1100! Finally snapped DH’s string!
1100 posts…and just think, this is a “dated” diet.
Just an update from me to help keep this thread alive! I’m in week 5 right now. I have been using it as a cutting diet, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results so far. I have been dropping inches from my waist, and my 1 site skinfold measurement has been going down. My scale weight has been a fairly steady drop of one to two lbs per week.
Performance in the gym has been pretty decent, considering that I am eating at a deficit…my strength has maintained or even improved in some lifts. Keeping it pretty simple with a Waterbury inspired workout.
This is the best cutting diet I have tried in that I have done basically zero suffering (from a hunger standpoint). Just beautiful. To give you an idea of what I have done in the past, it was velocity diet (full 28 days) and then t-dawg 2.0 for several months. I have lost 50 pounds overall since starting my cutting phase. This doesn’t even feel like reduced cals to me. I almost feel dirty to be honest with you. It shouldn’t be this easy should it?
If anybody is still on the fence about at least giving this thing a shot…just do it! If you don’t like it drop it, but I have a sneaky hunch that you will be loving it just as much as I and so many others on this thread do.
I’m going into my second carb up weekend and might just be inclined to go out with some friends this weekend. I’m in college (isn’t that the prevelant excuse when there is a question about alcohol?) and normally just go out on the town during the weekend. I am past the “getting shitfaced” staged, and now just simply might have a beverage or two in a social setting. My question is when doing this on the diet, what is my best route? I’ve heard some talk of carb loading with beer while on the diet, but copious amounts of alcohol and the word “anabolic” do not seem to work well together. Am I better to drink a couple of lager type beers heavier in carbs, or do something like a vodka and orange juice or red bull, which would be a carb rich drink? I know in general it’s always better to do a light beer, however on the carb load I’m trying to get the most carbs with the least amount of alcohol. Thanks for the info and I apologize in advance for slowing down a great thread with an alcohol question.
If you’re not going to get shitfaced, then my advice would be to just enjoy yourself. Have a few drinks of whatever you want and have a good time. You’ll be back to no alcohol, P+F meals in no time at all and continue to make progress.
At least, that’s what I plan to do.
Question about what I’ve been doing on this diet. Everyday I have a Spinach salad (2 to 3 cups of spinach leaves) with shredded cheese and tuna with ceasar dressing (1 g CHO p/ 2 Tbsp).
I noticed from reading the Anabolic Diet book (there are sample diets in the back) that there is no mention of any vegetables during the week. Is there a reason for that? Am I sabotaging my progress by eating veggies during the week? 3 or 4 cups of raw spinach leaves = 3 grams carbs and 1 grams Fiber so I figure it’s ok to eat.
Any suggestions?
Also, is it bad to eat a pound of ground beef at one time?
No dude, you are fine. I would probably go with more veggies to be honest. I have a HUGE spinach salad every day, or even a whole bunch of broccoli. You would have to eat a TON of this stuff to go over on your carb limit.
Did I mention, the good veggies are key to keeping the plumbing working (short of fiber supps)
Yeah, I always eat at least a cup of brocolli with my morning eggs and bacon, and a large spinach salad with my evening tri-tip. Thinking about it makes me wish it weren’t time to carb up!
Two days in my energy levels are steady and strong!
A week or so back me and a few mates went to the mountains.I ran around fishing,eating berries and such.Didn’t have any carbs all weekend.The second day I was fatigued as hell.I ate alot of trout fried in olive oil.
Would the metabolic shift happen faster the more intense and frequent you train during the first 13 days due to faster emptied glycogen stores?
Day three and all is well. Renegade Training is KICKING MY ASS!
I realized the reason I gave up before (even AFTER seeing great results in as little as 2 weeks) was SHAKES. I’ll only have one per day, maybe two on training days. There was no Low-Carb Grow! back then. What a Godsend Grow! is.
If anyone wants to deplete glycogen stores quickly, you must give Renegade a try.
I must admit, however every time I walk over to my water cooler between sets, I want to throw back the Gatorade’s I have sitting on my shelf. And it seems strange to not carb load post workout. That’s the only aspect I have a hard time wrapping my head around… but I have faith!
[quote]Wolverin wrote:
Two days in my energy levels are steady and strong!
A week or so back me and a few mates went to the mountains.I ran around fishing,eating berries and such.Didn’t have any carbs all weekend.The second day I was fatigued as hell.I ate alot of trout fried in olive oil.
Would the metabolic shift happen faster the more intense and frequent you train during the first 13 days due to faster emptied glycogen stores?
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My guess is yes. It just makes sense. It may shorten the time a day or two. It appears to be VERY much an individual thing based on many factors both internal and external. Someone with more experience than I may want to chime in here, though.
I love this way of eating!
40-50 g of protein and 50 g fat spread out over 4-5 meals is pure heaven!
For breakfast I had a 300 g steak,vegetables and 40 g mixed nuts.
For lunch I boiled 4 eggs,had a small pork chop and made a wicked spinach/flax seed oil dressing.
Then I downed a flax seed/protein/fish oil shake before workout.
After that i ate 260 g salmon with mixed vegetables,cheese and nuts.
Supper’s gonna be half a chicken and some olive oil over a huge salad.
Quick question-On the carb up days, are you supposed to take in the same amount of calories as the regular days, or is it pretty much just eat until you start to smooth out?
From what I’ve read it’s 65% carbs on that day out of the same number of kcal you eat during the week.
Just finished my first carb-up day.
Wow.
I look really pumped, but I feel like crap. I think it was too much junk food. It’s funny, I’ve been craving carbs for the last 12 days, and today they just were not as satisfying as I remember. I’m actually looking forward to getting back to low carb eating. I miss the energy.
I can’t believe how much this diet has changed my outlook on nutrition.
Keep with it, everyone. The results are fantastic. I wish I would’ve started this years ago.
Years from now you will have started it years ago 
[quote]Wolverin wrote:
Years from now you will have started it years ago ;)[/quote]
Great statement, Wolverin!
4th day on low carbs, no problems except my wife is pregnant and she’s craving food. You’d think she’d crave steak and eggs but NOOOOO! She wants brownies and Capt’n Crunch!
One good thing is that I ate out twice this weekend and it was pretty easy to eat according to plan. 1/2 chicken and a “wedge” salad (1/4 head of iceberg lettuce) with bits of tomato and bacon Friday night. Last night, beef tips with peppers, onions, mushrooms with cheddar and mozzerella (sp?) cheese.
It looks like a couple of the “pros’s” moved on after the first thousand replies (!) DH, IL Cazzo etc. but I want to keep this going. Support is key when you make major changes in your life (do I sound like a pussy?). Anyway, I’d love it if those guys kept in touch.
On another note; I got an iced coffee yesterday at Dunkin’Donuts and asked for a medium with just cream. So I get it, drive off and see that it’s an off-white color. Good, lots of cream! I take a huge sip on the straw and get a mouthful of sugar! Ususally I’d not go back but this stuff can screw with my carb alotment ya know?
They gave me a new one, appologized and asked me if I was diabetic since I couldn’t have sugar. Well as you could imagine, it would’ve been easier to just say “yes” than explain the intricasies of the “metabolic shift” etc.
My wife told me “you give out WAY too much information”!
Hey, I like people!
Geez, a guy posts two days ago and he’s a has been around here. ;-).
I even throw some charity to TJ13 on his “1100” post position and I’m all but forgotten. Ha!
I see IC popped in. Always good to see another old dog drop in.
Now if MDragon responds to my PM, we’ll have a reunion.
DH
[quote]derek wrote:
Wolverin wrote:
Years from now you will have started it years ago
Great statement, Wolverin!
4th day on low carbs, no problems except my wife is pregnant and she’s craving food. You’d think she’d crave steak and eggs but NOOOOO! She wants brownies and Capt’n Crunch!
One good thing is that I ate out twice this weekend and it was pretty easy to eat according to plan. 1/2 chicken and a “wedge” salad (1/4 head of iceberg lettuce) with bits of tomato and bacon Friday night. Last night, beef tips with peppers, onions, mushrooms with cheddar and mozzerella (sp?) cheese.
It looks like a couple of the “pros’s” moved on after the first thousand replies (!) DH, IL Cazzo etc. but I want to keep this going. Support is key when you make major changes in your life (do I sound like a pussy?). Anyway, I’d love it if those guys kept in touch.
On another note; I got an iced coffee yesterday at Dunkin’Donuts and asked for a medium with just cream. So I get it, drive off and see that it’s an off-white color. Good, lots of cream! I take a huge sip on the straw and get a mouthful of sugar! Ususally I’d not go back but this stuff can screw with my carb alotment ya know?
They gave me a new one, appologized and asked me if I was diabetic since I couldn’t have sugar. Well as you could imagine, it would’ve been easier to just say “yes” than explain the intricasies of the “metabolic shift” etc.
My wife told me “you give out WAY too much information”!
Hey, I like people![/quote]
Disc Hoss… my bad. I’m STILL reading the old posts and trying not to jump ahead. If I had, I would’ve seen your latest comments. I appologize. I’m just full of excitement, I guess.
Anyway, I hope you stick around a while. You and the others.
I’m wondering how this weeks’ workouts will turnout. Doing the Renegade stuff. LOVE it so far. I come from a non-competitive (Westside)PL background with Strongman thrown in each week. Renegade has the squats, bench and DL but there’s almost no rest along with jumprope drills, 5 minute farmers walk etc etc etc.
I’m gonna tough it out… just bought some ONYX tunes to help out. I can live without the “N” word and the “F” bombs but it get’s me going with this Renegade stuff. Normally (with PL) it’d be TOOL or Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Ted Nugent, Rage A T M. I never thought I’d buy DMX and similar but it’s good enough for the Westside guys, right?!
Hey gents I’m still going strong. I just like to learn stuff and move on. I don’t spend a lot of time on threads. Love the diet. I’m not as strick as most about it. Kind of like my training. I work witha rough template. Pretty much the same shit over and over. Been working my ass off. Just got Renegade certified over the weekend. Was fun to be around some great people.
Any questions. I don’t have much to say other than when I travel I eat too many carbs and the second I get home I’m back on the diet and it forgives me quickly. I look much better now and feel even better than I look. Could be my face messing things up for me as far as the looks. Doh! Love slamming myself.