Eating experiments

krzysztof1986 · April 2015

Everyone ever did them, cause Im planning to:)

Future months will be really interesting in terms of eating, I am planning to perform two experiments, each one of them will last for a whole month, the purpose of them is to measure the influence of different eating habits to body fat reduction, muscle mass gains, strength gains and general health. Before every experiment I will measure my weight and body fat as accurate as it is possible, currently I’m in the middle of looking for a private lab which will test my blood for relatively small price, cause I would like to know accurately what influence those different diets will have on my health rather than just basing on how I will feel, on the other hand I don’t want to spend hundreds of £’s on a simple test so will see:).

May experiment – high fat, low carb eating.

As the name says itself – this diet will contain a lot of fats and increased intake of protein, however I will not go into complete keto diet, couple of key foundations that this eating will be build from:

1) Calorie intake at around my TDEE, which is more or less 3000 calories, reaching no more than 10% deficit.
2) Saturated fats (aimed into my friend, Eoin:D) at relatively low level, not exceeding 30-35g a day.
3) At least 20g of fibre to keep digestive system on track.
4) I will supplement all the necessary vitamins.
5) Overall carbohydrate intake at around 15%.

My training will remain completely the same, I will try to be extremely strict about it with no more than 2 cheat meals a week.

June will the month of my holidays, so probably I will not get my eating or training on track at all:)

July experiment – 100% vegan diet.

If someone doesn’t know vegan diet means – it is a diet consisting of plant products only, no animal products whatsoever, no eggs, no milk, no dairy and no meats at all, foundations:

1) Calorie intake, just like before, at around 3000 calories.
2) No more than 10% of fat, besides that I will not care for other macros.
3) All the necessary vitamins not provided by this type of eating will be supplemented.
4) Vegan only cheat meals no more than 2 a week.

Training completely the same, I will not increase my cardiovascular exercises due to increased carbohydrates intake, both eating plans will have equal chances to become better in burning fat, increasing muscle mass and so on:).

Wish me luck:)