LiftHeavyThings27105 - starting Lyle McDonnald's Rapid Fat Loss diet (2018 AUG 01)

So, Day 3 of this....

Starting weigh-in was 211.6 (artificially high due to the huge amount of carbs I had the night before....I was 206.0 that morning). Today's weigh-in: 208.2 lbs.

Going to focus mostly on the training sessions for this program. So, moving forward I will add a quick update (weigh-in) but will more discuss the training sessions.

So far, I have had only one. Today will be the second. Under this program you are to work out two or three times. I am going for three. I really think that this is far too little....but, I am going to follow the plan. Full body workouts are the suggestion, so full body workouts will be what I do. Decided change from my usual....not a bad thing to get out of your comfort zone every once in awhile and do something vastly different.

That first training session was in the early AM and was fasted. I am thinking, based on that training session and how I *think* that things will go with this, that it might be far more prudent to do my training during my lunch hour. Mr. McDonald suggests keeping it to 45 minutes. I can do that (as my second gym is 5 minutes down the road). So, more details on that when it happens!

alteredsteve175 wrote: »

Thanks for sharing your experience with this diet. I've got 20 stubborn pounds to lose. I may try this in the future.

It is a small amount of money for a ton of information. I follow Keto normally due to high A1C but am a huge fan of experimenting and seeing what the theory is and how that works for me. So, doing RFL. The training seesions, as mentioned, seem sparse....but I am not even one week into it. Let's see how I feel about that when I am deeper into this!!!!!

I would encourage you to investigate and to make a decision that fits your needs amd goals. My opinion is that Lyle McDonald is the man when it comes to nutrition. There are a few others (like Eric Helms) but I trust him. If he says eat Tuna for two weeks then I learn to love Tuna!!!

More to follow. Wednesday is my "new week" day so all things being equal there will be physique updates. Fair warning to everyone!!!! LOL! Now that I have done it once I have no hesitation or fear!!!!

Enjoy!!!!

For those of you who are not my "MFP Friend" I will provide a little bit of the journey....

Weight has been all over the place. I am - on Day #7 - 206.2lbs. I am not going to discuss the diet part, but will discuss the training sessions here. So far - keep in mind that this is the first week - no issues. No real perception of decreased performance in the gym. Mr. McDonald suggests two or three full-body training sessions (and little to know cardio....there are three "activity levels" here: inactive, cardio and weight lifting. I am 'weight lifting').

It is something different for me to do full body training sessions but all good. I am all about doing new things and seeing how that works. I also really struggle being in the gym ONLY three times a week. I am used to five or six. Again, this is the first week....I am fairly confident that I will come to really like this suggestion soon!

My body weight during this first week has been:

Day #1: 211.6lbs
Day #2: 209.6lbs
Day #3: 208.2lbs
Day #4: 206.0lbs
Day #5: 208.0lbs
Day #6: 209.0lbs
Day #7: 206.2lbs


Day #5 increase was likely from the five-hour refeed Saturday night. Day #6 likely was a continuation of that. I follow Keto normally so such a high carb day does that to me. I also have been eating a ton of sodium (in that I have been eating A LOT of tuna).

Again, training is - outside of the full-body sessions - not been a problem.

I *think* that I am going to change my initial plan. I *thought* one thing....now that I am one week into it I believe that I will modify that a bit. training sessions will remain the same (with the one difference being moving back one day....from M - W - F to Tu - Thur - Sat).