My expieriment!! Find out for yourself what works!!

jimmye_25

Ok, so i dont know if im the only one who's done this but when I go thru personal struggles in my goals to get fit, I do research. All kinds: Books, articles, blogs, and even google. The one thing I find to be fustrating tho is with all the information out there, so many different techniques on how to get in shape, get ripped, get swolle, alot of them tend to contradict each other. One says "insert workout here" will get you in shape the fastest with "insert some diet here." Then "a fitness guru guy" says oh its a fad, its not healthy, so on and so forth, dont listen to "other fitness guy," i know best. It can be so damn confusing, sometimes you just feel overwhelmed. So with that being said let me get to the point and why im writing this blog. I've always been the type to push limits, mentally, physically, whatever.....I also have a yearning to figure things out. And what I want to figure out is the best way to get in shape, to get the leanest i've ever been. To get my bodyfat percentage under 7%.
Now that I got the why out of the way, time to figure out the how.
Like i stated earlier there are so many different ways & techniques its hard to know which one works for you. One thing that all this info seems to agree on is that part of this is genetics. Some people it takes more, some are gifted and can easily shed fat. I need to find out what works for me & im going to log my progress day for day up here. I will put to use everything that I've researched and see if they truly work. Now during this journey if you follow this project of mine I gotta tell you: If I try something and it fails doesn't mean it will fail for you, and whatever works for me doesn't mean it will work for you. Like i said earlier a part of this is genetics, its basically going to be trial and error to sucessfully build a template to hopefully help you figure out whats right for you.
Recently I researched & studied 2 thing:
Meal plans
&
Fasted training
Meal plans: Theres so many out there, high carb, low carb, high protien, low protien, juicing, vegan, all meat, some meat, 5 small portions per day, 1 big meal, i could go on and on but I'm going to focus on 5 small portion plan. Basically you eat smaller portions throughout the day, controlling your intake of calories to a set number. In theory what this does is trick your body into kicking your metabolizm in high gear.
Fasted training: This ive never tried and seems pretty interesting, theres too much info to jam in this blog but basically you wait a few hours to eat before and after you train (you train on an empty stomach). Now this doesn't take away from your total calorie count at the end of the day, but you basically just take that pause so that you trick your body into burning fat in trouble areas to use as energy more often. There's a ton more indepth detail on this, & you can read it all HERE.
Here is what my daily routine will be:
I am currently doing Insanity for my high intensity workouts. Since im in the beginning stages (week 2 month 1) now is as good a time as any to try and see if tweaking how i train and how I eat will have any possitive or negative effects. I will wait 4 hours after a meal before I workout, and hold off on the next meal 4 hours after the workout. Ex: I usually workout at 5pm, 45 mins before that I usually eat, the next meal after that usually comes arount 7-8pm. Now i will push the before meal back to 1pm, and push the meal that follows the workout back to 10-10:30pm.
As far as my meal plan, I will eat 5 small portions a day. For the most part I got them broke down to fresh and healthy choices based off a sample meal plan a friend of mine put together. Ex: Salmon patty/fresh greenbeans/rice is one, Baked chicken/sliced sweet potatoes/corn is another, Wholegrain Oatmeal is what i normally eat for breakfast. There pretty small portions, the size of the storage containers is about the size of a saucer(the kind you put your tea cup on). Each one of these meals I went the extra mile to look up the nutritional facts & did my best to put together the combinations that will be healthy, and only total up to 1400 calories at the end of the day.
Now I know this sounds extreme, especially doing with a workout like Insanity. But I do plan to also supplement. In the fasted training articles i've researched the only drawback to doing this is the fact that your body will be tempted to burn muscle for energy. The common denominator in these articles to counteract this is to supplement with a BCAA before and after workouts. Along with that I will take my normal multivitimans every morning at breakfast and make sure I stay hydrated with water and Gatorade, and avoid: alcohol, sodas, artificial juices, and anything with artificial sugars. I will even eleminate alot of things with sugar to try and prevent insulin spikes which in the articles that explains why this is bad for fat loss.
Well today is day one.......I have already started. I woke up this morning, ate my oatmeal(7am) and started my day. 2hrs later(9am) i ate meal #2, i split my meals into 2 hour incriments if you didnt notice. Now here where its gonna get interesting.......I just ate meal #4 (1pm) so my next and final meal wont be until 10pm!! Hopefully all goes well and I wont feel too crazy, and if need be I will drink gatorade or a lite protien shake if I get to feeling a little too off. But the goal here is to sustain long enough to get through my workout and the rest of my day(wish me luck). I will give an status update on everything after the end of the day before I go to bed. I will try my best to be as detailed as possible. If you keep up & have tips or encouraging words then feel free. Well here goes nothing!!! Thanks for listening tho, Im nobody special so for anyone to take time to read this is definatley special to me. Again, thank you.
Have a great & prosperous day!!!

jimmye_25

END OF WEEK UPDATE!!!
Happy sunday folks!!!! Its been a solid week since I've started my new expierement (details in my blog). A brief breakdown on what im doing: Basically I switched up my diet eating only 1400 calories a day, broke down into 5 small portion meals, with a gap in between meals 4 & 5, so that i can do my insanity workout in a fasted state(fasted training). I ate at 1-1:30, worked out at 5:30, last meal came in at 10. Honestly it was hard at 1st, I felt my stomach was empty right before I worked out. During the workout tho I felt a little fatigued, but once I got about 10 mins in I shook it off. No dizziness like some have said about training fasted. Although I did notice I wasn't as explosive as I was when I trained on a full stomach, but it was sufficient. Stat wise: I lost 1.75 inches off my waist, lost almost 2 lbs, and bcus of supplementing with BCAA's im not sore really. All in all so far so good I think! Today is a rest day so no insanity, but will stick to my diet and back to the grind tomorrow!!!