Not to high jack the thread but take a look at either Berardi’s precision nutrition, or Waterbury’s 10/10
very similar to what your doing, precision nutrion also has other diet types that go with the nutrition part as well, get shredded diet, get unshredded, and other alot like the one your on…
also the
The Fat Loss Kick-Start
by The PN Team
Renowned strength coach, Charles Poliquin, has a great system for helping his clients kick start their body fat losses in the beginning of a fat loss phase.
The system is simple, and it goes like this – For 2 weeks eat only the following foods:
Foods that fly, swim, or run
Foods that are green and grow in the ground
after that you have to slowly put a bit of carbs back in gradually, or you’ll end up gaining everything back!!
[quote]joburnet wrote:
No potatoes or starchy veggies, but as much spinach, broccoli, celery, [/quote]carrots, [quote]tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, and asparagus as I can eat.[/quote]
Tut-tut, carrots are starchy aren’t they? Just thought I’d mention it.
I’ve been wanting to do this for a while too, if only for the change in taste preference. I have a problem eating veggies, I just don’t like the taste of the texture. I need to toughen up and just eat them. I’ll be checking out your progress, keep us updated.
I was thinking that when the diet is over I was going to add carbs in by adding fruit in the morning and a post workout meal with complex carbs like quinoa or rice. I may keep that diet for the whole summer to stay lean but it’ll be tough to get enough calories.
The 5x5 in squats is getting pretty tough, it’s not the weight but on the 4th and 5th reps I’m just out of energy. I’m going to switch to a 8x3 for squats starting next week and see how that goes. I think it will allow me to up the weight and still keep the volume the same.
Today is 198.6, +.2 pounds from yesterday. That’s fine with me, I’m probably more hydrated today then I was yesterday.
I didn’t lift but I played pickup soccer yesterday for about 2 hours and I’m feeling a bit beat up from it.
I’m going to a dinner meeting tonight, I already scouted the menu and I’m going to get mahi mahi with veggies. I hate dieting when I go out to eat because I can never get what I want.
Shitty workout today. I did high rep DB presses which I haven’t done in years and it was difficult to get in as many reps as I wanted because it was so shaky. I also did supersets DB press/pull ups and rows/dips because I was pressed for time because of the dinner meeting I have to make.
I was tired the whole time and felt nauseas at the end of the workout. I don’t think I ate enough today but while dieting I’m going to stick with what I know and only try new exercises when I have enough energy.
I’m feeling good today but not eating enough, it’s tough for me to eat stuff I don’t want. I’ve never liked veggies and eating just meat gets old. Two nights ago I made some loose meat.
It’s pretty good with some mustard and I put some in my scrambled eggs today. Tonight I am going to make some stir-fry with some sirloin and a frozen asian vegetable mix I have.
I’ve been on this diet since the beginning of the year and have lost 41 lbs of fat. After the first week or two my strength came back and has been getting better each week but I do have ups and downs.
Sunday afternoons I’ll have a clean cheat meal with more than usual carbs ie thin wheat crust pizza, whole wheat blueberry pancakes etc. It keeps me from killing people.
I think if you keep after it and get creative you can pretty much live this way for a long period of time. Good luck.
My goal weight is 180 and at that point I will be pretty lean.
I’m am planning on staying on this diet to stay lean through the summer however I am going to add fruit in the morning and carbs on workout days. I will not be trying to lose weight but rather keep my calories at a maintenance level or slightly above.
I plan my “cheat” meals to be on Saturday and I’m thinking about making beer my cheat meal this week as it’s Shamrockfest. I figure 3-5 beers won’t hinder me too much.
Today is 196.0, another one bites the dust. We’ll see how the weekend goes, I’m going to be out all weekend at Shamrockfest ect… so it’s going to be hard to find foods that fit into my diet. I’ll do what I can and if I weight in at the same weight on Sunday then I’ll consider it a success.
Twisted my knee playing soccer today. It looked pretty bad but I feel surprisingly good, we’ll see how it feels tomorrow. I’m icing it right now and I took all the anti inflammatorys I could find. Gotta feed an injury so I’m gonna eat some carbs tonight, good foods, and see how I feel tomorrow. I think I’ll be alright but it’s better safe then sorry.
I was wearing my TK knee bands when I twisted my knee and I really think they saved my ass. The fact that my knee was warm and lubricated probably helped the tendons stretch easier. I think it would have been much worse if I wasn’t wearing the knee bands.
Today I’m at 195 but I’m dehydrated so I’m pretty sure that’s why. My knee is feeling pretty good today, still pain when I try to rotate my foot inward but I think it’s just sprained. I’m gonna have to switch up my workout on Monday and do stiff leg deads, good mornings, reverse hyper, and probably abs. Nothing where I have to bend my knee so squats are out.
Today I came in at 196.6, that’s what happens when your diet is beer, burgers, and fries.
On the up side I look much leaner in the pictures I took today then in the ones from last week. Still have quite a ways to go but it’s a good start. No more binge eating/drinking planned until April so the next two weekends should be ok. My cheat meal this week will be easter dinner which is usually big but good foods.
The knee is feeling quite a bit better, no squats this week but I still should be able to get in some good workouts.
What are you eating/drinking for postworkout?? I basically have been doing this diet except sometimes have been eating some ceral or toast in the morning.
I would like to start making my diet more strict and cut out any refined carbs but I don’t know what to eat PWO, usually its a pbj sandwich or some type of sandwich.
I seriously recommend either greens+ or Superfood.
my energy levels are higher from what I can tell, its not about the weight loss as much as it is not feeling like hell during the day…technically its the greens+ wild berry, which has more antioxidants in it compared to greens+
Todays weigh in was 197.6, a pound up but I just worked out and ate a big meal. I’m not worried about what the scale says as long as the picture progression looks good and so far so good.
Got in a good workout, today was the first day doing 10x3 on bench. I actually did 8x3 @ 235 and didn’t have much left in the tank, failed on my second rep on the 7th and 8th sets. After that I practiced my bench form, a tip I picked up from the bench articles I’ve been reading lately. So even with the calorie deficit I have had no noticeable loss in strength. Energy levels are actually pretty good as well, better then last week.
I do need to work on eating more veggies. I fried up some tomatoes in olive oil and spices yesterday, it was alright but it’s pretty far from tomato season yet.
alaw4516 - I usually just have whey protein with added BCAAs PWO and then a meal with supps (fish oil, multi, ect…) Sometimes I’ll have Gatorade with 25g carbs and BCAAs during my workout but thats only if I feel it will help. It also sounds like you are getting a lot more carbs then I am. When I’m done with this part of the diet and add carbs it’s going to be fruit in the morning and a PWO meal with complex carbs.
JuicyLucy - I made the diet up myself, basically the v-diet converted to whole foods. It’s not ONLY lean meat, I also have bacon and just ate 6 chicken legs. I mostly welcome fats but I don’t want to go overboard.