Here’s a sample diet I’ve put together for myself. I’m 6’4", around 285, and around 20% body fat. I’m currently supplementing with fish oil. T2-Pro, and MD6 and may add Methoxy-7.
Upon Wakeup Meal: Zero Carb Protein Shake
200 calories
50g protein
0g carb
1-2 hours later, Breakfast:
3-egg ham and cheese omelette.
420 calories
40g protein
>5g carb
Totals:
Calories - Under 3000
300g protein
Approximately 50g of carbs, 25 from shake
I may alter the meals to alleviate boredom, but I'm thinking I should try and keep the ratios the same. One thing - I can't eat fish, so tuna and salmon are out for me.
I am by no means an expert, but from what I have read you want at least twice as many carbs as proteins after your workout. I figured mine out by taking my lean body mass and multiplying it by .6 for protein. I used 1.3 for carbs since my Renegade workouts are very strenuous.
Also, what is the goal of this diet? How come you aren’t tracking fat?
From my experience, and from others in my family, carbs and sugars seem to be more of a problem to process than fats. The reason I got so big to begin with would be pasta, potatoes, bread, etc. While this isn’t the lowest fat diet, it’s based loosely on the T-Dawg diet; my understanding is that this is one of the better diets.
regardless of whether you have a family history of not processing carbs, you still need to track fat. that does not mean fat is your enemy, but you need the right kind of fat (mono & polyunsaturated), ot sounds like a lot of your fat, or should i say too much is coming from saturated. the only real suggestions i would have would be to #1) move more of your carbs to earlier in the day, your more likely to use them up that way, #2) maybe increase carbs to 100g/day, and #3) if you don’t like fish try marinated chicken breasts. just a suggestion.
I have been researching insulin resistance lately (inspired by JB), and carbs are definitely the cause of fat for most people. If you are lifting weights, that will make your muscles more sensitive to insulin. I have never looked at the T-Dawg diet, but I assume you eat lots of fat and protein, low carbs?
i may have missed a prior post but what are you trying to get out of this diet…lose weight i assume?
with out all that info i can only say to up the carbs with your post shake, and what about accounting for fat? i see the fish oil caps but no notation on them or the other fats in your meals. It is just good to keep track of.
How long before the workout are you eating your “pre-workout bar”? I ask because if it’s too close (i.e. within an hour or so), being solid food it will take a while to digest and therefore perhaps interfere with your post-workout shake absorption.
Other than that, I agree with all of the above comments, especially the one about saturated fat. One trick I use is to take a pre-cooked chicken breast, drape a slice or two of cheese over it and nuke it for a minute in the microwave. You can vary the taste depending on what sort of cheese you use and it makes a nice break from all the sat fat you’re getting from the red meat and pork. Also, I would start supplementing with folic acid. It’s cheap, easy to find, and will probably have beneficial effects for you vis-a-vis your homocystein levels.
Looks pretty good to me. A couple suggestions though:
1 - When are you eating all this stuff? I noticed nothing after dinner?
2 - You may want to find a way to drop your dinner and lunch calories and possibly replace them with a snack/another meal at some point. I don’t remember where I heard this, but I follow it: avoid eating more than 600 calories in a single sitting if you want to lose weight. I don’t know if its true, but it might help… maybe bigger protein shake?