Anyone else's piss smell unexpectedly terrible when cutting? Why is this?
You're either eating too little carbs or excessive protein. Could also be that you're losing muscle mass due to a lack of glycogen.
Drink more water faggot
Could be a change in diet, example salad with arugala and asparagus. Could be excess protein excreted through the urine. Could be a UTI
i'm bulking and I never sweat this much before
and my piss smells like pretzels
all my pants are getting too small
and my thighs are chafing so I got ingrown hairs now
thanks /fit/
>>37436994
>too little carbs
I'm on keto now, BUT I wasn't when it happened earlier this year, and I was just cutting at 1600-1800 kcal.
>excessive protein
I've been consuming between .75g/lb and 1g/lb (closer to .75 on avg) since starting keto, so it shouldn't be very excessive.
>>37437105
You could still be eating too little, thus depleting your muscle glycogen and ending up with literally pissing out your muscle. Try bumping up your post-workout carbs a tad.
>>37437163
Nice bro science man.
>>37437175
It's true, happened to me. Even had heightened creatinine values in my blood for a while.
Not saying you can't do low carb, just make sure to gorge on some potatoes or rice or whatever immediately lifting.
>>37437214
Wouldn't that take me out of ketosis though? Shifting rapidly from carb to fat for energy repeatedly sounds like it'll fuck me up like the flu.
>>37437255
>fat to carb to fat
>>37437268
>>37437255
I think so, but it works well. Especially if you plan to do strength sports in the meantime.
I got sick for a little while and ended up losing 10kg (REEEEEEE) off my squat so I wouldn't take any chances if you lift heavy
>>37437214
You piss out liver glycogen not muscle glycogen
>>37437384
>You piss out liver glycogen
Is this... bad?
Had my piss smell like popcorn for a week. anyone know why?
>>37436964
High protein diet = lots of nitrogen= more urea. You're not hydrating enough
>>37437442
Only if you don't add it to your protein shake for maximal reabsorption.