[quote]The3Commandments wrote:
I just wanted to mention, btw, that the main reason I said I was puzzled by your diet (lol, aside from you barely ever eating) is that it seems to completely contradict what you said in this thread (a thread I found pretty interesting):
Ah I see what you mean. I’m not sure if you noticed, but the rice measurements I give are dry measure (I’ve mentioned this in some, but not all, nutrition-related entries). That means that two cups are good for about 1400 calories… the rotisserie chicken is about 1600, then the brazil nuts add about 200 calories. That gives me about 320g carbs, 225g protein, and 120g fat for a total of ~3200 cals. I also dip the chicken in some BBQ and/or hot sauce to make it palatable, so there are some more calories and carbs there. So my typical day with that nutrient breakdown wasn’t a far cry from my recommendation of a few hundred calories below maintenance (maintenance according to online calculators, anyway).
Now, I will definitely admit that I’ve done some sillier experiments with dropping carbs out on some days or fasting for longer periods of time that are NOT in line with what I recommended. And to be honest, I wouldn’t really recommend that anyone play around as much as I do lol. I’m constantly modifying my training based on my needs and new information that I’m receiving from CT, so the metabolic demand of my training isn’t all that consistent.
My experimentation with nutrition is mainly geared toward seeing what I can get away with as far as intake within the context of my programming at a given time. I’ve been refining things for some time and I think I’m getting very close to what I would consider optimal programming for me. My goal is essentially to settle on a 4 week progression that I can just continuously recycle while only modifying resistance- once I lock in on said programming cycle, the nutrition will be more consistent (as my body’s needs won’t be changing as frequently).
I hope this all kind of makes sense; I do have an overarching plan that drives the smaller changes I make. Thanks for stopping by- it’s pretty obvious that I’m not explaining everything perfectly in here, and I appreciate being challenged to do so. I’m always glad to re-examine how I’m going about things, since that’s really the only way to improve.
EDIT: Also, forgot to mention this but I’ve been on a ‘steady recomp’ rather than a ‘focused fat loss’ kick, which is another reason why I haven’t gone for a gradual caloric reduction as I recommended in the linked thread. I’d rather take a day here and there to do something more drastic (not unlike the pulse fast) to clean up a bit as needed rather than lock into a lengthy fat loss diet plan.