Experiments, Experiments.

So if it's not enough to be in a field of study where we are constantly doing experiments on the body, I am being an experiment participant for the next 30 days. It's not a lab-based study where there are multiple participants and an incentive and results that will be published in a nation nutrition journal. No. It's not like that at all. None of that. I'll be doing this on my own as my trainer's lab rat haha. It is a lot like the gluten-free and/or paleo diet but even more restrictive and a lot of tweaks to it including certain supplements. But the best part(s) is that I get an entire day of eating whatever the hell I want to and less working out. Less working out will actually be pretty tough for me because I am so conditioned to work out 5 days a week and crave more and more intensity each week. I no longer have to wake up at 7 am for the work out classes and I cut down to working out only 3 times a week.

I hope people don't think I am yo-yo dieting. That's not the case at all. I've been on my last diet for about 2.5 months. And now it's experiment time.

This is my week for the next 4 weeks:

Every day Sunday through Friday I will have 20-30g of protein at each meal along with vegetables and beans. Also, you are so full from each meal there is no need for snacking, if you're hungry in between meals then you didn't eat enough at the previous meal.

I also have to take multiple supplements at each meal. In the morning I take a garlic supplement, an ALA (alpha-lipoic acid) supplement, green tea extract and a multi-vitamin. In the afternoon I have another ALA and fish oil supplement. In the evening I take another ALA and before bed I take Policosanol. The ALA has to be taken about 20 minutes before each meal.

Sunday:
     Breakfast: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Lunch: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Dinner: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein

Monday:
     Breakfast: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Lunch: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Dinner: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Exercise: one on one with Rik


Tuesday:
     Breakfast: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Lunch: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Dinner: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein

Wednesday:
     Breakfast: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Lunch: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Dinner: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Exercise: 50 kettle bell swings, incline bench press, rows, then repeat twice.

Thursday:
     Breakfast: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Lunch: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Dinner: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     
Friday:
     Breakfast: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Lunch: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Dinner: Beans, Vegetable, 20-30g Protein
     Exercise: Bootcamp

This is the best part:

Saturday:
     Whatever the hell I want to eat and as much as I want to eat. The goal for this day is to eat as much as possible and enjoy it too. I can eat 5000-6000 calories if I want and that is exactly what is meant to happen. I probably can't force down 5000-6000 calories (without throwing everything up) but I'm sure I'll be able to stuff 3000 calories down me. The reason for the one day of cheating is like a reset button. It spikes the calories and carb and sugar content so much compared to the rest of the week then you buckle down again.


And as you can see I have minimal exercising and a very repetitive diet. There's also a couple of weird quirks that coincide with this experiment. When I take a shower in the morning, I have to spend the last 1-3 minutes showering in ice cold water. I also have to drink a crap ton of water. I hope this works, if it does I will know within the next 5 days. That's how fast this plan should work. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it with all these nasty beans I'll be eating ;)