Here’s an easy-to-follow and effective carbohydrate cycling schedule.  If you’re looking for a simple way to motivate your body to drop some of that unwanted fat, you’ll want to give this one a try:

Have you heard of the "cycling carbs" phenomenon? I have used it and it works wonders—you get leaner, stay strong and it’s easy to follow. Sounds too good to be true? Let me explain.

You want to eat 5-6 times a day with approximately 1.5-2 grams of Protein per pound of bodyweight as your starting point. Your protein consumption remains constant. You only cycle your carbs according to the following schedule.

DAYs 1, 2, & 3

Don’t worry about calories. You want to eat 2 times your bodyweight in total Protein grams per day. So if you weigh 200 lbs., you should consume a total of 400 grams of protein.

Using protein powders/meal replacement supplements along with the regular beef, poultry, eggs, etc. will make this easier.

You’ll naturally be getting some fat content along with the animal proteins. Don’t worry. The real key is to only take in 100 grams [roughly 50 grams for women] of carbs per day-that's not a lot. Basically, one banana nut muffin or a bowl of oatmeal and a cup and a 1/2 of brown rice. You get the picture.

DAY 4

You should consume the same amount of Protein today (400 grams in our example), but take in a full 300 grams [roughly 200 grams for women] of carbs.

DAYs 5 & 6

Consume the same amount of Protein, but drop back down to 175 grams [roughly 85 grams for women] of carbs.

DAY 7

YOU START ALL OVER AGAIN.

As for fats other than that from animal protein sources, I either use Flaxseed Oil in my supplement, or I eat unsalted peanuts, avocados, and low fat mayo with tuna sandwiches.

Remember, you don’t need to count calories. Just monitor your protein and carbohydrate intake. Also, when you carb load on DAY 4—watch out! Feels like an air gun blew up your muscles. It’s great.