Carb Cycling - by Chris Powell

Chris Powell is the trainer on ABC's show Extreme Weight Loss. He holds a degree in exercise science. He has devised a plan that he calls "carb cycling". In it he recommends cycling between low carb and high carb day. The7th day is a "reward day". Chris has written several books, "Choose to Lose" and "Choose More Lose More for Life".

The Rules:

Eat five meals

Eat within thirty minutes of waking and every three hours thereafter

Include both protein and carbs in your breakfast              

Drink a gallon of water a day

Low Carb Days  

Breakfast consists of a portion of protein (size of palm), a portion of carbs and as many vegetables as you want.You then eat 4 more times and each meal or snack has a protein, a fat (the size of your thumb) and as many vegetables as you want.

High Carb Days

Breakfast consists of a portion of protein, a portion of carbs and as many vegetables as you want.You then eat 4 more times and each meal or snack has a protein, a portion of carbs and as many vegetables as you want.

Reward Days

Reward days are high carb days. The reward day is designed to help with any cravings for special foods. If the food is a trigger food however, perhaps you will have to give it up.

The concept of carb cycling is to trick your metabolism so that it doesn’t go into starvation mode. Then when you have a reward day it resets your metabolism.