I did the original Velocity Diet many years ago, and I remember it included Hot-Rox. For the newer V-Diet, is it still recommended? Not recommended? Optional? Or does it depend on context, like how much weight needed to lose?
Thanks!
Sorry the major delay. Hot-Rox is optional now.
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Hello! I am getting ready to start the Velocity Diet in a couple of days. I had a question about the daily walk. I will try to get outside for a walk when I can, but I know that wonāt happen every day. Would it work for me to use an elliptical? I read that itās not supposed to be intense cardio, but if I just did a slow pace would it be okay?
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Absolutely - just stay at conversational tone or basically a pace you could hold for half an hour without being too stressed out.
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Hi @Chris_Shugart
I finally decided that I wanted to try out the Velocity Diet and went to the store, only to find that Metabolic Drive is not in stock until 7/31!
Do you think itās possible to try the diet with a different protein powder? I really would like to start it ASAP and canāt wait for the restock date.
Iām thinking of using the OPTIMUM NUTRITION GOLD STANDARD 100% WHEY PROTEIN brand because I enjoyed the brand before.
No. A whey-only product would lead to crashes, cravings, and muscle loss. Best to wait, start practicing HSMs, etc.
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Thanks for the reply Chris!
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Guys, I wonder if I could add some fat to cock my meal, such as butter, olive oil, cocking spray or is it a big No No !! And should I keep my fat intake a gram of my body weight in kilos.
I did the V-diet at the beginning of the year with very good results (-15# fat, +3 muscle, -5% BF).
Since that time, I have started taking 1 serving Surge (pre-during) and 1 serving Mag-10 (post) for mid-morning workouts.
Iāve mostly maintained since but want to do the diet again. I saw your response about skipping a MD 1/2-1 shake for a serving of Surge, but what about the Mag-10?
I also have a 3mo course of Anavar available (did a course in the spring), is this better to use during this cut or save for a bulking phase?
Thank you for the help.
Sure, add some healthy fats, just keep overall calories in check.
You could add a serving of Mag-10 without changing anything about the overall plan. Itās almost a āfree foodā in that regard.
The main reason to use Anavar during a diet is muscle preservation, but we really donāt need to worry about that with the V-Diet. A couple of different āpreserversā are already in place, and I see that you actually gained some muscle in your first V-Diet run. (Thatās awesome!) So I would save the 'var for another time.
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Instead of 8 pulses of ice water, can you just consume 64 oz of ice water throughout the day? If you make the shake with ice water, does that count towards your water consumption goal?
Iād say that counts. And however you want to drink your ice water is fine.
Edit: just realized the picture in the corner of my screen is ME at 40! That is NOT me at 54. Currently 245, mostly flab. I was probably 175 in that picture.
*****Got my Velocity supplements and ready to go. I am interested in maximal loss over the one month period. The V-diet āadvertisingā used to focus on fairly extreme fat loss as I recall but it seems more reserved now - I see results of 9 or so lbs in the logs.
I am at a lifetime fitness low and a weight high. I know how to lose 2lbs/week with regular food - Iāve done it before. But at that rate my goal weight is a year away, and Iād like to take a big leap to get started for the first month, and maybe a second month, to shorten that time period to goal weight.
What is the best strategy to maximize v-diet fat loss on the ālatestā v-diet version?
Can you do the Exercise Program with a more main stream diet? If you are really not about getting shredded and not keen on taking that many shakes. Can the exercise program with a more mainstream DASH or Med diet work to get in shape, not contest or even Gym God level but beach ready? Undestood that it would take longer and have less returns.
My wife is looking at spending a butt ton of $ on some nutrisystem like plan. I am curious if velocity may be a fit for her. Sheās looking to lose a few pounds before summer. Sheās limited to exercise currently due to hysterectomy and has a pacemaker. She will lift a little but primarily walks. She eats like a bird so in the past weāve thrown out left over food from her nutrisystem like plans which is tough on the wallet. Would velocity cater to a female thatās limited to lighter cardio/ resistance?
The science behind it works. Its low calories with high protein. āCompliance is the scienceā; they just gotta stick with it
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I gained too much weight just started to loose weight now. Iām using olive oil to help me lose weight. I eat balanced meals.
I want to shift to the Velocity Diet, but Iām a bit nervous. It seems tough, and I could use some advice from people whoāve done it before.
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Whatās holding you back?
The first few days are tough - no lie. So my main advice would be twofold:
- Commit. If you say youāre going to do it, do it.
- Pick your starting day on maybe a Friday so you can have the weekend to be a bum and just suck it up.
It gets much easier around day 4; you just kind of settle in.
I also allowed myself as much āfree foodā (think like green veggies, lean protein, etc) as possible in the nightly meals. My goal was to still at least feel full when I woke up in the morning. Pushing my first shake later into the morning was huge for keeping hunger at bay; then youāre only going a couple hours at a time between feedings - thatās awesome for the mind game.
Coffee was great in the mornings. No matter what Iām doing Iām a coffee drinker, though.
I didnāt really change my workouts at all and didnāt feel the need to do so. I never really felt like crap on this diet, which is really saying something. I got a bit hungry early, but that leveled itself out. I think boredom will get you more than anything; in that case, going for a walk or doing a quick chore or something were really helpful.
Thereās other tips (like mixing the MD with ice so it thickens up), but the above are the main things I remember.
@T3hPwnisher was really able to turn this into a lifestyle and thrive in an impressive way.
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Like the ice water question above, does it matter if the shakes are consumed as āpulsesā versus taking an hour or so to sip on?
I only have an amateur understanding, but it seems like one of the advantages of MD + flameout is that youāre slowing down the digestion so thereās a steady drip of protein in the bloodstream. In that sense, sipping seems fine. But maybe thereās some value to having a bolus when it comes to hunger signaling.