Cutting progress halted...what now?

**daffy** · 05-09-2006 07:21 AM

Just to be clear, do you mix in the extra caffeine into the diet coke too? I thought diet coke already had plenty of caffeine in it already. Could you tell me what site AL is?

Ollie · 05-09-2006 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom

i took it at 6-7pm 200mg and slept at 10,

if u take caffeine and think you wont sleep, mix in 5g of taurine in a glas of diet coke, drink and sleep, i cant remember the reason why but (i read this over at AL) it will literally knock you out and help you sleep

That's interesting...sounds like some weird neurotoxic effect. I wouldn't be surprised if it has something to do with aspartame having done my final year psychology project on it.

I'd be having it at 5 pm with taurine. Hopefully that wouldn't send me to sleep because I'd be working out an hour or so later

Were you taking it with taurine pre workout, Tom?

**Tom** · 05-09-2006 08:23 AM

i was taking 200mg every few hours and not with taurine,

Ollie · 05-09-2006 09:45 AM

Hmm. Think I'll take it just first thing in that case...I've found taurine so effective and I'm not looking to get as lean as you were for the comp...although I was mighty impressed! Just dropping the calories a little more should be more than sufficient

**James** · 05-09-2006 12:39 PM

I was gonna say.... pretty high carbs for a cut don't you think?

Ollie · 05-09-2006 12:49 PM

Works for me. I have them at breakfast (80 grams), pre workout (50 grams) and post workout (60 grams). Other than that I have a couple of wholemeal pitas through the day, and that's about it. After my PWO shake I just have vegetables with salmon, cod or a lean meat and then a casein shake before bobo time.

Low carb diets make no sense to me...I've been there before and all that happens is I lose energy, get moody and end up craving sugary crap. This way I don't get hungry at any point in the day, my mood is constantly good and most importantly...I lose fat

**MartinM** · 05-09-2006 02:20 PM

Wholeheartedly agree Ollie. Low carb diets are horrible! Especially when done for more than a month!

My next diet i'm going to try and keep carbs as high as possible for as long as possible. It might mean I have to do some CV though.......