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And BTW, "Best" is meant to be toungue-in-cheek in the title. The only best plan is the one that works best for you and your goals and what you're willing to do to get there. Everyone is different.
About to reengage the potato hack.
I’d ask @culdeusabout that. I dont know all the physiology behind what happens in your body while lifting. I remember reading that the original potato diet started in a Scottish debtors’ prison, with people engaged in pretty heavy manual labor, so i dont think youre going to pass out, or anything. But, as far as maximizing gains or max weiht vs max reps- I have no clue.
Very nice. I’m still only at 225 for deadlift. The last 6 months are the first time in my life I’ve done squats and deadlifts, and I’m terrified of hurting my back. I’m tall and have long legs, and it’s alwsys an awkward motion for me. I’m sure my form isn’t great. But in any event, my plan is to keep going slow and steady so as not to hurt myself. I figure the fact that I’m doing these lifts at all, after 40+ years of never doing them, is a success by itself.proninja said:
What if I modify the exclusion diet to have milk with my protein shake each morning? Yes it wouldn’t be strict potato hack anymore, but if I’m only eating potatoes all day, my calories are necessarily going to be restricted and the garbage food removed, and I can still get the protein I want to continue my strength progress?culdeus said:
Still at 181. Diet has been fairly consistent but exercise has been slacking. Working on getting back on the horse. I blame that stupid paperclip game.
Not quite sure. I could be OK at 180 long term. I'm 6'0 and 41 years old. My peak weight was probably around 230 in 2011-2012. I was probably 160-170 as a soccer player in high school. My main goal is managing my type 2 diabetes, getting in better shape for rec soccer (speed and endurance), and looking good naked.
Its tougher to get down. I'm about your size, probably slimmer build, currently at 173ish. I want to get down to 160, as I did about ten years ago, but 170 is my wall. I'm taking a break and will fire up the work again after the new year I think (though 175 is my stop gap, if I hit that again it is back on the diet hard to get back down to 170. I don't want to lose too much ground).
Now is definitely the time to be addressing this - not necessarily you, but anyone else reading this. Some have already gone off the rails and the rest will over the next 2 months.
Everyone I've talked to that has done it has said the same thing - something different was probably good for the short term, I feel better now, but I often didn't feel great during, and it is not sustainable.
Don't think it's ever been meant to be sustainable. The goal is always to integrate things back in and only eliminate the stuff that causes problems again.
Yeah my goal was basically to hit the reset button on my eating habits. Been doing too much sugar, pasta and processed food since we had kids because that stuff is so quick and easy. Not planning to go paleo or something, just hoping to get back to "normal" once I'm done. I'm the kind of person who needs a goal-oriented plan to make a change.
If you're going to smoke trees then, yes, you absolutely need to do it while on whole 30. Have to teach your body what you'll feed it while high. If you don't then prior instincts will win post diet. Still may, but you're better set up for success if you do.
Your drinking obstacle is identical to my smoking obstacle. I'm gonna try to convert to healthy munching like apple chips and grapes and whatnot during the whole30, but my guess is I'll have to go the same route as you eventually- cut back a bunch and also adjust my workout plan to account for a binge or two every so often.
If you like them, pork rinds are a fantastic munchy. Make sure and get the spicy ones. Cheese whisps are also a staple of my stoned snacks.
Yeah, in most people's cases it's really just about identifying your weaknesses/vices/time management issues and how you'll combat them. Ultimately, have to sacrifice something though.
Yes, most people gain weight between the end of October and the end of December. Especially those that lost weight since the previous December.
Makes sense. I think I gained 5 pounds in Nov and Dec last year while losing a few pounds of muscle in the process. It is so easy to eat too much of the wrong foods this time of year and not find time for physical activity. That is not happening this year. We are going to go into 2018 on the right track.
Yeah, I gotta stop munching late at night watching sports. NFL starts at 7pm and lifelong habits like mowing thru a bag of chips while watching don't die hard.DocHolliday said:
The Gator said:
I almost mentioned you specifically as one who would go off the rails, but "everyone" certainly won't.
Stick with the Klopp Diet
Otis is actually doing pretty well. While I slipped a littte with a month of business travel (Gb the guy who doesn’t slip under those circumstances), I’m home now and was back at the gym at 5am today. Also started the FULL OATS diet, which means:
It's been years of the same crap from ol' Oats. This yoyo hype-fail shtick applies to everything he does. Unwilling to make the necessary long-term lifestyle changes, and instead going "all-in" on a short term fix that ends up being worse than where he started is his thing.
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