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Time to tip the scale back the other way. At 216 I almost had my abs coming through and was around 12% body fat, but my chest is underdeveloped and I want to add some muscle mass all around. After a summer of shedding pounds and steadfast dedication to the slow carb diet (which works complete wonders!), it is time to change gears and start eating to gain lean mass.
The new diet is far less restrictive than slow carb in that I can now (should now) eat brown rice, couscous, quinoa etc... with a couple of meals a day. Dairy is also back on the menu in the form of milk and cottage cheese. Finally milk again! Thank the lord! haha
In other ways this diet is going to be even more difficult than my weight loss one was over the summer. For three months I had been eating portions that put me around 1500 to 2000 calories a day on average. This is normal for most people, but I've found my baseline to be around 3000-ish calories a day to maintain...I'm a big dude. I am now attempting to eat at least 3000 to 4000 calories a day in good whole foods. Nothing fried, battered, bread, or chocolate. Just the slow carb with a few additions. The other difficult thing is trying to intake over 200g of protein a day, and the water to digest it all properly. Ideally I should be closer to 250g a day, but if I hit 200 regularly, I'd say I'm staying fairly compliant at over 80%.
After week one of lifting heavy stuff and eating like an animal I've noticed some shifts in hunger habits. Namely, I am hungry constantly. I eat until I can't take another bite, and then in an hour, I want a snack. Good thing I've got a meal plan on campus four days a week. Eating the recommended calories isn't as easy as I thought it would be without foods like bread and pasta. I can tell my stomach is getting used to be packed full, but I feel like I'm eating at about 75% capacity right now, which to me is starting to be uncomfortable. I've only gained 2.5lbs the first week, which came as a surprise as well. I will have to wait till I put 10 or so on to see where they are going, but I feel like I lifted sufficiently and ate right, so I'm hoping for the best.
The morning shake from the four hour body is helping as well. With the ingredients I have it comes out to 700ish calories with 65+ grams of protein. That's the way to start off your day!
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253.0 lb
Lost so far: 0 lb.
Still to go: 38.0 lb.
Diet followed N/A.
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