The Diet

Well im back on the "Velocity Diet." A friend turned me onto it last year and i gotta say... It works. It sucks, but it works. In a nutshell it involves 5 protien shakes per day along with fish oil 4 times a day and some other supplements. You must be thinking "how can you eat if you are drinking 5 protien shakes a day? Well the answer is, you dont. You only eat one solid meal per week. This meal is not a "cheat" meal, it is a healthy solid meal usually consisting of a chicken breast, healthy vegetable and some fruit for desert. You do that for four weeks and then transition for two weeks with one healthy solid meal per day. This is a challenge but it does a few things for me personally. First, and foremost, it breaks the habit of eating junk all the time. Second, by the end you end up being much more conscious about the food that you do eat. And last, for me, it gives me something to do for six weeks to take my mind off where I am, Iraq. I can focus on something other than the 120 degree heat for a little while. But this diet, along with going to the gym EVERY DAY, works very well. when i did it last time, i lost about 20 pounds in four weeks and put on quite a bit of muscle. I am relatively skinny as it is so i use this as a way to tone up. Currently I am 6'3" 187 so im not looking to lose weight so the gym is very important so i dont end up looking like some coked out rock star. As i write this I am on the fourth day. I wanted to wait to have my weekly meal but due to circumstances outside my control I ended up having my meal last night. The hardest thing about this diet for me is the fact that i am at work all the time and constantly riding a firetruck with two other guys who are not on this diet so when they want to go to the chow hall I have to go with them. I usually just sit in the truck because I dont trust myself to go inside and watch them eat without taking a few bites. Ill keep you posted on how it turns out but rest assured with all the money i spent on protien and other supplements (my room looks like a GNC outlet) i will be sticking with it.