My favorite diet: Animalbolics

[ProtienFiend]

i will usually work out in the evening so from 7 ocolck to about 6 im working but its poretty physical work
my moirning meakl is usually a shake and a grapefruit followed by sanother small meal 2 hours later
i guess im gonna try and modify this alil and use it to help cut
i eat every 2-3 hours and according to the article this is keeping me from burnign fat so what would the recomended meal frequency be for someone looking to lean out

You did mention you do physical work throughout the day so you have to adjust your diet accordingly. Id say, fruit and eggs in the morning (6am). Followed by two more low gi protein/fat meals (@10am and 2pm). An apple on your way over to the gym and then pig out time until you go to sleep. On non-workout days nix the apple, pwo shake, and "pig out" parts and replace it with a small dinner low as possible with carbs (all your doing is sleeping right?).

As an aside, my addition to animal's ideology on the 5-6 meals making you fat is: "5-6 meals make you fat [if they contain carbs]" he doesnt explicitly say that but its what he means, because in the absence of carbs there is no insulin [spike].

 

[ProtienFiend]

hahaha....how the fawk does this guy know how lean early civilization was???

in the first part he says only have coffee and a salad ...then have some oatmeal before you workout.... but in the sample diet he has like 4 meals before you actually workout (kind of a contradiction)

it seems like he is just telling you to carb load before and after you lift and intake none up until then...this isn't really a new diet...i think most of us time our majority carbs pre, during and post workout. but instead of having carbs early in the day he switched them to night....i'm open minded and have tried every diet there is, but i don't agree with your body going on just coffee and maybe one protein shake or salad all day....then carb load at night before bed when you body doesn't require energy.

i'm a skeptic on this one...but knowing me i'll get tired of my current diet and try this one a for a few weeks

People from early civilization are thought to be "ripped" due to the way they were portrayed in sculptures, paintings, etc... Although its no garauntee, people most likely painted what they saw (unless it was religion/mythology)

You are right on in your third paragraph. This isnt rocket science. You are basically eating according to energy levels. About the night time loading part, your body will be using these cals to repair all your muscle tissue while you sleep. Remember hormones (gh, test) spike during sleep and supposedly we grow the most at night (during rest), so why not supply our body with as much food as it needs.

I know the skeptic feeling but it does indeed work. I do believe through this diet it is possibly to gain muscle and burn fat naturally, if executed correctly. Just be careful not to go too drastic with things. You still want to get your calorie/protein/carb goals within the 24 period, and want to maintain positive nitrogen balance (through protein intake) throughout the day.

 

[ProtienFiend]

ok so i wake around 10, workout around 1-3pm... what should i do, im on a bulk although im keepin my bf down.... shakes from wake until workout then eat a big meal after and load up on food the rest of the day? or just that one big meal after the workout and then shake it or very small foods until bed?

College? Do you do anything before 1pm? If you were as I was when in school, I would have not eaten much (or anything, maybe eggs or a milk protein shake) after awakening and then grabbed some fruit on my way to the gym.

After workout Id follow your first suggestion (lets say @ 430pm). Shake and carbs, then either another shake or a big meal (5-530pm), and then whatever you can stuff in for the rest of the day. Just dont overdo it with shakes. They are a SUPPLEMENT. Set a MINIMUM goal before bed -- no limits. Minimum for me was approx 1g protein per lb of bw and 1.5g carb per lb of bw between workout and sleep. It can look like a lot but believe me, you wont be storing much of it as fat (unless you have some underlying condition).

 

[Lextasy]

thanks, thats all i was wondering...yea, the shakes are only replacments, and im basiclly doing this already i just need to cut the carbs before the workout..

 

[Cutt29]

It's a TKD diet with starvation periods...last time I checked anorexia wasn't a good dieting technique.

agreed!

 

[ProtienFiend]

I just added up my cals.... about 2400 on non-workout days and about 3400 on workout days. An extra 80 protein and 100 carbs on workout days approximately.

 

[ProtienFiend]

agreed!

No no no!! Its not starvation...... its called nutrient timing! Although rather meticulous.... if you just use it as a guideline it is very helpful and can stilll give you some freedom with food choices (especially post workout... GET EVERYTHING).