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I had a friend tell me he wanted to go on a protein shake only diet for like 4 weeks or so, to cut. I told him he was crazy, but then I went and played around with the figures. At 6 meals a day you would be taking in:
1860 calories
12g fat
78g carbs
360g protein
If you upped the fat by taking some fish oil pills, and maybe some vegetables like green beans or something for extra carbs and to get some real food, would this actually be doable/effective for a short-term diet, like 4-6 weeks?
Its very doable.
There are several people that rely on shakes for there protein intake.
Its very cost effective and the BV of the amino acids is unmatched.
As long as you put take it down with a fat/fiber/carb source your set!
I'll usually use 1-2 meals a day as a protein shake. Put 2tbsn pb in there and some veggies and fruit with it.
But as always food>supplements.
if ur going to do this then make sure u have some oatmeal / brown rice / WW bread / Quinoa / WW pasta on the side with ur shake and some good fats.. like peanut butter/olive oil/flax oil/ or almonds on the side to get ur other daily macros
its not ideal beause u will be getting literally no nutritoin from ur shakes
make sujre u have ur fruits and veggies to get back at that and a good multi-vitamin.. sure its cheap and it would work.. but not the most idealistic thing to do
[QUOTE=tom288;79557033]I had a friend tell me he wanted to go on a protein shake only diet for like 4 weeks or so, to cut. I told him he was crazy, but then I went and played around with the figures. At 6 meals a day you would be taking in:
1860 calories
12g fat
78g carbs
360g protein
If you upped the fat by taking some fish oil pills, and maybe some vegetables like green beans or something for extra carbs and to get some real food, would this actually be doable/effective for a short-term diet, like 4-6 weeks?[/QUOTE]
This is a bad idea. You're gonna need a hell of a lot more fat than 12g a day. And if this is whey shakes we're talkin about....it's even worse.
Sounds good, but you're going to be starving and probably binge. In theory, though, it would work.
Definitely try a mixture of shakes, egg, soy, casein, anything but whey would be more ideal.
Edit...You can't get 48g of fat from fish oil pills(60g is pretty much the minimum) so you'll have to take a few tbsp of oil or something
You know its whey
[QUOTE=Sibrek;79573963]Sounds good, but you're going to be starving and probably binge. In theory, though, it would work.
Definitely try a mixture of shakes, egg, soy, casein, anything but whey would be more ideal.[/QUOTE]
12g of fat a day is stupid. In theory this diet would f*ck you up. What are you talkin about.
When I crash dieted I ate like 4-5 grams of fat a day, all i ate was veggies and iso pure mixed with water and i felt like ****
[QUOTE=CF10;79574813]12g of fat a day is stupid. In theory this diet would f*ck you up. What are you talkin about.[/QUOTE]
He stated he'd get other fat sources. Don't bitch at me.
[QUOTE=Sibrek;79575223]He stated he'd get other fat sources. Don't bitch at me.[/QUOTE]
He stated fish oil man. I'm not bitchin but dont offer advice that is gonna mess a person up. Where's his fiber if he doesnt eat those veggies (his friend never mentioned veggies he wants to do all protein shakes)? where's his sodium? Where's his vitamins and minerals..dont say multi thats the same as relyin on fish oil for fat. What about the fact that this is probably whey, and his insulin is gonna be constantly spiked? This diet is not gonna work, not in theory, not in practice.
[QUOTE=CF10;79574813]12g of fat a day is stupid. In theory this diet would f*ck you up. What are you talkin about.[/QUOTE]
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not to mention there is a thermic effect to taking in whole foods, it requires more energy(calories) to break down whole food.
[QUOTE=CF10;79576383]He stated fish oil man. I'm not bitchin but dont offer advice that is gonna mess a person up. Where's his fiber if he doesnt eat those veggies (his friend never mentioned veggies he wants to do all protein shakes)? where's his sodium? Where's his vitamins and minerals..dont say multi thats the same as relyin on fish oil for fat. What about the fact that this is probably whey, and his insulin is gonna be constantly spiked? This diet is not gonna work, not in theory, not in practice.[/QUOTE]
Meh, don't listen. You and I both know Sibrek's goal is to start a flame war.
He said he's eating veggies. He'll get sodium from the canned veggies....as wellas vitamins and minerals.
His diet will not be much worse than 99% of american's, and it's purely short term.
I also mentioned using other protein sources...so no.
[QUOTE=-Aaron-;79576773]Meh, don't listen. You and I both know Sibrek's goal is to start a flame war.[/QUOTE]
Do you just follow me around? You're more of a troll than I am. I have my stupid posts, and I have my informative posts, as well as everyone else on here. Please, don't give into my "flame" trap, but give me a short reply as to why my advice is wrong, and I will refute it.
Ever hear of the velocity diet?
[QUOTE=Sibrek;79576863]He said he's eating veggies. He'll get sodium from the canned veggies....as wellas vitamins and minerals.
His diet will not be much worse than 99% of american's, and it's purely short term.
I also mentioned using other protein sources...so no.[/QUOTE]
I'm gonna take Aaron's advice and let you argue with yourself.
Velocity diet=hospital bed
Hey, Im not doing it, Im just confirming I was justified in telling my buddy hes a moron.
[QUOTE=Sibrek;79577263]Do you just follow me around? You're more of a troll than I am. I have my stupid posts, and I have my informative posts, as well as everyone else on here. Please, don't give into my "flame" trap, but give me a short reply as to why my advice is wrong, and I will refute it.
Ever hear of the velocity diet?[/QUOTE]
What exactly is the Velocity Diet? Could it be the diet I've done on three different occasions as documented in the fat loss section? By the way, I'm not a troll, you are. So the irony here is that you are calling someone a troll. Bricks, glass houses, that is all.
As for your bad advice, take a look at the smoking thread. :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=CF10;79577663]I'm gonna take Aaron's advice and let you argue with yourself.[/QUOTE]
I got sucked in. :(
[QUOTE=CF10;79577663]I'm gonna take Aaron's advice and let you argue with yourself.[/QUOTE]
Lol. Because I'm right. Fine by me, be a sheep.
[QUOTE=-Aaron-;79578073]What exactly is the Velocity Diet? Could it be the diet I've done on three different occasions as documented in the fat loss section? By the way, I'm not a troll, you are. So the irony here is that you are calling someone a troll. Bricks, glass houses, that is all.
As for your bad advice, take a look at the smoking thread. :rolleyes:
I got sucked in. :([/QUOTE]
Lol. Okay. Only -Aaron- is allowed to do crash diets. Fair enough.
[QUOTE=Sibrek;79578533]Lol. Okay. Only -Aaron- is allowed to do crash diets. Fair enough.[/QUOTE]
Hate to say it, but you're a waste of a perfectly good human being. :mad:
[QUOTE=-Aaron-;79578753]Hate to say it, but you're a waste of a perfectly good human being. :mad:[/QUOTE]
That doesn't make much sense at all now, does it? Stop getting so angry over the internet. hahaha
[QUOTE=Sibrek;79579063]That doesn't make much sense at all now, does it? Stop getting so angry over the internet. hahaha[/QUOTE]
I'm not angry, just pointing out the major contradictions you post. Oh, and the lack of intelligence you portray.
Not to mention, you come to a fitness forum to troll as you admitted in a previous post.
google the velocity diet.
[QUOTE=-Aaron-;79579573]I'm not angry, just pointing out the major contradictions you post. Oh, and the lack of intelligence you portray.
Not to mention, you come to a fitness forum to troll as you admitted in a previous post.[/QUOTE]
What contradiction have i posted? Posting something opposite of what you believe isn't a contradiction.
Yeah you're right, shooting down smoking because of some obvious negative health effects without considering any potential positives is a true indication of intelligence.
I don't come to a fitness forum to troll, that's just a side effect of being here so often. Fyi, making fun of anyone, including a "Troll" is trolling.