If you want to shed those extra pounds extra fast, the Turbo Cycle is for you. Of the four original carb cycles (Easy, Classic, Turbo, and Fit), this cycle takes off weight the fastest. Unlike the Easy and Classic cycles, which alternate low and high carb days, the Turbo Cycle pits two low carb days against every high carb day. That means you’ll burn fat two days in a row before your body’s furnace (metabolism) is re-stoked on your high carb day, and you’ll lose weight really, really fast!
Even though the Turbo Cycle has an extra low carb day as compared to the Easy and Classic cycles, it is not a severely calorie-restricted cycle that will crash your metabolism. And since you’ll have two low carb days in a row, you may feel less energetic on the second low carb day. But this is okay. These low carb days are powerful weight loss accelerators!
Here’s what a Turbo Cycle week looks like:
- Monday: Low carb day
- Tuesday: Low carb day
- Wednesday: High carb day
- Thursday: Low carb day
- Friday: Low carb day
- Saturday: High carb day
- Sunday: Reward day
Every breakfast—on both low and high carb days—will consist of a portion each of protein, carb, and fat. For the next three meals of the day, you’ll eat either a high carb or low carb meal (depending on which day you’re on). Your final of the day will ALWAYS be a low carb meal. Follow the portion size guide to put all your meals together. And as with the other cycles, you can stay with the Turbo Cycle as long as you want, or you can change cycles at any time. This program is tailor-made to you and you alone!
Learn more about the Turbo Cycle in our book, Choose More, Lose More for Life. And if you’re interested in learning about the Extreme Cycle, check out our book, Extreme Transformation.
And if you’d like some help creating your own meals, there’s a handy “Create Your Own Meals” chart in this post!
Note: If you’ve been carb cycling using our book, Choose Lose More, Lose More for Life, you’ll notice that we’ve changed a couple of things since that book was published: You now include a fat for breakfast, and every final meal of the day is a low carb meal. Like with a lot of things in life, the more you do them, the more you learn about how to do them even better!
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How many calories would be considered low-carb, and how many calories for high-carb?
Please do a sample eating plan for this!
hi i would also like to know how many carbs on low and high days, i am 5’3 119lbs i am trying to lose some fat for mothers day weekend as my husband and i are going on a delayed honey moon (i was preg when got married) i have good muscle and i just want to lose a little more to show more defanition. also i have a lame desk job! any advise would be so great!!!! thanks and i love Chris show and i love when u appear on them:)
Hi question on turbo cycle how many grams of carbs should I have on low day and how many on high days doesn’t say in Chris’ second book. If I can get some help thank you so much.
Would love the eating plan for the turbo cycle please
what foods can you eat on the turbo cycle
Hi! Thanks so much for writing about the carb cycles. I’m leaning towards the Turbo Cycle and wanted to know if you have a meal plan that goes along with this cycle. I’m 44 years old, 5’4 and weight 135. My goal is to lose 10 pounds. I love your site. Keep up the great work! Linda Wilkinson
P.S. I’m friends with Kathie Morton. Love her fb profile pic of y’all. I’m so excited for her & Josh. : )
Hi Heidi- I am trying the carb cycling for the first time- I tried the easy for 3 weeks and while I feel I am getting more solid, I am not losing lbs. In fact I feel heavier. So I am switching to the Turbo- my question is- on low carb days- what are the total carbs allowed? it seems like there are some carbs in almost everything…
I am 130lbs & 5’2″ tall- I want to lose 11lbs- help please 🙂
Thank you,
Dana
When starting carb cycling and an excerise program is a “recumbent” bike okay to use, I have about 70 pounds I need to loose?
Sure.
I’ve started the Turbo this week and I am loving it, I know I’m only on my third day but because I am not eating all that sugar that I was eating I have much more energy during the day and dont feel lethargic. I truely hope that I can stick with it and make this change in my life that I so much need it. I’m starting at 244.4 lbs and I am hoping to drop down to at least 175 lbs.