you've probably mentioned it and my attention span couldn't keep up -how long are you going to be on this diet for? and how does this affect your personal life with food?

Like does Krista eat the same things you do - or do you just prepare two different meals for dinner?

Here's how I explained it to Wishes last night which also answers your question regarding length of time:

Fatter people could do it much longer b/c they aren't going to have a 'metabolic-reaction' as strongly as someone in my shoes.

I also added this to the above when speaking with Wishes:

As for if affecting my personal life with food, lol, I suppose you could say it does since I eat so little of it. But it's only temporary. And Krista and I will be eating different things for the next couple of weeks. We usually only get one meal per day together if we're lucky anyhow so there won't be a big difference there really.

The biggest change will be not eating whatever the heck I want. I never really limited my food choices before. I just accounted for adequate protein and EFAs and accounted for calories and from there, I pretty much ate what I wanted.

On this, my food choices are very slim.

Good Luck on your diet Steve! Sounds pretty strict, but at least its only temporary.

Thanks Trevor. Strict but effective. I'm very curious to see a) how I feel in ketosis and b) what kind of leanness I'll reach on this cut.

This is just the beginning of my cut.... a kick start if you will.

I just knocked out meal number 2.

8oz of ground, lean turkey breast
28 grams fat free cheese
2 grams fish oil
broccoli and asparagus

I'm also drinking a ton of water.

Your diet is very interesting. It sounds a lot like Atkins with the low carb/high protein aspect of it. I'll bet Krista will love your Keto breath.

I'm not sure if I want my co-worker joining the forum, as then my office will find out what a pervert I truly am. I did hook her up with fitday, though.

In that the diet doesn't include many carbs at all, it is similar to Atkins. But it's a bit more strict than that. Plus, it's different in other aspects as well.

I'm hoping I don't get that side effect!

Haha, I didn't think of that. Well hopefully she figures stuff out. Feel free to give her my email if you'd like.

She's away on vacation atm, but I will talk to her again when she gets back. I don't know exactly what her trainer had her doing--just the time involved. I had already thought of hooking her up with you if she needed it, so thanks for the offer.

Anytime.

So I touched briefly on exercise while on this diet. There's not much to it. There will be no cardio at all. In terms of weight training, I'll only be doing 2 full body sessions per week. This is in place to influence where I lose my weight from. I'm not looking to break records or anything..... it's just in place to maintain the muscle I have. With such a strict caloric deficit, if it weren't in place along with a few other variables, chances of losing muscle would be pretty good.

Research has continually shown that training with a reduced volume and frequency while maintaining a high intensity (weight on the bar) is sufficient in maintaining strength and muscle.

Todays workout will look something like this:

Squats 2x6
Leg curls 2x6
Bench 2x6
Rows 2x6

Then I'll throw in a bit of auxillary work. Probably some direct shoulder and arm work along with some core training. The volume will be kept real low here. Something like 1 set of 10 or so reps.

So I have one more meal to go today and I'm definitely feeling the effects of eating no carbs. Wow. My mind is fuzzy, I don't feel too well, and I'm already craving starchy foods. My workout, although the volume was drastically reduced, was tough as hell. I did drink one of those new low calorie gatorades.... the G2 or whatever. a) I needed some electrolytes and b) I needed to bump up my blood sugar for the workout.

One side note is, although I'm only eating 1400 calories or so.... down from 3500-4000, I'm not that hungry at all. Actually, I've been full most of the days. Protein is very satiating.

Plus, I think all the water has an effect.

Wow Steve you win points for dedication

Do you think the fuzziness could be from the reduction in calories regardless of how satiated you feel? Just a thought (not that I claim to know what I am talking about...)

No, I think it has to do with the lack of carbs to be honest.

Well, not having done what you are doing but having done a fwe stints at Atkins, it will pass. I felt pretty good when I was doing that diet.

Now mind you, coming off was a bitch but I was fine during...

I'm pretty well versed in how to come off a diet such as this so I'm not concerned on that front.

My concern is not caving to temptation during these 2 weeks. There's no doubt that I'm already dreaming about starchy foods and once my body realizes I'm eatin g so few calories..... it will be tough.

How about some nice mashed chicken breasts - or chikcne breaasts in the shape of spaghetti?

Not helping..

sorry...

2 weeks isn't a long time -think of how tasty that plate of spaghetti will be with garlic bread oozing in butter will be when you're done