The V-Diet

It’s called the Velocity Diet from the good folks at Testosterone Nation, and it’s what I apparently need to do to finally get the last of my belly fat off for good.  You can read about it, but here are the highlights:

• Two parts:  the diet plan and the exercise plan
• 4 weeks, followed by two weeks of transition
• Diet:  First 4 weeks is 5 specially engineered protein shakes a day, with one – ONE – HSM or “Healthy Solid Meal” per WEEK.  For me, it’s around 1600 calories a day.  First week of transition changes to an HSM every day, second transition week is 2 HSMs a day.
• Training:  3 workouts a week dersigned specifically to burn a lot of fat and limit the muscle loss.  Daily NEPA (non-exercise physical activity) such as 30 minutes of brisk walking.  Then the “V-Burn Challenge” on the weekend – a set of body weight exercises done non-stop in circuits.  This part looks brutal, but interesting.

The idea is that you are trying to do something that will so radically alter your metabolism as to jump start fat loss very, very quickly.  Lots of people are doing it (and David is doing it with me), and report losing as much as 25 pounds of fat in the full six weeks.  That’s what I need.  It’s going to happen.

UPDATE:  A lot of questions via IM, generally starting with “Dude – that’s CRAZY” – so a few additional notes:

• The diet is 1700 calories on non training days, 2000 on training days.  Hardly starvation.
• It’s not just whey protein powder, it’s a lot of things.  Superfood (12 fruits and vegetables with the water removed), milled flaxseeds, CLA/DHA pills, fiber pills, Leucine.
• The exercise program is very focused, but not impossible to do with so much less fodd than I normally eat.

Thanks for the concern – but I’ll be healthier than I have ever been when this is over.  I’ll post pictures.