Sunday, June 7, 2009

28 days- days 14-17 done

Hi there.
Sorry, been gone for awhile. Diet is going well though! I've kept an up to date version on my bodyspace page http://blog.bodybuilding.com/holbee

So far I've lost 15 lbs, 2.4% body fat, and gained 1.4 lbs of muscle (or something like that).
I've been working on the transition phase for the 28 days now. I've been reading up on what seems to work in the aftermath of this experiment so that I don't yo-yo back to where I was. So far the advice has been in the following catagories, listed by most advised by others:

1.) Add a meal: Simply replace one of the middle-of-the-day shakes with a meal that has the same macros (lots of protein and veggies, no carbs) and keep that for 1 week.
i.e. shake, 2 cans tuna + salad, shake, 8 oz protein + veggies and salad, shake.
After that week, add in a third meal, making it shake, meal, meal, meal, shake. No carbs.
Finally, add back in whole fruit, corn, whole grains, and the like while not adding back in refined stuff or juices. There seems to be quite a bit of fat loss during the transition phase too on this plan, in many cases they've reported as much as on the plan!

2.) Paleo diet: keep a shake a day, either breakfast or bedtime, and then eat "Only what you can kill or pick in your garden". Eating like a caveman. Whole foods, meats, seeds, etc. .
Not as much documentation on this one, but what I've found seems to be good too. However, it is more difficult in that there is more thinking and planning involved to get the macros right over/against the shake method.

3.) Do it again! : Some crazy people take anywhere from 1 weekend to 1 week with regular food and then DO IT AGAIN!. From all accounts there is still fat loss and there is a much easier transition mentally. However, the health effects on this one (aside from drastically improved hdl, ldl, and bloodpressure) havn't been documented.

We'll see. As for now, it's time for another shake.

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