I have been a lurker for about 6 months now and been working out for about 8 months.
Like some i started out with coughbodyforlifecough, that was before i found this site. My first 2 months i will admit i made some progress but really its impossible not to if you were an inactive trash eating person. I had joined one of the
communities for bfl and let me tell ya it’s almost like a cult,seriously,the people worshiped bill and would say things like…“what would bill say if he seen u do/say/act like that” but anyway im getting away with myself. One day someone posted on the community board about how they were gonna try some andro and listed your web site for others to refrence(btw this guy got jumped on hard for even mentioning andro…shows the ignorance)anyway that is how i found this site
and i have read on it every day since.
In the begining i started out 5’8 300lbs. and who knows what %bf. I kinda made my own diet routine and followed some workouts from the site and ended up losing 70lbs. so up to about a month ago i was 230 at 22%bf wich is still a long way from where i need to be but at the same time was a great start especially seeing that i kept alot of muscle maybe even made more,my bench(just because it seems like the most common thing to measure by)had went from under 200 to 275 during this time. Well anyway earlier i said up to about a month ago…maybe more like 2 months…where i work,they started throwing me around on differnt shifts and i know its no excuse but i let my nutrition and workouts suffer along with it, with that i gained back 20lbs that i had lost so im at 250 now.
I’m back on a normal schedual and after reading so much about the t-dawg diet im gonna give that a shot along with gvt 2000. I understand that the idea is to keep around/under 100grams of carbs and roughly 1gram protein per pound of bw, but what about the fat? i see all the time people talking how much protein and carbs they get but no one ever says(unless i missed it) how much fat they take in…what would be too little what would be too much?
thanks in advance for any suggestions/answers
i hope to become an active participant and maybe help someone along the way myself
jasen(haven’t seen anyone else post with this name…if im taking someone’s handle let me know
and ill change mine)
Sorry can’t help with specifics as haven’t tried it myself but try a search on the t-mag site using “Diet Manifesto” and this will give you the relevent articles. Hope this helps
I’d just like to welcome you to the forum and stress that this is a place for all your workout/w/o related questions. Don’t ever feel stupid about posting or asking about something. We’re all hear to learn…except that Deltards guy…hehe…deltards…
you started with body for life and you lost 70lbs and added 75lbs to your bench so why would you knock it? I am not a big fan but I do believe his “diet” is fool proof for someone thats overwt. peace
You really should check the T-dawg article re-the macronutrient breakdown.
I’m planning on giving the T-dawg diet a run after I finish my current bulking phase. I have tried Dan Duchaine’s body opus and I can say that keto diets in general can make you feel kinda shitty but I love the logic behind them. The T-dawg looks like a more “user-friendly” variant. Anyway, I’ve been re-reading the articles on it myself self so the breakdown is fresh in my mind; here it is:
Total daily Cals = Body weight in lbs X 15 or 16 or 17 (depending on metabolic rate) and then subtract 500cals
Protein: 0.8g X Body weight
Carbs: 30g/day (except on workout days where an additional 40g post-workout and/or pre-workout carbs is in order)
Fat: The remainder of Cals come from fat
I don’t know how good you are with your calculations so my apologies if you already know this:
1 gram of carbs or protein is approx 4cals.
1 gram of fat approx 9cals
So if you were 250lbs with a slow metabolism, your Cals including a deficit of 500, would be 3250 per day.
just to make it a little clear…i didnt lose that weight and gain that bench on bfl…i did it after i got off it…if ya noticed i said
“I kinda made my own diet routine and followed some workouts from the site”(meaning t-mag)
i didnt knock bfl per say it did get me ‘started’ but the more i learned the more i saw i could make better faster improvements
so sorry if it wasn’t very clear
and looking back i dunno if i actually gained 75 on the bench or if i just gained so much more confidence that i wasn’t afraid of the weight anymore…either way its a good deal
thank you guys for welcoming me and im sure ill have plenty more questions in the future