Hi,

I'm starting the Velocity Diet tomorrow morning.

I feel nervous and excited about it. I don't know anyone here and I've never posted before so that's the biggest challenge right now, feeling shy, but I'm doing it anyway.

Lessee, I've got the supps ready to go and here are the measurements:

height: 66"
weight: 137 lbs.

belly: 27 1/2"
hips: 34"
thigh: 21"
calf: 13 3/4"
ankle: 8 1/2"
chest above: 34"
chest below: 31"
shoulders: 40"
upper arm: 10 1/2"
neck: 13"

**Umm, I made a hash of my self-measurements. For a more authentic representation of my form, please see below.**

This thread is worthless wthout pics...

from the side

back. not much light available.

awesome, I can't wait to see your results. Good luck!!!

Velocity Diet Eve.

Today I went for a trail run and finished with six sets of stair sprints.

Total time: 36 mins.

It was special because there will be no more trail runs for the next few weeks. I may walk the trail once a week, though. It's so pretty out there and there are all kinds of stairs and ups and downs and curves. It's wonderful.

Food today:

*protein shake 260 cals
*pwo carbs 24gr clif shot + bcaas + glutamine/creatine
*protein shake 365 cals

*a cheeseburger with a sunny-side-up egg on top/no bun
*a side salad with say, a teaspoon of ranch.

Yes, that was the condemned woman's choice of last meal. I imagine that's what I'll choose next Saturday, too, but who knows? I get to have whatever I like.

*I had some movie popcorn but it wasn't a binge or even a cheat. I just had some at the movie. I felt neither naughty, craving, nor justified--I checked.

In the two weeks I've been prepping for the V-Diet I've lost a few pounds and I'm feeling relaxed about food choices and confident in the upcoming changes.

Tomorrow brings my first Metabolic Drive shake ever and first ever Surge recovery drink, whoa!

I meant to try an Metabolic Drive shake today but the cheeseburger did in my calories.

I'm getting up early, having some caliper measurements done, then doing an outdoor strong-girl workout. Perhaps my last for several weeks, depending on how the new program affects my energy levels.

Everything's going to be so new this week:
new flavors and supps and new circuits.

You have ten inch arms and 21 inch thighs? Why the hell are you on a diet?

I just don't understand this Velocity Diet push.

Well, yeah I do, but I can't talk about it.

I made a promise.

My thoughts exactly. I think if you focused on moderate cals and upped your training intensity you'd be happier with the end result. Even if you are trying to look "toned" or "sculpted" you need to put on some more muscle first. Otherwise, like you said, you will end up just looking and feeling scrawny.

Personally I feel that a diet like the V-Diet is better suited to a chubby guy with 30lbs to lose.

I don't want to talk you out of it though. By all means, do the two weeks and see how you feel. The best way to assess your plan is to take it for a test drive.

Yesterday I measured myself without having the slightest idea what I was doing and the results were a predictable outcome of combining enthusiasm with incompetence. Don't hate!

These new measurements were taken by a *genuine fitness professional* this morning:

belly: 28"
hips: 38 1/4"
thigh-R: 23"
thigh-L: 22 1/4"
calf-R: 14"
calf-L: 14 1/8"
ankle-R: 8 1/2"
ankle-L: 8 1/2"
chest above: 36"
chest below: 31 1/2"
shoulders: 40 5/8"
upper arm-R: 11 3/4"
upper arm-L: 11 3/4"
neck: 13 1/4"

weight: 138 lbs.

The Accu-measure calipers declared 22% body fat. This number will be used to compare with the coming weeks' measurements, not relied on per se.


I'm pretty happy with these numbers--things aren't so dire after all! And my arms are symmetrical--w00t!

So the current stats make goal-setting a cinch: lose two inches from the waist and add 1/2" to the arms--anybody disagree?

The V-diet oughta help with the first goal and a little arm-specialization later for the second.

Sunday's workout:


First, due to a late-rising *fitness professional* and the need to take some time to get accurate measurements, things got off to a late start this morning and my much-anticipated strong-girl workout was jettisoned for a quick-n-dirty strength/endurance routine. Yes, I was disappointed at first but still I had fun and arrived to work on time, which helped put it in perspective.

This is what I did:

* Farmer's walk 2 x 24kg kettlebells up a flight of stairs.
* 50 flat-foot Russian squats with 39# Bulgarian training bag
(super cool--see pic)
* Double kettlebell military press,12 kg. 25 reps in 3 sets
* 12 jump-chins with full negatives
* 25 Sumo deadlifts with 2-24 kg kettlebells in 2 sets
* 60 sledgehammer swings w/ 16# sledge, switching arms every 10 reps
* 12 body weight push-ups
* Farmer's walk around training yard w/ 2-24kg kettlebells which took 90s

Total time: 18:35

I felt a little weak. Got a little gassed with the sledge. Last week I knocked out 160 reps in 10 mins without any ado whatsoever. I wonder if the week or so of reduced calories is affecting me. Can't be sure yet. The last iron workout I did, Thursday, I felt weak, too, but I'd had two grueling days of hard physical labor at work and went straight to the gym from there, which I don't usually do, but I didn't want to walk home and go back out to the gym. My numbers were good, but I felt tired. OTOH that run yesterday was no joke and I could be feeling it still.

Later this afternoon I walked three miles home with about 20# in my backpack, taking the hill-iest route I could find. I wasn't trying to butch up my walk, it was pretty typical--that's how I get to work and back--so I'm not going to make it easier for the diet unless it begins to seem difficult. I can always take a flat route or ride the bus.

One day off now, just walking back and forth to work tomorrow. We'll see what ensues Tuesday at the gym.

I think it's great that you can, and do, walk to work. What a great way to save money, get some fresh air, and get the blood pumping. :)

Velocity Diet day 1 recap:

Hmm.

I had four, two-scoop Metabolic Drive shakes, one split so I drank five shakes over the day. Plus a serving of Surge.

I had my first taste of Surge after I worked out and that was interesting. I'd read so much about it. Angel food cake? It tasted more like spice cake to me--then...angel food! no...spice!

I took some BCAA's before and after the workout because I was on an empty stomach. If I started my Metabolic Drive shake schedule too early in the morning, I was afraid I'd get too hungry later.

What else? Okay, I'll admit that the Metabolic Drive is a bit of a shock to my taste buds. I've eaten only whole foods for many years and contrary to the notion that the Velocity Diet is "clean eating", for me it's a downgrade. My tastebuds are freaked out by the highly sweetened, artificially flavored and colored processed powder mixes.

So why am I doing it? Reading this site my imagination got fired up and I began to dream of possibilities. Nothing wrong with that.

Virtually nobody (like no one but a very few other geeks like me out there) eat as freakishly wholesome as I do, so I'm not criticizing anyone, in fact I like the idea of coming down off the dietary high horse and slumming it for awhile.

I went to the movies last night. Brought a shake with me so I could drink it on schedule. No problem.

I have to say HOT-ROX are really effective. I don't like relying on stimulants but they really work for this application. One problem I've had to deal with is a large appetite and HRX has helped me modify that so I'm eating more reasonable amounts of food. It really blunts the appetite and lifts energy somehow without obvious peaks or crashes. And keeps the mood up as well.

What else? I had some flax meal and some coconut butter, which is ground dried coconut flesh, not straight oil. I decided to swap out the peanut butter for coconut because of the dearth of saturated fat in the Velocity Diet. I'm a huge fan of saturated fat and coconut is more or less the best source.

I haven't taken the fiber tabs because the article (Velocity Diet for Women) indicated they were optional and I eat very little fiber by design. No problem there. It might be nice to have them as a little snack but I suspect they'll just upset my system. If I already was a fiber fan, I'd have taken them, but no and no.

What I want is to do this diet using the recommended supps and see what ensues. I'm having fun so far. Thanks for the comments. I'm somewhat of a loner so it's nice to make these small connections.

Today went well.

The shake timing still needs to be better worked out.

I don't feel hungry and that's a relief--thank you, HRX!

The flavors are beginning to taste better as I adjust to the shakes. I made a banana cream shake and added a teaspoon of instant coffee and it was terrific.

I was feeling a little cranky this morning which I suppose isn't unusual on the first day of an extreme and unfamiliar diet, but my curiosity and good faith in this program are still intact and I fully expect excellent results from this effort.

Probably from the minimal amount of food, my waist is already tightened. I've low-carbed for at leadt a couple years, so I don't expect to lose any meaningful amount of "water weight".

The shake schedule I'm working on looks like this:

9am supps: various plus Se7en and HRX (1)
9:15/9:30 2-scoop Metabolic Drive shake plus 1 T flax meal
12:45/1:00 2-scoop shake plus Flameout
4pm 1-scoop shake
7:00 2-scoop shake plus Flameout
9:30 1-scoop shake plus nut butter and flax.
before bed: Se7en

Snap! I just realized I forgot the flax in the last shake. Oh well.

Now that I've written out the schedule I can see where to improve by moving lunch a little earlier.

Today I walked to work with only about five pounds in my bag. I felt fine though I lounged around in bed most of the morning. And I do feel simply lighter and smaller because I'd been cutting calories for almost two weeks before this diet began, so I could see how it affected me. Well, I'm aware of the difference. Like Dewey Cox, I walk hard and cover the 2 1/2 miles in 30-35 mins. that's with hills so steep there are steps cut into the sidewalks.

Tomorrow I'll have a 1-scoop shake early, before the gym, have some pwo Surge and then add the other scoop of Metabolic Drive into the afternoon shake or something. or have an extra snack--ooh I'm excited! t's funny, I was thinking the shakes begin to taste so good because you anticipate them and feel so happy when it's time to have it you stop and take your time and sit somewhere quiet and sip it and enjoy it slowly, like real food should be consumed.

Yes, tomorrow is workout day. What's my program? I don't yet know. It's either a 5x5 or high-intensity single sets.

I wonder what's going to happen.

Hey!!
It looks like you dont have a lot fat to loose!!

What another post said I agree that you just need to fine tune it. Thats not to say you shouldnt do the diet. With the workouts you detailed and high dosage of protein from the V-diet you'll have an impressive transformation.



keep us posted!

Day 3


7:45 am
I had a single scoop of Metabolic Drive this morning about an hour before the gym. I'd forgotten the flax seed but there wasn't anything to be done.

9:00
bcaas

here's my worjout:

sumo-style deadlift
1 warm-up set 115#
then, at the top of each minute, a set of 3 at 125#
4 more sets for 5 sets total

chin/dip superset
at the top of each minute I did 5 pull-ups with a parallel grip,
then a set of 5 dips

for a total of 10 mins.
this was on the chin/dip assist machine w/ 10 plates equaling 50# resistance.

15 mins had now passed.

then i did this grueling plank/push-up complex that went like this:

10s hold on each:

upper plank position
side plank L--straight arm
upper plank
side plank R--straight arm
plank with L leg raised
plank w/ R leg raised
plank with L arm raised
plank with R arm raised
plank with R leg/L arm raised
plank with L leg/R arm raised
push-up
elephant walk palms back to feet
keeping weight on hands
elephant walk palms back out to plank
do push-up
repeat elephant walk/push-up bit 5 times

*don't ever drop the knees or the police will be called*

this lovely ab routine took me almost 5 mins.

I finished up with a 25 min. stroll on the treadmill speed: 4 and incline 4
because I didn't have time to walk proper on the street today.

That's it! That's workout #1 and it's a triple progression.

So then I had more bcaas and a serving of Surge. Angel food, definitely angel food. I was thinking it could make some sort of awesome something something mixed into some meringue? You know, beaten egg whites?

At noon I had a 2-scoop MD shake with some clo since I also forgot the Flameout.

I got so hungry and tired today!
I was dizzy and ditzy and needed a nap so bad but didn't get the opportunity. I got confused about a couple of simple things. Reerted to counting on my fingers slowly trying to figure out how many shakes/scoops I had allotted for the rest of the day. Counted and recounted!

It may have been the reduced calories from the missing flax--you think? Every calorie really counts.
Also the workout felt fairly easy and quick but I think it was strong medicine.

What I'd really have appreciated is a serving of Power Drive--I totally love that stuff.

Last, at 9:00 pm I had a scoop of MD vanilla with some nut butter and I had a serving of rice bran instead of flax. They have the same calories but rice bran has a couple more carbs, like 3 or something. I'm golden on carbs so it's no trouble. I was curious to try it since Ori Hofmeklar raves on about it and I'm not especially enamored with flax meal.

Had a Se7en. feeling good now, finally home in bed.

I got some good news I'm studying to take the ACSM personal trainer exam as of today. It all happened real quick. I'm so excited and looking forward to learning new stuff.

And my belt is tighter by one notch, putting it on the final notch. Just two days ago that was too small.

Having the shake at night with the nut butter is so awesome to look forward to during the day.

Try having your nut butter in the middle of the day. The extra fat will help combat the dizzy, ditzy side of low calories/ low carbs.

I saw this this morning and I thought it was pretty good:


http://tinyurl.com/26u2ud

After this V-Diet gig is up, I'd like to build some bigger arms and simply gain strength then work down to 15% bf or so over time. Maybe take a few go rounds over the coming year.

The landscape of the body and its potential fascinates me.

Velocity Diet calories & macronutients.

Here's what I'm eating every day:

8 scoops Metabolic Drive in 5 shakes = 880 cal
1 serving stabilized rice bran = 60 cal
1 serving flax meal = 55 cal
1 serving Flameout = 52 cal
1 serving coconut butter = 186 cal

Total calories: 1233

Training days add 1 serving Surge = 340 cal
Total training day calories = 1573

Macro breakdown

protein grams
Metabolic Drive 160
rice bran 2
flax meal 2
coconut butter 2
total = 166 grams

carbs
Metabolic Drive 32
flax meal 4
rice bran 8
coconut butter 7

total = 51 grams

fiber
Metabolic Drive 8
rice bran 3
flax meal 2
coconut butter 5
total 18

fat
Metabolic Drive 12
rice bran 2.6
flax meal 4
coconut butter 18
Flameout 5.
total 42.1

well, I felt much better all day today.

Almost like my regular self only a little lighter in body and head.

having the nut butter with the mid-afternoon snack shake worked well. between 4-6pm has always been a low energy time for me. I'm very perky in the morning and I sort of crash late afternoon. It's cortisol-drop time. That fatty little shake is a perfect-o remedy.

I get a little bothered when conversations turn to food but it's more amusing than problematic becaue it's easy enough to ask to change the subject and everyone's been very kind that way.

I work in a place run by and full of women and so there are snacks shored up everywhere.

Costco-sized packages of Wheat Thins and Goldfish and chocolate truffles and chocolate-covered pretzels and Hershey kisses and and jugs of trail mix sitting out.

From Halloween throughout the holidays was piles of candy heaped about in bowls. That sort of thing would have been a serious problem for me a few years ago and now I couldn't care less.

It's sad, sometimes one of the girls will start munching and she can't really stop and I remember what that was like.

They never bring proper food with them, just a piece of fruit or some soy jerky stick or something.