For the past three weeks, I’ve been on a fat-loss stint so that when I start powerlifting in the fall, my lean-muscle:fat gain will be on the happier side of 1.0. Really though, this was just for fun. The plan was to go for four weeks in total. The diet looks more or less like this, on a lifting day (I lift at 6am):
1. 0.75 scoop whey + 30g dextrose + 5g creatine (Split between pre & post workout)
2. 1 cup cottage cheese + 1tbsp flax + celery
3. 0.75 scoop whey + 1 tbsp psyllium
4. 75g white or red meat (weighed cooked) + steamed broccoli
5. 75g white or red meat + steamed broccoli
6. 75g white or red meat + cucumbers + flax
Of course there are minor transgressions — adding 1 teaspoon of olive oil to some broccoli here and there, and eating an extra spoonful of cottage cheese or something — but not much beyond that. No cheat days, they don’t really work for me. On a couple of days I’ve let myself have a handful of nuts or a couple of spoonfuls of peanut butter, or just more protein. (Right now I’m getting around 0.8g/lb of bodyweight. I find that fat loss halts for me if I go 1g/lb or higher, as is usually suggested.)
Anyhow, I was getting bored of eating the same things over and over again, which was when the idea to do a mini- Velocity Diet occurred to me. In a nutshell, the V-diet is just drinking 5-6 shakes a day (w/ milled flax or other minor additives) for 28 days. It’s for hella fat people, mostly. I figured I’d just try it for a week. When I got a brief, funny scared feeling in my stomach at the thought of it, I knew I was going to have to try it. I mean, is fear not just a physiological “good idea!” signal to the mind?
Now, I’ve read about the v-diet quite a few times, and quite frankly I think it’s stupid. I think it’s stupid for a lot of reasons, but mostly because I like to eat _real_ food, not some weirdo chemical stuff that comes out of a plastic tub. But then again, so does the author of the v-diet!
But for a whole breed of people who’ve never set dietary limits on themselves, I can see why it works.
Anyhow, I’m not about to start philosophizing about this. Michael has no time for trivialities like ‘doubt’ and ‘reflection’. It seems like a fun way to end this 4-week stint, so I’m going to give it a shot. 7 days is nothing, really.
Since everyone who does the v-diet seems to feel the need to post their progress online, I figure I’ll play along. So, starting Monday, I’ll have a 7-day log of how things go.
It’s gonna be awesome.
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