Decided to go back to pretty much the only diet that really worked for me. I dropped about 30 lbs. of flab on this diet a few years back. Really a tremendous book, as well.
NHE = Natural Hormonal Enhancement
To those of you who are unfamiliar. If you would like to purchase a copy of the book by Rob Faigin, you can check out Extique.com to buy the book, or the "Ask Rob" section. Really answers a lot of frequently asked questions.
Anyway, my goal from this journal is to simply stick with this diet. Not to try it for a few days, binge, and then drop it. Going to try hard to stick with this diet. The diet itself is similar to the "Anabolic Diet" that was written a few years back. The difference is basically that NHE is not a designated ketogenic diet. You may reach ketosis while on the diet, but that's not really the intention.
The basis of the diet is this. Basically Atkin's style, all the time. High/moderate-fat intake, moderate protein intake, and very low-carb intake. Now, the exception to a basic Atkin's diet is something called refeed or carb-up meals. These meals will happen twice a week, every 3rd and 4th day respectively.
The refeed/carb-up meal as you can imagine is a LOT of carbs. Pretty much as much as I can down within an hour or so. It's only one meal, so fat gain is minimal. Ill be throwing in a few extra supplements such as ALA etc. to help out the situation.
The hard part for me though is the first week! The first 7 days are pretty much the difficult part. Its straight up Atkin's style for the first 7 days to get the body in a fat-burning state. So once I get past this 7 days I think I am going to be set! After the first week is up then I will start my regular carb-up meals, so to speak.
My training is going to be almost completely instinctive. With carb-up/refeed meals ONLY on training days. That's very important I think, so we'll see how things go. I am not looking to drop anywhere close to 30 lbs. like I did originally, just tone up a bit, maybe drop some stomach flab, etc. I am looking to drop maybe 11-13 lbs.
Rob also mentions doing an anabolic version of his diet. Which is a little more extreme. Still the basic ideas but a LOT more calories on the regular low-carb days and the refeeds are closer to 6 hours or so rather than just one meal. So I might resort to that after I am happy with my bodyfat %.
BTW, as usual, all comments/suggestions/questions/support is just great.
NHE = Natural Hormonal Enhancement
To those of you who are unfamiliar. If you would like to purchase a copy of the book by Rob Faigin, you can check out Extique.com to buy the book, or the "Ask Rob" section. Really answers a lot of frequently asked questions.
Anyway, my goal from this journal is to simply stick with this diet. Not to try it for a few days, binge, and then drop it. Going to try hard to stick with this diet. The diet itself is similar to the "Anabolic Diet" that was written a few years back. The difference is basically that NHE is not a designated ketogenic diet. You may reach ketosis while on the diet, but that's not really the intention.
The basis of the diet is this. Basically Atkin's style, all the time. High/moderate-fat intake, moderate protein intake, and very low-carb intake. Now, the exception to a basic Atkin's diet is something called refeed or carb-up meals. These meals will happen twice a week, every 3rd and 4th day respectively.
The refeed/carb-up meal as you can imagine is a LOT of carbs. Pretty much as much as I can down within an hour or so. It's only one meal, so fat gain is minimal. Ill be throwing in a few extra supplements such as ALA etc. to help out the situation.
The hard part for me though is the first week! The first 7 days are pretty much the difficult part. Its straight up Atkin's style for the first 7 days to get the body in a fat-burning state. So once I get past this 7 days I think I am going to be set! After the first week is up then I will start my regular carb-up meals, so to speak.
My training is going to be almost completely instinctive. With carb-up/refeed meals ONLY on training days. That's very important I think, so we'll see how things go. I am not looking to drop anywhere close to 30 lbs. like I did originally, just tone up a bit, maybe drop some stomach flab, etc. I am looking to drop maybe 11-13 lbs.
Rob also mentions doing an anabolic version of his diet. Which is a little more extreme. Still the basic ideas but a LOT more calories on the regular low-carb days and the refeeds are closer to 6 hours or so rather than just one meal. So I might resort to that after I am happy with my bodyfat %.
BTW, as usual, all comments/suggestions/questions/support is just great.
you can DO THIS!!!! 
no slipping, er I kick you butt! 
Good Luck!! During your refeeds can you eat whatever you want?
very nice sets on those bent over rows! very veryy good! 
I love hitting delts alone too! nice workout btw! I guess that I should try those SM milt presses sometime eh. 
have a LIL something before you hit the gym.. I know you were running late but still. even half a protein shake at least!
Im having some when I get home from work. Actually, what does your refeed consist of?
Im not really one to talk, as I suffer from the same mental issues when I lift. lol get sooo mad at myself too. but look at those lifts... they are awesome!!! 
