Mike’s Metabolic Typing, Carb Cycling, With a Cheat Day Meal Plan

Your meal plan is delicious dude, lol. I really like how your mealplan is for the most part all natural yet the food examples look like restaurant meals. I like a lot of Joel’s stuff and how he manages to work towards what a lot of people want; theyre overall health theyre looks. For me personally though, my cheat days come rarely. The reason I don’t have alot is becuase ever since I started to eat healthier I didn’t crave so much “cheat” foods; but when I have one I go all out. My preference is a bacon double cheeseburgers with a side of some crusty yet colorful pepper covered fries nd prolly a beer or a chocolate milkshake. Just to add in case I’m not talkin to much is that I recently heard a chat between Elliott and Zach Even Esh where Elliott did a carb cycling routine according to his schedule and I found it amazing how the body worked in Elliot’s case. Keep up the good work man and remember go hard or go home. My friend tells me that all the time.

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Thanks Brothers and I mean that! I think you guys look great, it’s a great plan and I already eat similar. Weight training and health have to be a life style commitment. It has it’s ups and downs but it’s worth it. We all have different bodies with different needs and proclivities but we can with commitment work to our own personal best. I love you material and thank you for some of the brotherhood that I found here. I am sorry I cannot at this time invest in your program. I am on a pension and have had setbacks in this economy but still really appreciate everything you have shared.

Dano – Chicago

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I don’t know how you can pack all the food in. I am lucky if I can finish my oatmeal, that is, three quarters of a cup of coarse oatmeal, a tablespoon of ground nuts, or, in turn shelled sunflower seeds, a tablespoon of oat bran, seasoned with cinnamon and ginger, and sweetened with either honey or some brown sugar. It takes me an hour to eat that–I eat slowly to fool my stomach to imagine it is getting a lot of food. Ah! did I forget the ground flax seed I sprinkle after it is cooked, yeah, I add that, too.

Okay, there are some homeopathic meds, a combination of some herbs, Borage oil, shark cartilage, a magnesium-calcium compound I take for my knees, add to that Omega 3 and q-10. Then . . . the hypertension pills.

I don’t know what that does to the metabolism, then again, I don’t train as hard for all sorts of reasons. One of them is that my trainer is “very much by the book”.

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Mike,

No lecture, only honest inquiry: what are your thoughts on the high saturated fat content of your breakfasts? My training is a sort of hyrbid (not “hybrid training”) of Jeff Anderson’s CTF, Jon Benson’s 7MM, and Nick Nilsson’s GTM along with his daily specialization (pullups). My results speak for themselves: I’ve dropped about 9% bodyfat in 11 weeks, but only lost 8lbs. I’m no expert but I understand how to put things together. My current nutrtion is based on CTF, in which if I have sausage or bacon it’s in my cheat meal and usually on a pizza!

I’ve often heard that while you can lose alot of weight on a high saturated fat diet, the long term ramifications on your cholesterol and your heart and just not worth it. I’ve had far too many things that I “know” challenged and revealed to be false lately to be dogmatic about fitness or nutrtion, so I’m very curious to hear your thoughts. I do love those breakfast meats.

Best,
Tyler

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leanhybr Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

Hey Tyler, I had the same concern at first. However I listened to Eric my metabolic typing advisor and had blood work done and my cholesterol levels are perfect even though I’ve been eating this way. In fact my cholesterol has improved since I started eating this way. I used to eat mostly lean protein and unsaturated fats with limited carbs. I don’t know if this is the best “fat burning” meal plan, but when it comes to being “healthy” I think saturated fat is fine for you in moderation. I’m sure Elliott can expand on this subject and I’ll ask Eric as well for us. MIKE

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Tyler Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

Dude thanks! I appreciate your response, and am also looking forward to any thoughts Elliott and Eric have as well!

Best,
Tyler

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Elliott Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

Tyler,

I’ve read most of this guys boos:
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm

It offers some interesting information about cholesterol, give it
a glance when you’ve got some time.

-Elliott

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leanhybr Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 1:59 am

Tyler, I found another interesting article written by someone that had a similar experience as me when they started eating right for their type. http://naturalbias.com/metabolic-typing-the-last-diet-youll-ever-need/

After thinking about your question, the answer would be it depends on your body and your metabolic type. What is healthy for one person may not be for someone else. Just like one training style may work for one person and not another I believe nutrition is the same way.

If you’re really interested in this get the Metabolic Typing book by William Wolcott. Besides the fat loss Im so happy that I have more energy, I’m less irritable and just feel better. MIKE

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It would help if we knew what your body type is. Those with different types would know that this may be less than ideal for us. Or would it still work more or less for different body types?

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leanhybr Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Well my metabolic type is a fast oxidizer. As for body type. You can see my before pic. When I was younger I struggled to put weight on and considered myself a hardgainer. Now I gain weight easy, both muscle and fat I think. MIKE

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I know you didn’t measure it, but any idea or guidelines on the ratio of protein – carbs – fat for your high carb days and your low carb days? I’m thinking of shooting for 50% P – 30% C and 20% F on low carb days. But I’m not sure about the high carb days. Either 20 P – 60 C – 20 F or more of a balanced 40 P – 40 C – 20 F?

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leanhybr Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 7:51 pm

This is how I would estimate it.

Low carb days. 50% protein, 35% fat, 15% carbs
High carb days. 40% protein, 20% fat, 40% carbs

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@Tyler, relax, there is absolutely no correlation between dietary saturated fat and cholesterol and heart disease. The Lipid Hypothesis is proven to be bunk. Sat fat is good for you, between 60-80% of calories, remember to restrict carbs and keep protein to the remaining 40-20%. After all that adipose tissue around your belly is only sat fat and is your bodies storage medium for its preferred fuel. Eat this way for 6 months and your cholesterol and triglycerides will drop dramatically.

Alan.

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@Tyler – Eric wrote me back. Here’s his reply to your question about cholesterol. I’m glad I asked him!

Okay. The “cholesterol part” of this question would require a 30 minute or so lecture. Basically, each healthy person has an ideal cholesterol level. Without natural cholesterol from the liver, we cannot properly manufacture hormones for more processes of the body than I can count. Just because the American Heart Association sets a number or a guideline does not mean that that guideline applies to everyone. My grandmother is 97 years old.

Her cholesterol level has been close to 400 for the last 20 years. The American Heart Association would have thought she would have died of a massive heart attack by now. However, she is one of the healthiest people I know. Why? Because in truth-and this may come as a shock to many-there actually is not any causal relationship between cholesterol levels and heart disease. Zip. Nada. None.

The drug companies and doctors that are in bed with them would have you believe that there is-but the truth is that there isn’t. They prey upon the ignorance of the masses. Just do some medical journal searches and you will find this fairly quickly; but those companies know Americans are lazy and that they won’t do the research for themselves.

So, check out this link http://www.29billion.com/ and then Google the book 29 Billion Reasons to Lie About Cholesterol. This will open the eyes of many…

Now, on the matter of “losing weight when eating saturated fat”. That would primarily happen IF saturated fat was the fuel of choice for that person. For a fast oxidizer like you and me, it is a great fuel for us. It will balance our Fundamental Homeostatic Controls, which will build health and thus-eventually-allow us to naturally lose unwanted body fat. However, neither you or I know whether the person that wrote to you would use saturated fat like we do. We don’t know what his Metabolic Type is and thus how his metabolism functions and what fuel he needs to become vibrant and healthy; and as a byproduct lose weight.

It is interesting that he mentions how some dogmas that he thought to be true in nutrition have proven to be false. This is EXACTLY WHY I do what I do. We don’t have that problem with MT because we NEVER generalize

Hope this helps!

Eric

CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS
http://www.erictalmant.com

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WOW!!!

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hey mike i was just wondering why you quit eating grains? i could understand white bread and white rice etc but what about wholemeal grains?
btw real nice work with the fat loss-you and elliot also

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@Eric – Wow, Eric I’m not sure how i missed your reply here. Thanks for that.

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