GOMAD(Gallon of Milk a Day)

reavesln

Yeah looking back it does seem like a bad idea. It didnt kill me though. Now I have a bet in my office that I will lose that 7 plus another 7 in 7 days without starving myself. Going to do cardio like crazy! Starting tonight with 8 X 400 meter sprints. If I win the girls in my office have to bring my coffee to me in the morning and afternoon. If I lose I have to bring them their coffee in the morning and afternoon. Should be fun. Will keep ya posted.

tiaydew

I like mine with cream & sugar!

SoCalSwimmerDude

Yeah looking back it does seem like a bad idea. It didnt kill me though. Now I have a bet in my office that I will lose that 7 plus another 7 in 7 days without starving myself. Going to do cardio like crazy! Starting tonight with 8 X 400 meter sprints. If I win the girls in my office have to bring my coffee to me in the morning and afternoon. If I lose I have to bring them their coffee in the morning and afternoon. Should be fun. Will keep ya posted.

Ha! seriously, this guy is great. What you did is extreme, but hey, you gave it a shot, let people tell you it was wrong, reported back, and made your own decision. And please do keep us posted. I'm especially interested (since you're willing to be the guinea pig) on other things you're going to try because I'm also in the 'muscle building' scenario but scared to death of the scale going up even though I know it needs to happen.

bigmike1974

Been there and done that. Basic program for GOMAD is one month IIRC? Did it with Ripetoes (sp?) starting strength and the gains where amazing BUT I had not done the big lifts for a long time (10 years+) before starting strength. Bloating one week in is perfectly normal but reduces as time goes on. Total gains were 20lbs in 5 weeks which about 40-50% where fat, still carrying the extra muscle now. The additional flab I am carrying is my own more recent fault (lack of discipline!), it wasn't too hard to strip off the fat gains.

One mistake I did make was not realising that the US gallon is a fair bit smaller than the UK gallon (3.8 l vs 4.5 l)

Seriously mate, don't think you tried it for long enough and if you were working hard enough you would have seen the gains (which seem harder and harder to get as you get older!) If you want to get bigger you need to pick a program for mass gaining and stick with it for a few months and then deal with the fat "issues" when you have finished gaining.

Good luck with the cardio

Mike

reavesln

You could be right mike that I didnt try it long enough. Since I gain 7 pounds in 7 days and added muscle and fat I am seeing how long it takes to take off the fat and keep the lean muscle or if I lose it too. I had my body fat checked and I gain a half of percent of body fat. So if I can get that off in 7 days but keep the added measurements to my neck, chest, arms and thighs then I will try the milk again for a month this time. Will keep you posted. I like being a lab rat!

reavesln

Final post. Finally dropped the 7 pounds I put on with the GOMAD. The bad part is I dropped all the gains I had made too. Lost size in the neck, chest, arms, and thighs. It was very easy to put the 7 pounds on in 7 days but i had to work my tale off for 5 days to get the 7 pounds off. I wasnt doing any cardio before and did it everyday for the 5 days doing tons of sprints 4X400 plus eliptical and treadmill. I have decided it is definately not worth it. I gain alomst 1.4 percent body fat too. Wont know til monday if I got all that off. I would not recommend it. On to the next experiments.