I'm 55 yrs old and have been lifting for @ 20 yrs. Over the course of this time I've used the same diet to get down to competion weight. That is until recently. The past few yrs I've found it more and more difficult to take the fat off. But I've read most of the threads about this CKD. And this last Monday I began the diet. I began at 227.5 lbs @ 13% BF / 195 lbs LBM. This is only Thrusday and I've lost 2.5 lbs. No this isn't water weight. I drink a minimum of 1 gal of water a day. 65 % fat, 35 % protein. I eat bacon, summer sausage, mozz. cheese, 2 flax oil tabs and 2 tblspn of canola oil each of my 5 meals. Chicken is my choice of protein, usually. With 8 eggs and fresh mushrooms as my last meal. I do have a protein shake P/WO with 2 tblspn of sugar mixed in it. My wife is a nurse and is real upset that I would put this much fat into my body, clogging up my arteries. But I don't believe this will happen in the short time. I plan to stay on this diet for 4-6 weeks or until I reach 215 lbs. I won't compete until the fall, but I want to get my weight down to a reasonable number. I usually go on stage at 203-205 lbs. The only question I had in the beginning was; there is protein in each of the fatty products I'm eating. Should I include their grams into the total protein intake. I decided that it was that relevant and didn't. I figure I should be getting 1.5 grams of protein per lb of lbm anyway.
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