Day 1 of a planned 6 days of ‘no solid food’ fastingBack from vacation!
Looks like I lost weight, haha! No…. During my vacation, I have been weighing myself at the resort with my clothes on so this ‘drop’ today is surely due to that.
Anyway, back to my normal routine. I have exactly 20 pounds to lose to get back to what I consider to be my true weight. I am soooo over trying to ‘build up a muscular body’ by ‘bulk and cut’. If I ‘bulk’ again it is only because I want to take a ‘mental break’ and eat croissants…
After my
vacation both from work and from my diet, here is what I learned…
🌟 I can’t eat 200 carbs a day. I only need to look at the chart. I would have to be a
special kind of stupid to try to
spin that to be anything other than what it is.
The average the previous month was:
1367kcal (Fat: 93.05g, Protein: 66.54g, Carbs: 61.45g). Yes, I doubled the calories, but it would take 3500 calories to add a pound of fat. To gain 10 pounds In 10 days only to an increase in calories, I would need to consume (3500 x 10 days = 35,000)
extra calories to account for this weight gain. The weight gain is explained by my
tripling the carbs! (because my body requires water to store the glycogen (mostly created by the carbs) in my muscle tissue). However, I estimate to be 3-4 pounds of
actual fat added that I need to lose
the hard way.
🌟 My muscles are fine. For months I have been fasting and cutting my protein because
excess protein (for me more than 50g a day), triggers
additional fat producing insulin (I have previously posted the numbers to prove this). I have 🏋🏾
lifted heavy in the gym 5 out of the last 7 days. I have hit my highest lifts ever (230lbs squats and 240lbs deadlifts). This tells me that:
(A) I simply do-not-need-high-amounts-of-Protein and
(B) My body will only start
tearing down muscle tissue when I am starving,
not when I am
fasting. When I can put 230 pounds on my back and do 10 squats at 50 years old, I know I don't **need** to consume high amounts of protein or I will "lose muscle tissue".
So the plan is ‘no solid food fasting’ at least 5 days a week and
EPIC amounts of cardio 🏃🏾🏃🏾. I hope to run 5-7 miles a day at least 6 days a week. I ‘may’ hit the gym once or twice a week. I will see where I am at in two weeks…
😎
Life is Good! Have a great day everyone!
