My Velocity Diet Log - 28 Days Of Shakes

After much umming and erring, I decided I'd give this a go. I'm mainly interested in the secondary effect of the diet, the supposed change in taste people have coming off of it, reduction in cravings etc.

I'm not interested in hearing from people who don't think it's a good idea. I've thoroughly researched the diet over several weeks, and concluded that it's okay - nothing you can say will change my mind. (Besides I've already spent most of my month's food budget on supplements now!)

I'm starting today, and will be taking my shakes in an IF style pattern, with the intention therefore of staying full and content for the longest period possible. I don't get hungry in the mornings, and am already adapted to an IF style of eating, so I figure just replacing the food I consume in the afternoon/evening will be the best way forward.

Plan to have shakes every 2.5 hours, starting at 12pm.

Supplements all ordered from myprotein.com.

https://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/total_protein - Total Protein - standard shake, mix of whey, milk protein, etc
http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/omega_3_liquid - Omega 3 Liquid (Can't deal with swallowing big caps)
http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/alpha_men - Alpha Men Multi Vit
http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/inulin - Inulin as fibre supp
http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/hurricane_xs - Hurricane XS for post-workout
http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/flax_seed_powder - Flax Seed Powder
http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/superfood_xs - Superfood XS (antioxidants - acai, apple, blackcurrent, blueberries, brocolli, cranberry, etc...)

Yesterday was day 1, which went pretty okay considering.

Got up and weighed myself first thing, starting weight is 196.6lbs.

I'm getting just under 1500kcals on non-workout days, and 1700kcalson workout days.

Had my 5 shakes at 12pm, 2.30pm, 5pm, 7.30pm and last one at 10.30pm.

Opened the cupboard to discover we had no peanut butter, weighed out 205 kcals worth of cheese instead, not perfect - but closest thing I could think of that's similar macro wise to peanut butter, although cheese is obviously higher in sat. fat. Will get some peanut (or almond) butter tomorrow.

Diet hasn't been too bad to be honest, I expected it to be much worse. Only hunger pangs I got were after 10pm, I meant to have my shake at 10pm anyway, so my fault really - was busy getting some stuff done. Perhaps it'll get worse next few days as I get into it.

Into day 2 today, weighed in this morning at 194.2lbs. Today is my first gym day since starting the diet, will be interesting to see what my energy's like in the gym later. I'm doing madcow 5x5, after a mixed year in terms of training and 4 months of chronic illness at the beginning which really set me back. (Although I have fully recovered now)

Weight Progress
Day 1: 196.6lbs (+0.0lbs)
Day 2: 194.2lbs (-2.4lbs)

I'm not going to say you shouldn't do it, because you already said you don't want to hear it...
But can I ask why did you not choose to count calories like you are now but with more whole foods instead of all these shakes?

Don't really see how that is possible since 1lb of fat~3500 calories. You would have tostarve yourself (as in eat NOTHING) to lose 20lbs in 28 days assuming you burnt around 2500 calories a day.

I'm not sure how drinking only shakes is going to improve your relationship towards food, but all the best!

Also, I hope you bought all those supps when the 25% off code was active

Superfood XS and Inulin look interesting. Always lacking those things in my diet. Wonder if they work... thanks for the links
I hope you are finding shakes satiating. I just don't find that with liquid calories unfortuantely.

Inulin is indigestible by the human enzymes ptyalin and amylase, which are adapted to digest starch. As a result, inulin passes through much of the digestive system intact. It is only in the colon that bacteria metabolise inulin, with the release of significant quantities of carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and/or methane. Inulin-containing foods can be rather gassy, in particular, for those unaccustomed to inulin, and these foods should be consumed in moderation at first.

Start of day 4, weigh 190.8lbs this morning. A gym day today, woke up a bit late, almost going to be hard to cram 6 shakes between now and bed.

What's your gym routine like?

Tue:
Bench, Squats, Pull-ups: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 adding 10-15% each set - final set is the same weight as I did for 3 reps on the previous saturday
Thur
Squats: 5, 5, 5, 5 - lighter squats than monday, work up to the weight of monday's 3rd set as a recovery/light session
Military Press, Deadlifts: 5, 5, 5, 5 - same 10-15% ramping up to my work set - work set is 2.5% higher than whatever I worked up to in the previous week
Sat
Bench, Squats, Pull-ups: 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 8 ramp up to a workset of 3 by increasing the weight 10-15% each time, workset of 3 reps is 2.5% higher than the workset I did for 5 reps on Monday. I then go back down to the weight I did for my 3rd set, and do 8 reps to finish.

So I'm adding 2.5% to each lift each week, then I stall or miss rep targets for 3 weeks in a row I reset by reducing my worksets for the stalled lift by 10%.

I keep track of it all in a spreadsheet, be far too much calculating to do in the gym. It's madcow 5x5, but I'm doing pull-ups at the moment instead of bent-over rows.

Good luck! I hope you achieve what you aim for!

Fair enough good program. I thought it was going to be like those typical "I do 4x20 lat pull downs and 4 x30 leg press for my resistance training. Is this any good?" type of workouts lol

How tall are you btw?

Your weight is dropping fast. Aren't you worried it's gonna affect your lifts and muscle mass. 1lb-2lbs/week is good enough but you're doing well over 1lb/day.