Richard Duelley Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Ido I wish I could afford to eat like that But sadly I am poor graduate student (1 year left!!). I do however keep my diet as clean as I can, ie only lean meats/fish/eggs (I LOVE fish) and veggies and I try my best to get 5-6 small meals a day. I limit myself to whole grain cereal (hot and cold) only in the mornings and the last thing I eat is some kind of yogurt as my last meal, its a treat for me personally (I try to get greek, and add a touch of honey, whenever I get the chance/money). Everything has worked wonderfully, since this time last year I lost 35 lbs put on 10 back in muscle and I have about leveled out at 175, body fat calculated using multiple formulations says from 9-10%. I just recently upped my intake to try and put on a little more muscle mass (I might lift a little this summer as well), my goal is a lean, clean 185 pounds and at 6 feet tall I dont think it will be much of a problem. To the poster about me, if you go through and add everything up I am sure that its easily a 2000 cal diet but I am sure Ido eats more calories than that because he works out many hours a day. Its not difficult to eat a clean diet that will suit your nutritional needs, I have been doing it for a year now with great results both body composition wise and I also feel better than I ever had in my entire life.Ido, thanks again for the inspiration to keep to this diet (which is actually not that hard anymore because I really enjoy the food I eat) when everyone around me is eating lots and lots of junk!I have been meaning to take pictures of a day of food just to see what it all looks like . . . I will have to get on it after my final today :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ortprod Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 there's something i dont understand...How can Ido maintain such a bodymass with such a diet cause even if ido didn't talk about quantities his sample menu seems to be low on calories. since ido is pretty muscular with big arms,shoulders and legs i really dont understand how he can keep his muscles with such a low calories diet...any ideas would be great, thanksPerhaps Ido spent a long time building up to that point or he had a few cycles with more calories. Or, we are not factoring in the fat calories which could make up a great percentage. I am amazed that I can survive on 16 blocks on the Zone but I didn't get to 180lb using the Zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Leaman Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 there's something i dont understand...How can Ido maintain such a bodymass with such a diet cause even if ido didn't talk about quantities his sample menu seems to be low on calories. since ido is pretty muscular with big arms,shoulders and legs i really dont understand how he can keep his muscles with such a low calories diet...any ideas would be great, thanksI eat very similar to Ido and I am 6'1, 230lbs, ~10%. When you get ample nutrition, and when you are digesting and assimilating food, you can get by on much less. Even when dieting for a bodybuilding show at 242lbs I ate 6-7 times a day but the portions were about 5oz of tilapia with veggies, salad with Balsamic vinegar, 45g fish oil, and that was it, not even a PWO shake. I would eat about 1 cup of brown rice every few days, maybe 2 or 3 if I was getting really flat. I was training twice a day with weights 5-6 days a week and hiking 1-2 hours a day and in 8 weeks dropped from 242 at 12% (measured by Charles Poliquin), to 232 at 4.1%.I can't speak for Ido but I also take lots of digestive aids and I believe that the key to it is getting your stomach and digestion running 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ortprod Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 When you get ample nutrition, and when you are digesting and assimilating food, you can get by on much less.True dat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoms Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Here is a good article about intermittent fasting:An Objective Look at Intermittent Fastinghttp://www.elitefts.com/documents/inter ... asting.htmhttp://www.elitefts.com/documents/inter ... sting2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio Gutierrez Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Interesting:Bird’s team saw muscle preserving effects of an EAA+CHO solution ingested during training after a four-hour fast (50). The EAA+CHO treatment suppressed any cortisol increase whereas the fasted group’s cortisol levels rose 105 percent by the end of the training bout. 3-methylhistidine (3MH – an indicator of myofibrillar protein degredation) levels in the fasted group were elevated by 56 percent two days after the exercise bout whereas 3MH levels in the EAA+CHO group were reduced by 27 percent. Apparently, even a partial fast before resistance training can negatively impact muscle protein status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoms Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Here is an interesting testimonial statement of Jürgen Reis about the Warrior diet:http://www.consolution.at/consolution2/ ... rdiet1.pdfhttp://www.consolution.at/consolution2/ ... rdiet2.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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