I must have missed this last week ... sorry my friend Roosterrooster wrote:What you have done with diet is impressive. What are your major sources of protein?DreamStalker wrote: .......
About 3or 4 weeks ago I changed the diet to a paleolithic (meats, veggies, nuts, and berries) or hunter-gatherer diet and have lost about 15 lbs. After further research, I have decided to once again modify the diet into a protein sparing modified fast (similar to OptiFast or MediFast diets except using real food instead of protein shakes) by simply dropping the nuts and berries and just eating lean meats, tons of green veggies, and loads of omega 3 fish oil and a few other supplements to improve my insulin sensitivity (~ 1000 kCal per day diet). After about 6 to 10 weeks my thyroid response will begin to slow the weight loss down and that will be my cue to bring back some good whole carbs for a couple of weeks to restore my thyroid levels so that I can cycle through the PSMF diet for another 6 to 10 weeks and that should get me pretty close to my ideal weight by the end of this summer. I discussed all with my PCP doc last week and he was in agreement with my approach and was impressed that just with the paleolithic diet alone I had dropped my triglyceride levels to my lowest levels ever at about 114 (anything under 150 is good) and my total cholesterol was down to 163 (anything below 200 is good) ... when I was first diagnosed with OSA, my triglycerides were over 350. Exercise will be minimal with one day-a-week high intensity weight training and very low intensity/low impact cardio (walking) and flexibility (yoga) exercise 2 days of each per week.
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For one source of protein I am using 96% lean ground beef but just wondering if there is really a good reason not to use the better tasting chuck which is 80% lean.
For me, lean meats include - grass fed beef cuts such as flank steak, sirloin, and 90% or higher lean ground, ground bison (usually about 95% lean), range fed skinless chicken breast and tenders, organic uncured Canadian style bacon and lean ham, and fish such as tuna, salmon, and trout. Occasioanlly some turkey but can't seem to find small portions of breast meat that isn't processed with sugars and other crap. I have started doing one meal replacement protein shake right after high intensity weight training.
As for hopes of getting off the hose ... I don't see it happening for me as I'm pretty certain I had undiagnosed OSA before my weight gains.