Banter till you drop - The Crappy Reunion

I'm not intentionally going for Ketosis or a keto diet, but I'm sure I've probably tricked myself into that state. I'm not too familiar with that exact diet plan, but I might be doing something similar. I kind of make my diet up as I go, taking from a bunch of sources (like Mark Sisson's primal diet that despises grains/sugars and glorifies protein and saturated fat).


Right now I'm trying to follow a basic outline of the LeanGains schedule for intermittent fasting. Basically you don't eat for 16 hours where you enter the 'fat-burning mode' and then get an 8 hour feeding period.

Until recently I didn't do the fasting during lifting days, because I hate lifting on an empty stomach, but I'll do it if I wait to lift in the afternoon (ex- today I'm running errands and won't be home till 2ish, so I won't eat until then and then will lift at 3). Usually I lift first thing in the morning and try to fuel up. But I want to get more strict with the leangains IF.


So Sunday I went from 12:00 AM to 4:00 PM without food, fueled up with a quick chicken meal, and played soccer/went swimming for the whole night. Didn't get home till about 10, so that's when I ate a crapload of food for supper and tried to meet my caloric needs. I'm trying to gradually slim down, but not eat too low so that i lose my strength.


I still am doing carbohydrates on lifting days (example- today I'm getting a relatively high, for me at least, 235 g carbs and 60 g sugar- sugars coming from some greek yogurt and a fried banana).



Thanks for asking, Mr. TRW sir. I sort of love talking about this kind of stuff. And I think it makes for better chat than DudeBusters/PokeSpam ;D ;D

Interesting. In my past experiences I found those type of extreme regimens can be good for bursts of weight loss.

Being older, and extremely busy, I am taking a classic approach. I follow a lot of Bill Simmons guidelines, and workout routines. I do 3 days of cardio a week, 3 days of weights, alternating between upper and lower body. The schedule rotates, but it is something like Monday Upper, Tues cardio, Wed Lower, Thurs cardio, Fri Upper, Sat cardio, Sun off, Monday Lower.....you get the picture. I'm not trying to bulk up, just trying to burn fat and get leaner. I do a lot of lower weight higher repetition exercises when I lift.

Diet wise it is pretty much the standard low fat low sugar diet. After workouts I usually make a protein smoothie with low carb vanilla protein powder, fat free milk, and fruit I eat a lot of chicken and fish and lean meats. At my age I don't particularly count calories or grams of fat, I just try to make sure what I eat is as healthy as possible and that I am active. I have lost 15 pounds in 6 weeks.

Really just trying to change my (and my wifes) lifestyles. We treat ourselves once a week to a dinner out or something, but still don't go crazy. But it's amazing how much better you can feel just by eating homecooked meals every day and not fast food or going to restaurants.

We used to work together

I challenge you to a battle royal * heavy roy al tone*

i leik teh figure addict because he knows a thing or two about fitness and nutrition.

i was going to suggest we three start the Penns Triad (like the Jersey Triad but less dirty). but instead I think Figure Addict and I should be the Fitness Brothers.