Introduction
For a little over a month, I have been preparing a cut that will simulate the conditions on The Biggest Loser show. It all started with me watching a video some months back by Dr. Hall - The Calculus of Calories: Quantitative Obesity Research - in where his group has been studying the season 8 contestants. This was recently followed up in a research paper focusing on the Metabolic Rate. After some email correspondence with the PostDoc who visited the ranch I have boiled this down to two simple conditions, 1. big caloric deficit and 2. massive exercise. In numbers (recalculated for me) I need a 1000 caloric deficit and on top of that need to burn 2000 calories in pure exercise. This experiment is fairly insane and it is more of a "can I do it" experience than anything else. Let me narrow down the diet, exercise, and supplements that will be involved, I'll keep it short and answer questions should there be any. This time limitied experiement is running June 1 - June 30, 2016.
Diet
This will be a low carbohydrate diet broken down in the following way.
Protein: 72g
Fat: 171g
Carbs: 6g
The fat calories are divided into.
Saturated: 18.52%
Polyunsaturated: 15.41%
Monounsaturated: 66.07%
Exercise
I am currently running a 5-day split on lifting that is divided into this.
Monday: Traps & Shoulders, 30 minutes elliptical
Tuesday: Legs & Chest, 30 minutes elliptical
Wednesday: Arms, 30 minutes elliptical
Thursday: Back, 30 minutes elliptical
Friday: Chest, 30 minutes elliptical
In order to reach my calories I will do the following, on top of the above.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - Boot camp
Monday thru Sunday, 1h Elliptical, 1h, Walking with weighted backpack (40lbs), 1h running on treadmill
Saturday, Crossfit
Supplements
Running through June 1 - June 30
Test-E 200mg/wk
HGH 1.8IU ed
T4 600mcg ed
NAC 600mg ed
Ubiquinol 200mg ed
Vitamin D 10000IU ed
Fish Oil 3g ed
Vitamin E 400mg ed
Ephedrine 25mg 2t ed
Caffinee 200mg 2t ed
Yohimbine 2.5mg 2t ed
Technology
I am using a Garmin Vivosmart HR to track that I reach my goals each day.
I think that is it for now. I will update every single day with physical stats, mood and the overall feeling which I am sure will be terrible. I got some sleep aid to help when the hunger starts to keep me awake. I must admit I am really nervous about this experiment as I want it to go well and posting it public like this, for me, generally helps.
Thanks
~t