Well, I put it to use.
Here's my strategy every day of eating usually: I eat whenever I want, and however much I want to, at any meal. Calories stay below 2500kcal/day. Always. Except on cheat days (which are always Sunday). Then, I average about 4500kcal on the cheat day.
On this plan, I was losing about 1lb of fat every 2-3 weeks. I train 5 days per week, do 30mins of cardio per day. I train like a baby with weights...just go for the pump, so I don't get hurt.
I switched two weeks ago to a OTH principle diet as he laid out. That's it. Training stayed the same. So did cardio.
I now eat as much protein as I want. I keep my fat below 60grams (I tried 40...too hard with all the food I eat). And just veggies (no starches). I put spices, lemon juice, and balsalmic vinegar on veggies like crazy.
I've lost 4lbs of fat in the last two weeks on this diet. As measured by my scale. It's good at measuring changes, so I trust it enough. I weigh myself on it every single day at the same time every morning, so it knows my body and I know what to expect. Frankly, I knew I'd do ok on this, but not this well. I'm impressed.
A bit of clarity for everyone. I eat like an animal. I mean, I have little to no doubt that I can out-eat 99% of the people on this board. I have an unhealthy obsession with food, and love eating til I get totally bloated. Weird, but that's me.
So of course, on OTH's diet, I decided to put the pedal down. I ate protein like it was going out of style. One meal, I ate 5lbs of pork tenderloin and even managed to have a salad too. Then I ate a whole jar of pickles. And this lasted about 2 days...eating like I was just going crazy. I even ate a breakfast of 36 egg whites mixed with about 1lb of veggies. Felt like a bloated champ with a gut that would make Ronnie proud.
Then something happened. I couldn't eat like that anymore. Got bored with chewing protein. The meal content gradually cut back. I stopped getting excited about eating. And the protein content cut down from about 1250g/day to maybe half that. And the fat started falling off.
If I could have continued to eat over 1000g/protein per day, maybe I wouldn't have lost weight. But that's nigh impossible. If I can't do it, I'd like to meet the person here who can. Your body just shuts you down, you stop craving, and you begin eating normally.
The hardest part is not deviating from the food list you're allowed to eat. But if you can suffer through that, the diet will inevitably work. You just can't overeat on lean protein and veggies long enough to get fat. Invariably, you will give up, and that's when the fat comes off.
What surprised me was that even I couldn't physically make myself overeat for long enough to sabotage the diet. It just self-regulates.
I think OTH said this before, but I'll second it: I'd like to see the person who can make themselves fatter eating veggies and lean protein sources. If you can, you're a freak of nature and should be in eating contests...not bodybuilding.
