The V-Diet is being quite commonplace in the Testosterone community due to many factors. For one it's a simple diet; and unlike it's predecessor it's more intelligent, has fiber, and tastes better! Also less supplements are required and it?s more satisfying in terms of one being less hungry though.
A question that is phasing me though; and is probably phasing quite a few others is how to transition off of the diet. How can one successfully come off of the diet without regaining the weight? Well I’m here to say it’s probably not going to be that hard and like Chris Shugart has said before; you can probably lose some weight in the process too.
Ok; first I'm going to explain why I'm naming this the Acceleration Diet. The first reason is because acceleration is the derivative of velocity (ok; math geek here). Secondly; while the purpose of the V-Diet was to lose adipose tissue as fast as possible; the premise of this diet/coming off phase is to accelerate your metabolism as fast as possible.
So on this diet we're consuming roughly half of our sedentary metabolic rate (non-workout day derived). So for most of us in the 2000kcal range we have a deficiency of around 1500kcals/day. Sadly though; this is probably decreasing daily b/c even though we are taking HOT-ROX our natural metabolism is falling (something called homeostasis and the body's tendency to lower metabolic rate in response to a decline in caloric intake through multiple factors). This should hopefully be quite minimal though b/c of the HOT-ROX (which luckily boosts TSH which helps support the retention of Type IIx fibers (I'm too lazy to reference that right now so you?ll just have to trust I read it in my textbook)). So the problem we're faced with is keeping the weight off and losing a bit more of it in a period of metabolic suppression. How do we do this?
The first answer to this question is to continue taking HOT-ROX. Next we need to plan out how to add the calories back in. Do we want to take the general recommended approach and adjust our calories upward by 250-300kcal/week? That is a very good approach; but that depends on how fast you want to transition off the diet. So I think it's best in this case to present two sceanarios:
The slow transition ? This follows the general advice of many of the contributors on this site to only slow increase your calories in the range of 250kcals every week or two. This will allow for the most fat loss in coming off of the diet. As for where the calories should be coming from; I’d advise to add 250kcals on your first workout day of the week and have it be carbohydrate and protein based post-workout. If you’ve been reading this site for awhile the reasoning behind this should be logical; but if not; think back to any of the former diets on this site. The most opportune time to eat is post-workout b/c any of the food you take in is likely to be shuttled straight your muscle cells to replenish them rather your adipocyte cells. On your non-workout days during the week add in the 250kcals as you feel best; either with the addition of more fats or more slow-digesting carbohydrates. It would be highly advisable to start eating fruits and vegetables again so they should probably be allocated their first. In the preceding weeks continue to add 250kcals/week until you reach your goals. After you have reached the maximum caloric intake you wish to have post-workout add the other calories in on workout days as you please; and start turning your diet back to normal.
The fast transition ? This follows a very similar premise except that it will only take 2 weeks. Every workout day increase your caloric intatake by 250kcals post workout until you?ve reached the maximium amount of calories you wish to have post-workout. Your current protein intake should be adequate and need not be adjusted. Once again try and make some of your first caloric adjustments be in terms of fruit and vegetables. Once you’ve reached your sedentary metabolic rate only increase your kcals by 250/week if you wish to continue bulking until you reach Massive Eating Guidelines.
PP, no offense but, you really need to work on your writing skills. Your grammer and sentence construction is subpar, and you lack the charismatic delivery and personal style that good authors bear.
Your tips are pretty good, and its not a bad idea, though I’d question the continued use of HOT-ROX, with its caffeine content. Also, you really need to work on referencing, and elaboration of your ideas. I know what you’re talking about in some cases because I’ve read the archives, but, it is much neater, and more informative, if you summarize or give a fresh perspective or at least put a reference to, past articles/studies.
Lol; my writing skills are quite exceptional actually…I very hastily wrote that and I agree with all the criticism you are throwing at it. I fully agree that I need to expand it into a much longer piece I just lacked the time. That was more or less an outline than an actual article. Thanks!
I don’t see why his writing skills need to come into question. Proteinpowda is simply giving his views on coming off the Velocity Diet, in an article type way.
I personally have never used HOT-ROX or any fat burning supplements, but I appreciate the idea of adding a further 250kcals post workout, each consequetive training day. Seems like a good method to me!
For anyone who wishes to question my writing; you’re welcome to read other peices of mine. As for anyone that questions my credentials I admit you’re right. I don’t have a degree. I have nothing more than a former certification from a training organization. I have nothing more than an excercise physiology course, some biochem, and human anatomy and physiology. So basically you’re right. But most of here seem to think that we know more than the average man from the plethora of information we wade through everyday on this site.
Surely those of us who have read almost all of Dr. JB’s articles are more “in the know” than those of us that haven’t. Surely anyone that has been on this site for the last five years know more than newbies. So if you wish when I have more adequate time I will write a more grammatically correct and referenced article. And if you wish to know most of the information in there comes from various readings of JB’s (250kcal per week or two is from Massive Eating reloaded). It’s often hard to reference things after you’ve been lurking on this site for awhile because your brain has this tremendous capacity to somehow take all this information; sort it; and create a big picture from all of these little details. Like I wonder how it does that?
[quote]Proteinpowda wrote:
This should hopefully be quite minimal though b/c of the HOT-ROX (which luckily boosts TSH which helps support the retention of Type IIx fibers (I’m too lazy to reference that right now so you?ll just have to trust I read it in my textbook)). [/quote]
Not to be a pain in the ass, but what the heck are you talking about here? Why would a calorie deficient diet cause fiber type changes? What is TSH, and how does it supposedly help retain IIx fibers. If your too lazy to look up the reference fine, but at least tell me what text you read this in.
SKMAN. TSH’s full name is Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. It tells the thyroid to put out more hormones basically. As far as referencing…p.150 of my exercise physiology textbook
“Recent research has shown that thyroxine isa powerful regulator of muscle fiber type. Increases in blood levels of thyroid hormones above normal ranges (hypothyroidism) result in an inrease in the percentage of fast muscle fibers. In contrast a decrease in blood thyroxine levels (hypothyroidism) promotes an increase in the number of slow fibers in muscle.”
The two studies they referenced were
Calozzo. V. et al. 1993. Single fiber analyses of Type IIA myosin heavy chain distribution in hyper- and hypothroid soleus. American Journal of Physiology. 265:C842-49
Devor. S. and T. White. 1995. Myosin Heavy chain phenotype in regenerating skeletal muscle is affected by thyroid hormone. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 27:674-81