Have you heard of V-diet?

It’s a diet program developed by the t-nation folks with mainly these goals in mind:

1) Lose weight fast
2) Lose fat, and not muscle, and lastly,
3) No pain, no gain

I added the last point, because that is what I’ve concluded after reading on how this diet works. Here’s the gist: Keep an accurate track of food intake by the nutrient, and exercise. Simple? Well, here’s the catch: The diet would consist of protein shakes, fish oils, fibre supplements and vitamins for 28 days (1 month). For every 7 days, there is an allowance of 1 meal consisting of healthy solid food. With the food intake, the diet also consists of 3 workout days evenly spread out over a week.

Crazy huh? Well, the diet is designed such so that food intake is controlled. Calorie count by itself is not enough. In order to build and maintain muscle, the protein intake has to be sufficient. In order to burn fat, the carbs intake has to be minimised. In order for the body to function, the body needs to have enough good fats for nutrients and minerals & vitamins to work. What way would be better than to use protein shakes and other supplements to control intake? I would say that V-diet is the liquid version of Atkins diet, except that V-diet is more structured and includes strength training.

I’ve read through some online articles about this diet and after some thoughts, decided to give this diet a try, and last Sunday was  my first day of the V-diet programme.

Again, it’s not an easy diet, that’s for sure, but I reckon if I have the discipline to keep to the regimen, I damn well deserve a better looking body.

Is it a flawed diet? Well, all diets are flawed one way or another. Some diet works, some diet don’t. But I suppose if you never try, you’ll never know.

I'll post more on my plan and progress, but meanwhile, I shall keep psych-ing my mind and body now, “It’s gonna be just 28 days~~It’s gonna be just 28 days~~~”