8.5 weeks out
Well, there’s not much time left and I still look like a fat ass. The 2400-2600 calorie/day diet wasn’t cutting it really. I was losing about ½ lb per week, which I prefer if I had more time… a lot more time. Unfortunately, I don’t. So, I decided to change things and go back to the old depletion/loading diet. But I took a “rest week” last week. You see, my wife is very supportive. So supportive that she decided to diet with me to keep my spirit up. Some of it was good, to me atleast. I mean, turkey sandwiches, tuna sandwiches, fruits, salads with dressings… but still, my wife doesn’t need to diet, so why should she suffer? Eh, took a week off and ate like a pig with Maryam. Luckily, I got sick last week. So, it was a double whammy! I gained so much fat, it aint even funny. I just started the “new” diet last Friday, and the shit’s merciless. 1400-1600 calories for 4 days straight is not my idea of a fun time. My stomach hurts all the time from the hunger. And when you get to eat, it’s pure crap!! But hey, the shit works. Here’s what I’m currently eating… eating doesn’t sound right for this kind of food… let’s just say “ingesting”:
Friday/sat/sun/mon/tue (AM only)
Meal 1
75 grams whey in water
Rice cake
1 Tbsp jam
Meal 2&3
200 grams tuna in brine
2 Tbsp low fat mayo (4.5g of fat per tbsp)
1 Apple
Meal 4
50 grams whey in water
Meal 5
6 egg whites
2 whole eggs
2 slices low fat cheese
1 tbsp olive oil
270 gr protein, 70 gr carbs, 35 gr fat
1635 calories
Tuesday (pm)/Wed/Thu
Carb load with 800 grams total in 3 days
1 gram protein per lb
Minimal fat (<30>
Just for future reference, are you going directly from your usual diet to a 1600 cal diet/day?
ReplyDeleteSeems kinda extreme to me, meaning you will loose some muscle in the process. I totally understand that you know what you are doing, it is just that I would like you to explain how will be able to conserve your muscle mass.
One more thing, how do you know that 800g of carbs won't cause that spillage thing you talked about earlier?
Thanks,
Mohammed
Dude...
ReplyDeleteAllah yithabbitak :)
Lemme know if you need anything, even if you want to complain/bash Saudis, Food, the FDA, etc.
Yamen
mohammed,
ReplyDeleteyeah, i dropped directly from 2400-2600 calories to 1600 calories. but look at it this way, when i averaged out at 2500 per day, the weekly intake was 17500 calories per week. now, i average out at around 14500 calories. That's around a 3000 calorie per week difference (430 calorie per day). So, it's kinda like eating 2000-2200 calories per day. so, on the low cal days, you burn fat and muscle. later, your body will be starving for anything. you feed it tons of carbs and proteins while training for anabolism (minimal fat intake too) and all that goes to rebuilding muscle and super saturating it with glycogen (i've talked about super saturation before). and about spillage:
1- i believe what the trainer suggested was bullshit, but i tried it anyway cuz i had time (it's fat, it's not glycogen or water or thick skin... pure yummy fat)
2- as for REAL spillage, as in water going out of the muscle and under the skin, i only have to worry about that the week of the contest. besides, hopefully i'll have enough time to go on a couple of dry runs to see what's best for that.
just a reminder:
seriously, this shit isn't for beginners or overweight people. it's too hard to go by. it's monday today and i feel like shooting myself and the stomach pains are too much to bare. unless you've been extremely strict before and you can go through a workout where you feel like you'll throw up after every set, go ahead.
Yamen,
thanks... but today, i might bash another kind of "gym idiot", if i have time