man, PEOPEL, the 200 gramms protein daily are mandatory on this, dont you understand.
you get fuck all other calories, you absolutely need that protein.
thats the whole point of this.
also, eating when not hungry is the biggest mistake, and protein shakes inbetween ,they shouldnt be there.
as for the dramaticweight losses with little fatloss at the beginning, this is the body going into fatburning state slwoly but definitely, the first couple lbs are water youre pissing out.
this is what i meant when i said the body needs quite some time to clean out from the junk foods, the water loss is the result of that process.
you may address me directly
at first i was following your steps as closely as possible, but the problem is, i wasn't getting hungry. sure, i would get hungry eventually, but first would come much worse symptoms -- headaches, specifically. i simply can't deal with that. however, i will try to get back on track with 200 grams protein... i don't feel like i need that much though. i mean, whats the difference between 150 grams protein and 50 grams carbs? it's not like i have that much muscle anyway.
all this.
esp the eating when not hungry. what the fuck are you giving your body calories for that it isnt demanding? pay very close attention to what im about to say:
EVERYONE NEEDS TO THROW OUT EVERY PRECONCEIVED NOTION YOU HAVE EVER BELIEVED ABOUT 'DIETING' IF YOU ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THIS.
i have thrown out the notion "eating low calories will cause you to lose muscle." that's the main principle i'm putting my trust in as a result of this thread.
that means bullshit like eating 'because your supposed to' and other broscience bullshit beliefs that people just blindly do 'cause they are supposed to'.
secondly i think your cals are too high. why 1500? im 240 i've had 1k cal today. i feel like im cheating when i go as high as 1200-1300. your cals are to high. cut them back. at 1500 you might be giving your body too much for it to not want to use your fat for fuel, and too little cals to use solely for energy. one the major points of this system is getting your body to use its fats for its fuel. thats where the results and the energy comes from.
I think 1500 is fine considering I've lost 10 fucking lbs in two weeks!
you say you've only lost 10 pounds but dont look different? be realistic with your goals. you are not going to wake up tomorrow with a 6 pack. its going to take time to get there but this will get you there in half the time as most other 'diets'.
I have a six pack. I think I'm about 10% or a little less... gh15 pegged me at 7%, a couple people here put me at 8%. 10 lbs, at this point, is a LOT for me to lose. I haven't been this light in over half a decade.
I just don't think I look as good as I did the last time I was at this weight, leading me to question my faith in the whole "you wont lose muscle" thing.
I dunno man. I'll stick with it for another couple weeks, at least, but so far a couple things aren't lining up for me:
First of all, following the rules didn't result in willpower-destroying levels of hunger. I had hunger pangs pretty bad for the first day or two, but after that nothing I had little appetite, and couldn't get 200 grams of protein in while still following the "only eat when hungry" rule... I simply couldn't get that hungry because, as mentioned, I would get super lethargic and headaches first. The lethargy, okay, I can deal with that since I'm "on vacation" now, but fuck headaches.
So, instead I, just said "okay, I'll just eat whenever I want, but still stick to about 1000 calories daily, mostly from protein". I had a couple cheatish days where I went up to 1500 or more, but mostly I've been hovering around 1000. Then I realized, galeniko said "50 grams of fat for naturals" and 200-300 grams protein. Well, going on the low end, thats 800 cals from protein and 450 from fat, 1250 total, and 1650 on the high end. So I figure, hell 1000-1500 daily average, why not. Also, as mentioned before, I also swapped some protein for carbs/fats. I've eaten as much as 500 grams protein daily, and as low as 100... never noticed a difference in body composition, so I figure it couldn't hurt to lower the protein.
Seems to be "working" so far in terms of weight loss, but is muscle being preserved? Time will tell, I suppose.