy that they weight is staying down. Taking a break from banting for a little while. But still keeping the carbs and sugar intake down. Hoping that when I jump back on it I will lose some more.