I've decided to blog my progress on the slow carb plan from Tim Ferriss's book "The Four Hour Body".
The reviews & comments I'm finding online by people that have not tried the plan themselves are discouraging. Many of the blogs I've seen so far seem to be incomplete with many modifications. This being my first blog, I'm simply interested if there are others that are having a positive result by following the plan as written.
My current stats:
42 year old female
2 children
athletic/ runner
weight training 3x per week
current mileage less than 10 miles per week
5'6
145lbs
Celiac disease, NO WHEAT products of any kind
lactose intolerant
I've been an avid runner for the past 7 years. These last 2 years I raced long distance running 40-70 miles a week and racing 1/2 marathons, full marathons & the 6 day ultra event Transrockies 2010. Since training for Boston in 2009 in the winter & again last winter for the ultra then the Chicago Marathon, I decided to take 60 days off running starting in November. I gained 15lbs.
I joined weight watchers online to lose the extra pounds before training again in spring for shorter distances. I gained 3lbs on a 1200-1600 calorie a day plan with little to no cardio/running. I generally eat a clean diet of no processed foods. No wheat, little dairy. I would ideally like to lose 15lbs of fat while increasing my leg/posterior chain strength and core. My goal weight is 130.
Today is Monday, I started the plan on this past Wednesday.
Wednesday am Weight: 145lbs
I have followed the following eating schedule without modifications:
7 am-upon waking, one pitcher ice water with lemon
AGG
within 30 minutes of waking breakfast
coffee, black with cinnamon
3 egg whites + 2 eggs scrambled with small amount of olive oil
chicken breast or canned tuna
1-2 cups green lentils
1 cup sautee'd spinach
glute raises
air squats
(5 mile run at 8 min mile pace only on Friday)
11 am
AGG
boneless skinless chicken thigh or canned tuna (4 oz)
2 cups lentils
veggies- either sautee'd spinach, broccoli or kale
lettuce + red onion
1 Tbspn olive oil or Flaxseed Oil& vinegar dressing with garlic (home made)
Ice water
Snack: kimchi
glute raises
air squats
5pm
glass of dry red wine
Ice water
AGG
2 chicken thighs or 6oz salmon or grass fed flank steak
1-2 cups lentils
veggie: spinach/kale or broccoli
1 glass red wine
Ice water with lemon
cold pack on neck x 30 minutes
PAGG
Bed
I did this routine every day except Saturday which I used as my binge day. I realize it was not 5 days into my plan as recommended but I thought it would be better to insert it here for the sake of future consistency.
I started tracking my food intake on Livestrong.com/daily plate so that I could ensure that I am getting at least 20g protein each meal.
Here are my results since Fri, my first day of tracking:
Friday:
Weight: 141 lbs
Total Calories: 2,287
34.4% Protein, 41% slow carbs, 24.4% fat
Actual Protein: 180 grams
+ 5m run = -690 calories
Saturday- "Binge"day
Weight: 139 lbs
Left bicep: 11"
Right bicep: 11"
waist: 32.5
hips: 37.5
right thigh: 22 3/4"
left thigh: 22 1/4 "
7am- upon waking
1 pitcher ice water w/ lemon
PAGG
slow carb breakfast
6oz grapefruit juice
glute raises + air squats
AGG
snack: 450calories
bottle of yerba mate tea
lunch 1045 calories
ice water w/ lemon
AGG
glass of champagne
dinner 1636 calories
red wine
cold pack
PAGG
Total calories: 4050
Sunday:
Weight 143lbs
Food intake:Same as written above except used grass fed london broil, 8oz black beans, 4oz guacamole at lunch + dinner.
Total Calories: 1841
Protein 44.6%, Slow Carbs 29.15%, Fats 26.23%
Total protein 199 grams
Notes: I am trying not to panic about the binge day. It feels very odd. I ate gluten free sugar laden products that I normally don't indulge in, simply because I could. I had a hard time not freaking out about it. I will be relieved if I go back to my weight of 139 this week. I keep weighing myself and at this moment I am back to 141 (Mon). I am feeling better seeing the numbers go down again. I am getting far more protein than recommended. My meals feel enormous. I have started taking Beano before each meal to allevieate the bloat from all the lentils.
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