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You’ve been working out and have built some muscle. But, is that hard earned muscle hiding under a small layer of fat? No worries, that’s where Carb Cycling comes in. See how this Ultimate Portion Fix eating plan can help you drop weight for a special event or vacation.
What Is Ultimate Portion Fix
First, a quick overview of Ultimate Portion Fix . It’s a nutrition program available through Beachbody On Demand, Beachbody’s on-line streaming fitness service (Learn everything you need to know about Beachbody On Demand here). Ultimate Portion Fix is an expansion of Autumn Calabrese’s color coded, portion-control container system from 21 Day Fix. The program teaches you how to develop healthy eating habits for life while still enjoying your favorite foods like cookies & wine.
Find out everything you need to know about Ultimate Portion Fix in this post “What is Ultimate Portion Fix“
Carb Cycling Eating Plan
According to the Portion Fix materials carb cycling is designed to help you temporarily shed weight quickly in a healthy manner. It should only be used when you need to drop weight for a specific event. The carb cycling plan can be used for 3 weeks max with a 3-month break before doing it again. If you carb cycle too often your body will get used to it and the plan won’t work as well.
With carb cycling you are basically dropping water weight. Your muscles contain glycogen which contains water. When you reduce glycogen by reducing carbs you’re losing water weight. You do also lose a little fat. But when you go back to normal eating a lot of the weight you lose will come back.
On carb depletion days you are cutting out your healthy fats, seeds & dressings, fruits and most of your carbs while increasing your lean proteins, oils & nut butters. Vegetables stay the same.
As someone who loves her carbs I must say it’s not easy, but it is very effective. Meal prepping and having the food ready to grab and go makes it much easier to stick with the plan.
Carb Cycling Variations
The regular carb cycling plan involves two days of carb depletion followed by one day of regular eating. The Ultimate Portion Fix also includes a modified carb cycling plan. On the modified plan you simply switch the two and do one day of carb depletion followed by two days of regular eating. It’s a great way to ease into carb cycling and give it a try if you’ve never done it before.
Carb Cycling Meal Plan Templates
You can access FREE Meal Plan Templates for Carb Cycling in my resource library. Get the password for the free library by subscribing at the bottom of this post.
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Want To Learn More?
Ready to take your nutrition to the next level with Ultimate Portion Fix? Use the link below to get started today. As an Ultimate Portion Fix Master Coach I’m happy to answer any questions you might have about this or any other Beachbody program. If you’re looking for accountability or help with meal planning I’ve got you covered as well.
