KETO! Prohormones, PCT, and 5x5 programs...help?

[El Muente]

During my recent cycle I've had some good gains..my love of carbs and pasta and my rediculous calorie surplus put on some fat. I'm now a week and a half away from starting PCT. Keto diets look kinda interesting. Would now be a good time to start one?
(My thinking behind this one is that I would maintain my gains and continue to gain lean muscle, fat gain would stop, and I could take advantage of the remainder of my PH cycle combined with ketosis to kick-start fat burning)

I've also heard that keto diets sometimes affect strength. Would this possibly affect progression on my 5x5 program?

Anybody out here have any ideas? ******* has a lot on keto, but the whole site is full of too much conflicting info, idiots, trolls, etc. People here seem to have more sense.

[hardcorefitness]

wait till your pct is done to start cutting. PCT is a time to strive to keep your hard earned gains. Sounds to me like you just need to clean up your diet

[El Muente]

I actually think my diet was pretty clean..just too much food all around. (such as eating whole boxes of whole-wheat pasta in one meal:eek:) I guess I wasn't considering this an all-out "cut"..just a reduction in calories (still eating a surplus) and more of a diet re-structuring. From what I am understanding keto is a good recomp diet. Maybe I'm way off. That's why I'm askin. Should I hold off on the keto diet completely til after PCT..or start now and then reduce my calories to a deficit AFTER my PCT? :confused:

[MUbodbuilder]

the first few weeks of any keto/low carb diet is going to effect energy....which rolls down hill to lowered strength. however, i think it is a good idea to reduce some cals after the cycle, maybe 1 week into pct. the reason for that is, most eat a lot during cycle and continue to eat that amount even after the extra hormones have left, it then is left for fat