Hello again - ok so after doing much research
(i've literally spent the last week on the the net for 6 hours a day)
I think I'v come up with a plan for loosing my stuborn fat but hopefully maintaining
the muscle I'v got.
After reading much about the low carb/atkins type diet I'v decided to give it a try.
I plan on doing at least 2 weeks on very low carb or maybe longer untill I've dropped
most of the fat. should I do 2 weeks then have a cheat meal to trick my body
or just keep up with the very low carb? I've been doing it a week and feel pretty much ok.
I'm not doing anywhere as much cardio, I walk everyday and do a couple of circuit classes + a spinning
class. I'm pushing weights for 60/90 min 3 or 4 times a week
I've worked out that to cut my calories enough to loose weight but not so low I lose muscle
I need around 1700 a day. If I eat 5 times a day to keep my metabolism up thats around
340 cal per meal.
I'm around 65 kgs at the moment so I'm thinking I need 1.5g protein = 98g a day
does this sound right to you?
I've read on here that to acheive ketosis I need to be eating a lot more fat (good fats)
than prot & keep carbs to 20g a day. So I'v worked out that I need to be eating
70% fat / 25% protein / 5% carb.
so each meal would consist of 20g protein, 28g of fat & 4g carbs. do you think this is
a good ratio for what I'm trying to acheive? this seems like a lot of fat but you guys all
keep saying fat is good. I'v been eating fish, (tuna, mackrel,kippers,salmon, sardines) eggs
nuts, cheese,tofu, mushrooms, brocoli, salad, lots of oils like olive, hemp, sesami, red canola,
almond, avocado just to get a mix as I'm having a 10/20ml a day or I'm finding I'm getting
too much protein & not enough fat, I've read that too much protein will affect ketosis so
its really important to get the fat/prot ratio right. I'v had a fair bit of cornish clotted
cream too :-) yum yum.
I'm not sure how much weight I need to lose as I'm more concerned with how I look than
how much I weigh - be fantastic to be able to see my abbs as I've worked really hard on
them.
Also I'm seriously thinking about the ephedrine/caffine stack don't know if the asprin
is really needed? was going to start out on 15g Ephedrine & 200g caffine 2 or 3 times
a day and see how I feel. am a bit worried about it but I'm pretty healthy, I've got
low blood presure - my resting heartrate is 40 - don't smoke etc, so figure it can't
hurt to try. Are these doses ok?
once I've dropped the fat or most of it I plan on increasing the carbs gradually but
sticking to the low carb way of eating as after much reading it makes alot of sense to me.
Also I take the following supliments
Spirulina powder 3g up to 3 x a day (as its full of great stuff & a good protein)
Vit c 1000mg tabs 1 or 2 a day (to make up for lack of fruit at moment)
super EFA fish oil 1000mg 2 or 3 a day (depending on how much oily fish I eat)
Calcium with vit D 600mg 1 a day (as I've read its important in a high prot diet)
B100 vit b complex 100mg 1 a day (i didnt used to get enough b vits in my diet)
Siberian gingseng 600mg 1 or 2 a day (because its sposed to be really good for you)
milk thistle 175mg 3 a day (its great for helping your kidneys cope)
CLA 500mg 2 tabs 2 or 3 times a day (don't know much about CLA but its reccomended)
Rhodiola rosea 350mg 1 a day (reccomended as a great cortisol regulator)
Any opinions on any of the above would be most welcome as I really am interested in other
peoples thought & experiences - all of my friends say I'm mad and take way to many supliments
and that I think about all this too much. I dunno, I just want to get it right so I can
train properly. Anyway after reading so much info on here I'm utterly amazed at how
much thought/work goes into your nutrition and ho much you guys know!! gobsmacked aint the
word.
Any how thanks soo much again for taking the time to read another one of my essays.
ange
